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cawing

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caw  (kô)
n.
The hoarse raucous sound that is characteristic of a crow or similar bird.
intr.v. cawed, caw·ing, caws
To utter such a hoarse raucous sound.

[Imitative.]
Translations
cawing [ˈkɔːɪŋ] Ngraznidos mpl, el graznar
cawing
nKrächzen nt, → Gekrächz(e) nt


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Attired as he was, he slipped from the paternal doors, and found himself in the cool spring air, the thin spring sunshine, and the great Sabbath quiet of the city, which was now only pointed by the cawing of the rooks.
Some crows, scenting blood, flew among the birch trees cawing impatiently.
At the sound of a cawing overhead I looked up at the huge fighting-machine that would fight no more for ever, at the tattered red shreds of flesh that dripped down upon the overturned seats on the summit of Primrose Hill.
 
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