thrush(1) (iou) and hoe (medicine)

thrush(1) (iou)

thrush noun1.

A songbird common in much of Europe, Turdus philomelos, which has a buff spotted breast and a loud repetitive song (also more fully song thrush). Also = mistle thrush s.v. MISTLE 2. OE.
b. Any of various Other birds of the genus Turdus or related genera; gen. any bird of the family Turdidae. Freq. with specifying word. E18.
ground thrush, hermit thrush, olive thrush, rock thrush, Swainson's thrush, whistling thrush, wood thrush, etc.
c. Any of various birds which resemble the true thrushes, esp. of the Families Timaliidae, Pachycephalidae, and Parulidae. Usu. with specifying word. M18.
laughing-thrush, New Zealand thrush, quail-thrush, shrike-thrush, water-thrush, etc.
fig. A female singer. US colloq. M20.
Comb.: thrush babbler any of various babblers (birds) of equatorial Africa; thrush nightingale a songbird, Luscinia luscinia (family Turdidae), which greatly resembles the nightingale and replaces it in NE Europe and central Asia; also called sprosser.
thrushlike adjective resembling (that of) a thrush L19.

hoe (medicine)

hoe

1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

2. <zoology> The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.

Origin: OF. Hoe, F. Houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. Houwa, howa, G. Haue, fr. OHG. Houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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