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Partridge   /pˈɑrtrədʒ/  /pˈɑrtrɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Partridge  n.  (Zool.)
1.
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. "Full many a fat partrich had he in mew." Note: The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix cinerea) and the red-legged partridge (Caccabis rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species.
2.
Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera. (U.S.) Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezumae); and the California partridge (Callipepla Californica).
3.
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). (New Eng.)
Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. (Local, U.S.)
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a)
The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiaceae, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b)
The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamaecrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a)
A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis. Called also pheasant wood.
(b)
A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge (Ammoperdix Bonhami); so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge (Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia; called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.





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... one o' the books I bought at Partridge's sale. They was all bound alike,—it's a good binding, you see,—and I thought they'd be all good books. There's Jeremy Taylor's 'Holy Living and Dying' among 'em. I read in it often of a Sunday" (Mr. Tulliver ...
— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot
... period arrives and ceases, when the nearest male relative makes a feast; after which she is considered a fully matured woman; but she has to refrain from eating anything fresh for one year after her first monthly sickness; she may however eat partridge, but it must be cooked in the crop of the bird to render it harmless. I would have thought it impossible to perform this feat had I not seen it done. The crop is blown out, and a small bent willow put round the mouth; it is then filled with water, and the meat being first minced ...
— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer
... the intruders on his quiet haunts defiance; yet so bold in his indignation, he scarcely condescended to ascend beyond their reach. The long-continued, hollow tapping of the large red-headed woodpecker, or the singular subterranean sound caused by the drumming of the partridge striking his wings upon his breast to woo his gentle mate, and the soft whispering note of the little tree-creeper, as it flitted from one hemlock to another, collecting its food between the fissures of the bark, were among the few sounds that broke the ...
— Lost in the Backwoods • Catharine Parr Traill
... he wrought it into solid walls almost as high on either hand as Annie's head. In dark nooks, where the spreading pines and hemlocks lay low and wide, he tossed the snow into fantastic and weird masses on the right and left, and cleared great spaces where he knew the partridge-berry would be ready with a tiny scarlet glow to light ...
— Saxe Holm's Stories • Helen Hunt Jackson
... means poor sport. It is the most common kind practised in the United States, because the squirrel is the most common game. In that country it takes the place that snipe or partridge shooting holds in England. In my opinion it is a sport superior to either of these last, and the game, when killed, is not much less in value. Good fat squirrel can be cooked in a variety of ways, and many people ...
— The Hunters' Feast - Conversations Around the Camp Fire • Mayne Reid


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