Definition of awk

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Awk (adv.) Perversely; in the wrong way.

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Higgle :: Higgle (v. i.) To hawk or peddle provisions.
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm..
Jessed :: "Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk..
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Cub :: Cub (n.) Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy..
Rufterhood :: Rufterhood (n.) A kind of hood for a hawk.
Mauther :: Mauther (n.) A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench..
Badger :: Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Colporteur :: Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books..
Accipitrine :: Accipitrine (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Slouch :: Slouch (n.) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
Hawker :: Hawker (n.) One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman..
Scrambling :: Scrambling (a.) Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
Arms :: Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog..
Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..
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