hickwall
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).UKregional
2. (UK, regional) A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).Examples: "[…]at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each Hickwall (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if Hickwalls were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes."UKregional
3. (UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.Examples: "Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot."UKarchaicregional
Definition source: Wiktionary