thistlewarp

English

Etymology

From thistle +‎ warp.

Noun

thistlewarp (plural thistlewarps)

  1. (obsolete) The goldfinch.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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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