230 GLOSSARY. 



than a muyd hawk."— Reed, "Governance of Hawkes," 1557. A 

 coloured figure of a sore Sparrow-hawk is given in Rowley's 

 " Ornithological Miscellany," 4to, 1875 (vol. i. p. 58). 



Spring, v.., to flush the partridge, pheasant, or other bird to be flown at. 



Stalke, j., with old authors, the leg {tarsus). See Harting, No. 81, pp. 



5, 7, 16, 31. 

 Stavesaker, s., stavesacre, Delphinium staphisagrice, Linn,, a plant 



formerly in request for destroying lice in a hawk. 



Stoop, j., the swift descent of a falcon on the quarry from a height ; 

 synonymous with swoop. 



Strike the hood, v., to half open it, so as to be in readiness to hood off 

 the moment the hawk is to be flown. 



Summed, adj. A hawk is said to be " summed " or " full summed" when, 

 after moulting, she has got all her new feathers, and is fit to be taken 

 out of the mew. See note to No. 10, anted,, p. 10. 



Swivel, s., used to prevent the jesses and leash from getting twisted when 

 the hawk is tied upon the perch. See Leash, TyRRiT,and Varvels. 



Take the air, v., to mount. 



Tewell, j., the lower bowel, affected by the disease termed cray {q.v.). 



Tiercel, Tercel, Tassel (Shakespeare), and Tarsell (Bert), the male 

 of any species of hawk, the female being termed a falcon. The tiercel 

 is said by some to be so called from being about one-third smaller in 

 size than the falcon ; by others it is derived from the old belief that 

 each nest contained three young birds, of which two were females, 

 and the third and smallest a male. Note the familiar line in " Romeo 

 and Juliet " : " Oh ! for a falconer's voice to lure this tassel-gentle 

 back again." 



Tire, z/., Fr. tirer^ to pull at a tough piece. See " Tiring." 



Tiring, j., any tough piece (as the leg of a fowl with little on it) given to a 

 hawk when in training to pull at, in order to prolong the meal, and 

 exercise the muscles of the back and neck. " I have knowne many 

 Falconers that never make their hawkes to tyre, saying that it is but 

 a custom, and needelesse ; but I say the contrary, for inasmuch as 

 the hawke is exercised by reasonable tyring, shee becommeth the 

 healthier and the lighter both of body and of head by all moderate 

 exercises, yea, and shee is the better in state also as you may per- 

 ceyve." — Turbervile, "Booke of Falconrie," 1575. 



Tower, v. See Ring up. 



