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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Brancher :: Brancher (n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
Hawkey :: Hawkey (n.) See Hockey.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc..
Liguliflorous :: Liguliflorous (a.) Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc..
Heterocera :: Heterocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm..
Hood :: Hood (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Chapman :: Chapman (n.) A peddler; a hawker.
Peddler :: Peddler (n.) One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker..
Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..
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..
Jess :: "Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon..
Jessed :: "Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk..
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey..
Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Hawker :: Hawker (n.) One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman..
Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
Tomahawked :: Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahaw.
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