Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Haut'boy-ist, n. p. 611A player on the hautboy.Hauteur, n. p. 611Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride.Haut'goût p. 611High relish or taste; high seasoning.Hāv'an-ēse', a. p. 611(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Havana, in Cuba.Hāv'an-ēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 611(Geog.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.Hāve, v. t. p. 611To own; to hold in possession or control. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak. 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects one. “He had a fever late.”…Hāve'less, a. p. 611Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.Hăv'e-lock, n. p. 611A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sun-stroke.Hā'ven, n. p. 611A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading 's in our haven. Shak. 2. A…Hā'ven-age, n. p. 611Harbor dues.Hā'vened, a. p. 611Sheltered in a haven. Blissfully havened both from joy and pain. Keats.Hā'ven-er, n. p. 611The overseer of a port; a harbor-master. [Obs.] Carew.Hāv'er, n. p. 611One who has or possesses; a possessor; a holder. [Obs.] Shak.Hāv'er or Haver-bread, n. p. 611Oats. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson. Haver-bread, oaten bread.Hāv'er-säck, n. p. 611A bag for oats or oat-meal. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack. 3. A gunner's case for…Hāv'ing, n. p. 611Possession; goods; estate. Shak.Hāv'ior, n. p. 611Behavior. [Obs.]Hăv'oe, n. p. 611Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.Hāv'oe, v. t. p. 611To waste; to destroy; to lay waste. “To waste and havoc yonder world.” Milton.Hāv'oc, interj. p. 611A cry originally used in hunting, but afterward in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc when you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry havoc, and let slip…Haw, n. p. 611A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. There was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer. 2. The berry and seed of the hawthorn, that is, hedge-thorn. Bacon.Haw, n. p. 611(Anat.) The third eyelid, or the nictating membrane, a semi-cartilaginous membrane in the internal corner of the eye of birds and hoofed quadrupeds. It is pressed out beneath the eyelids across the…Haw, n. p. 611An hesitation or intermission of speech.Hāw, v. i. p. 611To stop, in speaking, with a haw, or to speak with interruption and hesitation. Cut it short; don't prose—don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.Haw, v. i. p. 611To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; said of cattle or a team;—most frequently in the imperative; often with here; as, haw, haw here;—words used by teamsters in guiding their teams. See…Haw, v. t. p. 611To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. To haw and gee, or haw and gee about, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master…Ha-wa'ian, a. p. 611(Geog.) Belonging or pertaining to the island or kingdom of Hawaii or Owhyhee, or to the Sandwich Islands.Haw'finch, n. p. 612(Ornith.) A small bird; the Coccosthraustes vulgaris, or gross-beak.Haw-haw', n. p. 612A fence or bank that interrupts an alley or walk sunk between slopes, and not perceived till approached. See HA-HA.Hawk, n. p. 612(Ornith.) A bird resembling the falcons, except in the shortness of its wings, having a beak which curves from the base to the tip, and a head thick set with feathers. Most of the species are…Hawk, v. i. p. 612To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. “He that hawks at larks and sparrows.” Locke. A falconer Henry is when…Hawk, v. i. p. 612To make an effort to force up phlegm with noise; as, to hawk and spit.Hawk, v. t. p. 612To raise by hawking, as phlegm.Hawk, n. p. 612An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.Hawk, v. t. p. 612To offer for sale by outcry in the street, or to sell by outcry; to cry; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.Hawk, n. p. 612(Masonry.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.Hawk'-boy, n. p. 612An attendant on a plasterer to supply him with mortar.Hawk'ed, p. a. p. 612Curving, like a hawk's bill; crooked.Hawk'er, n. p. 612One who hawks; a peddler. Swift. 2. [A-S. hafecere.] A falconer.Hawk'er, v. i. p. 612To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras.Hawk'ey, n. p. 612The same as HOCKEY, q. v.—Holloway.Hăwk'-ēyĕd, a. p. 612Having a keen eye; discerning.Hawk'-mōth, n. p. 612(Entom.) A very large moth, having a long mouth, and which moves from flower to flower with great rapidity, and with a loud, humming sound. ☞ The potato-worm develops into a hawk-moth, the Sphinx…Hawk'-owl, n. p. 612The harfang. See HARFANG.Hawk'-weed, n. p. 612(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Hieracium, so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision. (b.) A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).…Hăwm, n. p. 612See HAULM.Hawse, n. p. 612(Naut.) (a.) The situation of the cables before a vessel’s stem, when moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the larboard bow. (b.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually…Hawse'-blŏck, n. p. 612(Naut.) A block used to stop up a hawse-hole at sea;—called also hawse-plug.Hawse'-hōle, n. p. 612(Naut.) A hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes.Hawse'-piēce, n. p. 612(Naut.)¹ One of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse-hole is cut.Haw'ser, n. p. 612(Naut.) A small cable; or a large rope, in size between a cable and a tow-line, used in warping, &c.Haws'es, n. p. 612See HAWSE-HOLE.Haw'thōrn, n. p. 612[A-S. hagathorn, hǣghorn, from haga, hāg, hedge, haw, fruit of the haw, and thorn; Ger. hageldorn, D. haagedoorn, Dan. hagetorn, Sw. hagthorn. (Bot.) A shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha)…Haw'thōrn-fly, n. p. 612A kind of fly. Walton.Hāy, n. p. 612Grass cut and dried for fodder. “Make hay while the sun shines.” Camden. To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Donne.Hāy, v. i. p. 612To dry or cure grass for preservation.Hāy, n. p. 612A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. Roure.Hāy, v. i. p. 612To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet.Hāy'-bānd, n. p. 612A band or rope of twisted hay.Hāy'-bird, n. p. 612(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Muscicapa;—called also beam-bird and spotted fly-catcher.