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Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A jager gull.

The sparrow hawk. [Prov. Eng.]

To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. Squawking thrush (Zoöl.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]

To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

The kestrel. [Prov. Eng.]

A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell.

gly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Curvature inwards; hookedness. The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." Macaulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.

ody. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

In the night time; at night. [Archaic] Does he hawk anights still Marston.

The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell. Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayo…

A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Written also austringer.]

See Awkward. [Obs.]

Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.