A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
A mound or small hill.
A brownish grey colour.
An urgent request or demand of payment.
A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.
Of a brownish grey colour.
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.