plouter

i. [PLOTTER, v.] plout-nět, pout-nět, s. [Eng. pout (2), s., and net.] A small, stocking-shaped river net attached to two poles. , pit Syrian The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia plover plover, s . [O. Fr. plovier (Fr. pluvier )=lit. the rain-bird; formed as if from a Lat. pluviarius ; from pluvia =rain; so called because these birds are said to be most seen and caught in a rainy season; Dut. plevier ; Ital. piviere .] 1. Literally and Ornithology: (1) Sing .: The common English name of several wading birds; spec., the Golden, Yellow, or Green Plover, Charadrius pluvial is . In winter the old male has all the upper parts sooty-black, with large golden-yellow spots on the margin of the backs of the feathers, the sides of the head, neck, and breast with ashy-brown and yellowish spots, the throat and lower parts white, the quills black. The summer plumage of the upper parts deep black, the front and sides of the neck pure white, with great black and yellow spots. Lower parts mostly deep black. Length about ten inches. Its nest, in a depre ion of the ground, is made of a few dry fibers and stems of gra ; the eggs, which are highly esteemed as delicacies, are four in number, cream yellow or oil-green, with large blotches of umber brown. Plovers are gregarious in habit, and have a wide geographical range. [CHARADRIUS.] The Gray Plover is Squatarola cinerea . [RING-PLOVER, SQUATAROLA, STILT, HIM AN TO PINE.] (2) Pl .: The Charadriidæ (q. v.). *2. Fig .: A loose woman; a prostitute.