226 GLOSSARY. 



Mail, t/., to mail a hawk, i.e.^ to wrap her up in a soci or handkerchief (Fr. 

 I'envelopper d'un linge nommd chemise), eitheito tame her, as 

 described by Bert {op. cit. pp. 46-47), or to keep henuiet during an 

 operation, as " coping " or " imping " {q.v.). 



Make-hawk, j., an old experienced hawk flown with an e^ss, when 

 training, to teach it or encourage it. 



Manning, manned, making a hawk tame by accustoming her to nan's 

 presence. See Reclaim. 



Mantle, r/., said of a hawk " when she stretcheth one of her wings aftc 

 her leg, and so the other." — Nicholas Cox, 1674. 



Mar-hawk, j., one who spoils a hawk by clumsy handling. 



' Mark, to fly at, z/., generally said of a Goshawk when, having " put in " a 

 covey of partridges, she takes stand, marking the spot where they 

 disappeared from view until the falconer arrives to put them out 10 

 her. 



Marrow, with old authors mary, e.g.^ mary of beefe ; mary of goose ; 

 given as a remedy, or to envelope medicine. 



Mew, j., the place where hawks are set down to moult. When the royal 

 " mews " at Charing Cross were converted into stables in 1 534, the 

 name, confirmed by long usage, remained to the building, although 

 inapplicable after the hawks were removed. In later times, when 

 the people of London began to build ranges of stables at the back of 

 their houses, they continued the name of the buildings, though 

 appropriated to other uses. — Stow's " Survey of London,'' 1 598. 



Mew, ?/., to moult, from the Fr. muer^ to change the feathers. In " The 

 Gentleman's Academie," by Gervase Markham, 1595, will be found 

 special directions for the mewing of hawks, from which we learn that 

 the best time to commence is the beginning of Lent, and, if well kept, 

 the bird will be mewed, that is, moulted, by the beginning of August. 

 French falconers term their hawks " tnuh lorsqu'ils ont fait cette 

 premiere mue en captivitd ; mues des bois ou des champs^ quand elle 

 a eu lieu en libertd" — Dunoyer de Noirmont. " Pour les muez des 

 champs, ils sont du tout infid^les, et vont toujours aux moucherons." 

 — D'Arcussia, "Conference des Fauconiuers'' (11* journde). This 

 explains the term " muer de haye^' used in reference to a Goshawk in 

 one of the Paston Letters, 24 Nov. 1472, which seems to have 

 puzzled commentators. 



Mites, j., the parasites that infest the head and nares of a hawk. 



MOMEY, j'., with old authors, sc. mummy, Fr. momiej formerly, when 

 reduced to powder, used as medicine for hawks : cf. Ray, " Summary 



