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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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