Hawk

hawk, n. the name of several birds of prey allied to the falcons: a rapacious person.— v.i. to hunt birds with hawks trained for the purpose: to attack on the wing.— ns. Hawk′-bell , a small bell attached to a hawk's leg; Hawk′bit , a genus of plants of order Compos itæ , closely related to the dandelion; Hawk′er .— adj. Hawk′-eyed .— n. Hawk′ing .— adj. Hawk′ish .— n. Hawk′-moth , a very large kind of moth, so called from its hovering motion.— adj. Hawk′-nosed , having a nose like a hawk's beak.— ns. Hawks′beard , a genus of annual and biennial plants of order Compos itæ , closely related to hawkweed; Hawk′weed , a genus of perennial plants of order Compos itæ .— Know a hawk from a handsaw (prob. for hernshaw ), to be able to judge between things pretty well. [A.S. hafoc ; Dut. havik , Ger. habicht , Ice. haukr .]