Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - harrier
Harrier
harrier
1. n. a person who harries or lays waste. 2. n. 1 a a hound used for hunting hares. b (in pl.) a pack of these with huntsmen. 2 a group of cross-country runners. Etymology: HARE + -IER, assim. to HARRIER(1) 3. n. any bird of prey of the genus Circus, with long wings for swooping over the ground. Etymology: harrower f. harrow harry, rob, assim. to HARRIER(1)
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I. noun Etymology: irregular from 1hare Date: 1542 any of a breed of hunting dogs resembling a small English foxhound and originally bred for hunting rabbits, a runner on a cross-country team, II. noun Etymology: alteration of harrower, from 1harrow Date: 1556 any of a genus (Circus) of slender hawks having long angled wings and long legs and feeding chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects, III. noun Date: 1596 one that harries ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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