HARRIER

I. noun Etymology: irregular from 1hare Date: 1542 any of a breed of hunting dogs resembling a small English foxhound and originally bred for hunting rabbits, a runner on a cross-country team, II. noun Etymology: alteration of harrower, from 1harrow Date: 1556 any of a genus ( Circus ) of slender hawks having long angled wings and long legs and feeding chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects, III. noun Date: 1596 one that harries