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Falconet, ^^j?* and <*i *■;*■*, Ind. Pers. MS. 

 Fall, [A fall of Woodecockis]. 



Fall at mark, to, [To alight on the ground and await the 

 falconer /after ( putting in ' the quarry; of a goshawk]; 

 vide Mark. 



Fallera, [A disease in which the claws turn white and drop off. 

 In India, giving hawks spices and unnatural food to force 

 on the moult will cause this disease]. 



' False-moult,' c>\tyS'j* <par-garddn, Panj., and Ind. Pers. MS., 

 (name of a disease ; vide Moult). 



Fast, j&jis* tez-par, Ind. Pers. MS. (of birds). 

 Fat, vide Enseam. 



Fawken of the rock, 1 [There is a fawken of the rock. And that 

 is for a duke. — Boke of St, Albans, p. 52]. 



Fawn, &jj barra, Pers., (lit. lamb; vide Sheep). 



Feed, to, Feeding, (bS) ^tj, **«.Jd tu*ma-dari (karnd), Panj. 



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(understanding the correct amount of food to give ; also 

 giving a light meal after physic) : &jf *J$ ^1 uf **+& tu'ma 

 ki ulat pulat karna, Panj. , (not giving a fixed amount of food, 



ano 



slack hawk 

 kardan. Mo 



i^^jfj*** sir 



by j>£ sher karna 



on its quarry, especially its first kill; probably a corruption 

 of the previous though supposed to be connected with sher 

 " tiger "): Uo &•*& <jg^ *«Jf atli-pahari tu'ma dend, Panj., 



y »;%^ iJo yak-khura kardan, Ind. Pers. MS. (to give 



one meal sufficient for twenty-four hours) : ^#% chakhi, 

 Hindi., and Panj. (the light morning meal): U»«* **% 

 chakh dend (to give just a taste of blood or meat) : vide 

 also ' to Gorge ' and ' Taste.' 

 Feake, to, (wipe the beak ; also to sew, snite, beak and coly(?) ; 

 these terms are said of the hawk and not apparently of 

 the falconer), 1*4$^-: ^y nok-ponehhnd , Panj.: &*/ J^ 

 khilal kardan. Ind. Pers. MS. : vide also Beak. 



1 Probably some kind of peregrine, perhaps one that had its eyri 

 in a cliff. It is mentioned in the <4 Boke of St. Albans" between the 

 Fawken gentile and the Fawken peregrine, q.v. 



