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

Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler..

Quarry :: Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks..

Brail :: Brail (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

Tercelet :: Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.

Train :: Train (v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare..

Chapbook :: Chapbook (n.) Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book..

Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively..

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

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

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

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

Musket :: Musket (n.) The male of the sparrow hawk.

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

Hawk Moth :: Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm..

Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..

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

Ignoble :: Ignoble (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk..

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

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