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The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

The nether part of the beak of a hawk. Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n. -- Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.

Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

Clumsy; awkward. [Obs.] Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips.

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.

Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv.

In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.

Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully d…

A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.

One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.

An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]

The foghting of hawks with each other.

A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.

Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.

Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. Mayhew.

The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, illmannered boy. O, thuo dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a drizzle on thy case Shak.

The state of being a cub. [Jocose] "From cubhood to old age." W. B. Dawkins.

Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. -- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. -- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.…