Definition of awk

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Awk (a.) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end)..

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Cadger :: Cadger (n.) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
Unready :: Unready (a.) Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
Gawk :: Gawk (n.) A cuckoo.
Awk :: Awk (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.
Unskillful :: Unskillful (a.) Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician..
Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy..
Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..
Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
Inhabile :: Inhabile (a.) Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person.
Dowdy :: Dowdy (n.) An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman..
Sarcel :: Sarcel (n.) One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk..
Accipitrine :: Accipitrine (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
Cawky :: Cawky (a.) Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.
Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Lubberly :: Lubberly (adv.) Clumsily; awkwardly.
Quarry :: Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks..
Mawkishly :: Mawkishly (adv.) In a mawkish way.
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