The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 222
hroom ; a word used to express such excres-cences of flesh as grow out upon the lips of wounds, or any otherexcrescence from trees or plants not naturally belonging to them. Fur, s. Skin with soft hair, with which garments are lined for warmth;soft hair of beasts found in cold countries: hair in… … --^ ^it VJadfly, s. A fly that stings cattle. Gadwall, or Gray, (Anas strepera, Linn. ; Le Chipeau, Buff.), a bird. The gadwall is less than the mallard, mea-suring about nineteen inches in length, andtwenty-three in breadth. Birds of this species breed in the desertmarshes of the north, and remain…
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