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windhover|ˈwɪndˌhɒvə(r), -ˌhʌvə(r)|
Also 7 windover.
[f. wind n.1 + hover v.]
A name for the kestrel, from its habit of hovering or hanging in the air with its head to the wind. Also attrib.
1674Ray Collect., Engl. Birds 82 The Kestrell or Stannel, in some places the Windover. 1738E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 5 The Windhover Cock. 1778G. White Selborne, To Barrington 7 Aug., The kestrel, or windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 321 For about as long As the wind-hover hangs in balance. 188419th Cent. Aug. 331 The windhover hawk poising at mid-distance above his quarry. |