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Redshank
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A bare-legged person; - a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
(2):
(n.) The fieldfare.
(3):
(n.) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Redshank'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/redshank.html. 1828.