Also 7 -churre, 8 -chair, -chier, -chur. [f. EVE sb.1 + CHURR: see CHURR-WORM.]
† 1. The Mole-Cricket; also called Churr-worm, Fen-cricket. ? Obs.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 1018. Of the Fen-Kricket, the Eve-churre, or the Chur-worm … we may call it Gryllotalpa; a Mole-kricket.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. v. § 2. 124. Fen-Cricket, Evechurr, Churr-worm.
1721–1800. Bailey, Eve-churr, a Worm.
1726. [see CHURR-WORM].
2. The Nightjar, Caprimulgus europæus. Cf. CHURN-OWL.
1837. Macgillivray, Hist. Brit. Birds, III. 633.
1885. Swainson, Provinc. Names Brit. Birds (E. D. S.), 96.
1890. Daily News, 15 July, 5/1. He is still a bird of many names. Some, like nightjar, eve-churr, wheel bird, are suggestive of his voice.
