Definition of awk

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Awk (a.) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end)..

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Tercelet :: Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
Mohock :: Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.
Mawkishly :: Mawkishly (adv.) In a mawkish way.
Hobbletehoy :: Hobbletehoy (n.) A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow ..
River :: River (v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..
Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
Falconer :: Falconer (n.) A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Green :: Green (superl.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment..
Looby :: Looby (n.) An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber..
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Sternite :: Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner..
Ungraceful :: Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech..
Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc..
Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..
Clownish :: Clownish (a.) Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward..
Squawk :: Squawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squaw.
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop..
Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
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