Meaning

noun diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

noun an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk 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”). Cognate…

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