A plasterers tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on
If you watch someone like a hawk, you observe them very carefully, usually to make sure that they do not make a mistake or do something you do not want them to do. To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out. An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm. Any of many small to medium-sized, diurnal birds of prey, particularly those in the genus Accipiter. The term is often applied to other birds in the Accipitridae family (including buzzards, harriers, and kites) and sometimes to certain falcons. Hawks usually eat small mammals, reptiles, and insects but occasionally kill birds. There is often no difference in plumage between sexes. Hawks are found on the six major continents. Most nest in trees, but some nest on the ground or on cliffs. True hawks (accipiters) can usually be distinguished in flight by their long tails and short, rounded wings. They are exemplified by the 12-in (30-cm) sharp-shinned hawk (A. striatus), gray above with fine rusty barring below, found throughout much of the New World. See also goshawk, sparrow hawk. pigeon hawk fish hawk Black Hawk hawk moth duck hawk sparrow hawk War Hawk Hawks Howard Winchester Hawking radiation Hawking Stephen William
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations hunt with hawks; "the Arabs like to hawk in the desert
In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk
{f} work as a peddler, sell one's goods by going from place to place; peddle; hunt with a hawk; glide and hit like a hawk; clear the throat noisily and bring up phlegm
clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets
A small to medium bird with short rounded wings, a long tail, usually yellow, orange or red eyes, living in wooded countryside
In politics, if you refer to someone as a hawk, you mean that they believe in using force and violence to achieve something, rather than using more peaceful or diplomatic methods. Compare dove. Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. dove