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a.
Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
n.
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie 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.
a.
Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.
n.
A hawse hole.
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.
n.
A native of Hawaii.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hawk
a.
Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
n.
Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.
imp. & p. p.
of Haw
n.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Haw
v. t.
To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
v. i.
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
imp. & p. p.
of Hawk
n.
The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
n.
A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
v. t.
To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.
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