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Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

Hawker :: Hawker (n.) A falconer.

Creance :: Creance (n.) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured..

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..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..

Dorhawk :: Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Brancher :: Brancher (n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..

Arms :: Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

Seamed :: Seamed (a.) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.

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

Formell :: Formell (n.) The female of a hawk or falcon.

Moth :: Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares..

Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..

Roughleg :: Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard..

Tomahawked :: Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahaw.

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

Huckster :: Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker..

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..

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