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• Shrike

  ·vi Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bil...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• shrike

  n. a bird-name, generally used inAustralia in composition. See Crow-Shrike, Cuckoo-Shrike, Shrike-Ro...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Tit

  ·noun A small horse. II. Tit ·noun A morsel; a bit. III. Tit ·noun A woman; — used in contempt. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• tit

  A horse; a pretty little tit; a smart little girl. a *** or tid bit; a delicate morsel. Tommy tit; a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tit

  n. common English bird name.Applied in Australia to the following species – – Broad-tailed Tit – – ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tit

  a horse. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• crow-shrike

  n. Australian amalgamation of twocommon English bird-names. The Crow-shrikes are ofthree genera, St...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cuckoo-shrike

  n. This combination of twocommon English bird-names is assigned in Australia to thefollowing – – Bar...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• shrike-robin

  n. a genus of AustralasianShrikes, Eopsaltria (q.v.). The species are – – Grey-breasted Shrike-Robi...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• shrike-thrush

  n. a genus of AustralasianShrikes, Collyriocincla (q.v.). The species are – – Bower's Shrike-Thrush...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• willing tit

  A free horse, or a coming girl. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tit-fish

  n. a name given in North Australiato the Sea-slug, or Trepang; because the appearance of itstentacl...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tree-tit

  n. The word tit is terminallyapplied to many little English birds. In Australia,this new compound h...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tit for tat

  An equivalent. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tit for tat

  The phrase "tit for tat, if you kill my dog I'll kill your cat," is among the provincialisms of Hant...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.