Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]

(Zool.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]

(Zool.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid[ae]. [1913 Webster]

Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. [1913 Webster]

Bramble finch. See Brambling.

Canary finch, the canary bird.

Copper finch. See Chaffinch.

Diamond finch. See under Diamond.

Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.

To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.]

"Privily a finch eke could he pull." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]

(Zo["o]l.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Finch \Finch\, n.; pl. Fishes. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]

(Zo["o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid[ae].

Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.

Bramble finch. See Brambling.

Canary finch, the canary bird.

Copper finch. See Chaffinch.

Diamond finch. See under Diamond.

Finch falcon (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.

To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.]

``Privily a finch eke could he pull.'' --Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)