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Definition: clee
Redshank
\Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common Old World limicoline bird (
Totanus calidris
), having the legs and feet pale red. The
spotted redshank (
Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has
orange-red legs. Called also
redshanks,
redleg,
and
clee.
(b) The fieldfare.
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2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
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