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.
A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
The act of deliberate killing of a person or other being without moral justification, especially with malice aforethought.
Something terrible to endure.
The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
The crime of deliberately killing a person without moral justification.
To botch or mangle.
To devour, ravish.
To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
To defeat decisively.
To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.