Curlew vs Curfew - What's the difference?
curlew | curfew |
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
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The time when such restriction begins.
A signal indicating this time.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.95:
As nouns the difference between curlew and curfew
is that curlew is any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills while curfew is any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.curlew
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis * eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis * Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis * Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata * little curlew, Numenius minutus * long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus * slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostrisSee also
* stone curlewcurfew
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Alternative forms
* cover-few (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia curfew) (en noun)Hurricane Sandy," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
- I have my lodging neere unto a tower, where both evening and morning a very great bell doth chime Ave marie'' and ''Cover-few , which jangling doth even make the tower to shake.