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One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather. Abaft the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. -- Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or…

s cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also propolis. -- Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard. -- Bee killer (Zoöl.), a large two-winged fly of the family Asilidæ (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon the honeybee. See Robber fly. -- Bee louse (Zoöl.), a minute, wingless, dipterous inse…

A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [Obs.]

A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]

A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.

pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. Bull bat (Zoöl.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. -- Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow. -- Bull mackerel (Zoöl.), the chub mackerel. -- Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping en…

e used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.

To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]

One who carries hawks on a cadge.

To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

The fight of a hawk.

The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.

which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.