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Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

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

One who carries hawks on a cadge.

through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.

by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. -- Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

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.

or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

The fight of a hawk.

The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.

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

A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

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.

asional; incidental; as, casual expenses. A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.

One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

A peddler; a hawker.

See Chawdron. [Obs.]

See Chawdron. [Obs.]