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Hawking   /hˈɔkɪŋ/   Listen
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Hawk  v. t.  To raise by hawking, as phlegm.



Hawk  v. t.  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."



Hawk  v. i.  (past & past part. hawked; pres. part. 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."
2.
To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. "A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed."



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.






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"Hawking" Quotes from Famous Books



... party were arrested. My mother, upon learning that I was engaged in this business, told me it was neither honorable nor right, and she would not for a moment countenance any such proceedings. Consequently I abandoned the jay-hawking enterprise, ...
— The Life of Hon. William F. Cody - Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide • William F. Cody

... his hard-earned leisure, for teacher. Another must needs read the Bible with him, although, when all is said, Shakespeare's study was but little on the Bible. Others elect to keep him to music, astronomy, law, hunting, hawking, fishing. He is a good companion out of doors, and some would fain keep him there, to make a country gentleman of him. His incorrigible preoccupation with humanity, the ruling passion and employment of his life, is beyond the range of their complete sympathy; they like to catch him out ...
— Milton • Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

... the 18th November, 1821. They were immediately introduced to the bashaw, whom they found sitting cross-legged on a carpet, attended by armed negroes. After treating them to sherbet and coffee, he invited them to a hawking party, where he appeared mounted on a milk-white Arabian steed, superbly caparisoned, having a saddle of crimson velvet, richly studded with gold nails and with embroidered trappings. The hunt began on the borders ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish

... you both," answered Saxe from the open door. "They are riding to Chateau-Renaud, and your worships are so beloved by both the Dauphin and mademoiselle that you must needs go with them. Monsieur de Commines and Monsieur La Follette have gone hawking for the day." ...
— The Justice of the King • Hamilton Drummond

... the roses to Nancy, hawking them through the hot streets, must the stifling atmosphere of love have been to you. The song of passion, how monotonous in your ears, sung now by the young and now by the old; now shouted, now whined, now shrieked; but ever the one strident tune. Do you remember ...
— The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow • Jerome K. Jerome


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