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A DICTIONARY OF 
Hawk’s-feet. ‘ The plant columbine. See a list in MS. Sloane, 5, 
f. 4.’ Hal. Wr. Aquilegia vulgaris, L. 
Hawkweed. Yarious species of Hieraciimi. — Turn. Herb. S.-W. 
Cumb. ‘ I can not gesso why this herbe shoiilde have the name of a 
hawke, seeing other herbes have the same properties that this hath : 
except it be for this cause that the downe that groweth in the toppe 
of this herbe after the flowers be gone, be good to be taken of the 
hawke to make him cast his gorge wyth it.’ Turn. Herb. ii. 14. 
Prior, p. 104. 
Haws, Bull. See Bull Haws. 
Haws, Butter. Pruit of Oratmgus Oxyacantha^ L. — Norf. 
Haws, Cat. See Cat-haws. 
Hawses. Fruit of Cmtcegus Oxyacantlia, L, — Svff. Moor. 
Hawthorn {i. e. Hedge-thorn), The general name for Crafregus 
Oxyacantlia, L. — Lyte. Hal. has also Hawtheen (Pegge) and Hawe- 
then. Prior, p. 104. 
Hawthorn, Cumberland. See Cumberland Hawthorn. 
Haw-tree. Cratmgus Oxyacantlia, L. — Hudson (Flora Anglica, 
1798). E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Hudson calls Pyrus Aria, L., White 
Haw-tree, and P. torminalis, L., Wild Haw-tree, the two being 
included by him in the genus Cratcegus. 
Hay, Burgundy. See Burgundy Hay. 
Hay Beech. A variety of P'agus sylvafica, L. — ‘ There are some 
trees in our woods with a rougher bark, which the woodmen call Hay 
Beech,'' Mart. Mill. 
Haycocks, Buttered. Linaria vulgaris, Mill. — Yks. 
Hay-gob. Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Warm. Hal. Wr. 
Hayhofe. ‘The herb CAlova terrestrisd Hal. Ncpeta Glechoma, 
Benth. See Ale -hoof. 
Haylwourth. ‘ The plant cidamumd Hal. This we cannot 
identify. 
Haymaiden. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. — Dev.; Dors. Dors. Gloss.; 
Bom. Holl. ; West, Hal. Hay, from A.S, liaga, hedge, the place of its 
frequent growth ; the derivation of the second part of the word is 
not so clear. See Prior, p. 104. 
Hay-maids. Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. — Park. Theatr. Prior, p. 
104. See Hay-maiden. 
HayrifF. See Harif. 
Hay-scent. Nephrodium Oreoptcris, Desv. — Cunib. 
Hayseeds, White. IIolcus lanatus, L. — Yks. Mart. Mill. 
Hay Shakers. Briza media, L. — dies. 
Haythorn. Cratcegus Oxyacantha, L. — Wr. Cites. Tusser (E. D. 
S., Series D., p. 76) spells it Haithorne. 
