Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hawking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hawk \Hawk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hawked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hawking}.]
1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks
trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to
practice falconry.
A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. --Prior.
2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike
like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
--Dryden.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a
mousing owl hawked at and killed. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hawking
n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn: {Hawking},
{Stephen Hawking}, {Stephen William Hawking}]
2: the act of selling goods for a living [syn: {vending}, {peddling},
{vendition}]
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