2 28 GLOSSARY. 



Pelt, j., the dead body of the quarry. 



Pendant feathers, those behind the thighs of a hawk. 



Petty singles, the toes of a hawk. 



Pill, or Pelf, s., what, is left of the quarry after the hawk has been fed 

 upon it. 



Pin and Web, s., a disease of the eye in hawks akin to dimness and 

 film. Bert describes another disease (p. 86) called "pinne in the 

 throat," which from his description resembles what modern falconers 

 term "croaks" {g.v.). 



Pitch, J., the height to which a falcon rises in the air by ringing up {g.v.). 



Plumage, s.^ given for "casting" {g.v.). 



Plume, v.., to pluck the feathers off the quarry. 



'Point, to make her, when a hawk throws herself up in the air above the 

 spot where the quarry has "put in" {g.v.). 



Pounces, j., the claws of a hawk. 



Preen, z/., to dress the feathers with the beak. 



Principals, the two longest feathers in the wing of a hawk. 



' Put in, v., to drive the quarry into covert. 



Put over, ?/., said of a hawk " when she removeth her meat from the 

 gorge into the bowels, by traversing with her body, but chiefly with 

 her neck." — Nicholas Cox, "The Gentleman's Recreation," 1674. 

 See Endew. 



Quarry, s., the game flown at. O.Fr. curec, the reward given to hounds 

 when they killed ; from the Low Lat. corata, the entrails of a slain 

 animal. 



Quick, adj.^ alive. 



Rake away, z/., to take off, instead of pursuing the quarry flown at, or to 

 fly wide of it. 



Ramage-hawk. See Brancher. 



Rangle, j., small stones given to hawks to aid digestion. If set down 

 on a block where it can reach them, a hawk will pick them up 

 voluntarily. 



Reclaim, v.,, Fr. r'eclamer^ to make a hawk tame, gentle, and 

 familiar. " In the manning and reclaiming, you must by kindness 

 make her gentle and familiar with you." — Nicholas Cox, "The 

 Gentleman's Recreation," 1674. 



Red-hawk, j., the modern term for a " sore-hawk" {g.v.). 



