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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..

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 It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron..

Hawk :: 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..

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

Hatchet :: Hatchet (n.) Specifically, a tomahawk..

Mohock :: Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.

Peddle :: Peddle (v. t.) To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware..

Hawking :: Hawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haw.

Hawker :: Hawker (v. i.) To sell goods by outcry in the street.

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

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey..

Hawked :: Hawked (imp. & p. p.) of Haw.

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

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

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

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.

Leash :: Leash (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog..

Principal :: Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..

Rabate :: Rabate (v.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk..

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