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'^ v ock. n. s. [kafog, Welsh , devasta-^on.] Waste; Avide and general de-ntation ; merciless destruction.

, paving been never used to have any thing ofjheir own, they make no spare of any thing, hutla vock and confusion of all they meet with. Speiis.

^aul made havock of the church. Acts, viii. 3.. gods 1 what havock does ambitiou makeA 'l 1 ,°ng vour works ! Addison’s Cato.

. h»e ltabbins, to express the great havock whicha$ been made of theJews, tell us, that there were^ch torrents of h ly blood shed, as carried rocksa hundred yards in circumference above threeinto the sea. Addison,

it liad either air or fuel, it nnfcst make a^ ^uter havock than any history mentions. Cheyne.

^ v Ock. interj . [from the noun.] A' v ord of encouragement to slaughter,n ^ stand these royal fronts amazed thus ?

^ r y havock, kings ! Shakesp.

q . Ate by his side,

f r Jes havock! and lets loose the dogs of war. Shak.

0 11 a'vock. v . u . [from the noun.] To' v aste ; to destroy ; to lay waste,i y hatsoever they leave, the soldier spoileth andv °cketh ; so that, between both, nothing is left.

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Vo ee * Wlt h w ^ iat * ieat diese dogs of hell advance,So an d havock yonder world, which IHa' r aut ^ 2 00 ^ create( ^ • Milton.

'\ 1 j Tboy. n. s. \Jiaut and hois.] A

pd instrument.

' h>ld John of Gaunt lie beat his

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Sou might have truss'd liim and al! his apparelaneel-skin: the case of a treble hautboy was a][Jsion for him. Shakesp.

t'ow g' lve jlie hautboys breath; he comes, lielj,. comes. Dryden.

Tboy Strawberry. See Straw-

• W *• [> a 5» Sax -1.,,y e berry and seed of the hawthorn.

Ic seed of the bramble with kernel and haw.v, 1'nsser.

J ° rc of haws and hips portend cold Winters.

Ip ( Bacon's Natural Hist.

^hi I s .Quarrel to the hedge was, that his fchorusbrambles did not bring forth raisins, rather' An >aWS imc * blackberries. L’Estrange.

i. ex crescence in the eye.s i" a 5 a ) Sax . haw a garden, Dan.] AL a piece of ground adjoining to anp Se - In Scotland they call it haugh.br) U| ! [‘ n tlie hate at Plymouth is cut out in tireVi, l 1 “‘e portraiture of two men, with clubs in>, ai >ds, whom they term Gog and Magog.

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4, v - n - [Perhaps corrupted from1 or hark.] To speak slowly with’ll ** llt ln termission and hesitation.

[Se ^ prat way ; but yet, after a little hum-U ' lau ‘‘ n g upon't, lie agreed to undertake'A^,.' L’Estrange.

-\j. ' n - s. [ha-J/eg, Welsh ; Jrapoc,

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prey, used much anciently in

KI 10 catch other birds.

. 81 tbou love hawking ? Thou hast hawks will

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i ^ , n *orning lark. Shakesp.

\ af , e no more disgrace to a great lord tola>r Picture, than to cut Iris hawk s meat.

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& son,, j'. l ' ence borne on liquid wing

wintt "E cuUer shoots; or where dm hawk,

1 le beetling cliffs, his airy builds.

Thomson.

e - Welsh .] An effort to force11 dr«P the throat.

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1. To fly hawks at fowls ; to catch, birdsby means of a hawk.

Ride unto St. Alban’s,

Whereas the king and queen do mean to hawk.Shak,

One followed study ana knowledge, and anotherhawking ami hunting. Locke.

He that hawks at larks and sparrows has no lesssport, though a much less considerable quarry,thanhe that flies at nobler game. Locke.

A falc’ner Henry is, when Emma hawks ;

With her of tarsels and of lures he talks. Prior.

2. To fly at; to attack on the wing.

A faulcon tow’ring in her pride of place,

Was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d. Shak.

Whether upward to the moon they go,

Or dream the Winter out in caves below,

Or hawk at flies elsewhere, concerns us not to know.

Dryden.

3. [ Hoch , Welsh .] To force up phlegmwith a noise.

Come, sit, sit, and a song.- —Shall we clapinto^t roundly, without hoicking or spitting, orsaying we are hoarse, which afe the only pro-logues to a bad voice ? Shakesp.

she complained of a stinking tough phlegmwhich she hawked up in the mornings Wiseman.

Blood, cast out of the throat or windpipe, isspit out with a hawking or small cough ; that outof the gums is spit out Without hawking, coughing,or vomiting. Harvey.

4. To sell by proclaiming it in the streets.[From hock , Germ, a salesman.]

His works were hawk’d in every street;

But seldom rose above a sheet. Swift.

Ha'wked. adj. [from hawk.] Formedlike a hawk’s bill.

Flat noses seem comely unto the Moor, anaquiline or hawked one unto the Persian , a largeand prominent nose unto the Homan. Bnmin.

Ha'wker. n. s. [from hock, Germ.] Onewho sells his wares by proclaiming themin the street.

I saw my labours, which had cost me so muchthought, bawled about by common hawkers, whichI once intended for the consideration of the greatestperson. Swift.

To grace this honour’d day, the queen proclaims,By herald hawkers, high heroick games :

She summons all her sons ; an endless bandPours forth, and leaves unpeopled half the land.

Pope.

Ha'wkeed. n. s . A plant.

Oxtongue is a species of this plant. Miller.

Ha'wses. n. s . [of a ship.] Two roundholes under the ship’s head or beak,through which the cables pass when sheis at anchor.

Hawthorn. n. s. [Jjeej ‘Sopn, Sax .]A species of medlar; the thorn thatbears haw's ; the white thorn.

The use to which it is applied in England is tomake hedges : there are two or three varieties ofit about London ; but that sort which produces thesmallest leaves is preferable, because its branchesalways grow close together. Miller.

There is a man haunts the forest, that abuses ourvoung plants with carving Rosalind on their barks;hangs odes \iponhawthorn$,i\n(\ elegies on brambles.

Shakesp. As you like it.

Some in their hands, beside the lance and shieldThe boughs of woodbine or of haivthom held. Dryd.

Now hawthorns blossom, now the daisies spring.

Pope.

The hawthorn whitens. Thomson.

Ha'wthorn fly. n . s . An insect.

The/lait'f/mrH ./tyis all black, and not big.Tra/low.

HAY- n- s. [Juej, [15, Sax . hey, Dut.]Grass dried to fodder cattle in Winter .

Make hay while the sun shines. Camden sRem- ,

Make poor men’s cattle break their,.necks ; |

Set Are on barns and hay stacks in the night, 'And bid the owners quench them with their tears. |

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We have heats of dungs, and of hays and herbslaid up moist. Bacon .

Or if the earlier season leadTo the thnn’d hay cock in the mead. Milton.

Bring them for food sweet boughs and osiers cut,Nor all the Winter long thy hay rick shut. May.

Some turners turn long and slender sprigs ofivory, as small as an hay stalk. Moson .

By some hay cock, or some shady thorn,

He bids bis beads both even song and morn .Dryd.

The best manure for meadows is the bottomof hay mows and hay stacks. Mortimer.

Hay and oats, in the management of a groomwill make ale. Swij't.

To dunce the hay. To dance in a ring:probably from dancing round a haycock.

I will play on the tabor to the worthies,

And let them dance the hay. Shakesp.

This maids think on the hearth they see, -xWhen fires well nigh consumed be, v

There dancing hays by two and three, $

Just as your tancy casts them. Drayton.

The gum and glist’ning, which withAnd study’d method, in each part

Hangs down,

Looks just as if that day

Snails there had crawl’d the hay. Suckling.

Hay . n. s. [from hate, Fr. a hedge.] Anet which incloses the haunt of ananimal.

Coneys are destroyed by hays, curs, spaniels,or tumblers, bred up for that purpose. Mortimer ,

Ha'ymaker. 11. s. [hay and make.]One employed in drying grass for hay.

As to the return of his health and vigour, wereyou here, you might enquire of his haymakers.

Pope to Swift,

HA'ZARD. n. s. \hazard, Fr. azar, Span.

haski, Runick, danger.]

1. Chance; accident; fortuitous hap.

I have set my life upon a cast,

And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shakesp.

I will upon all hazards well believeThou art my friend,that know’st my tongue so well.

Shakesp,

Where the mind does not perceive connection,there men’s opinions are not the product of judg-ment, but the effects of chance and hazard , of amind floating at all adventures, without choiceand without direction. Locke.

% Danger ; chance of danger.

We are bound to yield unto our Creator, theFather of all mercy, eternal thanks, for that hehath delivered his law unto the world; a lawwherein so many things are laid open, as a lightwhich otherwise would have been buried in dark-ness, not without the hazard, or rather not withthe hazard, but with the certain loss of thousandsof souls, most undoubtedly now saved. Hooker.

The hazard I have run to see you here, shouldinform you that I love not at a common rate. Dryd.

Men are led on from one stage of life to anotherin a condition of the utmost hazard, and yet with-out the least apprehensiou of their danger. Bogei's.3. A game at dice.

The duke playing at hazard, held in a greatmany hands together, and drew a huge heap ofgold. ^

To Hazard, v. a. [hazarder, Ir.] Toexpose to chance; to put into danger.

i bey might, by persist!tie ill the extremity ofthat opinion, hazard greatly their own estates, andso weaken that part which their places now give.

Hooker.

It was not in his power to adventure upon hisown fortune, or hearing a pubiick charge to hazardhimself against a man of private, condition. Hayw.

By dealing indifferently mercies to all, you mayhazard your own share. Sherlock.

To Ha'zard. v . n.

1. To try the chance.

I pray you tarry; pause a day or two,

Before you hazard ; for in cliusmg wrong,

1 lose vour company. Si

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