Fowl
21fowl — Domesticated birds, especially large birds used for food; poultry. In one sense, any bird. Domestic fowl and wild fowl, the distinction being whether the fowl has been tamed and subjected so as to constitute property. 4 Am J2d Ani § 12 …
22fowl — n. & v. (pl. same or fowls) n. 1 any domestic cock or hen of various gallinaceous birds, kept for eggs and flesh. 2 the flesh of birds, esp. a domestic cock or hen, as food. 3 archaic (except in comb. or collect.) a bird (guineafowl; wildfowl). v …
23fowl — [OE] Fowl was the main term for ‘bird’ in the Old English period, but in Middle English it was gradually replaced by bird. (It remains in use in compounds, such as wildfowl and waterfowl, and is sometimes still applied to ‘chickens’.) It goes… …
24fowl — noun (plural same or fowls) 1》 (also domestic fowl) a domesticated bird derived from a junglefowl and kept for its eggs or flesh; a cock or hen. ↘any domesticated bird, e.g. a turkey. ↘used in the names of birds that resemble the domestic …
25fowl — n. 1. Bird, winged animal. 2. Poultry, barn door fowl, domestic fowl …
26fowl — noun plural fowls or fowl (C) 1 a bird, especially a chicken, that is kept for its meat and eggs 2 old use a bird see also: neither fish nor fowl fish 1 (5) …
27fowl — [OE] Fowl was the main term for ‘bird’ in the Old English period, but in Middle English it was gradually replaced by bird. (It remains in use in compounds, such as wildfowl and waterfowl, and is sometimes still applied to ‘chickens’.) It goes… …
28fowl — See: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL …
29fowl — See: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL …
30fowl — 1. noun /faʊl/ a) A bird. So thus he sorowed tyll hit was day, and harde the fowlys synge; than somwhat he was comforted. b) A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. 2. verb /faʊl/ …