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Meanings of hawk's eye in English

Portuguese
quartzo olho-de-falcão
Catalan
ull de falcó
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Mineral.

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        quartzo olho-de-falcão
        Usage of hawk's eye in English
        1
        I shall have Allston examine his proofs; he has a hawk's eye for flaws.
        The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
        2
        Miss Satan cast her hawk's eye into it, and burst out in her usual rude manner-
        Roughing It in the Bush
        3
        Not in that gay crowd below, for he had scanned every figure with the hawk's eye.
        Graustark
        4
        The hawk's eye of Callum flashed delight upon a golden guinea, with which these last words were accompanied.
        Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
        5
        She adored Sabine, as indeed she had reason to do, and looked after her house and her servants with a hawk's eye.
        The Man and the Moment
        6
        He was still some way off when her hawk's eye discerned him, but he did not see her even when he came nearer.
        Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
        7
        He spotted me, of course,-roguesof his feather have a hawk'seye for timid quarry,-andhis bloated face appeared at the window.
        At a Winter's Fire
        8
        " Hawk's eye, falcon's nose, raven's lock, peacock's clothes," chanted the crone, following the words with her cunning fingers.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-10
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