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Hawkbill :: Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret..

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.

Mohock :: Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.

Potter :: Potter (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler..

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

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)..

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

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Goshawk :: Goshawk (n.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white..

Quarry :: Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks..

Sea Hawk :: Sea hawk () A jager gull.

Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

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

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry..

Sarcel :: Sarcel (n.) One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk..

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Hawking :: Hawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haw.

Stank :: Stanielry (n.) Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry..

Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..

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