"Word meaning" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... word meaning an uproar, and akin to the Welsh word dowrd. Urdam may be a corruption of whoredom, but is more probably prefixed to the genuine word as ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 • Various
... the Latin word meaning 'green,' and because all of this family have greenish backs one of their common names is 'Greenlet.' Besides being very pretty to look at, this little red-eyed bird is a great worker and does whatever he undertakes in a most complete manner. When he starts his tree trapping in ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues |
