Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #51126 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

estridgeOstrich

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 19 times in 16 works
Consistency: 95.0% (19 of 20)
Reach if approved: ~22 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 21 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (19 changes in 16 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 19)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are in shape Angels, but in qualities Deuils, painted coffius with rotten bones: the EstridgeOstrich carrieth faire feathers, but ranck flesh: the hearb Molio carrieth a flowre as white …
With rule
… are in shape Angels, but in qualities Deuils, painted coffius with rotten bones: the EstridgeOstrich carrieth faire feathers, but ranck flesh: the hearb Molio carrieth a flowre as white …
Joseph Swetnam · The Arraignment of Lewd Women · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
And EstridgeOstrich-like in Deserts liue.
With rule
And EstridgeOstrich-like in Deserts liue.
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with more eaſe digeſt the hardeſt and fouleſt offence, then the ſtomacke of an EſtridgeOstrich can digeſt Iron; whereby they eſteeme of their ſinnes, as Paul ſpeakes of an …
With rule
… with more eaſe digeſt the hardeſt and fouleſt offence, then the ſtomacke of an EſtridgeOstrich can digeſt Iron; whereby they eſteeme of their ſinnes, as Paul ſpeakes of an …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 732 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after Iſidore, barbarouſly writes it, but Struthius, or Struthio rather, in Latin was an EſtridgeOstrich or an Oſtridge. for I will not charge Mr. L. as guilty of ſo …
With rule
… after Iſidore, barbarouſly writes it, but Struthius, or Struthio rather, in Latin was an EſtridgeOstrich or an Oſtridge. for I will not charge Mr. L. as guilty of ſo …
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all met together; and birds of all feathers had a generall convolancy. Then the EstridgeOstrich began, in a high commendation of himself, how he… was the biggest of all …
With rule
… all met together; and birds of all feathers had a generall convolancy. Then the EstridgeOstrich began, in a high commendation of himself, how he… was the biggest of all …
Thomas Fuller · The Speech of Birds also the Speech of Flowers · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cinamon tree, whose barke is of more worth then his body; or like the EstridgeOstrich or Bird of Paradise, whose feathers are more worth then her flesh: Or some …
With rule
… Cinamon tree, whose barke is of more worth then his body; or like the EstridgeOstrich or Bird of Paradise, whose feathers are more worth then her flesh: Or some …
Richard Younge · The Prevention of Poverty · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cinamon tree, whoſe barke is of more worth then his body; or like the EſtridgeOstrich or Bird of Paradiſe, whoſe feathers are more worth then her fleſh: Or ſome …
With rule
… Cinamon tree, whoſe barke is of more worth then his body; or like the EſtridgeOstrich or Bird of Paradiſe, whoſe feathers are more worth then her fleſh: Or ſome …
Richard Younge · A Precious Mithridate for the Soul · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue reſembled men to beaſts. A man of goodlie parts vvithout diſcretion to the EſtridgeOstrich, that hath goodlie feathers, and canot flie as Job ſpeaketh, a man of enuy …
With rule
… haue reſembled men to beaſts. A man of goodlie parts vvithout diſcretion to the EſtridgeOstrich, that hath goodlie feathers, and canot flie as Job ſpeaketh, a man of enuy …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Holy State A40674

Printed
… onely if his father hath been a pelican, but though he hath been an estridgeOstrich unto him, and neglected him in his youth. He confines him not a long …
With rule
… onely if his father hath been a pelican, but though he hath been an estridgeOstrich unto him, and neglected him in his youth. He confines him not a long …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 15 · Open in the reader