Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a gray or ash-colored head or pate: used only in the following passage.
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Examples
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He knew that "a lapwing runs close by the ground," that choughs are "russet-pated."
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In calling the choughs "russet-pated" he makes the bill tinge the whole head, or perhaps gives the effect of the birds 'markings when seen at a distance; the bill is red, the head is black.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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