verb. subs. (old: now recognised).—Peddling; offering small wares for sale from door to door. Also see quot. 1696.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HAWKING, going about Town and Country with Scotch-Cloth, etc., or News-Papers: also Spitting difficultly.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
