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The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.] Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. B. Jonson.

own the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. -- Tobacco worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very…

o sphinx (Zoöl.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth. -- Tomato worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often…

A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

bstance of the shell or horny plates of several species of sea turtles, especially of the hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the manufacture of various ornamental articles. -- Tortoise-shell butterfly (Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus Aglais, as A. Milberti,…

ence, to soar. On the other side an high rock towered still. Spenser. My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. Shak.

res or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. Spenser.

To change; to convert. [R.] Crashaw.

The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]

To allure; to tole. [Obs.] With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. Chaucer.

vant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

ng right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. Hawthorne.

To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] Crashaw.

To thaw; to become liquid again. Tennyson.

tandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. J. Hawes.

To thaw. [Obs.]

. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.