Forms: 7–9 Jacobine, 8– -in. [a. F. Jacobine, fem. of Jacobin (JACOBIN sb.1 1); so called from their cowl or hood.]

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  1.  An artificial breed of the domestic pigeon, with reversed feathers on the back of the neck, suggesting a cowl or hood.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. 244/1. The Jacobines … or Cop Headed Pigeons … have … Feathers … almost like a Monks-hood.

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1766.  Pennant, Zool. (1768), I. 218.

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1851–61.  Mayhew, Lond. Labour, II. 64. His pigeon-cote … is no longer stocked with carriers, dragoons, horsemen, jacobins.

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  2.  A humming-bird of the genus Heliothrix, having neck-feathers resembling a hood.

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1843.  Penny Cycl., XXV. 272/2. 13th Race. The Jacobins. Bill short, straight; tail ample or graduated.

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  † 3.  A kind of French soup (F. soupe à la Jacobine, Littré). Obs.

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1706.  Phillips, Jacobine, a kind of French Potage with Cheese.

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