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clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"

sell or offer for sale from place to place

a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

hunt with hawks; "the Arabs like to hawk in the desert"

clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"

sell or offer for sale from place to place

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.

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

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.

To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

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.

A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; - generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.

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.

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

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.

To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

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.

A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; - generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.

Birds that hunt and kill other animals, especially higher vertebrates, for food. They include the Falconiformes group, or diurnal birds of prey, comprised of EAGLES, falcons, hawks, and others, as well as the Strigiformes group, or nocturnal birds of prey, which includes OWLS.

A name for various kinds of birds of prey related to the buzzards, etc.; a forcible effort to clear the throat of phlegm.

To cry, or carry about, for sale.

To make a forcible effort to cough up phlegm.

The name of several birds of prey allied to the falcons.

To hunt birds with hawks trained for the purpose: to attack on the wing.

HAWKER.

To force up matter from the throat.

The effort to do this.

To carry about for sale: to cry for sale.

Name of several birds of prey; a falcon.

To carry about for sale.

To expel phlegm from the throat.

To hunt birds with hawks.

To cry for sale in the streets; peddle.

To cough up or clear the throat forcibly.

To hunt with hawks.

A bird of prey, as, a falcon.

To clear the throat of mucus.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] A rapacious bird of the genus Falco, of several species, with crooked beak, thickly feathered head, and wings shorter than those of the other members of the family. It feeds on birds, mice, frogs, &c., and was formerly trained and used in falconry;—a quadrangular board with a handle underneath, on which plasterers carry their mortar.

A bird of prey, used much anciently in sport to catch other birds; an effort to force phlegm up the throat.