HEN
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► KECK! the sound made by a hen when it has laid and egg; cluck! → c1760 Sc.
NOUNS
► ARRO a young hen commencing to lay → 1929 Sc.
► BIDDY-HEN a hen → 1907 Amer. dial.
► BROODER a chicken coop; a hen house → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BROODER COOP a chicken coop; a hen house → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BROODER HOUSE a chicken coop; a hen house → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BROODER PEN a chicken coop; a hen house → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUNTIE a► BUNTY tailless hen→ 1872 Amer. dial.
► BUNTING a tailless hen→ 1891 Amer. dial.
► CACKLEBIRD a hen → 1966 US sl.
► CACKLER a hen → 1673 sl.
► CACKLER’S-KEN a hen-roost; a fowl-house → 1788 sl.
► CAPLE a hen → c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CAVIE a hen coop → 1785 Sc.
► CAWL a hen coop → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHICKABIDDY a hen → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CHITTYPRAT a black and white speckled hen → 1892 Eng. dial.
► CLUCK a hen → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROW-BIDDY a rooster → 1907 Amer. dial.
► CROWER a rooster, a cock → 1891 Amer. dial. euphemism
► DOODLER an old hen → 1947 Amer. dial.
► EAROCK ► EIRACK ► ERRACK \a hen of the first year; one that has only just begun to lay; a pullet → 1794 Sc.
► EVE a hen roost → E18 Eng. dial.
► GELINE in cookery: a hen → c1430 obs.
► GRIG ► GRIG-HEN a short-legged hen → 1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HATCH a hen-coop → 1902 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HOWDY-TOWDY a young hen; one that has never laid → 19C Eng. dial.
► KAVE a hen-coop → 1789 Sc. obs.
► LAY-TALE the entire laying of a hen, the number of eggs laid before brooding → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MABBIERS young hens, chickens → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MABYER a young hen, a chicken, a pullet → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MARGERY PRATER ► MERGERY-PRATER a fowl, a hen → 1567 cant obs.
► MAWZY a speckled hen → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKROCK HEN a setting hen → 1937 Amer. dial.
► SKROOK a setting hen → 1983 Amer. dial.
► TAPPIETOURIE a pet name for a hen with a tuft of feathers → 1826 Sc.
► TAWPENNY a hen with a tuft on its head → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► TEWKIE ► TUKEY ► TUKIE a hen; frequently used as a nickname → 1892 Sc.
► TUKIE-HEN a hen; frequently used as a nickname → 1892 Sc.
► WIDDIE ► WIDDY a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen → 1936 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► EVESDROPPER a robber of hen-houses → L18 sl.
VERBS
► CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit → 1788 Eng. dial.
► CRAW-CRAW to make the distinctive sound of a hen → 1871 Amer. dial.
► KECKLE ► KICKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle → 1513
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