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hawkSinging 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. HawkHawk 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. HawkHawk 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. Hawk
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.
Hawk
Hawk Hawk, v. t.
To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk
Hawk Hawk, n. [W. hoch.]
An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied
with noise.
HawkHawk 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
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accipitrine hawks in
regions where buzzard is
preferred for the
buteonine hawks. All
these groups are
members of the
family Accipitridae,
which includes hawks and...
- 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...
- "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...
- The
Illawarra Hawks (formerly the
Wollongong Hawks and The
Hawks) are an
Australian professional basketball team
based in Wollongong, New
South Wales....
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commonly take
small mammals and
sometimes reptiles. Like most
related hawks, Cooper's
hawks prefer to nest in tall
trees with
extensive canopy cover and can...
- the War
Hawks. The term has also been
expanded into "chicken
hawk",
referring to a war
hawk who
avoided military service. The term "liberal
hawk" is a derivation...
-
Hawks.
Since 1993, the
Hawks have pla**** at
Mizuho PayPay Dome ****uoka,
which has gone
under several name
changes and
seats 40,000 people. The
Hawks are...
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invertebrates can seem rare in the
hawk's regular diet, but they are not
infrequently taken by
immature hawks. Red-tailed
hawks may
survive on
islands absent...
- The
Hawks Nest
Tunnel disaster was a large-scale
incident of
occupational lung
disease in the 1930s as the
result of the
construction of the
Hawks Nest...
