See scarecrow on Wiktionary
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"word": "object of fear"
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"word": "moggy"
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"word": "scare-bullfinch"
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"word": "scaregoose"
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"word": "clapper"
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"ref": "1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso:",
"text": "VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv, / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]",
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{
"ref": "1726, [Daniel Defoe], “Of the Manner of Satan’s Acting and Carrying on His Affairs in This World, and Particularly of His Ordinary Workings in the Dark, by Possession and Agitation”, in The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: […], London: […] T. Warner, […], →OCLC, part II (Of the Modern History of the Devil), page 222:",
"text": "[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]",
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{
"ref": "1887, Walter Besant, “Of Jack’s Escape”, in The World Went Very Well Then […], volume II, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 143:",
"text": "The things which he had to put on were so old and ragged that they would scarce hold together; and they were so dirty that no ragamuffin of the street would have picked them out of the gutter; no scarecrow in the fields ever had such clothes.",
"type": "quote"
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"An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there."
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"made",
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"dressed",
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"eating",
"eat#Verb"
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"crops",
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"word": "scarecrow"
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "voëlverskrikker"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "strooipop"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dordolec"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rone"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "vovë"
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{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fazzāʕa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَزَّاعَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taḵwīf",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تخويف"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fazzāʕa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَزَّاعَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xrtvilak",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "խրտվիլակ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sou",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "চৌ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "müqəvva"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "oyuq"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "qorxuluq"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qarasqı",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ҡарасҡы"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "arranpalo"
},
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "txorimalo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "txori-izugarri"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "púdzila",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "пу́дзіла"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kaktaṛuẏa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "কাকতাড়ুয়া"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
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"word": "spontailh"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
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"word": "spontailh-brini"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bouga"
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plašilo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "плашило"
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{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "cahkyauk-rup",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "စာချောက်ရုပ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babarota"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantall"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantaocells"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantapardals"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dou⁶ cou² jan⁴",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "稻草人"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàocǎorén",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "稻草人"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "kat̬emp̬i",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "катемпи"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strašák"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskræmsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vogelschrik"
},
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"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vogelverschrikker"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "tandavks",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "тандавкс"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "birdotimigilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ĉifonfiguro"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "hernehirmutis"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "linnunpelätin"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "linnunpelätti"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksenpelätin"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksenpelätti"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épouvantail"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantallo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saprtxobela",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "საფრთხობელა"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vogelscheuche"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gehuuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skiáchtro",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σκιάχτρο"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "cāḍiyo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ચાડિયો"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dakhlíl",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דַּחְלִיל"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "madárijesztő"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuglahræða"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "terorigilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ucel-terorigilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orangan"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orangan sawah"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "penakut burung"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksiinvahti"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fear bréige"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fear falsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "spauracchio"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spaventapasseri"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"alt": "かかし, kakashi; そうず, sōzu; そおど, sōdo",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "案山子"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"alt": "そうず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōzu",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "僧都"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"alt": "ししおどし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shishiodoshi",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "鹿威し"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "スケアクロウ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "bedarugombe",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆದರುಗೊಂಬೆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "beccu",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆಚ್ಚು"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "becciga",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "gumma",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಗುಮ್ಮ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "bercappa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆರ್ಚಪ್ಪ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strôszk"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ckv",
"lang": "Kavalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "pasnawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɑmlaong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ចំឡោង"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taadong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "តាដុង"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tiingmoong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ទីងមោង"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heosuabi",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "허수아비"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "daholl",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "داھۆڵ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "mamik"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "reşkê bûstanan"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "dawill",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "داوِڵ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spantedl"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hun lai kā",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ຫຸ່ນໄລ່ກາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "formīdo avium"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terricula"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "terriculum avium"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biedēklis"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "putnubiedēklis"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baidyklė"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kaliausė"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aarteschuw"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voegelverschrikker"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "strášilo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стра́шило"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plášilo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пла́шило"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orang"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nōkkukutti",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "നോക്കുകുത്തി"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "parayong"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "mrc",
"lang": "Maricopa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "chiyer thʼer"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskremsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fugleskremme"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskremsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fugleskremsle"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ood",
"lang": "O'odham",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "vaṣai gakidagĭ odham"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espaurugal"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "matarsak",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "مترسک"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "Goadengrul"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hieezhgrul"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strach"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strach na wróble"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantalho"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ḍaroṇā",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ਡਰੋਣਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "momâie"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sperietoare"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spaventegl"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čúčelo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "чу́чело"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "púgalo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пу́гало"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bogle"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "craw-bogle"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tattie-bogle"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "tattie-boodie"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodach feannaig"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodach ròcais"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "пла̏шило"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "стра̏шило"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "plȁšilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "strȁšilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ptičje strašilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "setshosa"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "ürkütkiš",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ӱркӱткиш"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantapájaros"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bebegig"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fågelskrämma"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "alay-ay"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "balyan"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "espantaho"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xüsa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "хӯса"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cokkaṉ",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "சொக்கன்"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "diṣṭibomma",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "దిష్టిబొమ్మ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "verabomma",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "వెరబొమ్మ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dr̥ṣṭibomma",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "దృష్టిబొమ్మ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hùn-lâi-gaa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "หุ่นไล่กา"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bostan korkuluğu"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "korkuluk"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "opúdalo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опу́дало"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "potoróča",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поторо́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bẹo chim"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bồ nhìn"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bù nhìn"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "mặt mả"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "noret"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 8 4 5 16 5",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bwgan brain"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 30 16 6 6 3 10 5 5 9 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "(tall, thin person):"
},
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, , stanzas 6–7, page 220:",
"text": "The ſeely man ſeeing him ryde ſo ranck, / And ayme at him, fell flatt to ground for feare, / And crying Mercy loud, his pitious handes gan reare. // Thereat the Scarcrovv vvexed vvondrous provvd, / Through fortune of his firſt aduenture fayre, / And vvith big thundring voice reuyld him lovvd; […]",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 69:",
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"text": "VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.",
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"ref": "1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso:",
"text": "VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv, / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]",
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"ref": "1726, [Daniel Defoe], “Of the Manner of Satan’s Acting and Carrying on His Affairs in This World, and Particularly of His Ordinary Workings in the Dark, by Possession and Agitation”, in The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: […], London: […] T. Warner, […], →OCLC, part II (Of the Modern History of the Devil), page 222:",
"text": "[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]",
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"ref": "1887, Walter Besant, “Of Jack’s Escape”, in The World Went Very Well Then […], volume II, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 143:",
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"text": "(tall, thin person):"
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, , stanzas 6–7, page 220:",
"text": "The ſeely man ſeeing him ryde ſo ranck, / And ayme at him, fell flatt to ground for feare, / And crying Mercy loud, his pitious handes gan reare. // Thereat the Scarcrovv vvexed vvondrous provvd, / Through fortune of his firſt aduenture fayre, / And vvith big thundring voice reuyld him lovvd; […]",
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:",
"text": "No eye hath ſeene ſuch skarcrovves. Ile not march vvith them through Couentry vvith them, thats flat: […]",
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"ref": "1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv, page 61:",
"text": "So, a true Souldier, / He is his Countreys ſtrength, his Soueraignes ſafety, / And to ſecure his peace, he makes himſelfe / The heyre of danger, nay the ſubiect of it, / And runnes thoſe vertuous hazards, that this Scarre-crovv / Cannot endure to heare of.",
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"ref": "1711 March 21 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SATURDAY, March 10, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 9; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 124:",
"text": "In opposition to this society, there sprung up another composed of scarecrows and skeletons, who, being very meagre and envious, did all they could to thwart the designs of their bulky brethren, whom they represented as men of dangerous principles; […]",
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, “The Reader's Neck Brought into Danger by a Description, His Escape, and the Great Condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, pages 21–22:",
"text": "A Conſultation vvas novv entered into, hovv to proceed in order to diſcover the Mother. A Scrutiny vvas firſt made into the Characters of the female Servants of the Houſe, vvho vvere all acquitted by Mrs. VVilkins, and vvith apparent Merit; for ſhe had collected them herſelf, and perhaps it vvould be difficult to find ſuch another Set of Scarecrovvs.",
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"ref": "1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 69:",
"text": "Obedient to this summons there ranged themselves in front of the schoolmaster's desk, half-a-dozen scarecrows, out at knees and elbows, one of whom placed a torn and filthy book beneath his learned eye.",
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"ref": "1887, Walter Besant, “How Jack Came Home Again”, in The World Went Very Well Then […], volume I, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 246:",
"text": "'Why, my friend,' he said, stopping to contemplate the scarecrow, 'where hast thou gotten these rags and this wound?' / 'I have escaped, sir, from a French prison, and have received a hurt on the forehead.'",
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"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 100, column 1:",
"text": "VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.",
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"ref": "1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of England, with the Assembly”, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:",
"text": "The greateſt burden in the vvorld is ſuperſtition; not onely of Ceremonies in the Church, but of imaginary and ſcarcrovv ſins at home.",
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"ref": "a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Daphnis. From the Twenty-seventh Idyllium of Theocritus.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 422:",
"text": "A ſcarecrow, ſet to frighten fools away; / Marriage has joys; and you ſhall have aſſay.",
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"ref": "1983, Saskatchewan Law Review, volume 48, Saskatoon, Sask.: College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, →OCLC, page 114:",
"text": "The Canada West Foundation dismisses these concerns as \"political scarecrows\"; fearsome at first glance but irrelevant on closer examination. Unfortunately the problems of an elected Senate cannot be dismissed so easily.",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "voëlverskrikker"
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"word": "strooipop"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "խրտվիլակ"
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"code": "as",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "চৌ"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "müqəvva"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "oyuq"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ҡарасҡы"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "arranpalo"
},
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "txorimalo"
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "пу́дзіла"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "কাকতাড়ুয়া"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "စာချောက်ရုပ်"
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babarota"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantall"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantaocells"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantapardals"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dou⁶ cou² jan⁴",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "稻草人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàocǎorén",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "稻草人"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "kat̬emp̬i",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "катемпи"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strašák"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskræmsel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vogelschrik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vogelverschrikker"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "tandavks",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "тандавкс"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "birdotimigilo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ĉifonfiguro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "hernehirmutis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "linnunpelätin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "linnunpelätti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksenpelätin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksenpelätti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épouvantail"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantallo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saprtxobela",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "საფრთხობელა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vogelscheuche"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gehuuri"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skiáchtro",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σκιάχτρο"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "cāḍiyo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ચાડિયો"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dakhlíl",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דַּחְלִיל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "madárijesztő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuglahræða"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "terorigilo"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ucel-terorigilo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orangan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orangan sawah"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "penakut burung"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "variksiinvahti"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fear bréige"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fear falsa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "spauracchio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spaventapasseri"
},
{
"alt": "かかし, kakashi; そうず, sōzu; そおど, sōdo",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "案山子"
},
{
"alt": "そうず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōzu",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "僧都"
},
{
"alt": "ししおどし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shishiodoshi",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "鹿威し"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "スケアクロウ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "bedarugombe",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆದರುಗೊಂಬೆ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "beccu",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆಚ್ಚು"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "becciga",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಗ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "gumma",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಗುಮ್ಮ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "bercappa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ಬೆರ್ಚಪ್ಪ"
},
{
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strôszk"
},
{
"code": "ckv",
"lang": "Kavalan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "pasnawa"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɑmlaong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ចំឡោង"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taadong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "តាដុង"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tiingmoong",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ទីងមោង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heosuabi",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "허수아비"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "daholl",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "داھۆڵ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "mamik"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "reşkê bûstanan"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "dawill",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "داوِڵ"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spantedl"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hun lai kā",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ຫຸ່ນໄລ່ກາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "formīdo avium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terricula"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "terriculum avium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biedēklis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "putnubiedēklis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baidyklė"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kaliausė"
},
{
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aarteschuw"
},
{
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voegelverschrikker"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "strášilo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стра́шило"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plášilo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пла́шило"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "orang-orang"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nōkkukutti",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "നോക്കുകുത്തി"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "parayong"
},
{
"code": "mrc",
"lang": "Maricopa",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "chiyer thʼer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskremsel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fugleskremme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fugleskremsel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fugleskremsle"
},
{
"code": "ood",
"lang": "O'odham",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "vaṣai gakidagĭ odham"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espaurugal"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "matarsak",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "مترسک"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "Goadengrul"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hieezhgrul"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strach"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strach na wróble"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espantalho"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ḍaroṇā",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ਡਰੋਣਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "momâie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sperietoare"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spaventegl"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čúčelo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "чу́чело"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "púgalo",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пу́гало"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "bogle"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "craw-bogle"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tattie-bogle"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "tattie-boodie"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodach feannaig"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bodach ròcais"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "пла̏шило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "стра̏шило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "plȁšilo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "strȁšilo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ptičje strašilo"
},
{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "setshosa"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "ürkütkiš",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
"word": "ӱркӱткиш"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
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"sense": "effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there",
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"word": "దిష్టిబొమ్మ"
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"ref": "1593, Gabriel Harvey, “An Advertisement for Pap-hatchet, and Martin Mar-prelate”, in Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], →OCLC, page 72:",
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