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<p> HAWK, n. A genus of fowls, the Falco, of many species, having a crooked beak, furnished with a cere at the base, a cloven tongue, and the head thick set with feathers. Most of the species are rapacious, feeding on birds or other small animals. Hawks were formerly trained for sport or catching small birds. </p> <p> HAWK, To catch or attempt to catch birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey to practice falconry. </p> <p> He that hawks at larks and sparrows. </p> <p> A falc'ner Henry is, when Emma hawks. </p> 1. To fly at to attack on the wing with at. <p> To hawk at flies. </p> <p> HAWK, To make an effort to force up phlegm with noise as, to hawk and spit. </p> <p> To hawk up, transitively as, to hawk up phlegm. </p> <p> HAWK, n. An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. </p> <p> [[Hawk, L]]  auctio, auction, a sale by outcry. To cry to offer for sale by outcry in the street, or to sell by outcry as, to hawk goods or pamphlets. </p>

<p> '''''Neets''''' ; implying "strong and rapid flight". Migratory in S. Europe and parts of Asia; so &nbsp;Job 39:26, "doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the S.?" Of the dozen lesser raptores, birds, in [[Palestine]] nearly all are summer migrants; the '''''Falco Saker''''' and '''''Falco Lanarius''''' , besides the smaller '''''Falco Melanopterus''''' , '''''Ηypotriorchis Subbuteo''''' or the hobby, etc. The sacred monuments show that one kind was sacred in Egypt. The Greek name implies "sacredness", '''''Hierax''''' . </p>

<p> Or [[Falcon]] a strong-winged and rapacious bird, of several in Syria; unclean for the Hebrews, &nbsp;Leviticus 11:16 , but sacred among the Greeks and Egyptians. In its migrations, it illustrates the wise providence of the Creator, &nbsp;Job 39:26 . </p>

<p> Hawk, an unclean bird (;; ). The English name is an altered form of the old word 'fawk' or 'falk.' Western Asia and Lower Egypt, and consequently the intermediate territory of Syria and Palestine, are the habitation or transitory residence of a considerable number of species of the order Raptors, which, even including the shortest-winged, have great powers of flight, are remarkably enterprising, live to a great age, are migratory, or followers upon birds of passage, or remain in a region so abundantly stocked with pigeon and turtle-dove as Palestine, and affording such a variety of ground to hunt their particular prey—abounding as it does in mountain and forest, plain, desert, marsh, river and sea-coast. We shall here enumerate, so far as our information will permit, the Falconidæ of this region, exclusive of those mentioned in other articles [[[Eagle; Glede; Kite; Ospray]]]  </p>

<p> ''''' hôk ''''' ( נץ , <i> ''''' nēc ''''' </i> ; ἱέραξ , <i> ''''' hiérax ''''' </i> , and γλαῦξ , <i> ''''' glaúx ''''' </i> ; Latin <i> Accipiter nisus </i> ): A bird of prey of the genus <i> accipiter </i> . Large hawks were numerous in Palestine. The largest were 2 ft. long, have flat heads, hooked beaks, strong talons and eyes appearing the keenest and most comprehensive of any bird. They can sail the length or breadth of the [[Holy]] Land many times a day. It is a fact worth knowing that mist and clouds interfere with the vision of birds and they hide, and hungry and silent wait for fair weather, so you will see them sailing and soaring on clear days only. These large hawks and the glede are of eagle-like nature, nesting on [[Carmel]] and on the hills of Galilee, in large trees and on mountain crags. They flock near Beersheba, and live in untold numbers in the wilderness of the [[Dead]] Sea. They build a crude nest of sticks and twigs and carry most of the food alive to their young. Of course they were among the birds of prey that swarm over the fresh offal from slaughter and sacrifice. No bird steers with its tail in flight in a more pronounced manner than the hawk. These large birds are all-the-year residents, for which reason no doubt the people distinguished them from smaller families that migrated. They knew the kite that Isaiah mentioned in predicting the fall of Edom. With them the smaller, brighter-colored kestrels, that flocked over the rocky shores of the Dead Sea and over the ruins of deserted cities, seemed to be closest in appearance to the birds we include in the general term "falcon." Their ate mice, insects and small birds, but not carrion. The abomination lists of &nbsp; Leviticus 11:16 and &nbsp; Deuteronomy 14:15 each include hawks in a general term and specify several species as unfit for food. &nbsp; Job 39:26 reads: </p> <p> "Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, </p> <p> And stretcheth her wings toward the south?" </p> <p> [[Aside]] from calling attention to the miraculous flight,, this might refer to migration, or to the wonderful soaring exhibitions of these birds. See [[Glede]]; [[Kite]]; [[Night-Hawk]]; Falcon . </p>