mock-nightingale

  • 11Mock velvet — Mock Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. [1913 Webster] That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator. [1913 Webster] {Mock bishop s weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs… …

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  • 12Nightingale — Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A …

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  • 13Joseph Nightingale — (26 October 1775 – 9 August 1824) was a prolific English writer and preacher. He was particularly noted for his topographic writing and his interest in shorthand.LifeHe was born at Chowbent in Atherton, Lancashire and became a Wesleyan Methodist… …

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  • 14Philadelphus coronarius — Mock Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. [1913 Webster] That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator. [1913 Webster] {Mock bishop s weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs… …

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  • 15Lucinia philomela — Nightingale Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1.… …

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  • 16Luscinia luscinia — Nightingale Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1.… …

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  • 17Luscinia megarhynchos — Nightingale Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1.… …

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  • 18Elizabeth Roger's Virginal Book — Le Elizabeth Roger s Virginal Book est un recueil de 112 pièces pour virginal compilé en Angleterre au milieu du XVIIe siècle par une personne ou des personnes encore inconnues. Sommaire 1 Manuscrit 2 Contenu 3 Édition 4 …

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  • 19Elizabeth Roger's Virginal Book — Elizabeth Rogers Virginal Book is a musical commonplace book compiled in the mid seventeenth century by a person or persons so far unidentified. Of all the so called English virginal books this is the only one to mention the name of the… …

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  • 20Blackcap — Black cap ( k[a^]p ), n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small European song bird ({Sylvia atricapilla}), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse ({Parus atricapillus}); the chickadee. Also called the {black cap chickadee}. [1913… …

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