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stake-driver (medicine) and collie (iou)


stake-driver (medicine)


stake-driver
<zoology> The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.

Synonym: meadow hen, and Indian hen.

Source: Websters Dictionary


collie (iou)



collie noun. Also colly, colley. M17.
[Perh. from COAL (from its colour) + -IE, -Y6: cf. COLLY adjective & noun2.]
A sheepdog of an orig. Scottish breed with a long pointed nose and usu. long hair. Also collie-dog.
bearded collie: see BEARDED 1. border collie: see BORDER noun. rough collie: see ROUGH adjective.