Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHICKSTANE, Chiskin, n. The stonechat, Saxicola rubicola (Sc. 1887 Jam.6 Add., chiskin); the wheatear, Saxicola oenanthe (Sc. 1898 E.D.D.; 1911 S.D.D.). Cf. chickell (Devon) and stanechacker (Abd.) (Swainson Brit. Birds (1885) 9).
[From Chick, n.1 and v., + Stane, a stone, the cry of the stonechat and wheatear resembling the sound of a slight blow or the striking together of two pebbles (Swainson).]