GLOSSARY. 22 s 



"Chinese an/apanese Encyclopaedia," by Simayosi Anko, 1714 

 (No. 366), ' 



Indue, In]?5jg, note to No. 10. See Endew. 



iMPiNGrom the Lat. impono, a method of repairing broken flight or 

 tf feathers. For the modus operandi, see Salvin and Brodrick, 

 (Falconry in the British Isles," 1873, p. 134. 



*Ke, j., the neck of the quarry {q.v.), now obsolete. 



.NTERMEWED is "from her first mewing till she come to be a white 

 hawk." — Latham, 161 5. Literally, "between moults." " I have seen 

 divers entermewers." — Bert, 1619. This word is now seldom used. 



Jack, the male Merlin. 



Jerkin, the male Jerfalcon. 



Jesses, j., the short narrow straps of leather fastened round a hawk's legs 

 to hold her by. See Leash. 



JOKIN, sleeping ; used by old authors ; a term now obsolete. 



JOKITH, jouketh, i.e., sleepeth. Amongst the " kyndeli termis that belong 

 to hawkis," explained in the " Boke of St. Albans," i486, the fifth is 

 that your hdcdk^ jouketh and not slepith. 



Leash, s., a long narrow thong of leather attached to the jesses with a 

 swivel or varvels {q.v.\ and by means of which a hawk is tied to 

 perch or block. 



Lines, s., loynes, lunes, also lewnes. " Lunes for hawks, leashes or long 

 lines to call them."— Phillips, " New World of Words," 1696. " The 

 jesses were made sufficiently long for the knots [ends] to appear 

 between the middle and the little fingers of the hand that held them, 

 so that the lunes, or small thongs of leather, might be fastened to 

 them with tyrrits or rings, and the lunes were loosely wound round 

 the little finger." — Strutt, " Sports and Pastimes," p. 32. Hence it 

 would appear that the lunes took the place of the modern leash, which 

 is attached to the jesses with a swivel or varvels. Bert terms them 

 "lines," thus : — "until he hath with her lines fastened her calling- 

 cranes unto her." — *' Treatise of Hawkes," 1619, p. 54. See Creance. 



Lure, s., from the O.Fr. loerre, modern leurre; O. German Luoder, 

 a bait. Technically, a bunch of feathers, or couple of wings tied 

 together on a piece of leather, and weighted. Being garnished with 

 raw meat, the hawk is always fed upon it. Hence, when swung aloft, 

 it serves to lure the hawk back to the falconer. 



Mail, s., the breast feathers of a hawk. 



