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Hawkey :: Hawkey (n.) See Hockey.

Mawkish :: Mawkish (a.) Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.

Winkle-hawk :: Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.

Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..

Brancher :: Brancher (n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

Jayhawker :: "Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla..

Vanner Hawk :: Vanner hawk () The kestrel.

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) 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..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) 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..

Peddling :: Peddling (a.) Hawking; acting as a peddler.

Jiggle :: Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera..

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Tomahawking :: Tomahawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomahaw.

Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood..

Awkward :: Awkward (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy..

Left-handiness :: Left-handiness (n.) The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.

Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.

Dorrhawk :: Dorrhawk (n.) See Dorhawk.

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