|
|
Definition of Hawked
1. a. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Definition of Hawked
1. Verb. (past of hawk) ¹
2. Adjective. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hawked
1. hawk [v] - See also: hawk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawked
Literary usage of Hawked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XXXV HOW SIR NIGEL hawked AT AN EAGLE To the south of Pampeluna in the
kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"In this manner the colonel hawked two or three days, till he had brought them
within lefs than a day's journey of Mr. Norton's ..."
3. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Rejoicing, Festivities, and Honors in View of successful Competition: Lists of
Graduates hawked about for Sale.—Messengers "carry the Information" to their ..."
4. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"... for the year ending June 30, 1886; official seal of the territory, to be hawked
about the country, an embarrassment and disgrace to the people. ..."
5. The Second Book of History: Including the Modern History of Europe, Africa by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1840)
"Puppies, rats and mice are constantly hawked about the streets for Chinese selling
rats. Hale. A favorite dish with the great is made of birds' nests of a ..."
6. To the Cape for Diamonds.: A Story of Digging Experiences in South Africa by Frederick Boyle (1873)
"... Commission-—Eight grounds of title anticipated—A Russian Princess at the
fields—Story of the eighty-eight carat diamond hawked round Klipdrift—To Pniel ..."
Other Resources:
Armenian