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Definition of hawk

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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..

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Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets..

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

Jashawk :: Jashawk (n.) A young hawk.

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..

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

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..

Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion..

Bower :: Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest..

Rufterhood :: Rufterhood (n.) A kind of hood for a hawk.

Hawker :: Hawker (n.) A falconer.

Liguliflorous :: Liguliflorous (a.) Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc..

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Hand :: Hand (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey..

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Nias :: Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person..

Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut..