Crossword clues for harrier
harrier
- A persistent attacker
- A hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller
- Used to hunt rabbits
- Hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
- Cross-country runner who worries?
- Clothing arrives here in German jet
- Who would bother a runner?
- Hospital porter doffing cap for runner
- Runner is more able to survive having run for the day
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Harrier \Har"ri*er\ (-[~e]r), n. [From Hare, n.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
Harrier \Har"ri*er\, n. [From Harry.]
One who harries.
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(Zo["o]l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier ( Circus [ae]ruginosus), and the hen harrier ( Circus cyaneus).
Harrier hawk (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Middle English hayrer "small hunting dog" (c.1400), possibly from Middle French errier "wanderer" [Barnhart], or associated with hare, which they would have hunted. The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.), which also is a candidate for the source of the dog name.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who harry#Verb. 2 Any of several bird of prey in the genus ''Circus'' of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds. 3 A runner, specifically, a cross country runner. 4 A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
WordNet
n. a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" [syn: harasser]
a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
Wikipedia
Harrier can mean:
The Harrier is a medium-sized dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting hares by trailing them. It resembles an English Foxhound but is smaller, though not as small as a Beagle.
A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds. The young of the species are sometimes referred to as ring-tail harriers.
Usage examples of "harrier".
Sebastian Grimsdale was Master of Foxhounds and Harriers, one of the shining stars in the Ashdown Dean social heavens.
Blood was, indeed, his milieu: Sebastian Grimsdale was Master of Foxhounds and Harriers and his own huntsman.
Ah, but first to loose the Harriers upon that blasted Hawk and his miserable friends.
Sir Bran and Sir Grenett, knights hardened in battle and fearless, shrank away from the sight of the Harriers, fierce and brutal men devoid of human compassion or mercy.
The Harriers, as they were known in Mensandor, were last descendants of an ancient people in the realm, the cruel Shoth.
The Harriers were greatly feared by everyone who knew of them, or who happened to meet them, upon those rare occasions when one or more might be seen in passing.
The Harriers who sold their services as trackers also used birds, most often hawks, but also small eagles or ravens, to help them locate their human game at long distance.
Some said the Harriers spoke with their birds mind to mind, so extraordinary was the communication between the two preying creatures.
Prince Jaspin stood abruptly and tossed the bag of coins to the foremost of the Harriers who deftly caught it and slipped it into an inner pouch in his clothing.
I doubt if even Harriers can find us once we have crossed over into the Wilderlands.
What it was could not be seen, but Quentin knew in his heart that the Harriers were upon them.
Then something happenedTrenn came with word that the Harriers were after usand Theido relented.
Prince Jaspin, being caught in an awkward position, careful not to offend public sentiment, which held that anyone dealing with the Harriers was as much a villain himself, paid the savage and sent him off with a minimum of show.
Imagine, if you can, what the power of the Harriers must be, to be able to kill so cruelly.
The Harriers will be more vigilant in Ero, and perhaps more likely than most to notice something like this.