Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 15
Have (v. t.) To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
Have (v. t.) To hold, regard, or esteem.
Of them shall I be had in honor. -- 2 Sam. vi. 22.
Have (v. t.) 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.
Have (v. t.) 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.
Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. -- M. Arnold.
The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. -- Earle.
Have (v. t.) To understand.
You have me, have you not? -- Shak.
Have (v. t.) To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
Note: 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.
Myself for such a face had boldly died. -- Tennyson.
To have a care, To take care; to be on one's guard.
To have (a man) out, To engage (one) in a duel.
To have done (with). See under Do, v. i.
To have it out, To speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion.
To have on, To wear.
To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.
Syn: To possess; to own. See Possess.
Have (n.) A person who possesses great material wealth [syn: rich person, wealthy person, have].
Have (v.) Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;
"She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" [syn: have, have got, hold].
Have (v.) Have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" [syn: have, feature] [ant: lack, miss].
Have (v.) Go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get].
Have (v.) Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own, have, possess].
Have (v.) Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: get, let, have].
Have (v.) Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn: consume, ingest, take in, take, have] [ant: abstain, desist, refrain].
Have (v.) Have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover".
Have (v.) Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold, throw, have, make, give].
Have (v.) Have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire".
Have (v.) Be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"
Have (v.) Undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" [syn: have, experience].
Have (v.) Suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis".
Have (v.) Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make].
Have (v.) Receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn: accept, take, have] [ant: decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down].
Have (v.) Get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn: receive, have].
Have (v.) Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get].
Have (v.) Achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: have, get, make].
Have (v.) Cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have].
Have (v.) Have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" [syn: take, have].
Haveless (a.) Having little or nothing. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Havelock (n.) A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
Haven (n.) 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.
What shipping and what lading 's in our haven. -- Shak.
Their haven under the hill. -- Tennyson.
Haven (n.) A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. -- Shak.
The haven, or the rock of love. -- Waller.
Haven (v. t.) To shelter, as in a haven. -- Keats.
Haven (n.) A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary [syn: haven, oasis].
Haven (n.) A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo [syn: seaport, haven, harbor, harbour].
Haven, () A harbour (Ps. 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called "Fair Havens," is mentioned Acts 27:8.
Haven, () A place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety. Hale, de Port. Mar. c. 2; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 2; 15 East, R. 304, 5. Vide Creek; Port; Road.
Haven, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 1175
Housing Units (2000): 498
Land area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.545887 sq. miles (1.413842 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30725
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.902306 N, 97.780957 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67543
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Headwords:
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Havenage (n.) Harbor dues; port dues.
Havened (p. a.) Sheltered in a haven.
Blissful havened both from joy and pain. -- Keats.
Havener (n.) A harbor master. [Obs.]
Haver (n.) A possessor; a holder. -- Shak.
Haver (n.) The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Haver bread, Oaten bread.
Haver cake, Oaten cake. -- Piers Plowman.
Haver grass, The wild oat.
Haver meal, Oatmeal.
Haver (v. i.) To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Haversack (n.) A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
Haversack (n.) A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.
Haversack (n.) A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
Haversack (n.) A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack].
Haversian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
Haversian canals (Anat.), The small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
Havildar (n.) In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
Havildar major, A native sergeant major in the East Indian army.
Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.
I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. -- Shak.
Havior (n.) Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Havoc (n.) [U] 大破壞，浩劫；大混亂，大雜亂 Wide and general destruction; disturbance; waste.
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. -- Acts viii. 3.
Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! -- Addison.
Havoc (v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
To waste and havoc yonder world. -- Milton.
Havoc (interj.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. -- Toone.
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. -- Shak.
Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! -- Shak.
Havoc (n.) Violent and needless disturbance [syn: havoc, mayhem].
Haw (n.) A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
And eke there was a polecat in his haw. -- Chaucer.
Haw (n.) The fruit of the hawthorn. -- Bacon.
Haw (n.) (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Haw (n.) An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. "Hums or haws." -- Congreve.
Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. -- Chesterfield.
Hemming and hawing, Speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections.
Hawed (imp. & p. p.) of Haw.
Hawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haw.
Haw (v. i.) 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 Gee.
To haw and gee, or 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.]
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.
To haw and gee, or To haw and gee about, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. [Colloq.]
Hawthorn (n.) (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crat[ae]gus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? -- Shak.
Haw (n.) A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus [syn: hawthorn, haw].
Haw (n.) The nictitating membrane of a horse.
Haw (v.) Utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed".
Hawaiian (prop. a.) Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.
Hawaiian (n.) A native of Hawaii.
Hawaiian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language.
Hawaiian (n.) The Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii.
Hawaiian (n.) A native or resident of Hawaii.
Hawebake (n.) Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hawfinch (n.) (Zool.) The common European grosbeak ({Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
Hawfinch (n.) A common large finch of Eurasia [syn: hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes].
Ha-ha (n.) A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]
Haw-haw (n.) See Ha-ha.
Haw-haw (n.) A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.
Syn: hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha.
Haw-haw (n.) A sunken fence (so as not to interfere with the view).
Syn: haha.
Hawhaw (v. i.) To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]
We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. -- Major Jack Downing.
Haw-haw (n.) A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing [syn: hee-haw, horselaugh, ha-ha, haw-haw].
Haw-haw (n.) A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape [syn: sunk fence, ha-ha, haw-haw].
Hawk (n.) (Zool.) 鷹，隼 One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. 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.
Note: 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 Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night.
Bee hawk (Zool.), The honey buzzard.
Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.
Hawk eagle (Zool.), An Asiatic bird of the genus Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species.
Hawk fly (Zool.), A voracious fly of the family Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Hawk moth. (Zool.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.
Hawk owl. (Zool.) (a) A northern owl ({Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
Hawk owl. (Zool.) (b) An owl of India ({Ninox scutellatus).
Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
Hawked (imp. & p. p.) of Hawk.
Hawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hawk.
Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. -- Prior.
Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. -- Dryden.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. -- Shak.
Hawk (v. i.) 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.
Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Hawk (v. t.) 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.
His works were hawked in every street. -- Swift.
Hawk (n.) (Masonry) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
Hawk boy, An attendant on a plasterer to supply him with mortar. hawkbill
Hawk (n.) Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
Hawk (n.) An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations [syn: hawk, war hawk] [ant: dove, peacenik].
Hawk (n.) A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar [syn: mortarboard, hawk].
Hawk (v.) Sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch].
Hawk (v.) Hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert".
Hawk (v.) Clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak" [syn: clear the throat, hawk].
Hawk, () (Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries. The Hebrew word includes various species of Falconidae, with special reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the hobby (Hypotriorchis subbuteo), and the lesser kestrel (Tin, Cenchris). The kestrel remains all the year in Palestine, but some ten or twelve other species are all migrants from the south. Of those summer visitors to Palestine special mention may be made of the Falco sacer and the Falco lanarius. (See NIGHT-{HAWK.)
Hawkbill (n.) (Zool.) A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.
Hawkbill (n.) Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata].
Hawkbit (n.) (Bot.) The fall dandelion ({Leontodon autumnale).
Hawkbit (n.) Any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions.
Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Hawker (n.) One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman. -- Swift.
Hawker (v. i.) To sell goods by outcry in the street. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Hawker (n.) A falconer.
Hawker (n.) Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman].
Hawker (n.) A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker].
Hawkers. () Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise for sale. To prevent impositions they are generally required to take out licenses, under regulations established by the local laws of the states.
Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
Hawkey (n.) See Hockey. -- Holloway.
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
Syn: keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.
Hawk-eyed (a.) Alert to possible danger.
Syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, unsleeping, vigilant, wary, watchful.
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn: argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted].
Hawkish (a.) 鷹派的，強硬派的 Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies" [syn: {militant}, {hawkish}, {warlike}].
Hawk moth () (Zool.) Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
Syn: hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth.
Tobacco Hawk Moth ({Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.
Note: The larv[ae] of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is Ceratomia Amyntor.
Hawk mot (n.) Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed [syn: hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth].
Hawkweed (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.
Senecio+({Senecio+hieracifolius">(b) A plant of the genus Senecio ({Senecio hieracifolius). -- Loudon.
Hawkweed (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Pilosella.
Hawkweed (n.) Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion.
Hawkweed (n.) A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).
Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw.
Hawm (v. i.) To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tennyson.
Hawse (n.) A hawse hole. -- Harris.
Hawse (n.) (Naut.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
Hawse (n.) (Naut.) 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.
Hawse (n.) (Naut.) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.
Foul hawse, A hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.
Hawse block, A block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece, One of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, To veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part. hawsehole
Hawse (n.) The hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe].
Hawser (n.) A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
Note: Three hawsers twisted together make a cable; but it nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often one of size rather than of manufacture. Hawser iron, a calking iron.
Hawser (n.) Large heavy rope for nautical use.
Hawser-laid (a.) Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
Hawthorn (n.) (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? -- Shak.
Hawthorn (n.) A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus [syn: hawthorn, haw].
Hawthorn, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 587
Housing Units (2000): 220
Land area (2000): 1.107734 sq. miles (2.869019 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.107734 sq. miles (2.869019 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33216
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.020621 N, 79.274163 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Hay (n.) A hedge. [Obs.]
Hay (n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. -- Rowe.
To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. -- Shak.
Hay (v. i.) To lay snares for rabbits. -- Huloet.
Hay (n.) Grass cut and cured for fodder.
Make hay while the sun shines. -- Camden.
Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. -- C. L. Flint.
Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock.
Hay fever (Med.), Nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[oe]a, to which some persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the pollen of certain plants. It is also called hay asthma, hay cold, rose cold, and rose fever.
Hay knife, A sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow.
Hay press, A press for baling loose hay.
Hay tea, The juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.
Hay tedder, A machine for spreading and turning new-mown hay. See Tedder.
Hay (v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.
Hay (n.) Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
Hay (v.) Convert (plant material) into hay.
Hay (n.) [ U ] （用作飼料或覆蓋物的）乾草 Grass that is cut and dried and used as animal food.
Make hay while the sun shines (Idiom) 打鐵趁熱；勿失良機 To make good use of an opportunity while it lasts.
Willow (n.) (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." -- Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. -- Campbell.
Willow (n.) (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) The blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), A greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), A conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides).
Willow grouse (Zool.), The white ptarmigan. See ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), The sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under Reed.
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, The prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. -- McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), A variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), A very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Haybird (n.) (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
Haybird (n.) (Zool.) The European blackcap.
Haybote (n.) (Eng. Law.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. -- Blackstone.
Haycock (n.) A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
The tanned haycock in the mead. -- Milton.
Haycock (n.) A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick.
Hay-cutter (n.) A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
Hay fever (n.) [ U ] 乾草熱，花粉熱（一種由花粉引起的疾病） An illness like a cold, caused by pollen.
// She gets really bad hay fever.
// Hay fever sufferers.
Hayfield (n.) A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. -- Cowper.
Hayfield (n.) A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay [syn: hayfield, meadow].
Hayfield, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 1325
Housing Units (2000): 519
Land area (2000): 1.262403 sq. miles (3.269608 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.262403 sq. miles (3.269608 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27872
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.889175 N, 92.846049 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55940
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Headwords:
Hayfield, MN
Hayfield
Hayfork (n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Horse hayfork, a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in the loft, or on a mow, by horse power.
Hayfork (n.) A long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay
Hayfork, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 2315
Housing Units (2000): 1157
Land area (2000): 155.541803 sq. miles (402.851403 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.072772 sq. miles (0.188478 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 155.614575 sq. miles (403.039881 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32562
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 40.571406 N, 123.146619 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96041
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Headwords:
Hayfork, CA
Hayfork
Hayloft (n.) A loft or scaffold for hay.
Hayloft (n.) A loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft, haymow, mow].
Haymaker (n.) One who cuts and cures hay.
Haymaker (n.) A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
Haymaker (n.) A forceful punch that results in someone being knocked down or knocked out; as, he delivered a haymaker to his opponent's jaw. [slang]
Haymaker (n.) A farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying [syn: haymaker, hay conditioner].
Haymaker (n.) A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing [syn: haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch].
Haymaking (n.) The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Haymaking (n.) Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts.
Haymaking (n.) Cutting grass and curing it to make hay.
Haymow (n.) A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
Haymow (n.) The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
Haymow (n.) A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation.
Haymow (n.) A loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft, haymow, mow].
Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging and hay rig.
Hayrack (n.) A rack that holds hay for feeding livestock.
Hayrack (n.) A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry [syn: hayrack, hayrig].
Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
Hayrick (n.) A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
Hayrick (n.) A stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick].
Haystack (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Haystack (n.) A stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick].
Haystalk (n.) A stalk of hay.
Haythorn (n.) Hawthorn. -- R. Scot.
Haytian (a.) Of pertaining to Hayti ; now usually written Haitian.
Haytian (n.) A native of Haiti. [Written also Haitian.]
Haytian (n.) A native of Hayti.
Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
Hayward, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 123
Housing Units (2000): 48
Land area (2000): 0.236015 sq. miles (0.611277 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.236015 sq. miles (0.611277 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31186
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.396184 N, 89.666114 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hayward, MO
Hayward
Haywire (a.) Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky].
Haywire (a.) Not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)].
Haywire (n.) Wire for tying up bales of hay.
Haywire (n.) 捆乾草用的鐵絲 Wire used to bind bales of hay.
Haywire (a.) (Informal) Go haywire 故障的 To stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable.
// The television's gone haywire.