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CharringChar Char, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Charring.] [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see
Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop.
coal-turned, turned to coal.]
1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce
to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood. Harridan
Harridan Har"ri*dan, n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.]
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
Quincey.
HarriedHarry Har"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried( ?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Harrying.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS.
hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army;
akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. Harbor, Herald,
Heriot.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several
times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass. HarrierHarrier Har"ri*er, n. [From Hare, n.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
[Written also harier.] HarrierHarrier Har"ri*er, n. [From Harry.]
1. One who harries.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of
the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals
or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus
[ae]runginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).
Harrier hawk(?), one of several species of American hawks
of the genus Micrastur. Harrier hawkHarrier Har"ri*er, n. [From Harry.]
1. One who harries.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of
the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals
or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus
[ae]runginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).
Harrier hawk(?), one of several species of American hawks
of the genus Micrastur. Hen harrierHen Hen, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem.
corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer.] (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
hen.
Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam
or surf clam. See Surf clam.
(b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma.
Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below).
Hen harrier (Zo["o]l.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in
Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm,
henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh
hawk. See Marsh hawk.
Hen hawk (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks
which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
(Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk (B.
lineatus), and the goshawk.
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