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Definition of Ortolans
1. ortolan [n] - See also: ortolan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ortolans
Literary usage of Ortolans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... bears, buffaloes, deer, and wild hogs; and among the latter, wild geese and
ducks, snipes, ortolans, teal, hares, etc. Snakes are numerous. History. ..."
2. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
""Bone the ortolans; fill them with a purée of foie gras incorporated with a ...
ortolans IN TRUFFLES—Large truffles with part of the inside removed and an ..."
3. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To roast ortolans. Pick and singe, but do not draw them. Tie on a bird-spit, and
roast them. Some persons like bacon in slices tied between them, ..."
4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"Grey plovers may be either roasted or stewed To roast ortolans. Pick and singe,
but do not draw them. Tie on a bird- spit, and roast them. ..."
5. Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs by Joseph Cradock, John Bowyer Nichols (1826)
"We did not leave the vessel this night, but regaled on cold roasted ortolans,
and some other rare provisions, ..."
6. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"The way of taking larks is with nets, as they do ortolans, only they ufe a ...
for ortolans, are placed upon ..."
7. A Key to the Exercises of Fasquelle's New French Method by Louis Fasquelle (1864)
"ortolans. 9. Sir, shall I send you (a Utile) soup ? 10. ... Ces ortolans sont
délicieux. 16. Je suis bien aise que vous les trouviez* bons. 17. ..."
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