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Backworm :: Backworm (n.) A disease of hawks. See Filanders.

Falconine :: Falconine (a.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconida.

Cadge :: Cadge (n.) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Sea Hawk :: Sea hawk () A jager gull.

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

Tarsel :: Tarsel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.

Winkle-hawk :: Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..

Kickshawses :: Kickshawses (pl. ) of Kickshaw.

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..

Cockspur :: Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn..

Pounce :: Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively..

Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does..

Line :: Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..

Excreate :: Excreate (v. t.) To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.

Uncongeal :: Uncongeal (v. i.) To thaw; to become liquid again.

Sea Turtle :: Sea turtle () Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas..

Shaw :: Shaw (n.) A thicket; a small wood or grove.

Frounce :: Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill..

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