hickwall

English

Alternative forms

hickway

Etymology

From Middle English hyghwhele; also highwale (1500s) or highawe (1600s). Rarely attested before the sixteenth century, making the original form difficult to trace. Probably imitative of the bird's cry; compare yaffle (“green woodpecker”). Possibly influenced by witwall, woodwall.

Noun

hickwall (plural hickwalls)

(Britain, regional) The lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor.
(Britain, regional) The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
- 1975, Banbury Historical Society, Cake & Cockhorse, volume 6, page 126:
  […] at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each Hickwall (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if Hickwalls were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes.
(Britain, regional, archaic) The blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
- 1861, John Christopher Atkinson, British Birds' Eggs and Nests, Popularly Described, page 43:
  Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot.

References

hickwall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

wallhick

单词	hickwall
释义	hickwall English Alternative forms hickway Etymology From Middle English hyghwhele; also highwale (1500s) or highawe (1600s). Rarely attested before the sixteenth century, making the original form difficult to trace. Probably imitative of the bird's cry; compare yaffle (“green woodpecker”). Possibly influenced by witwall, woodwall. Noun hickwall (plural hickwalls) (Britain, regional) The lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor. (Britain, regional) The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis. 1975, Banbury Historical Society, Cake & Cockhorse, volume 6, page 126: […] at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each Hickwall (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if Hickwalls were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes. (Britain, regional, archaic) The blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus. 1861, John Christopher Atkinson, British Birds' Eggs and Nests, Popularly Described, page 43: Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot. References hickwall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. Anagrams wallhick
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