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dunnock n. 篱雀之类的鸟 篱雀之类的鸟 dunnock n 1: small brownish European songbird [ synonym: { hedge sparrow}, { sparrow}, { dunnock}, { Prunella modularis}] Hedge \ Hedge\, n. [ OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [ root] 12. See { Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. [ 1913 Webster] The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Hedge bells}, { Hedge bindweed} ( Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning- glory ({ Convolvulus sepium}). { Hedge bill}, a long- handled billhook. { Hedge garlic} ( Bot.), a plant of the genus { Alliaria}. See { Garlic mustard}, under { Garlic}. { Hedge hyssop} ( Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus { Gratiola}, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. { Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [ Eng.] { Hedge mustard} ( Bot.), a plant of the genus { Sisymbrium}, belonging to the Mustard family. { Hedge nettle} ( Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus { Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. { Hedge note}. ( a) The note of a hedge bird. ( b) Low, contemptible writing. [ Obs.] -- Dryden. { Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. -- Shak. { Hedge school}, an open- air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. { Hedge sparrow} ( Zool.), a European warbler ({ Accentor modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also { chanter}, { hedge warbler}, { dunnock}, and { doney}. { Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [ Obs.] -- Swift. { To breast up a hedge}. See under { Breast}. { To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. " While the business of money hangs in the hedge." -- Pepys. [ 1913 Webster]
Dunnock \ Dun" nock\, n. [ Cf. { Dun}, a.] ( Zool.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [ Local, Eng.] [ 1913 Webster]
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