Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of osprey.

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  • noun Dated form of osprey.

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Examples

  • And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • After the fall of that hero, this my sister Subhadra stricken with grief, indulged in loud lamentations, when she saw Kunti, like a female ospray.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • When the birds scattered, the ospray had vanished, and the waters again glittered calmly in the morning sun.

    Tales From Two Hemispheres 1877

  • Far up above the noisy throng an ospray sailed on the blue expanse of the sky, and quick as thought swooped down upon a halibut which had ventured to take a peep at the rising sun.

    Tales From Two Hemispheres 1877

  • When the birds scattered, the ospray had vanished, and the waters again glittered calmly in the morning sun.

    Tales from Two Hemispheres Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

  • Far up above the noisy throng an ospray sailed on the blue expanse of the sky, and quick as thought swooped down upon a halibut which had ventured to take a peep at the rising sun.

    Tales from Two Hemispheres Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

  • I think its this ospray cover think it was some concept patern that never made it surely its general issue now though? they aren't just going to hand out a random bit of trials body armour to an infanteer ....

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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