GLOSSARY. 229 



Ring-up, v., to rise spirally to a height. 



Robin, s., the male Hobby. 



Rouse, v., is when a hawk lifteth herself up and shaketh herself. — 

 Nicholas Cox, op. at. " Rowse," " Boke of St. Albans," i486. 



Rousing ; with old authors Rowysin. See Rouse. 



Ruff, v., Fr. buffeter, to hit the quarry and make the feathers fly, with- 

 out trussing it. See Truss. 



Rufter-hood, j., Dutch ruishuif, German riisthaube, French chaperon 

 de rust, a plain, easy leather hood, through which the hawk can 

 feed, and opening wide behind ; used when a hawk is being tamed, 

 and superseded by the hood proper when she is trained. The 

 absence of a plume prevents her from pulling it off. See HoOD. 



Rye, j., a disease in hawks which shows itself by a swelling in the head. 



" For defawte of hote meate this sekenese the Ry commyth." — " The 



Boke of St. Albans," i486. 



Sails, j., the wings of a hawk. 



Scouring, j., purging. See Turbervile's "Bookeof Falconrie," 1575 

 (pp. 285, 286). 



Screen-perch, s., the form of perch used for hawks when kept in a 



room. See Perch and Block. 

 Seare, and Sere, s., with old authors, for cere, from Lat. cera, the 



wax-like skin above the beak. See Cere. 



Sedge, at-, a corruption of " at siege ;" said of a heron when at the water- 

 side, in contradistinction to being " on passage." 



Seeling, an old method of obscuring the sight of the hawk by passing 

 threads through the lower eyelids and tying them behind the head, 

 a practice long superseded in this country by the more humane use 

 of the hood, though still adopted by native falconers in India. 



Serving a hawk, helping to put out the quarry from covert. 



Set down to moult, put into the mew. 



Sharp set, very hungry. 



SloOSE, s., with old authors, for sloes {Prunus spinosa, Linn.), used 

 medicinally; A.S. sla; O.E. sle. For an interesting note on the 

 meaning of this word, see Prior, " Popular Names of British Plants," 

 3rd edit. (1879), p. 217. 



Sniting, with old authors ; an obsolete term for sneezing. 



Sock, German Falkensack. See Mail, v. 



Sore-hawk, s., a hawk of the first year. From the Fr. sor, or satire, 

 reddish brown ; whence sorrel. " A sowyr hawk ys much tenderer 



