Definitions
clear mucus or food from one's throat
Word origin
From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”).
Used in a sentence
“It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.”
“He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.”
“A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“raptor”4 letters
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