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Duffer :: Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat..

Jayhawker :: "Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla..

Accipitrine :: Accipitrine (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

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.

Mohawk :: Mohawk (n.) One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

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.

Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk..

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)..

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

Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm..

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

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

Bower :: Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest..

Cadger :: Cadger (n.) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Falcongentil :: Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

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

Lure :: Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Hobby :: Hobby (n.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking..

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