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hawking
(encz) | hawking,sokolnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hawking
(gcide) | Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked (h[add]kt);
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.
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A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. --Prior.
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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.
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A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. --Shak.
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hawking
(wn) | Hawking
n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn:
Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking]
2: the act of selling goods for a living [syn: vending,
peddling, hawking, vendition] |
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hawking
(encz) | hawking,sokolnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
ball-hawking
(gcide) | ball-hawking \ball-hawking\ adj. (Baseball or basketball or
football)
skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; --
used of a Baseball or basketball or football player. a
ball-hawking center fielder
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Tomahawking
(gcide) | Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked; p. pr.
& vb. n. Tomahawking.]
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
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ball hawking
(wn) | ball hawking
n 1: a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the
ball from the opposing team |
ball-hawking
(wn) | ball-hawking
adj 1: used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing
a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder" |
hawking
(wn) | Hawking
n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn:
Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking]
2: the act of selling goods for a living [syn: vending,
peddling, hawking, vendition] |
stephen hawking
(wn) | Stephen Hawking
n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn:
Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking] |
stephen william hawking
(wn) | Stephen William Hawking
n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn:
Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking] |
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