(fishing, cooking) A type of dried or cured herring caught at Digby, Nova Scotia.

plural of Digby chicken

plural of chicken sickle

The shell of young oysters, harvested for pearls and for use in ornamental work.

plural of chicken shell

(idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.

(uncountable) A mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.

A chicken for eating while it is still young. / (chiefly in negative constructions) A person who is still young.

(litotes) Said of a person who is no longer particularly young.

(medicine) A highly contagious airborne disease, caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV), resulting in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters.