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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

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).]

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