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▪ I. hawking, vbl. n.1|ˈhɔːkɪŋ| [f. hawk v.1] 1. The sport or practice of chasing birds or small animals by means of trained hawks.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 1779. c 1375 Barbour Troybk. i. 279 Quhar-throw of halkinge ande of huntinge Haboundanly thar hade þe kynge. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon iv. 120 Theyr fader was a hawkyng vppon the ryver. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xii. 35 Desyryng me to ryde with hym an hawkynge. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. Induct. ii. 45 Dost thou loue hawking? 1660H. Adis Fannaticks Mite 7 He runs not to Hawkings nor Huntings. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 126 Hunting and hawking were common and favourite diversions of the Arabs. fig.1611Dekker Roaring Girle Wks. 1873 III. 166 What dost thou go a hawking after me? 2. attrib. and Comb. Relating to or used in hawking, as hawking-bag, hawking costume, hawking-gauntlet, hawking-glove, hawking language, hawking-pole, hawking-pouch, hawking spaniel.
1598Florio, Falconiera, a faulkners bagge, a hauking pouch. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xx, The falconers take their hawking-poles in hand. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 185 His Tongue is not acquainted with the hawking Dialect. 1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 52, I can seclude æolus and his Sons in a Hawking-bag. 1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1124/4 A large well made Hawking-Spaniel. 1823Scott Quentin D. ii, A hawking gauntlet on his left hand, though he carried no bird. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. 255 Behrám took advantage of Akber's absence on a hawking party. 1888M. E. Braddon Fatal Three i. i, The Chelsea lady was in hawking costume. ▪ II. hawking, ppl. a.1 [f. hawk v.1 + -ing2.] That hawks; addicted to the sport of hawking. In Shakes. 1601, ‘hawk-like, keen’ (Schmidt).
1601Shakes. All's Well i. i. 105 His arched browes, his hawking eie. 1601Cornwallyes Ess. xxii, Me thinkes a drunken Cobler, and a meere hawking Gentleman ranks equally. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 770 His sarcastic remarks on the hunting, hawking boors. ▪ III. hawking see also hawk v.2 and v.3 |