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Daw  n.  (Zool.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. "The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws." Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: "Then thou dwellest with daws too." ()





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"Daw" Quotes from Famous Books



... something to qualify it—Mynheer Van Hogsflesh, or Sawney Mac Hogsflesh, or Sir Phelim O'Hogsflesh, but downright blunt—— If it had been any other name in the world I could have borne it. If it had been the name of a beast, as Bull, Fox, Kid, Lamb, Wolf, Lion; or of a bird, as Sparrow, Hawk, Buzzard, Daw, Finch, Nightingale; or of a fish, as Sprat, Herring, Salmon; or the name of a thing, as Ginger, Hay, Wood; or of a colour, as Black, Gray, White, Green; or of a sound, as Bray; or the name of a month, as March, May; or of a place, as Barnet, Baldock, Hitchen; or the name ...
— History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
... still and sleepit sound, Till the day began to daw; And kindly to him she did say, "It is ...
— The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various


Words linked to "Daw" :   jackdaw, corvine bird, Corvus monedula, genus Corvus


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