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Definition of hawk

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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..

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Harrier :: Harrier (n.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus)..

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

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

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

Rye :: Rye (n.) A disease in a hawk.

Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

Badger :: Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

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..

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera..

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

Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..

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

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

Tomahawking :: Tomahawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomahaw.

Winkle-hawk :: Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.

Gleam :: Gleam (v. i.) To disgorge filth, as a hawk..

Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.

Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop..

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects..

Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.