Night-hawk

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• Hawk

  ·vt To raise by hawking, as phlegm. II. Hawk ·noun A small board, with a handle on the under side, ...

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• Hawk

  (Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is ...

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• hawk

  Ware hawk; the word to look sharp, a bye-word when a bailiff passes. Hawk also signifies a sharper, ...

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• hawk

  n. This common English bird-name isapplied in Australia to many species – – Brown-Hawk – – Hieracad...

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• Hawk

  (Leviticus 11:16; 14:15; Job 39:26) The hawk includes various species of the Falconidae . With respe...

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• Night

  ·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment. II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death. ...

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• Night

  [Day] ...

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• Hawk moth

  ·- Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large...

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• Hawk-eyed

  ·adj Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning. ...

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• Hover-hawk

  ·noun The <<Kestrel>>. ...

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• Sea hawk

  ·- A jager gull. ...

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• Vanner hawk

  ·- The <<Kestrel>>. ...

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• Winkle-hawk

  ·noun A rectangular rent made in cloth; — called also winkle-hole. ...

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• ware hawk

  An exclamation used by thieves to inform their confederates that some police officers are at hand. ...

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• fish-hawk

  n. English name applied to Pandion leucocephalus, Gould; called also the Osprey. 1848. J. Gould, `B...

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• nankeen-hawk

  n. an Australian bird, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. and Hors., whichis otherwise called Kestrel (q...

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• nankeen hawk

  n. an Australian bird, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. and Hors., whichis otherwise called Kestrel (q...

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• quail-hawk

  n. name given to the bird Falco, or Harpa novae-zelandiae.See Hawk. 1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the...

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• swamp-hawk

  n. another name for the New Zealand Harrier. See harrier. ...

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• hen-hawk

  (Falco lineatus.) The popular name of the red-shouldered hawk of naturalists. ...

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• winkle-hawk

  (Dutch winkel-haak.) A rent in the shape of the letter L, frequently made in cloth. It is also calle...

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• Fore-night

  ·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime. ...

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• Night letter

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Night lettergram. ...

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• Night lettergram

  ·add. ·- ·see <<Letter>>, above. ...

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• Night terrors

  ·add. ·- A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, ·esp. those...

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• Night-blooming

  ·adj Blooming in the night. ...

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• Night-eyed

  ·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. ...

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• Night-faring

  ·adj Going or traveling in the night. ...

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• Twelfth-night

  ·noun The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various...

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• night magistrate

  A constable. ...

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• after night

  After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...

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• night-cap

  Warm grog taken just before turning in. ...

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• night-walker

  A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...

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• night ward

  The night-watch. ...

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• Very's night signals

  ·add. ·- A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arr...

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• fly-by-night

  You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...

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• nankeen night heron

  See nankeen crane ...

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• fly-by-night

  A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...

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• night order-book

  A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...

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• Watches Of Night

  The Jews, like the Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each...

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