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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
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Examples for "falcon's eye"
Examples for "falcon's eye"
1
But then he found himself, handled the club like a sword, watched the ball with a falcon's eye, played with it.
Now It Can Be Told
2
"I make out six," said Champernoun, who had a falcon's eye.
The Path of the King
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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