Definition of awk

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Awk (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.

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Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog..
Heroner :: Heroner (n.) A hawk used in hunting the heron.
Inhabile :: Inhabile (a.) Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person.
Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk..
Dorrhawk :: Dorrhawk (n.) See Dorhawk.
Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..
Chapman :: Chapman (n.) A peddler; a hawker.
Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Rufterhood :: Rufterhood (n.) A kind of hood for a hawk.
Caret :: Caret (n.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
Tercelet :: Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
Badger :: Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Brail :: Brail (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..
Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..
Hover-hawk :: Hover-hawk (n.) The kestrel.
Squawl :: Squawk (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.
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