3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fowl \Fowl\, n.
Note: Instead of the pl {Fowls} the singular is often used
collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel fuhel, fugel,
AS fugol; akin to OS fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal,
Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw fogel, f[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of
unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of
E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]
1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26.
Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not
--Matt. vi
26.
Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high
tempestuous gusts. --Shak.
2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey,
duck; in a more restricted sense the common domestic cock
or hen ({Gallus domesticus}).
{Barndoor fowl}, or {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents
the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fowled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Fowling}.]
To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,
or by decoys, nets, etc
Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
--Blackstone.
{Fowling piece}, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for
the use of small shot in killing birds or small
quadrupeds.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fowl
n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended
from the red jungle fowl [syn: {domestic fowl}, {poultry}]
2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
[syn: {bird}]
v 1: hunt fowl
2: hunt fowl, as in the forest
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