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goshawk|ˈgɒshɔːk|
Forms: 1 góshafoc, -uc, 4–7 goshauk(e, -hawke, 6 gosehauke, (5–6 gois(s)halk, 7 goshalk), 6–7 goosse-hawk(e, 6 goushake, 7 -hawke, goshhawke, 7–9 goss-hawk, 4, 6– goshawk.
[OE. gós-hafoc, f. gós goose + hafoc hawk; cf. ON. gáshaukr.]
A large short-winged hawk (Astur palumbarius, and other species).
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 131/22 Aucarius, goshafuc. c1050Ags. Voc. ibid. 285/2 Accipiter, goshafoc. 13..K. Alis. 483 Him thoughte a goshauk with gret flyght Setlith on his beryng. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. iii. (1495) 411 The goshawke is in fayrnesse of fethers moost lyke to the Ostrych. 1486Bk. St. Albans D iv, Ther is a Goshawke, and that hauke is for a yeman. c1520A. Wyndesore in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. (1846) I. 227 There hathe been..an Ayerye of goosse hawks contynually there bredyng. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 32 Fierce goshawkes with the Phesants had no warre. 1612Sc. Bk. Rates in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 313 Halkis called..Goshalkis the halk xvli. 1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace vii. 145 A wicked minister is the devil's gosshawk, that goes a birding for hell! 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) V. 128 The kite or the goss⁓hawk approach their prey side-ways. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. x, Shrill As goss-hawk's whistle on the hill. 1865Cornhill Mag. May 626 Goshawks..have no chance with anything faster than a rising pheasant; they are excellent for rabbits. 1890Thompson in Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum (1891) XIII. 527 Accipiter atricapillus, American Goshawk.
attrib.1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, She hadna the same goss-hawk glance that makes the skin creep. |