Meaning of bargander | Babel Free

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Synonym of shelduck.

Norfolk, dialectal

Examples

“Thanet has abundance of wild-fowl in a severe winter; and a bird, called the bargander, in Latin, chemaloper, often frequents the marshes and waters in it.”

“Here he sees the whirlings of the ducks, hears the booming of the bitterns, the scream⟳ of the heron, the whistle of the plover; sees the figure⟳ of the wild geese, the deceit of the lapwing, the variegated beauty of the bargander, the single circling of the curlew, the rapid flight of the teal, the more noisy rush⟳ of the dunbird, and listens to the pleasing call⟳ of the widgeon: -- these are the varieties which set⟳ the embers of his soul on fire.”

“Well, we remained at Petala from the 16th to the 24th -- eight shooting days, and killed between us sixty-seven and a-half brace of woodcock, twenty- seven brace of teal, thirty-three brace of widgeon, fifteen brace of ducks, seven and a-half brace of geese, two brace of sea-pheasants, one and a-half brace of barganders and one hare; so far as we were concerned, (that is, my friend and I) we would have⟳ been well satisfied to remain⟳ for another eight days; but below stairs the rumblings of a coming storm, the premonitory symptoms of a mutiny, at length made themselves so distince, that it was absurd to attempt⟳ to feign ignorand any longer: there was nothing for it but to never ourselves like⟳ brave men for the coming struggle⟳.”

“And such egs not only Doves do bring⟳, but house hens also, Partridges, Peahens, Geese, and Brants, or the female Barganders.”

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