harrowern.1
/ˈharəʊə/, U.S. /ˈhɛrəwər/ 1. One who harrows land.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > harrowing > harrower
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c1440 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 687/16 Hic harpicator, a haroer.
1552–72 Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Harrower, when it is backe harrowed, or weeder, sarritor.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 146 Harrowers have usually 3d. and 3d. 2q[uarte]rs a day.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 243/2 Good Plowman, Sower, Harrower, and Carter.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 176/2 An Harow or a harow-maker (A. a Harower), erpicarius.
3. One who harrows (the soul, feelings).
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > one who intimidates or bullies
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intimidator1857
ass-kicker1962
1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy IV. 283 Harrowers of the soul and slow consumers of the body.
1889 B. Whitby Awakening Mary Fenwick III. ii. 58 A glorifier of maudlin sentimentality, a harrower of feelings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
harrowern.2
Obsolete or archaic.
1. A spoiler; = harrier n.1 1. harrower of hell, an appellation of Christ.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which
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c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 160 We xulle telle..How harwere of helle Was born this nyght.
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2. A bird of prey; = harrier n.1 3.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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3. (Also †harrower.) A name for falcons of the genus Circus, and their allies: cf. hen harrier n., marsh harrier n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier)
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1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 5/1 A harroer, rubetarius.
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Rubetarius, a kinde of haukes called an henne harroer.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bondrée, a kind of short winged Eagle..some call her a Harrower.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (E.D.S.) Pref. 3 Called a hen-harrier from chasing, preying upon, and destroying of poultry.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 99 The harriers are..very indefatigable in their hunting, and highly destructive of the feathered tribes.
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