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To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

ucing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus. "Lighting a cigar with a sunglass." Hawthorne.

ake or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. Crashaw.

To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Zoöl.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail. -- Swallow-tailed hawk or kite (Zoöl.), the fork-tailed kite. -- Swallow-tailed moth (Zoöl.), a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.

To crowd or throng. Fanshawe.

hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.

make his English sweet upon his tongue. Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.

ong waves that roll in yonder bay. Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. Hawthorne.

To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

measure by tale, and not by weight. Hooker. And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.

in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

A male hawk. See Tercel. [Obs.]

A male hawk. See Tercel.

A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

b or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

Solicitude; anxious care; concern. Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end. Bacon. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink. Matt. vi. 25.