Meaning of powter | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“There is a great deal⟳ of trouble⟳, time, and expence, requisite for breeding and . rearing of young powters, for they require⟳ a vast deal⟳ of attendance, as every single bird, cocks as well as hens, must be parted during the winter season, and placed in a separate⟳ pen or coop, each of them must be supplied with meat and water, and care taken that the coop be lofty and spacious, that they may not get⟳ an ill habit of stooping, which is so great an imperfection, that it must be prevented by all possible means;”

“I shall confine my remarks to the flyers, and say⟳ nothing about the toy birds, which include⟳ powters, nuns, tumblers, jacobins, and many other species, which by their respective fanciers are held in as high estimation as the best carriers.”

“Powters have⟳ deservedly a bad character as nurses, and it is usual to put⟳ the eggs of valuable birds under other Pigeons to hatch and rear;”

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