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穴鳥

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. {Adaw}.]
   1. To rouse. [Obs.]

   2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
   t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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.             --Waller.

   Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
         simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- ``Then thou dwellest
         with daws too.'' (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.

Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See {Dawn}.]
   To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

daw
     n : common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn:
          {jackdaw}, {Corvus monedula}]