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( Ornith ) The GROSS BEAK (q. v.). Haw-haw, n. [Duplication of haw, a hedge.] Same as HA-HA (q. v.). Haver hill, in Ma achusetts , a manuf. city of E ex co., at the head of navigation of the Merrimac river, on its N. bank, 12 miles from its mouth, and 32 N. of Bos--a. ton. It is connected by two bridges with Bradford, and is the seat of an active manufacturing industry in iron, Consequential or affected in mein or manner; as a haw - how kind of man. ( Colloq .) Hawick ( how'ik ), a town of Roxburghshire, Scotland, ing and flying hawks, in order to take other birds. The practice of teaching one bird to fly at and catch another is frequently called falconry , and is of high antiquity. Among the Asiatics the sport seems to have been prac tised from the earliest period; and in the time of Ctesias, foxes and hares were hunted in India by means of rapacious birds. It is not certain, but very probable, that the ancient Greeks used hawks and other birds of prey in hunting and fowling. From the East the art gradu. ally spread over Europe, and, although scarcely known to the Romans in the days of Vespas i an, was practise with enthusiasm by the ancient Britons, who maintained a considerable number of birds for the sport. In the Middle Ages, and till the end of the 17th cent., H. was a favorite amusement in W. Europe. A person of rank scarcely stirred out of doors without his hawk on his hand; and in old paintings and seals this is the criterion of nobility. In the Bayeux tapestry, Harold, when setting out on a most important emba y to Normandy, is represented with a bird on his hand and a dog under his arm. In olden times this diversion was the favorite amusement of all ranks of men; and while it was the privilege of the poor, was the pride of the rich. The expenses of the sport were sometimes very great. Sir Thomas Monson, in the reign of James I., is said to have given $5,000 for a cast of hawks. The laws with regard to the protection of the birds were also very rigorous. To steal a hawk was a felony; and to take its eggs was, even in a person's own ground, punishable with imprisonment for a year and a day, besides a fine at the pleasure of the lord or king. The sport of H. was so universally popular in the 16th cent., that a certain quality of hawk was apportioned to every one, according to his station in life. Thus the eagle or culture was given to the emperor, the gerfalcon to the king, the falcon gentle, or the tercel gentle , to the prince, the rock - falcon to the duke, the peregrine falcon to the earl, the bastard falcon to the baron, the saker to the knight, the harrier | Hawlbow'line, or HAUL BOWLINE, an island of Ire- and the lammaret to the esquire, the merlin to the lady, the hobby to the young man, the goshawk to the yeo- man, the tercel to the poor man, the sparrow - hawk to the priest, the musket to the holy-water clerk, and the kestrel to the knave or servant. The birds most gener- ally used in H. were the peregrine falcon and the ger- falcon. When under a year old, hawks were styled red hawks, on account of their plumage being dusky red in color. When over a year old, the hawk was styled a haggard. Although H. , as an exercise, has now gone nearly out of use, several of the terms employed still hold their place in the language. Every part of the hawk has its distinct name. The legs, from the thigh to the foot, are called arms ; the toes, the petty singles ; the claws, the pounces ; the wings, the sails . The crop is called the gorge ; the upper part of the bill, the beak , the lower part, the clap ; the yellow part between the beak and eyes, the cere , and the small holes in it the nares. The furniture, the leathers, with bells fastened land, in Cork Harbor, about 1 m. S. of Queens town. Haw'ley, in Ma achusetts , a post-township of Franklin co., about 100 m. W. by N. of Boston. Haw'ley, in Pennsylvania , a post-borough of Wayne co., about 8 m. S.E. of Hones dale. Pop . (1897) about 2,100. Haw'leyton, in New York , a post-village of Broome co. Hawleyville, in Connecticut , a post-village of Fair- field co., about 23 m. N.W. of Bridge port. Hawleyville, in Iowa , a post-office of Page co. Ha'worth, in New Jersey, a P. O. of Bergen co. Haw'patch, in Indiana , a village of Lagrange co., about 160 m. N.N.E. of Indianapolis. Haw Ridge, in Alabama , a post-village of Dale co. Haw River, in North Carolina , rises in Rocking ham co., and flowing a general S.E. course through Guilford and Alamance cos., joins the Deep river in Chas am co. to form the Cape Fear river. Hawse, n. [A. S. hals , the neck.] ( Naut .) The por- tion of sea immediately in front of a ship's bows, and extending from an imaginary line rising from her an- chors. The cables pa through the hawse-holes, q. v. When a ship has two anchors down, and the cables di- verge from each other, the H. is said to be clear ; when cro ed by the ship turning half round, there is a cro in the H .; another cro makes an elbow , then a round- turn ; in the last two cases the H. is said to be foul . The proce of disengaging the cables is called clearing hawse. The danger of a foul H. is, that if it comes on to blow, the cables cannot be veered from their friction against each other. -Freshening hawse, is veering out a little cable to expose a new surface to the friction in the hawse-hole, or acro the cut-water.- Athwart - hawse , implies acro the bows of a ve el at anchor. Hawse'-block, Hawse'-plug, n. ( Naut .) A block or stopper for a hawse-hole. Hawse'-holes, Haw's es, n. pl . ( Naut .) Holes made in the bows of a ship, and in the hawse-piece out- side, through which the cables pa . Hawse-pieces, n . pl . ( Naut .) The timbers in the bow of a ship, whose sides are nearly parallel to the middle line. Haw's er, n. [See HALSER.] ( Naut .) A small cable; a large rope used in warping ships, . Haw's es, n. pl. (Naut.) Same as HAWSE-HOLES, q. v. Hawthorn, Hay'thorn, n. [A S. hægthorn.] ( Bot .) Same as Whitethorn. See CRATEGUS. Hawthorne, NATHANIEL, a distinguished American novelist, B. at Salem, Ma ., 1804. He was educated at Bowdoin College, Maine, where he had among his fel- low-students the poet Long fellow and Franklin Pierce, afterwards president of the United States. Leading for a time a sequestered dreamy life, he first appeared as a writer, but anonymously, in 1832. Five years later he published his Twice - told Tales , and in 1838 he accepted an appointment in the Custom-House at Boston, which he held for three years. In 1846 he was appointed sur- veyor in the Custom-House at Salem, but was removed on a change of administration in the following year. From 1853 to 1857 he filled the post of American consul at Liverpool, to which he was appointed by his early friend President Pierce. After travelling on the con- tinent of Europe, he returned to America. His princi- pal works are, The Scarlet Letter; The House of the Seven cences of his life at Brook Farm; The Marble Faun ; Life of President Pierce; and Our Old Home , a volume of charming delineation of the characteristic scenery of England, and of strangely-contrasted ungenial crit i- cism on the English people. H. , though a prose-writer only, is in spirit a poet. Intense love, and minute ob- servation, and painstaking delineation of nature; glow- ing pa ion, great powers of mental analysis, vivid im- agin at i on, pure moral sentiment, and an exquisitely simple, clear, and delicate style. These are the admitted characteristics of his works. D. 1864. on the legs, are called bewits ; the leathern thong by which the hawk is held is called the leash , and the little straps fastening them to the legs, the je es . A head- covering, in order to keep the bird in the dark, is called a hood; and to draw the strings, so that the hood may be in readine to be pulled off, is called unstriking the hood. The lure is a figure or resemblance of a fowl made of leather and feathers, and the resting-place when the hawk is off the falconer's hand, the perch . Many of the particular actions of the hawk are also described by dis- tinct terms. When the bird flutters on the hand or perch, it is said to bate ; when, standing too near, hawks fight with each other, it is called crabbing ; when the young ones quiver in obedience to the elder, it is called cowering. The seizure of its prey by a hawk is called binding ; when it pulls off the feathers, it is said to plume; when it forsakes the proper game, and flies at magpies, crows, ., it is called check . The fowl or game flown at is called the quarry , and the dead body of a fowl killed by the hawk, the pelt . The making of a hawk tame and gentle is called reclaiming ; the bringing one to endure company, manning ; and a hawk well enough trained to set an example to a young one is called a make-hawk. George, Earl of Orford, tried to revive H. in the latter part of the 18th cent.; and, in Yorkshire, England, Colonel Thompson had a H. establishment at a later period. As a general diversion, however, the sport has entirely gone out, although now and then -v.n. To net rabbits. occasional attempts have been made to revive it. In Hay'-band, n . A band or cord of twisted hay. Sir Walter Scott's novels there are some very graphic Hay'-bird, n. (Zool.) The Spotted Fly-catcher, an and interesting descriptions of this favorite sport. Hawkins, in New York , a post-office of Sullivan co. Hawkins, in Tenne ee , a N.E. co., adjoining Virginia. Area , about 490 sq. m. Rivers. Holston river, and numer- ous smaller streams. Surface , much diversified; soil , generally fertile. Cap . Rogersville. Pop . (1890) 22,246. Hawkins, in Texas , a post-village of Wood co. Hawkins, in Wisconsin , a P. O. of Chippewa co. Hawkinsville, in Florida , a village of Lake co. Hawkinsville, in Georgia , a post-village, cap. of Pulaski co., on the Ocmulgee river, about 61 m. S. of Milledgeville. Pop . (1890) 1,754. Hawkinsville, in New York , a p.-vill. of Oneida co. Hawk-moth, n. ( Zoil ) See SPHINGIDE Hawthorn-fly, n. A kind of fly. Hay, n. [A.S. heg, hig; Dan. hoo i; Ger. heu ; Swed. ho; Icel. hey; Dan. höe; W. Fris. haey. The A.S. is from heawan = Gr. hauen, to cut.] Gra cut and dried for fodder; gra prepared for preservation. "Make hay while the sun shines." - Camden. To dance the hay, to dance in a ring or circle. -v. n. [Ger. heuen .] To make into hay; to dry or cure, as gra for preservation. Hay'-cock, n. A conical ma , heap, or pile of hay, raked together from the mow on the field. Hay'cock, in Pennsylvania , a township of Bucks Hay'denite, n. ( Min . ) A yellowish variety of Chaba- zite, q. v., from Jones' Falls, near Baltimore. Hay'den Row, in Ma achusetts, a post-village of Middle sex co. Pop . (1897) about 550, Hay'dentown, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Fayette co., about 190 m. W. by S. of Harris burg. Hay'denville, in Okio , a post-village of Hocking co., on C., A. V. & T. R.R. Pop . (1897) about 500. Hay'denville, in Ma achusetts , a post-village of Hampshire co., about 4 m. N. W. of North amp ton. Hawk Point, in Mi ouri , a post-village of Lincoln co. Haydn (ha'dn), JOSEPH, an eminent musician, was born Hawk'weed, n. ( Bot . ) See HIKRACIUM. Hay'making, n. ( Agric .) The operation of cutting down, drying, and preparing gra es and other forage plants for being stacked for winter use. The plants are mown down at the time when they are supposed to con- tain a maximum of nutritious juices, viz., when they are in full flower. Dry weather, and if po ible that in which sunshine prevails, is chosen for this operation; then the mown material is spread out, and turned over two or three times; and in the evening they are formed into heaps somewhat larger than they were the day be- fore. If the weather has been remarkably warm and dry, these heaps in the course of the third day are carted away and made into a stack; but if the weather has been indifferent, the proce of opening out the heaps and exposing them to the sun is repeated on the third day, and stacking is not commenced till the fourth. The grand object in making hay is to preserve the color and natural juices of the herbage, which is best done by continually turning or tedding it, so as never to expose the same surface for any length of time to the direct in- fluence of the sun. In stacking the hay, the object is to preserve this green color, and at the same time induce a slight degree of fermentation, which has the effect of rendering the fibres of the plants composing the hay more tender, and changing a part of the parenchymous matter into sugar. This sweet taste renders the hay more palatable to horses. Hay'-market, n. A place where hay is sold wholesale. Hay Market, in Virginia , a post-village of Prince William co., about 110 m. N. of Richmond. Hay Meadow, in N. Carolina , a P. O. of Wilkes co. Hay'mond, in Indiana , a post-village of Franklin co., about 10 m. S.W. of Brookville. Hay'-mow, n. A ma or heap of hay stored in a barn or loft for preservation. Hay'-rick, n. Same as HAY-STACK, 9. v. Hayne, ISAAC, a colonel in the American army, and a martyr to the cause of Independence, B. 1745, was de- scended from a highly respectable family in S. Carolina. After the capitulation of Charleston, he was compelled to subscribe a declaration of his allegiance to the king IMG:content-0540.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] of Great Britain, provided he might not be ordered to bear arms against his countrymen. He was summoned, however, after the succe of Greene had changed the face of affairs, to repair immediately to the British standard. This he refused as a violation of the compact he had entered into, and hastened to the American camp. Being shortly after taken prisoner by the English, he was tried, and condemned to be hanged, "for having been found under arms, and employed in raising a regiment to oppose the British government, though he had become a subject, and accepted the protection of that government." This cruel sentence was put into execution, Aug. 4, 1781.