(a) A hawk or falcon; esp., any of the falcons used in hawking; (b) haukes and houndes, hound(es and hauk(es, hawks and hounds; -- as a symbol of wealth and cultivated leisure; (c) beren ~, to carry a hunting hawk on one's fist; ~ on hond, with ~ on (upon) hond; cast of haukes, a group of hawks or falcons; ~ for the heroun (rivere), a hawk trained to fly at the heron (at waterfowl); ~ of the tour, one of the long-winged hawks, a soaring falcon; meued ~, a hawk after the first moulting; sour ~, a hawk before the first moulting; (d) in proverbs and proverbial expressions; (e) a representation of a hawk; (f) a kind of thrust or maneuver in fencing; ~ quarter.

(a) In cpds. & combs.: hauk-bagge, haukes bagge, a bag used in hawking, ?a bag for carrying live birds to be let loose for the hawk to fly at [cp. bagge 3. (d)]; haukes belles [see belle 4]; haukes hod, a covering used on the hawk's head when not pursuing game; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.220].