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Definition of hawk

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Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry..

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Tercellene :: Tercellene (n.) A small male hawk.

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

Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..

Potter :: Potter (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

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

Cancelier :: Cancelier (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.

Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

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

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

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

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

Hawkey :: Hawkey (n.) See Hockey.

Accipitrine :: Accipitrine (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Meute :: Meute (n.) A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1..

Eyas :: Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself..

Formell :: Formell (n.) The female of a hawk or falcon.

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..

Jayhawker :: "Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla..

Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk..

Stank :: Stanielry (n.) Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry..