intransitive. Of a bird, esp. a hawk: to discharge faeces; to defecate. Also in extended use.

intransitive. Of a hawk: to discharge faeces; = mute, v.1 1.

transitive. Falconry. Of a hawk: to pass (food) from the crop to the stomach. Also intransitive. Cf. endue, v. 2a.

Falconry. = feak, v.2 (of which it may be a corruption).

Hawking. to check at the fist: to refuse to come to, recoil from, ‘shy’ at the fist.

intransitive. Of a hawk: To wipe the beak after feeding.

intransitive. Of a hawk, etc.: To swoop down; to descend with speed and force. Frequently const. on or upon (a bird, etc.), and sometimes with down.

intransitive. To move the wings rapidly; to fly rapidly. Also to clip it. archaic.

intransitive. To convey food into the bowels. Obsolete.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1a: see enterpen, v.)

Of a hawk: (perhaps) to ‘gather itself’ (cf. sense 8), address itself to flight. Obsolete.

transitive (in passive). Of a hawk: to have feathers that are entangled or not completely emerged. Also intransitive.

intransitive for reflexive. To separate and disperse; to go dispersedly or stragglingly. †Also of a hawk: To go to a distance.