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15 words match “MISSEL”

MISSEL n.
Mistletoe. [Obs.] Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zoöl.), a large European thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
MISSELDINE n.
The mistletoe. [Obs.] Baret.
MISSELTOE n.
See Mistletoe.
DRAINE n.
The missel thrush.
HOLM n.
Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.
MISTLETOE n.
regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] Lindley. Loudon.
SKIRLCOCK n.
The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note. [Prev. Eng.]
SKRIKE n.
The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
SQUAWK v.
To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. Squawking thrush (Zoöl.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
STORMCOCK n.
The missel thrush.
SYCOCK n.
The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
THRICECOCK n.
The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
THROSTLE n.
e processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise. Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
THRUSH n.
thrush, any species of bulbul. -- Shrike thrush. See under Shrike. -- Stone thrush, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. -- Thrush nightingale. See Nightingale, 2. -- Thrush tit, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus Cochoa. They are beautifully colored bird…
WOOD n.
thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under Thrush. (b) The missel thrush. -- Wood tick. See in Vocabulary. -- Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite. -- Wood titmouse (Zoöl.), the goldcgest. -- Wood tortoise (Zoöl.), the sculptured tortoise. See under Sculptured. -- Wood vine (Bot.), the…