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Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..

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

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

Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken..

Musket :: Musket (n.) The male of the sparrow hawk.

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Train :: Train (v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare..

Jessed :: "Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk..

Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..

Ospray :: Ospray (n.) The fishhawk.

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..

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)..

Frounce :: Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill..

Peddling :: Peddling (a.) Hawking; acting as a peddler.

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

Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..

Hawk :: 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..

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

Cryer :: Cryer (n.) The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

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