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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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Peddling :: Peddling (a.) Hawking; acting as a peddler.

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies..

Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

Huckster :: Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker..

Creance :: Creance (n.) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured..

Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc..

Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

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..

Falcongentil :: Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares..

Kestrel :: Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species..

Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.

Pannel :: Pannel (n.) The stomach of a hawk.

Seamed :: Seamed (a.) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.

Chapman :: Chapman (n.) A peddler; a hawker.

Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..

Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..