hawking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hawking	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hawking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hawking n English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn: Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking] the act of selling goods for a living Synonym(s): vending, peddling, hawking, vendition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.