warren (woren)

[ (= D. warande, a park), rabbits abound. A town gentleman has lamed a rabbit in my warren. Landor, Imag. Conv., Southey and Landor, ii. 2. In Eng. law, a franchise or place privileged by prescription or grant from the crown, for keeping beasts and fowls of warren, which are hares, rabbits, partridges, and pheasants, though some add quails, woodcocks, and waterfowl. The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren. IMG:content-2079.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2080.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A humming-bird of the genus Oxypogon. Also called helmet -crest. warrior-ant (wor'i-er-ant), n. An ant, Formica sanguine a, of Europe and North America; one of the slave-making ants which keep workers of other species in their nest. See soldier, 6. warriore (wor'i-er-es or war'yer-es), n. [Early mod. E. warrioure e;