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Hawk
·vt To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
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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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Eyed
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Eye>>.
II. Eyed ·adj Heaving (such or so many) eyes;
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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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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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Night-hawk
(Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed ...
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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
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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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Argus-eyed
·adj Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
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Bird-eyed
·adj Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Blear-eyed
·adj Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
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Blink-eyed
·adj Habitually winking.
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Blue-eyed
·adj Having blue eyes.
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Buck-eyed
·adj Having bad or speckled eyes.
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Cat-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Double-eyed
·adj Having a deceitful look.
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Dove-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
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Dry-eyed
·adj Not having tears in the eyes.
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Dull-eyed
·adj Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.
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Eagle-eyed
·adj Sharp-sighted as an <<Eagle>>.
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Evil-eyed
·adj Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious...
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Frog-eyed
·add. ·adj Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying;
— sa...
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Goggle-eyed
·adj Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.
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Green-eyed
·adj Having green eyes.
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Lynx-eyed
·adj Having acute sight.
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Mole-eyed
·adj Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.
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Moon-eyed
·adj Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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Mope-eyed
·adj Shortsighted; purblind.
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Night-eyed
·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
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Open-eyed
·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
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Owl-eyed
·adj Having eyes like an owl's.
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Pearl-eyed
·adj Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pin-eyed
·adj Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concea...
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Pink-eyed
·adj Having small eyes.
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Sessile-eyed
·adj Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk;
— opposed to stalk-eyed.
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Squint-eyed
·adj Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
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Stalk-eyed
·adj Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle;
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Swivel-eyed
·adj Squint-eyed.
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Thrum-eyed
·adj Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in lon...
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Wall-eyed
·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
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Yellow-eyed
·adj Having yellow eyes.
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gimblet-eyed
Squinting, either in man or woman.
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gooseberry-eyed
One with dull grey eyes, like boiled gooseberries.
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gravy-eyed
Blear-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour.
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swivel-eyed
Squinting.
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wapper-eyed
Sore-eyed.
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Black-eyed Susan
·add. ·- The bladder ketmie.
II. Black-eyed Susan ·add. ·- The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeck...
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Blue-eyed grass
·- a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...
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