Word Meanings - HOBBY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small, strong-winged European falcon , formerly trained for hawking. (more info) hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf.

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• HOBBYHORSICAL
  Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical. Sterne.
• WINGY
  1. Having wings; rapid. With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. Addison.
• HAWKED
  Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
• WINGFISH
  A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• TRAIN
  1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. "Now to my charms, and to my wily trains." Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell. With
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• HAWK MOTH
  Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis.
• HAWKEYE STATE
  Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
• TRAINING
  The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training , the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training
• TRAINABLE
  Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• STRONGYLID
  Strongyloid.
• HAWK-EYED
  Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
• FALCONGENTIL
  The female or young of the goshawk .
• WINGLET
  A bastard wing, or alula. (more info) 1. A little wing; a very small wing.
• FALCON
  An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. See under Chanting. (more info) fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and One of a family of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful
• HOBBY; HOBBYHORSE
  cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson. 2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• KNOWINGLY
  1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
• TWINGE
  OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG. dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. duhen, and probably
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• HAWKER
  One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• MOHAWK
  One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. 2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
• ZWINGLIAN
  Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli , the reformer of German Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's Supper the true body of Christ is present by the contemplation of faith but not in essence or reality, and that the sacrament is a memorial
• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• DISTRAINER
  See DISTRAINOR
• KNOWINGNESS
  The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
• HALF-STRAINED
  Half-bred; imperfect. "A half-strained villain." Dryden.
• GIER-FALCON
  The gyrfalcon.
• HOVER-HAWK
  The kestrel.