HAWK

hawk
    n 1: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings
         and a long tail
    2: an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
       [syn: {hawk}, {war hawk}] [ant: {dove}, {peacenik}]
    3: a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to
       hold or carry mortar [syn: {mortarboard}, {hawk}]
    v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: {peddle},
         {monger}, {huckster}, {hawk}, {vend}, {pitch}]
    2: hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
    3: clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat
       before he started to speak" [syn: {clear the throat}, {hawk}]
    

Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek,
   AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht,
   Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of
   E. heave.] (Zool.)
   One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
   family {Falconid[ae]}. 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.
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   Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
         hawk ({Buteo borealis}); the red-shouldered ({Buteo
         lineatus}); the broad-winged ({Buteo Pennsylvanicus});
         the rough-legged ({Archibuteo lagopus}); the
         sharp-shinned ({Accipiter fuscus}). See {Fishhawk},
         {Goshawk}, {Marsh hawk}, under {Marsh}, {Night hawk},
         under {Night}.
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   {Bee hawk} (Zool.), the honey buzzard.

   {Eagle hawk}. See under {Eagle}.

   {Hawk eagle} (Zool.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
      {Spiz[ae]tus}, or {Limn[ae]tus}, intermediate between the
      hawks and eagles. There are several species.

   {Hawk fly} (Zool.), a voracious fly of the family
      {Asilid[ae]}. See {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}.

   {Hawk moth}. (Zool.) See {Hawk moth}, in the Vocabulary.

   {Hawk owl}. (Zool.)
   (a) A northern owl ({Surnia ulula}) of Europe and America. It
       flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
   (b) An owl of India ({Ninox scutellatus}).

   {Hawk's bill} (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
      striking mechanism of a clock.
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Hawk \Hawk\, v. i. [W. hochi.]
   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.
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Hawk \Hawk\, v. t.
   To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
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Hawk \Hawk\, n. [W. hoch.]
   An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied
   with noise.
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Hawk \Hawk\, v. t. [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. h["o]ken,
   h["o]cken, to higgle, to retail, h["o]ke, h["o]ker, a
   higgler, huckster. See {Huckster}.]
   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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         His works were hawked in every street.   --Swift.
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Hawk \Hawk\, n. (Masonry)
   A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold
   mortar.
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   {Hawk boy}, an attendant on a plasterer to supply him with
      mortar.
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Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hawked} (h[add]kt);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Hawking}.]
   1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks
      trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to
      practice falconry.
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            A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. --Prior.
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   2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike
      like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
      --Dryden.
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            A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
            Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. --Shak.
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Hawk
(Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and
hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev.
11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding
countries. The Hebrew word includes various species of
Falconidae, with special reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus), the hobby (Hypotriorchis subbuteo), and the lesser
kestrel (Tin, Cenchris). The kestrel remains all the year in
Palestine, but some ten or twelve other species are all migrants
from the south. Of those summer visitors to Palestine special
mention may be made of the Falco sacer and the Falco lanarius.
(See NIGHT-{HAWK}.)
    

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "hawk":
      Argus, beat, cat, chase, chauvinist, course, dispense, dog,
      dribble, drive, drivel, drool, eagle, expectorate, falcon, ferret,
      flush, follow the hounds, fowl, go hunting, gun, hound, huckster,
      hunt, hunt down, jack, jacklight, jingo, jingoist, lynx,
      militarist, monger, peddle, prowl after, ride to hounds, run,
      salivate, shikar, shoot, slabber, slaver, slobber, spew, spit,
      sport, stalk, start, still-hunt, track, trail, vend, war dog,
      war hawk, warmonger, weasel