GLOSSARY OF TERMS 253 



PITCH. The highest point to which a hawk rises when waiting on. 



POINT, TO MAKE. The perpendicular shoot up of a hawk over the 

 exact spot where quarry has put in. 



PUT IN. The quarry is ' put in ' when driven to take refuge in 

 some covert. 



PUT OVER. To digest food. 



QUARRY. The game flown at. 



RAMAGE. Wild and stubborn. 



RANGLE. Small stones which hawks take with their food to aid 

 digestion. 



RECLAIM. To tame a hawk, or bring her from her wild condition 

 to such a point that she is fit to enter at quarry. 



RED HAWK. A hawk of the first year i.e. in the ' red ' or im- 

 mature plumage (sometimes also termed a ' soar ' hawk). 



RING. To rise in wide circles, or spirally. 



ROUSING. Shaking all the feathers. 



RUFTER HOOD. A hood of peculiar construction used for freshly- 

 caught hawks. 



SERVING A HAWK. Driving out the quarry which has 'put in' to 

 the hawk as she waits overhead. 



SLIGHT FALCON. A peregrine. 



STOOP. The rapid descent from a height upon the quarry. 



SWIVEL. Used as a link to attach the jesses to the leash, and to 

 prevent entanglement. 



TIERCEL, TERCEL, or TASSEL. The male hawk as opposed to the 

 female ; he being a ' tierce ' or third smaller in size. 



TRUSS. To clutch or hold on to the quarry in the air. 



VARVELS. Small rings of brass or silver which used to be attached 

 to the end of the jesses. Now disused and a swivel adopted, 

 being less likely to become entangled in trees, &c. 



WAITING ON. To soar steadily above the head of the falconer or 

 his dog, in expectation of the springing of game. 



WATCHING OR WAKING. Sitting up at night with a newly caught 

 hawk, so as to tire out and tame her. 



WEATHERING Is placing hawks unhooded upon their blocks in 

 the open air. 



YARAK. An Indian term to signify good flying condition. 



