Definition of Hawkit

1. streaked [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkit

hawkers
hawkey
hawkeyed
hawkeyes
hawkeys
hawkfish
hawkfishes
hawkie
hawkies
hawking
hawkings
hawkish
hawkishly
hawkishness
hawkishnesses
hawkit (current term)
hawklike
hawkmoth
hawkmoths
hawknose
hawknoses
hawks
hawksbill
hawksbill turtle
hawksbill turtles
hawksbills
hawkshaw
hawkshaws
hawkweed
hawkweeds

Literary usage of Hawkit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Most probably signifying that one is as stupid as a cow. V. HAWKIE. hawkit ... nolt all hawkit. I gatna aie anither. ..."

2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"hawkit, part. adj. Foolish ; silly ; without understanding, Aberd. Most probably signifying that ... hawkit, adj. Having a white face ; applied to cattle, ..."

3. Ancient Scottish Poems by George Bannatyne, William Dunbar, Robert Henryson (1770)
"... are called hawkit when they have streaks on their skin, and particularly on their foreheads. Dream of the Abbot of Tungland, p. 26. CT. 5. 1. 2. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"hawkit, part. adj. Foolish ; silly ; without understanding, Aberd. ... hawkit, adj. Having a white face ; applied to cattle, S. Dunbar. HAWK-STUDYIN, ». ..."

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