Definition of hawk

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Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise..

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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..
Tomahawked :: Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahaw.
Mohawk :: Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians..
Seel :: Seel (v. t.) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Cadge :: Cadge (n.) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Mounty :: Mounty (v.) The rise of a hawk after prey.
Jessed :: "Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk..
Frounce :: Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Hawkbill :: Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret..
Tarsel :: Tarsel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.
Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..
Potter :: Potter (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets..
Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Huckster :: Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker..
Higgle :: Higgle (v. i.) To hawk or peddle provisions.
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