thistlewarp

English

Etymology

From thistle +‎ warp.

Noun

thistlewarp (plural thistlewarps)

  1. (obsolete) The goldfinch.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 3, member 7:
      An asse overwhelmed a thisselwarps nest; the little bird pecked his gaul'd back in revenge […].
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