sparrow-hawkn.

Forms: Also Middle English sparowhawke (1500s sparowhauke).

Etymology: < sparrow n.: compare sparhawk n. So Swedish sparfhök, Norwegian dialect sporvehauk.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparrow-hawk.

a. A species of hawk ( Accipiter nisus) which preys on small birds, common in the British Islands and widely distributed in northern Europe and Asia. Occasionally, one or other species of hawk resembling this.

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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter nisus (sparrowhawk)

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chickenhawk?a1775

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spier-hawk?c1810

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 625 Nisus, sparowhawke.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 43 A byrd þat couthe speke..went out of his cage, and a sparow-hawke wold haue slayne hym.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lviij^v The Normans fled as fast as..the sely Partridge before the Sparowhauke.

1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 17 Vse exercise, And keepe a sparrow hawke.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xvi. 322 An Embassadour should not as a sparrow-hawk flie outright to his prey.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. v. 341 The Sparrow hawk. The yellow-legged Falco, with a white, undulated breast, and a fasciated brown tail.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 69 The difference between the size of the male and female sparrow hawks, is more disproportionate than in most other birds of prey.

1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. 63 The Sparrow-Hawk is another short-winged Hawk.

1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 590 The Sparrow-hawks are distinguished from the preceding birds by the slenderness of their tarsi.

1880 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XI. 534/2 The so-called ‘Sparrow-Hawk’ of New Zealand (Hieracidea) does not belong to this group of birds at all.

figurative.1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 264 Thou art a bold sparrow-hawk to match thee so early with such a kite as Piercie Shafton.1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 24 The second was your foe, the sparrow-hawk, My curse, my nephew.

b. With distinguishing epithets.

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1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 51 Falco Nisus,..New Holland Sparrow-Hawk.

1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 51 Speckled Sparrow-Hawk.

1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 190 Great-Billed Sparrow-Hawk. Falco magnirostris.

1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 117 American Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius.

1870 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds (1892) 591 Africa possesses..the Dwarf Sparrow-hawk (Accipiter minullus).

2. A small anvil used in silver-working.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > anvil > types of

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1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 309 The sparrow-hawk, which is a kind of miniature anvil.

1877 G. E. Gee Silversmith's Handbk. 119 The bezil all the time gradually working round the pointed end of the sparrow-hawk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sparrow-hawk
释义	sparrow-hawkn. Forms: Also Middle English sparowhawke (1500s sparowhauke). Etymology: < sparrow n.: compare sparhawk n. So Swedish sparfhök, Norwegian dialect sporvehauk.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparrow-hawk. 1. a. A species of hawk ( Accipiter nisus) which preys on small birds, common in the British Islands and widely distributed in northern Europe and Asia. Occasionally, one or other species of hawk resembling this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter nisus (sparrowhawk) sparhawkc725 sperverc1330 musketa1398 sparrow-hawk1548 pigeon hawk1731 chickenhawk?a1775 keelie1808 spier-hawk?c1810 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 625 Nisus, sparowhawke. c1450 Mirk's Festial 43 A byrd þat couthe speke..went out of his cage, and a sparow-hawke wold haue slayne hym. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lviij^v The Normans fled as fast as..the sely Partridge before the Sparowhauke. 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 17 Vse exercise, And keepe a sparrow hawke. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xvi. 322 An Embassadour should not as a sparrow-hawk flie outright to his prey. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. v. 341 The Sparrow hawk. The yellow-legged Falco, with a white, undulated breast, and a fasciated brown tail. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 69 The difference between the size of the male and female sparrow hawks, is more disproportionate than in most other birds of prey. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. 63 The Sparrow-Hawk is another short-winged Hawk. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 590 The Sparrow-hawks are distinguished from the preceding birds by the slenderness of their tarsi. 1880 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XI. 534/2 The so-called ‘Sparrow-Hawk’ of New Zealand (Hieracidea) does not belong to this group of birds at all. figurative.1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 264 Thou art a bold sparrow-hawk to match thee so early with such a kite as Piercie Shafton.1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 24 The second was your foe, the sparrow-hawk, My curse, my nephew. b. With distinguishing epithets. ΚΠ 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 51 Falco Nisus,..New Holland Sparrow-Hawk. 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 51 Speckled Sparrow-Hawk. 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 190 Great-Billed Sparrow-Hawk. Falco magnirostris. 1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 117 American Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds (1892) 591 Africa possesses..the Dwarf Sparrow-hawk (Accipiter minullus). 2. A small anvil used in silver-working. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > anvil > types of bickern1547 stake1660 welting stake1660 stag1688 table anvil1824 sparrow-hawk1869 teest1877 1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 309 The sparrow-hawk, which is a kind of miniature anvil. 1877 G. E. Gee Silversmith's Handbk. 119 The bezil all the time gradually working round the pointed end of the sparrow-hawk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.14..
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