220 GLOSSAHY. 



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Bolt, to fly at, v., said of a short-winged hawk ; to fly straight from the 

 fist at the quarry. 



BowLSER, s., a young hawk able to fly from bough to bough. 



Bowse, v., to drink ; variously spelt " bouse," " boose," " bouze," and 



" booze." O. Dutch, buisen. 

 Bowsing, drinking. 

 Brail, j., a narrow slip of thin soft leather, with a long slit in it, used for 



tying one wing of a restless hawk that bates much. 

 Brancher, j., a young hawk that has lately left the nest. Called also a 



" ramage-hawk." — Ray, "Summary of Falconry," 1678. 

 Cadge, j., the wooden oblong square frame on which hawks are carried 



hooded to the field. 

 Cadger, the person who carries the hawk ; hence the abbreviated form 



" cad," a person fit for no other occupation. 

 Calling off, luring a hawk from an assistant at a distance for exercise. 



See Creance. 



Canceleer, v.t Fr. ckevaucher, to make two or three sharp turns in the 

 descent when stooping. 



' ' The fierce and eager hawks down thrilling from the skies 

 Make sundry canceleers ere they the fowl can reach." 



Drayton, " Polyolbion," 1622, song xx. 1. 229. 

 Carry, v., to fly away with the quarry. 



Cast, s., a " cast of hawks," i.e., two ; not necessarily a pair. 



Cast, v., " caste her to hode " (1575). When a hawk will not stand to the 

 hood, or requires coping {q.v.), she has to be " cast " or held for the 

 purpose. 

 Cast gorge, Fr. jeter la gorge, to throw up the meat that is in her 



crop. See Turbervile's " Booke of Falconrie," 1575, p. 287. 

 Casting, j., fur or feathers given to a hawk with her meat to cleanse the 

 pannel {q.v.), and afterwards cast up in the shape of oblong pellets 

 enveloping the indigestible portions of the food which are thus re- 

 jected. Cotgrave gives Oiseau aciir^, a hawk that hath had " casting " 

 given her. An old proverb says : 



" Wash'd meat and stones maketh a hawk to flie, 

 But great casting and long fasting maketh her to die. " 



Latham's " Falconry," 1615, p. 23. 



Cawking-time, s., pairing time. — Reed, " Governance of Hawkes," 1557. 

 See Harting, No. 81, Introd. p. xvi. 



Cere, j., Fr. are, Lat. cera, the bare wax-like skin above the beak. 



Check, z/., whence checking, to fly at ; to change .the bird in pursuit. 



