Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Hawked \Hawked\, a.
Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.