Definition of hawk

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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..

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Creance :: Creance (n.) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.
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.
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar..
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..
Cancelier :: Cancelier (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.
Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies..
Hawk Moth :: Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm..
Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler..
Falcongentil :: Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop..
Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..
Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
Bower :: Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest..
Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..
Excreate :: Excreate (v. t.) To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
Ignoble :: Ignoble (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken..
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