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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Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
Goshawk :: Goshawk (n.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white..
Colporteur :: Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books..
Tiercelet :: Tiercelet (n.) The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk..
Sea Turtle :: Sea turtle () Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas..
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
Vanner Hawk :: Vanner hawk () The kestrel.
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Peddler :: Peddler (n.) One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker..
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)..
Jayhawker :: "Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla..
Tarsel :: Tarsel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.
Hawkbill :: Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret..
Bower :: Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest..
Falcongentil :: Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
Bawl :: Bawl (v. t.) To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does..
Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..
Accipitral :: Accipitral (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike..
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