GLOSSARY. 221 



Clutching, seizing the quarry in the feet. 

 Come to, v., to begin obeying the falconer. 



Coping, cutting off the sharp points of beak and talons. " Let her be 

 short-coped, so I would advise all short -winged hawkes to be used, for 

 the safety of thine owne hands." — Bert, "Treatise of Hawkes," 1619, 

 p. 67. 



Cowering, quivering or shaking the wings, observed in young hawks. 



Crabbing, i.e., grabbing ; said of hawks when two are flown together, 

 and one seizes the other on the quarry by mistake. 



Cray, s., a disease in hawks, namely, a stoppage of the tewell {q.v.\ so 

 that the bird cannot mute {q.v.). "The Cray commyth of washed 

 meete the wich is washed withe bote water in the defawte of bote 

 meete."— •' Boke of St. Albans," i486. 



Creance, s., Fr. cre'ance, Lat. credenttj, a long line attached to the 

 swivel, and used when "calling-ofif" iq-v.); flying a hawk as it were 

 on credit. Bert, in his "Treatise of Hawkes," 1619, has "cranes" 

 (pp. 20, 21, 24) and " calling-cranes" (p. 54). 



Crines, s., the short hair-like feathers about the cere {q.v.). Nicholas 

 Cox, in "The Gentleman's Recreation," 1674, has crinets. 



Croaks, or Kecks, Fr. crac, a disease of the air-passages, analogous to 

 a cough, and so called from the sound the bird makes during any 

 exertion, such as bating, or flying. See Pin. 



Crop, j., the dilatation of the gullet which serves as the first receptacle for 

 the food taken by a hawk. 

 ^ Crossing flight, when another bird flies between the hawk and her 

 quarry. 



Deck-feathers, s., the two centre feathers of the tail. 



Disclosed, ca.d of hawks that are just hatched ; now obsolete. 



Draw the hood, to draw the braces which open and close the hood 

 behind. 



Drawing /rc;« the mew., i.e.., withdrawing a hawk after she has moulted. 



Endew, v., whence endewing and endewed, to digest the food. " And ye 

 shall say this hauke is fully gorged and hath endewed, or put over." — 

 " Boke of St. Albans," i486. The forms indue and induing, also occur, 

 Fr. enduire, and induire. See Put OVER. 



■\ Enew, or iNtw, v., the same as Put in {q.v). Drayton has ineawe. 

 " For very fear they instantly ineawe. 



" Polyolbion," 1622, song xx. 1. 234. 



