362 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1910. 



of a quill, lit, bucket) : Jfyj risk, Ar. MS. (the tail- and 



wing- feathers of hawks). 1 



Quinsy, vide Frounce. 



R 



Rail, vide Water-rail. 



kj&jj or **l£ *-£jf ek ha ah 



charhana, Panj. (to raise a hawk in flesh the thickness of a 



§ 



paper or a leaf, i.e., the least possible amount). 

 Raised in flesh, (' is when a hawk grows fat or prospereth in 

 flesh.' — Latham), ^jt ^ pih giriftan, Mod. Pers. U(^ l!^o 

 mota ho-gaya ; |^a o^^c mast hu,a ; vide Pinch. 

 Rake, to, 2 (to fly too wide ?) 



Rake away, to, [To take off, instead of pursuing the quarry 

 flown at, or to fly wide of it. — Harting]. 



Raked, [" — when the hawk seizes the quarry and flies away 



with it.— Colonel Thornton's Sporting Tour, p. 112 and 

 note]. 



Raking, [Striking the game in the air. — Freeman and Salvin. 



Her direct pursuit without soaring is Baking. — Stone- 



henge's British Bur at Sports], 



Ramage, (said 



^l&+&# 



very wild) ; jAj* %z»**+» sakht-mizaj (hard of 



temperament). [ ct Bamage, is when a Hawk is wilde, coy, 



or disdainful to the man, and contrary to be reclaimed "]. 



Ramage-hawk, vide Bowiser. 



Rangle, (small stones given to aid digestion) [Indian and Persian 

 falconers do not give rangle]. 



Raptores, »jC& shikara, pi. shikaragan, Ind. Pers. MS. (an old- 

 fashioned and unusual term for birds of prey ; vide Sparrow- 





C*-» 



and is)^ )ji^> tuyur-i shikari, Mod. Pers. : ^j|^.,pl.of ^jh- 

 jarih, Ar. MSS. (birds of prey) : ^y\y^\ az-zawari, pi. of 

 ^LoJf az-zari, (birds and beasts trained to the chase). 



Rat, vide Mouse. 



Rat's bane, vide Arsenic. 



Rat oner, [a rat-catcher]. 



1 For other birds, risk is a general term. 



* Vide "Falconry in the British Isles'* of Salvia and Brodrick, 

 and HalliwelPs Archaic Dictionary. 



