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curlew (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French
courlieu
(13c., Modern French
courlis
), said to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with
corliu
"runner, messenger," from
corre
"to run" (see
current
(adj.)). The bird is a good runner.
