¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cawing
1. caw [v] - See also: caw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cawing
Literary usage of Cawing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"THE cawing OF ROOKS THE cawing of rooks is one of the characteristic sounds of
... The cawing is the voice of strong-willed mates and of jealous parents. ..."
2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"Re nting or appertaining to mastication or cawing. Also, a substance, chewed with
the intention of exciting the secretion of saliva. ..."
3. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"The cawing of rooks, however, is a sound not so congenial to the forest as it is
to the grove. Early association has made the rook very dear to us. ..."
4. Novels by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1906)
"... and the striped dresses and kerchiefs of the women ; the bells of the churches
near were tinkling overhead; and the crows were cawing about the hedges. ..."
Other Resources:
Faroese