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ngly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.

Curvature inwards; hookedness. The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.

e or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

rial object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne.

body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

In the night time; at night. [Archaic] Does he hawk anights still Marston.

to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.

The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell. Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayo…

A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Written also austringer.]

Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. -- Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.

Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne.

The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne.

e studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point. -- ~= point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.…

Babble. Hawthorne.