An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
A dismissal or rejection.
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
A drastic reduction or cutback.
A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
To furnish with an axle.
To fell or chop with an axe.
The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.