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halcyon
(mass) | halcyon
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halcyon
(encz) | halcyon,blažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
halcyon
(encz) | halcyon,klidný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Halcyon
(gcide) | Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\ (h[a^]l"s[i^]*[o^]n), n. [L. halcyon,
alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zool.)
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus
including a limited number of species having omnivorous
habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of
Australia.
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Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.
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Halcyon
(gcide) | Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was
anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea
during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
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2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep,
halcyon repose." --De Quincy.
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halcyon
(wn) | halcyon
adj 1: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy
tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon,
prosperous]
n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
[syn: Alcyone, Halcyon]
2: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the
Old World [syn: Halcyon, genus Halcyon]
3: a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter
solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power
of calming the winds and waves |
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Halcyon
(gcide) | Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\ (h[a^]l"s[i^]*[o^]n), n. [L. halcyon,
alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zool.)
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus
including a limited number of species having omnivorous
habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of
Australia.
[1913 Webster]
Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was
anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea
during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
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2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep,
halcyon repose." --De Quincy.
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Halcyon sancta
(gcide) | Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\ (h[a^]l"s[i^]*[o^]n), n. [L. halcyon,
alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zool.)
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus
including a limited number of species having omnivorous
habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of
Australia.
[1913 Webster]
Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.
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Halcyonian
(gcide) | Halcyonian \Hal`cy*o"ni*an\ (h[a^]l`s[i^]*[=o]"n[i^]*an), a.
Halcyon; calm.
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Halcyonoid
(gcide) | Halcyonoid \Hal"cy*o*noid\ (h[a^]l"s[i^]*[-o]*noid), a. & n.
[Halcyon + -oid.] (Zool.)
See Alcyonoid.
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genus halcyon
(wn) | genus Halcyon
n 1: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of
the Old World [syn: Halcyon, genus Halcyon] |
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