(1):
(n.) Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
(2):
(n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
(3):
(n.) Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
(4):
(v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
(5):
(v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
(6):
(n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).