halcyon (n.) Old form(s): Halcion
kingfisher
1H6 I.ii.131[Pucelle to all] Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days [i.e. a period of peace and calm]
KL II.ii.76[disguised Kent to Cornwall, of Oswald] Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their masters [i.e. follow every whim of their master]
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