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Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..

Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.

Butchered :: Butchered (imp. & p. p.) of Butche.

Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..

Nine-killer :: Nine-killer (n.) The northern butcher bird.

Hough :: Hough (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot..

Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..

Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The business of a butcher.

Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..

Cart :: Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc..

Butcherliness :: Butcherliness (n.) Butchery quality.

Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..

Rump :: Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef..

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Keech :: Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.

Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

Matagasse :: Matagasse (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.

Butchery :: Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.

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