n. [ OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. √92. ] 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). [ 1913 Webster ]

That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brydds [ birds ] of the aier have nestes. Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden. [ 1913 Webster ]

And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arabian bird, the phenix. --
Bird of Jove, the eagle. --
Bird of Juno, the peacock. --
Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. --
Bird of passage, a migratory bird. --
Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. --
Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To catch or shoot birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch. [ PJC ]

n. an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
Syn. -- addle-head, loon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or } n. A cage for confining birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries. [ 1913 Webster ]