halcyon

A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.poetic

• Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.
• And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.

A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.; The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.poetic

• But novv hovv ſtands the vvind? / Into vvhat corner peeres my Halcions bill?
• Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their master

A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.

• Renege; affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their masters,

Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.figuratively

• Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age.
• Deep, halcyon repose.