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Definition of Hawk nose
1. Noun. A nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk.
Definition of Hawk nose
1. Noun. A variant spelling of '''hawknose'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawk Nose
Literary usage of Hawk nose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"Finally, it occurred to me that the Romans jeeringly called the old Emperor Galba,
Simum, " flat-nosed" (9), notwithstanding he had a hawk-nose. ..."
2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1873)
"Black hair, simply cut, strongly mixed with grey : not a ver>' high forehead,
immense hawk's nose, tightly compressed lips, strong massive under jaw. ..."
3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1873)
"Who lost a leg at Waterloo ; a tall, well-made man ; wild, martial face, high
forehead, with a large hawk's nose, which makes a small deep angle where it ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1856)
"The Jewish or hawk-nose commonly signifies shrewdness in worldly matters; it adds
force to the meaning of the narrow ..."
5. A Londoner's Log-book, 1901-1902 by George William Erskine Russell (1903)
"THE JEWISH, OR hawk nose, is very convex, and preserves its convexity like a bow
throughout the whole length from the eyes to the tip. It is thin and sharp. ..."
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