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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zo[94]l.) A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; -- called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}. {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}. | |
