"howk" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:",
          "text": "But Tom […] he pecked and howked the poor water-things about sadly, till they were all afraid of him, and got out of his way, or crept into their shells; so he had no one to speak to or play with.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To disturb by digging."
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        "(UK, dialect, transitive) To disturb by digging."
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        "participle",
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        "To disturb by digging."
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        "(UK, dialect, transitive) To disturb by digging."
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