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Haüynite (äw�nīt), n. [From the French mineralogist Haüy.] (Min.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
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Havana (hȧvănȧ), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. An Havana cigar.
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Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . . smoked them in the stable. Thackeray.
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Havanese (hăvănēz or -ēs), a. Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.
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Have (hăv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (hăd); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. hæfde, p. p. gehæfd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. habēn, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. , , , .] 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
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2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
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The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak.
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He had a fever late. Keats.
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3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
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Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me? Shak.
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4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
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5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
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I had the church accurately described to me. Sir W. Scott.
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Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? Ld. Lytton.
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6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
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7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
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Of them shall I be had in honor. 2 Sam. vi. 22.
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8. To cause or force to go; to take. “The stars have us to bed.” Herbert. “Have out all men from me.” 2 Sam. xiii. 9.
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9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. Shak.
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10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
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Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. M. Arnold.
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The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. Earle.
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11. To understand.
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You have me, have you not? Shak.
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12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
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☞ Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have.
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Myself for such a face had boldly died. Tennyson.
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Coloq. To have a care , to take care; to be on one's guard. -- Coloq. To have (a man) out , to engage (one) in a duel. -- Coloq. To have done (with). See under , v. i. -- Coloq. To have it out , to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion. -- Coloq. To have on , to wear. -- Coloq. To have to do with . See under Do, v. t.

Syn. -- To possess; to own. See .
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Haveless, a. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
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Havelock (hăv�lŏk), n. [From Havelock, an English general distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.] A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
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Haven (hāv'n), n. [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see ); or akin to AS. hæf sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.] 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
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What shipping and what lading 's in our haven. Shak.
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Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.
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2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
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The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
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Haven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.
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Havenage (-�j), n. Harbor dues; port dues.
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Havened (hāv'nd), p. a. Sheltered in a haven.
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Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
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Havener (hāv'nẽr), n. A harbor master. [Obs.]
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Haver (hăvẽr), n. A possessor; a holder. Shak.
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Haver, n. [D. haver; akin to G. haber.] The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Coloq. Haver bread , oaten bread. -- Coloq. Haver cake , oaten cake. Piers Plowman. -- Coloq. Haver grass , the wild oat. -- Coloq. Haver meal , oatmeal.
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Haver (hāvẽr), v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Haversack (hăvẽrsăk), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d , and a bag.]
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1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
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3. A gunner's case or bag used to carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
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Haversian (hȧvẽrsh�n), a. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
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Coloq. Haversian canals (Anat.), the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
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Havier (hāyẽr), n. [Formerly haver, prob. fr. ; cf. L. semimas emasculated, prop., half male.] A castrated deer.
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Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns. Encyc. of Sport.
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Havildar (hăvĭldär), n. In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
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Coloq. Havildar major , a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.
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Having (hăvĭng), n. Possession; goods; estate.
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I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.
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Havior (hāvyẽr), n. [OE. havour, a corruption of OF. aveir, avoir, a having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to confusion with E. have.] Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak.
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Havoc (hăvŏk), n. [W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or F. hai, voux! a cry to hounds.] Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
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As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.
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Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make
Among your works! Addison.
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Havoc, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
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To waste and havoc yonder world. Milton.
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Havoc, interj. [See , n.] A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone.
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Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt
With modest warrant. Shak.
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Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak.
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Haw (h�), n. [OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. √12. Cf. , , , .]
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1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
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And eke there was a polecat in his haw. Chaucer.
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2. The fruit of the hawthorn. Bacon.
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Haw, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under .
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Haw, n. [Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation.] An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. “Hums or haws.” Congreve.
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Haw, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
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Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.
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Coloq. hemming and hawing speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections.
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Haw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawed (h�d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawing.] [Written also hoi.] [Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, hü, interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See .
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Coloq. To haw and gee , or Coloq. To haw and gee about , to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [Colloq.]
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Haw, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.
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Coloq. To haw and gee , or Coloq. To haw and gee about , to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. [Colloq.]
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Hawaiian (hȧwīy�n), prop. a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. -- n. A native of Hawaii.
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Hawebake (h�bāk), n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st , 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hawfinch (h�fĭnch), n. (Zoöl.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
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Haw-haw (h�h�), n. [Duplication of haw a hedge.] 1. See .
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2. a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. [wns=1]
Syn. -- hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha.
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3. a sunken fence (so as not to interfere with the view). [wns=3]
Syn. -- haha.
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Hawhaw, v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]
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We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. Major Jack Downing.
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Hawk (h�k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. hök, Dan. hög, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
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☞ Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (Buteo lineatus); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See , , Marsh hawk, under , Night hawk, under .
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Coloq. Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard. -- Coloq. Eagle hawk . See under . -- Coloq. Hawk eagle (Zoöl.), an Asiatic bird of the genus Spizætus, or Limnætus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. -- Coloq. Hawk fly (Zoöl.), a voracious fly of the family Asilidæ. See Hornet fly, under . -- Coloq. Hawk moth . (Zoöl.) See , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Hawk owl . (Zoöl.) (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus). -- Coloq. Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
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Hawk (h�k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked (h�kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.] 1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
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A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. Prior.
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2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. Dryden.
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A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. Shak.
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Hawk, v. i. [W. hochi.] To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
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Hawk, v. t. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
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Hawk, n. [W. hoch.] An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
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Hawk, v. t. [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. höken, höcken, to higgle, to retail, höke, höker, a higgler, huckster. See .] To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
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His works were hawked in every street. Swift.
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Hawk, n. (Masonry) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
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Coloq. Hawk boy , an attendant on a plasterer to supply him with mortar.
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hawkbill, hawksbill (-bĭl), n. (Zoöl.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
Syn. -- hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.
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Hawkbit (-bĭt), n. (Bot.) The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).
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Hawked (h�kt), a. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
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Hawker (h�kẽr), n. One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman. Swift.
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Hawker, v. i. To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] Hudibras.
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Hawker, n. [Cf. AS. hafecere. See 1st .] A falconer.
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Hawkey (-�), n. See . Holloway.
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Hawk-eyed (-īd), a. Having very keen vision; sharp-sighted; discerning. [wns=1]
Syn. -- keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.
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2. alert to possible danger. [wns=2]
Syn. -- argus-eyed, open-eyed, unsleeping, vigilant, wary, watchful.
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Hawkeye State. Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
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Hawk moth (mŏth; 115). (Zoöl.) Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed. They fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See , also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
Syn. -- hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth.
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Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.
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☞ The larvæ of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is Ceratomia Amyntor.
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hawk's-beard n. Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; found in the Northern hemisphere.
Syn. -- hawk's-beards.
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hawksbill n. See .
Syn. -- hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.
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Hawkweed (-wēd), n. (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 (Senecio hieracifolius). Loudon.
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Hawm (h�m), n. See , straw.
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Hawm, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
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Hawse (h�z or h�s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, hāls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See , and cf. to embrace.] 1. A hawse hole. Harris.
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2. (Naut.) (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
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Coloq. Athwart hawse . See under . -- Coloq. Foul hawse , a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together. -- Coloq. Hawse block , a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug. -- Coloq. Hawse piece , one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut. -- Coloq. Hawse plug . Same as Hawse block (above). -- Coloq. To come in at the hawse holes , to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] -- Coloq. To freshen the hawse , to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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hawsehole, hawsepipe n. a hole in the bow of a ship, through which the anchor rope or cable passes.
Syn. -- hawse, hawsepipe.
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