nide

1. (archaic) A nest of pheasants.Examples: "[A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close."; "[W]e were highly entertained with the antics of two stoats, who had left their hiding places to commence nocturnal depredations; [...] in the course of a few minutes the whirring of a nide of pheasants convinced us these little vermin had marked them as prey."; "[I]f a hen pheasant takes to new ground, at such a late period of the season, she may be likely to stay and build her nest there, and thus a nide may be lost in the following October."Synonyms: nid, nyearchaic