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Team of women who processed astronomical data
The Harvard Computers were a team of women working as skilled workers to process astronomical data at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard_Computers
Person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic calculators
some women offered to work for the Harvard Computers for free. Many of the women astronomers from this era were computers with possibly the best-known being
Computer_(occupation)
Computer architecture treating code and data similarly, though not usually identically
modern computers that are documented as Harvard architecture are, in fact, modified Harvard architecture. The original Harvard architecture computer, the
Modified_Harvard_architecture
Programmable machine that processes data
electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs, which enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system
Computer
was predominantly done by women; significant examples include the Harvard Computers, codebreaking at Bletchley Park and engineering at NASA. After the
Women_in_computing
Collection of astronomical glass negatives
and computers who worked with the collection were women, including members of the group now commonly known as the Women Astronomical Computers. The Harvard
Harvard_Plate_Stacks
Electromechanical computer at Harvard University, completed in 1947
The Harvard Mark II, also known as the Aiken Relay Calculator, was an electromechanical computer built under the direction of Howard Aiken at Harvard University
Harvard_Mark_II
American astronomer (1868–1921)
Leavitt also began working as volunteer assistant, one of the "computers" at the Harvard College Observatory. In 1902, she was hired by the director of
Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
Astronomical observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) Irwin Shapiro 1983–2004 Charles Alcock 2004–2022 Lisa Kewley 2022–present Harvard Computers Sears Tower – Harvard Observatory
Harvard_College_Observatory
Scottish astronomer (1857–1911)
She became one of the founding members of the Harvard Computers, an all-women cadre of human computers hired by Pickering to compute mathematical classifications
Williamina_Fleming
Early American electromechanical computer (1944)
The Harvard Mark I, or IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), was one of the earliest general-purpose electromechanical computers used in
Harvard_Mark_I
Computer-based technologies
transmit information. While the term is commonly used to refer to computers and computer networks, it also encompasses other information distribution technologies
Information_technology
American astronomer
findings. This consequently also strengthened and contributed to Harvard Computers. In 1882, he started his appeals for international variable star observations
Edward_Charles_Pickering
American computer scientist and professor
(/meɪlɛn/) is an American computer scientist and professor. Malan is a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and is best known
David_J._Malan
American writer
Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars about the Harvard Computers. Sobel was born in The Bronx, New York
Dava_Sobel
Electronic stored-program computer built at Harvard University in 1952
(in the context of microcontrollers). Harvard Mark I Harvard Mark II Harvard Mark III List of vacuum-tube computers Research, United States Office of Naval
Harvard_Mark_IV
Computer architecture where code and data each have a separate bus
The Harvard architecture is a computer architecture with separate storage and signal pathways for instructions and data. It is often contrasted with the
Harvard_architecture
Classification of stars based on spectral properties
began to hire pioneering female astronomers collectively known as the Harvard Computers. Though they would study many different astronomical subjects, an
Stellar_classification
American astronomer (1863–1941)
College. In 1896, Cannon became a member of the Harvard Computers, a group of women hired by Harvard Observatory director Edward C. Pickering to complete
Annie_Jump_Cannon
available to astronomers, which led to the rise of human computers, famously the Harvard Computers, to track and analyze the data. Scientists began discovering
History_of_astronomy
Electromechanical computer built at Harvard University in 1949
The Harvard Mark III, also known as ADEC (for Aiken Dahlgren Electronic Calculator) was an early computer that was partially electronic and partially
Harvard_Mark_III
Computation machine that uses continuously varying data technology
digital computers represent varying quantities symbolically and by discrete values of both time and amplitude (digital signals). Analog computers can have
Analog_computer
American astronomer (1866–1952)
Beta Lyrae. Maury was part of the Harvard Computers, a group of female astronomers and human computers at the Harvard College Observatory. Dorrit Hoffleit
Antonia_Maury
Middle and high school in Los Angeles, California, US
Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school in Los Angeles, California, with about 1,600 students in grades
Harvard-Westlake_School
Study of computation
states that "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." The design and deployment of computers and computer systems is
Computer_science
American astronomer
American astronomer and human computer, one of the first members of female computer group known as "the Harvard Computers." She made the most complete
Anna_Winlock
constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers, servers
List of computer system manufacturers
List_of_computer_system_manufacturers
American computer scientist (born 1947)
computer science, and writings on computing, higher education, and technology. He is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
Harry_R._Lewis
American astronomer (1839–1914)
ISBN 978-0-521-39916-6. Woodman, Jenny (2 December 2016). "The Women 'Computers' Who Revolutionized Astronomy". The Atlantic. Retrieved 3 December 2016
Mary_Anna_Draper
American computer scientist (born 1984)
and the development of efficient algorithms. He joined the computer science faculty at Harvard University in 2013 and remained there until joining UC Berkeley
Jelani_Nelson
American astronomer
the Harvard College Observatory as an employee of Edward Pickering, observing and classifying stars. Florence was one of the "Harvard Computers" who
Florence_Cushman
The Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (1965 to 1991) pioneered early cartographic and architectural computer applications that
Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis
Harvard_Laboratory_for_Computer_Graphics_and_Spatial_Analysis
Engineering school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is the engineering school of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard_John_A._Paulson_School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Sciences
American artist
inspiration in Harvard Computers". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 20, 2022. "Before 'Hidden Figures,' there were the Harvard Computers. Now their
Lia_Halloran
Computer hardware technology that uses quantum mechanics
observed at atomic scales, and digital computers emerged in the following decades to replace human computers for tedious calculations. Both disciplines
Quantum_computing
Central computer component that executes instructions
Vacuum-tube computers such as EDVAC tended to average eight hours between failures, whereas relay computers—such as the slower but earlier Harvard Mark I—failed
Central_processing_unit
non-graduates of Harvard, see the list of Harvard University non-graduate alumni. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University.
List of Harvard University people
List_of_Harvard_University_people
British and American astronomer (1900–1979)
16....1P. doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.16.090178.000245. ISSN 0066-4146. Harvard Computers – Team of women who processed astronomical data Sisters of the Sun
Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
Type of computer
electronic stored-program digital computers as 'von Neumann machines'". Hennessy and Patterson wrote that the early Harvard machines were regarded as "reactionary
Stored-program_computer
Series of digital signal processor chips
The Super Harvard Architecture Single-Chip Computer (SHARC) is a high performance floating-point and fixed-point DSP from Analog Devices. SHARC is used
Super Harvard Architecture Single-Chip Computer
Super_Harvard_Architecture_Single-Chip_Computer
Episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
the spectra of multiple stars simultaneously, and the work of the Harvard Computers or "Pickering's Harem", a team of women researchers under Pickering's
Sisters_of_the_Sun
Computer architecture where code and data share a common bus
implementation. Stored-program computers were an advancement over the manually reconfigured or fixed function computers of the 1940s, such as the Colossus
Von_Neumann_architecture
American computer programmer (b. 1956)
deep interest in computers and taught himself to code in different languages and for different computers. He subsequently attended Harvard College, majoring
Monte_Davidoff
American astronomer
an American astronomer and member of "Harvard Computers," a group of female astronomers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory under Director Edward
Evelyn_Leland
American computer scientist (born 1961)
of Arts with a major in philosophy from Harvard University in 1983. He received a Master of Arts in computer science from University of Washington in
Thomas_E._Anderson
Computer built from mechanical components such as levers and gears
indicators. Mechanical computers continued to be used into the 1960s, but had steadily been losing ground to digital computers since their advent. By
Mechanical_computer
American computer scientist
American computer scientist and the Chief Technology Officer of Harvard University. He is the Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Jim_Waldo
American business software company (1980–1996)
existed. A salient benefit of Harvard Graphics, then, was that it brought sophisticated on-screen graphics capabilities to computers running the normally non-graphical
Software Publishing Corporation
Software_Publishing_Corporation
Physical components of a computer
construction of the first computers. Building on Babbage's design, relay computers were built by George Stibitz at Bell Laboratories and Harvard University's Howard
Computer_hardware
American computer scientist
privacy and proof-of-work. Dwork works at Harvard University, where she is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the
Cynthia_Dwork
Early electronic digital computing device
Zuse's Z1 computer, and the simultaneously developed Harvard Mark I. The first electronic, programmable, digital machine, the Colossus computer from 1943
Atanasoff–Berry_computer
Computer scientist
2019. In 2020, he moved to Harvard as a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science. In 2015, Procaccia won the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, given
Ariel_D._Procaccia
Paradigm in psychology
computers, because they call to mind similar social attributes as humans. Clifford Nass et al. established this concept in the 1994 paper Computers are
Computers_are_social_actors
American business executive (born 1974)
interest in computer science from an early age and graduated from Trinity College in 1996, the University of Chicago Law School in 2000, and Harvard Business
Matthew_Prince
personal computer (PC), in the 1970s. The cost of computers gradually became so low that personal computers by the 1990s, and then mobile computers (smartphones
History_of_computing_hardware
Annually awarded parody of the Nobel Prize
ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard Computer Society, the Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, and the Harvard–Radcliffe Society of Physics
Ig_Nobel_Prize
Women's college in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878–1999)
1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College. The college was named for the early Harvard benefactor Anne Mowlson (née Radcliffe) and was
Radcliffe_College
British-American computer scientist
British-American computer scientist. He is the George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science and Co Faculty Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative
David_C._Parkes
Computer scientist
American computer scientist. She is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty
Latanya_Sweeney
American physicist
the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I, the United States' first programmable computer. Aiken was born on 8 March 1900, in Hoboken
Howard_H._Aiken
2010 film by David Fincher
their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of academic probation. Facemash's
The_Social_Network
English programmer, venture capitalist, and writer (born 1964)
Science in 1988, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1990, both in computer science from Harvard University. Graham also studied fine arts and painting at the
Paul_Graham_(programmer)
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
interests. In 1973, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he took classes including Math 55 and graduate-level computer science courses, but he dropped
Bill_Gates
U.S. naval officer and computer scientist (1906–1992)
also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the
Grace_Hopper
PMID 36258126. S2CID 252994351. "Hero's Shortest Path". Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations. Harvard University. Retrieved 2024-02-13. Hero's Principle
Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries
Timeline_of_fundamental_physics_discoveries
Founder of Tandem Computers, manufacturer of the first fault tolerant computers (b. 1940)
founder of Tandem Computers, which designed and manufactured the first fault tolerant computers, in 1974. These pioneering computers were marketed to transaction
Jimmy_Treybig
Public lending library on Borough High Street in Southwark, London
free computer classes. Its collection includes books, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, and PlayStation 3 games. In early 2010, John Harvard Library
John_Harvard_Library
American computer scientist
Applied Sciences of Harvard University and has been serving as the school's interim dean since 2023. Smith's titles within Harvard include John H. Finley
Michael D. Smith (computer scientist)
Michael_D._Smith_(computer_scientist)
American computer scientist
the Geniac and Brainiac toy computers. Berkeley founded, published and edited Computers and Automation, the first computer magazine. He sometimes wrote
Edmund_Berkeley
Instructions a computer can execute
The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th century. Early programs were written in the machine language
Software
individual personal computers were low enough in cost that they eventually became affordable consumer goods. Early personal computers – generally called
History_of_personal_computers
American law professor (born 1969)
International Law at Harvard Law School. He is also a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering
Jonathan_Zittrain
systems, Hi-Fi and latterly computers and microprocessors. In 1946 the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) of John Presper Eckert and
History of electrical engineering
History_of_electrical_engineering
American computer scientist
Mathematics from Harvard University, in 1969 and 1973, respectively. In his Ph.D. thesis "Architectural Principles for Virtual Computer Systems", published
Robert_P._Goldberg
American art historian
Radcliffe College. As an undergraduate student, she did computing work at the Harvard College Observatory. She earned a Ph.D. in art history from Bryn Mawr College
Anne_Hagopian
2000s social networking website
ConnectU (originally HarvardConnection) was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004, that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss
ConnectU
demonstrate the advantage that quantum computers have over classical computers". ZDNet. "Bigger quantum computers, faster: This new idea could be the quickest
Timeline of quantum computing and communication
Timeline_of_quantum_computing_and_communication
Harvard computers, a group of women engaged in the production of astronomical data at Harvard. Henrietta Swan Leavitt joined the Harvard "computers"
Timeline of women in computing
Timeline_of_women_in_computing
American astronomer (1885–1979)
In 1912, after graduating from Radcliffe College, Harwood worked at the Harvard Observatory and taught in private schools in the Boston area, including
Margaret_Harwood
American computer scientist
Columbia. Previously, Seltzer was the Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied
Margo_Seltzer
American astronomer, human computer
Lindsay. "Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory | The Harvard Plate Stacks". platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-15
Muriel_Mussells_Seyfert
Taiwanese computer scientist
November 9, 1945) is a Taiwanese computer scientist who is the William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University. Kung's early research
H._T._Kung
American computer scientist; creator of Morris Worm; associate professor at MIT
in 1983. Morris attended Harvard University, and later went on to graduate school at Cornell University. Morris's computer worm was developed in 1988
Robert_Tappan_Morris
Electronic game with user interface and visual feedback
mainframe computers. The first consumer video game was the arcade video game Computer Space in 1971, which took inspiration from the earlier 1962 computer game
Video_game
Divinity school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its
Harvard_Divinity_School
Early Swedish electromechanical computer
Howard Aiken stated in reference to BARK "This is the first computer I have seen outside Harvard that actually works."[citation needed] BARK was developed
BARK_(computer)
American computer scientist
ai, OctoML, and Apple. He was the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and author of several books about the Linux operating
Matt Welsh (computer scientist)
Matt_Welsh_(computer_scientist)
American computer scientist
Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Computation and Society at Harvard University
Milind_Tambe
Quantum Computing company in Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts. The company develops quantum computers using neutral atoms based on research conducted at both Harvard University and MIT. QuEra also develops
QuEra_Computing_Inc.
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist (1931–2026)
Kleinrock and Gordon E. Moore, for Computers and Telecommunications. Rabin was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Harvard University in 2017. Oblivious
Michael_O._Rabin
Service to help customers use a product
product. Regarding technology products such as mobile phones, televisions, computers, software products or other electronic or mechanical goods, it is termed
Customer_support
List of important events in the history of astronomy
telescopes, the Keck's main mirror is made of 36 six-sided segments, with computers to control their alignment. New optical telescopes also make use of interferometry –
Timeline_of_astronomy
American computer scientist
Study at Harvard University (2015–16). He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science
Philip_N._Klein
stream encoded in Harvard biphase. ARINC 573 Digest of papers: computer peripherals, CPU--benefactor or bottleneck?, IEEE Computer Society, 1974 Wyatt
Harvard_biphase
German-American computer scientist (1923–2008)
Weizenbaum worked on analog computers and helped create a digital computer. In 1956, he worked for General Electric on ERMA, a computer system that introduced
Joseph_Weizenbaum
19th century proposed mechanical computer
Kneusel. Numbers and Computers, Springer, pp. 84–85, 2017. ISBN 978-3319505084 Randell 1982, p. 6, 11–13. Bromley 1990. "Digital computers, history of". Encyclopedia
Analytical_engine
American computer scientist
Mitzenmacher is an American computer scientist working in algorithms. He is Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering
Michael_Mitzenmacher
Computer scientist and information policy expert
Pioneers, 2000, ISBN 902724586X, p. 86 Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 66:205, 1963 Anthony G. Oettinger, "The Uses of Computers in Science", Scientific American 215:3
Anthony_Oettinger
Astronomical observatory in Massachusetts, US
observatory's so-called "Computers" (women hired by Pickering as skilled workers to process astronomical data). These "Computers" included Williamina Fleming
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard–Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics
Computers have often been used as fictional objects in literature, films, and in other forms of media. Fictional computers may be depicted as considerably
List_of_fictional_computers
HARVARD COMPUTERS
HARVARD COMPUTERS
Female
Russian
(Варвара) Russian form of Greek Barbara, VARVARA means "foreign; strange."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Old French hansard, hansart ‘cutlass’, ‘dagger’ (of Germanic origin, composed of elements meaning ‘hand’ and ‘knife’ (see Sachs)).
Male
German
 Dutch and German form of Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, HARALD means "army ruler." Compare with another form of Harald.
Male
English
 English name derived from a Norman French byname for someone given to stirring up trouble, from the word hareler, HARLAND means "to create a disturbance," hence "trouble-maker." Variant spelling of English Harlan, meaning "hare's land."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Garrett 1.
Boy/Male
Norse Swedish
Rock defender.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English, Old French hagard ‘wild’, ‘untamed’. This word was adopted into Middle English as a technical term in falconry to denote a hawk that had been captured and trained when already fully grown, rather than being reared in captivity; the surname may have developed as a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.Americanized form of Danish Ågård (see Agard).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Harford, in Gloucestershire and Devon. The former is named from Old English heorot ‘hart’ + ford ‘ford’, the latter has as its first element Old English here ‘army’. In some cases it may be an altered form of Hereford.Irish : mainly of English origin, an Anglo-Norman habitational name for someone from Hereford.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hazard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Hereweard, composed of the elements here ‘army’ + weard ‘guard’, which was borne by an 11th-century thane of Lincolnshire, leader of resistance to the advancing Normans. The Old Norse cognate Hervarðr was also common and, particularly in the Danelaw, it may in part lie behind the surname.Welsh : variant of Havard.John Harvard (1607–38), who gave his name to Harvard College, was the son of a London butcher. He inherited considerable property, and emigrated to MA in 1637. On his death he bequeathed half his estate and the whole of his library to the newly founded college at Cambridge, MA.
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Harman, HARMAND means "bold/hardy man."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Danish/Norwegian HÃ¥vard, HAWARD means "high guard." This is an older form of modern English Howard.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Haraldr, HARALD means "army ruler." Compare with another form of Harald.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly northeastern)
English (mainly northeastern) : habitational name from any of various minor places (including perhaps some now lost) named from Old English hÄr ‘gray’, hara ‘hare’, or hær ‘rock’, ‘tumulus’ + land ‘tract of land’, ‘estate’, ‘cultivated land’, notably Harland in Kirkbymoorside. North Yorkshire, which is named from hær + land. This surname has been present in northern Ireland since the 17th century.French (Normandy) : nickname for someone given to stirring up trouble, from the present participle of medieval French hareler ‘to create a disturbance’.George and Michael Harland were Quakers who emigrated from Durham, England, to Ireland. George went on to DE in 1687 and became governor in 1695, while Michael went to Philadelphia. George Harland’s descendants, who dropped the final -d from their name, included a number of prominent American politicians, in particular James Harlan (1820–99), who became a senator and secretary of the interior.
Male
Swedish
Swedish variant spelling of Scandinavian Halvard, HALVAR means "rock defender."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Hallvar�r, HALVARD means "rock defender."
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian variant spelling of Scandinavian Halvard, HALLVARD means "rock defender."
Surname or Lastname
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch : nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Norse, Swedish
Rock Defender; Guardian of the Rock; Rock Guardian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harvard.
HARVARD COMPUTERS
HARVARD COMPUTERS
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Make Happy Others; Happy Boy
Boy/Male
Biblical
Passing over, testimony of the Lord.
Boy/Male
Indian
Faithful, Sincere
Boy/Male
Tamil
Shrigopal | ஷரீகோபால
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dew drop, Admired for look, Love, Rain, Bright one, Naughty one
Biblical
wasp (inhabitants)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
The Inviolable
Girl/Female
Indian
Favors, Kindness, Compassion, Noble Prince
Girl/Female
Tamil
Divashini | தீவாஷீநீÂ
Shine among the day and all
Boy/Male
Muslim
Warner, Eyes
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n.
See Halyard.
n.
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
adv.
In a haggard manner.
v. i.
To venture; to hazard.
n.
Hazard.
n.
Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
a.
A fierce, intractable creature.
p. pr. & vb. /
of Hazard
n.
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
a.
Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
a.
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
n.
Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.
a.
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
n.
A stackyard.
n.
Hazard; peril.
imp. & p. p.
of Hazard
a.
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
n.
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
n.
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
a.
A hag.