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Definition of hawks

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Singing Sing"ing, a. & n. from Sing, v. Singing bird. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. Singing falcon or hawk. (Zo["o]l.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. Singing fish (Zo["o]l.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus). Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.
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Hawk Hawk, n. (Masonry) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. Hawk boy, an attendant on a plasterer to supply him with mortar.
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Hawk Hawk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked; 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. A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. --Prior. 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. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. --Shak.
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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. His works were hawked in every street. --Swift.

Meaning of hawks from wikipedia

- on this scale, hawks were named among the most intelligent birds. The hawk is very intelligent towards humans and other hawks. Hawks, like most birds...
- The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball ****ociation (NBA) as a member...
- Hawks on Hawks is a book of interviews between critic Joseph McBride and director Howard Hawks first published in 1982. Hawks explains his views on directing...
- Hawks (8 Mk.51, 7 Mk.51A, 16 Mk.66) Fighter Squadron 41 (HävLLv 41) Finnish Air Force Display Team Midnight Hawks  India Indian Air Force – 123 Hawk 132s...
- "Hawksian woman". Howard Winchester Hawks was born in Goshen, Indiana. He was the first-born child of Frank Winchester Hawks (1865–1950), a wealthy paper manufacturer...
- genus Accipiter, sometimes referred to as true hawks, which are famously agile, relatively small hawks common to wooded habitats around the world and...
- The Hawks may refer to: The Hawks (band), a back-up band of singer Ronnie Hawkins The Band, or "Levon & The Hawks", which originated from the Hawks The...
- The following is a list of episodes for the Canadian animated television series Storm Hawks....
- a war hawk, or simply hawk, is someone who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions. War hawks are the...
- "Kitty Hawks Has Good Taste". The New York Observer. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985; California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 "Kitty Hawks"....