RIBAUD (law) and hawk(1) (iou)

RIBAUD (law)

RIBAUD. A rogue; a vagrant. It is not used.

hawk noun1.
[Old English hafoc, heafoc, earlier haebuc, habuc = Old Frisian havek, Old Saxon hauk (Dutch havik), Old High German habuh (German Habicht), Old Norse haukr, from Germanic.]
A bird of prey used in falconry; any diurnal bird of prey. Now esp. any of the smaller or moderate-sized birds of the family Accipitridae with relatively short, rounded wings. Cf. FALCON. OE.
black hawk, blue hawk, Cooper's hawk, goshawk, sharp-shinned hawk, sparrowhawk, Swainson's hawk, etc. ignoble hawk: see IGNOBLE adjective. know a hawk from a handsaw, know a hawk from a heronshaw have ordinary discernment (now chiefly in allusion to Shakes. Haml.). noble hawk: see NOBLE adjective.
A rapacious, aggressive, or ruthless person. M16.
b. A person who advocates an uncompromising or warlike policy. (Opp. dove.) M20.
ellipt. As 2nd elem. of comb.: = hawkmoth below. M19.
oleander hawk, poplar hawk, privet hawk, etc.
Comb.: hawkbill (turtle) = hawksbill below; hawkbit [from hawk(weed (see below) + devil's bit s.v. DEVIL noun] any of several plants constituting the genera Leontodon, of the composite family, with heads of yellow ligulate florets and leaves in rosettes; esp. autumnal hawkbit, L. autumnalis, a common late-flowering plant of grassland; hawk-cuckoo any of various south and east Asian cuckoos of the genus Cuculus, of somewhat hawklike appearance, esp. the brain-fever bird, C. varius; hawk-eagle any of various tropical or subtropical eagles of the genus Spizaetus; hawk-eye (a) a keen-sighted or perceptive person; (b) US colloq. a native or inhabitant of Iowa; Hawkeye State, the State of Iowa; hawk-eyed adjective keen-sighted; hawk-faced adjective sharp- or hard-faced; hawkmoth any of various large, swift-flying moths constituting the family Sphingidae, with elongated forewings; hawk-nose a nose curved like a hawk's bill, an aquiline nose; hawk-nosed adjective having a hawk-nose; hawk-owl (a) the short-eared owl, Asio flammeus; (b) a somewhat long-tailed, partly diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern coniferous woodland; hawk's-beard any of various plants constituting the genus Crepis, of the composite family, allied to the hawkweeds; hawksbill (turtle) a small sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with hooked jaws, found in tropical seas; hawkweed any of the numerous microspecies of the genus Hieracium and Pilosella, of the composite family, plants of banks, rocks, etc., with heads of usu. yellow ligulate florets.
hawkish adjective (a) resembling a hawk in appearance or Nature; (b) inclined to favour uncompromising or warlike policies: M19.
hawkishness noun M20.
hawklike adjective resembling (that of) a hawk E17.

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