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brid
n.
164 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A bird of any kind;
briddes and bestes
; (b)
brid of prai
, a bird of prey;
brid of gentris
, a noble bird;
brid of plesaunce
, a bird used in the sport of hunting;
feld brid
, wild fowl; (c) a bird as…
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