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Haggard. — A wild-caught, mature hawk. 



Hang on. — A term synonymous with ' Wait on.' 



Hood. — The leathern cap used for the purpose of blindfolding, or 



hoodwinking, hawks. 

 Imping. — ^Mending broken feathers. 

 Jesses. — Leathern straps fastened to the legs of hawks, and by which 



they are held. 

 Leash. — The leathern thongs by which hawks are tied up. 

 Mews. — The place in which hawks are kept. 

 Mutes. — ^The droppings of a hawk. 

 Nares. — The nostrils of a hawk. 

 Passage. — The flight of herons to and from the heronry during the 



breeding season. 

 Passage-hawks. — Wild hawks taken upon the passage or migration. 

 Quarry. — The game flown at. 

 Rake out. — To fly too wide. 

 Raking. — Striking the game in the air. 

 Reclaim. — To make a hawk gentle and familiar. 

 Ring. — To rise spirally. 

 Rouse. — To shake the feathers. 

 Sharp-set. — Very hungry. 

 Stoop or swoop. — The rapid descent of a falcon from a height on to 



its prey. 

 Tiercel. — The male peregrine or goshawk. 

 Varvels. — Small rings of silver fastened to the end of the jesses, on 



which the owner's name, etc., used to be engraved. 

 Wait on. — -The hawk soaring in circles above the falconer in expecta- 

 tion of game being sprung. 

 Weather. — To place the hawk in the open air. 

 Wind, to sink the. — To skim near the earth to a certain distance in 



order to catch the wind and rise up-wind with it. 

 Yarak. — An Eastern term signifying when the short-winged hawks 



are in hunting condition. The word was introduced by the late 



Mr. Barker. 



