v. U.S. [A back-formation from next.] trans. To harry as a jay-hawker; to ‘raid.’
1866. Standard, 27 Oct., 3/2. A war of neighbourhoods,… of lynchings and jay-hawkings, of rapine and outrage without parallel.
1893. C. C. Nott, in Scribner’s Mag., XIII. 381/2. Every man suddenly discovering that somebody has jayhawked his boots or his blanket.
