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poultry | hen |

As a proper noun poultry

is a street in the city between cheapside and cornhill.

poultry

English

Noun

(-)
  • domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs)
  • the meat from a domestic fowl
  • hen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from (etyl) heonan, hionan, heonane, . See also (l).

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (dialectal) Hence.
  • Etymology 2

    From , or a variant of hench.

    Verb

    (henn)
  • (dialectal) To throw.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl), from (etyl) henn, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female bird.
  • (specifically ) A female chicken, especially one kept for its eggs.
  • * , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
  • , chapter=2 citation , passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen , the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
  • (slang) A woman.
  • (informal) The woman whose impending marriage is being celebrated at a hen night.
  • Derived terms
    * henbane * hen harrier * hen party * henpecked * mother hen
    See also
    * * broody

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