Word Meanings - HERONER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hawk used in hunting the heron. "Heroner and falcon." Chaucer.

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• HERONSHAW
  A heron.
• HUNT
  1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson. 2. To search
• HUNT-COUNTER
  A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. Shak.
• FALCONGENTIL
  The female or young of the goshawk .
• FALCON
  An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. See under Chanting. (more info) fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and One of a family of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful
• HUNTRESS
  A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Shak.
• HUNT'S-UP
  A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. Shak. Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.
• FALCONER
  A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson.
• FALCONRY
  1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. 2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
• HERONSEW
  A heronshaw. Chaucer.
• HERONER
  A hawk used in hunting the heron. "Heroner and falcon." Chaucer.
• HERON
  Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidæ. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron is remarkable for its directly ascending
• HUNTE
  A hunter. Chaucer.
• HUNTER
  A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. -- Hunter's screw , a differential screw, so named from the
• HERONRY
  A place where herons breed.
• HUNTING
  The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith. Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting. Tylor. -- Hunting
• HUNTSMANSHIP
  The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
• HUNTERIAN
  Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
• HUNTSMAN
  1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting. 2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange. Huntsman's cup , the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant .
• FALCONET
  1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later. One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax. One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.
• GIER-FALCON
  The gyrfalcon.
• ACHERONTIC
  Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
• ACHERON
  A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.
• GYRFALCON
  One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the (more info) perh. fr. L. gyrus circle
• SHUNT WINDING
  A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding. --Shunt"-wound` , a.
• STILL-HUNT
  A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n.
• TUFTHUNTING
  The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
• FOX-HUNTING
  Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
• SHUNT
  To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer. (more info) schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. 1. To shun; to move from. 2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. Ash. 3. To turn off
• HEAD-HUNTER
  A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. -- Head"-hunt`ing, n.
• SHUNTING
  Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc. Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.