HAWK
Hawk, v. t.
Defn: To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
HAWK
Hawk, n. Etym: [W. hoch.]
Defn: An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
HAWK Hawk, v. t. Etym: [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. höken, höcken, to higgle, to retail, höke, höker, a higgler, huckster. See Huckster.]
Defn: 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.
HAWK
Hawk, n. (Masonry)
Defn: 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.
HAWKBILL
Hawk"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; — called also caret.