ADJ.
clean, famous
VERB + FOWL
buying, fish, tasted
PREP.
off, with
noun
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
Any bird.
And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted
verb
To hunt fowl.
We took our guns and went fowling.
adj
foul
Paradise Lost, John Milton Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view / Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause / Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State / Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off / From their Creator, and transgress his Will / For one restraint, Lords of the World besides? / Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt?
Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.
Besides, I know I should hate being there without you; I'm a great old thing, as Jasper says, neither fish nor fowl, you know, not come out, and not a little girl in the schoolroom
And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appie
WiktionaryWe took our guns and went fowling.
WiktionaryParadise Lost, John Milton Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view / Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause / Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State / Favour'd of Heav'n so hi
WiktionaryNeither fish nor fowl.
Tatoeba · #423415This is a fowl.
Tatoeba · #2652602When buying fowl, check that it has no teeth. If it has teeth, it is not fowl.
Tatoeba · #2776804i Register
In some senses, fowl is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.