222 GLOSSARY. 



Enseam, with old authors Ensayme, v., whence ensayminge and en- 

 saymed, sc. enseam, from the Fr. essimer, to purge a hawk, and rid 

 her of superfluous fat. " Ensayme of an hawke is the grece." — 

 " Boke of St. Albans," 14§6. With a different speUing, " ensaim," the 

 word occurs in a Close Roll of 3 Hen. III. (1218). For the context, 

 see Hardy, " Introd. Close Rolls," p. 170. 



Enter, v., to fly a hawk at quarry for the first time. 



Eyess, s., a nestling, or young hawk taken from the " eyrie " or nest ; 

 from the Fr. iiiais, the initial u being dropped, as in many other 

 English words {e.g., adder, from A.S. ncedre). The terms applied to 

 hawks of different ages are explained by D'Arcussia in his " Faucon- 

 nerie," 1605. He assigns five different names to hawks as they 

 chance to be taken at different seasons — viz., (i) Niats, if taken in 

 May ; (2) Gentil, in June, July, or August ; (3) Peleriu, or Passaget\ 

 in September, October, November, or December ; (4) Antenere^ 

 Antannaire (O.Fr. Antan, i.e., Patmee passee), or Antevere, in 

 January, February, or March ; and (5) Agar (" mot Hdbreu qui 

 signifie, estranger"), if she has once moulted ; hence our word 

 " Haggard" {q.v.), applied to a wild-caught old hawk. Tardif, how- 

 ever, had long previously explained these terms in his " L'Art de 

 Faulconnerie," 1492, thus : — " Nyais oyseau est celui qui est prins au 

 nid. Branchier est celui qui suit sa mere de branche en branche, 

 qui est aussi nommd raminage. Sor est appelle a sa couleur sorette, 

 celui qui a void et prins devant qu'il ait mud." 



Eyrie, s., see Ayre. 



Falcon, the female Peregrine par excellence, but applied generally to 

 . the females of all long-winged hawks. 



Fall at mark, to alight upon the ground and there await the owner. 

 See Bert, "Treatise of Hawkes," 1619 (pp. 6, 72). 



Feake, v., feaking ; said of a hawk when she wipes her beak on the perch 

 after feeding. It was also said " an hawke snytith or sewith hir 

 beke, and not wipeth hir beke." — " Boke of St. Albans," i486. 



Filanders, J., intestinal worms, _/f/ana. Cf. The Zoologist, i88r, p. 309. 



Flags, s., the secondary, or cubital feathers of the wing. See Beam- 



FEATHERS. 



Fly on head, v., to miss the quarry and check. 



Foot, v., to clutch. A good footer is said of a hawk that catches well 



and holds. 

 Frounce, s., a canker or sore in the mouth and throat. For modem 



