SHIR'LEY, noun A bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of the body a dark brown, and the throat and breast read.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SHIR'LEY, noun A bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of the body a dark brown, and the throat and breast read.
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