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Poult
(gcide) | Poult \Poult\, n. [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See
Pullet.]
A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. --King.
Chapman.
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Starling the heath poults or black game. --R.
Jefferise.
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poulterer
(encz) | poulterer,drůbežárna n: Zdeněk Brožpoulterer,drůbežář n: Zdeněk Brož |
poultice
(encz) | poultice,léčivý obklad Zdeněk Brožpoultice,obklad n: Zdeněk Brož |
poultry
(encz) | poultry,drůbež poultry,drůbeží Zdeněk Brož |
poultry farm
(encz) | poultry farm,drůbežárna Martin M. |
poultryman
(encz) | poultryman, n: |
treatment (of poultry meat)
(encz) | treatment (of poultry meat),úprava (drůbežího masa) hanakosto |
heath poult
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix
formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, {heath
poult}, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse
under heath, above.
Syn: European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
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Poulter
(gcide) | Poulter \Poul"ter\, n. [OE. pulter. See Poult.]
A poulterer. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Poulterer
(gcide) | Poulterer \Poul"ter*er\, n.
One who deals in poultry.
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Poultice
(gcide) | Poultice \Poul"tice\, n. [L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin
to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.]
A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous
substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the
body, etc.; a cataplasm. "Poultice relaxeth the pores."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Poultice \Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Poulticing.]
To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
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Poulticed
(gcide) | Poultice \Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Poulticing.]
To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
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Poulticing
(gcide) | Poultice \Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Poulticing.]
To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
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Poultive
(gcide) | Poultive \Poul"tive\, n.
A poultice. [Obs.] --W. Temple.
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Poultry
(gcide) | Poultry \Poul"try\, n. [From Poult.]
Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or
feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and
geese.
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poulterer
(wn) | poulterer
n 1: a dealer in poultry and poultry products [syn:
poultryman, poulterer] |
poultice
(wn) | poultice
n 1: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal
or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn:
poultice, cataplasm, plaster]
v 1: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn:
poultice, plaster] |
poultry
(wn) | poultry
n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended
from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl,
poultry]
2: flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for
food |
poultryman
(wn) | poultryman
n 1: a dealer in poultry and poultry products [syn:
poultryman, poulterer] |
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