fowl

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: domestic fowlpoultrybird

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowlSynonyms: domestic fowlpoultry
  2. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as foodSynonyms: bird

Verb (2)

  1. hunt fowl
  2. hunt fowl in the forest
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), n.

Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]

1.Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. [1913 Webster]

Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air.— Gen. i. 26.[1913 Webster]
Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.— Matt. vi. 26.[1913 Webster]
Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). [1913 Webster]

Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. [1913 Webster]

Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.] To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. [1913 Webster]

Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds. [1913 Webster]

Advertisement