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A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.

Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who cuts and cures hay.

A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.

A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. Shak.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]

A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.

A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

A rake drawn by a horse.

One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

A privy. Shak.

nd of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow.

One who uses a kayak.

Same as Keelhaul.

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.

resembling an immense octopus. To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith. Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.