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Stand, taking, (going to a tree or other point of vantage after 

 putting in ; by Eur. falconers considered a vice), vide Mark. 



Staniel, or Stanniel, 1 [Kestril q.v.]. 



Stare, vide Starling. 



Starling, J*» sar, Mod. Pers. : &>** ^bj ablaq maina, Hindu, (the 

 Pied Starling) : Lii ^ kala tiliya, in Derajat (the Common 

 English Starling) : vide Pastor and Murmuration. 



Stavesaker, (a plant used for lice), w»lj)\ v^ habb u W-rdsan or 

 JaxJi mmj zabtb u -' Ujabal , Ar. 



Steam, to, c*>^j>y»J bukhur kardan, med., Mod. Pers. 



Sterne hase, &**) ^-*oc A*&.f*i| >Uj»> dar-jalavaiidakhta'aqabraftan, 

 Mod. Pers. (of a saker after a straight flying hubara = 



Panjabi idiom ^ £^jS p ^ j^13 tilur chargh ko lega.l u the 



hubara has carried off the chargh "), 

 Sternum, <Vjs3 f&e azm-i zawraqi, Mod. Pers. (lit. keel-bone). 

 Stomach, <y tah, Panj. : ^ &^ tah-i shikam, Mod. Pers. ; i±+* 

 j*5 qa'r-i mi' da, Mod. Pers. ; y±> (?), Ind. Pers. MS. : tk)&> 

 or'Alf^i. khazina or khazdna, Mod. Pers. ; wVfe Colon. 

 Stone-plover, vide Plover. 



Stoon, the, or Stoone in the fundament, ^J* karaj, Mod. Pers. 

 Stoop, Lij^o c*«> sat mama. Panj. : &*y <*JU^ hamla kardan, Ind. 



Pers. MS. : c^j ^** sar za d an > Mod. Pers. : ^ ^ fo£#d 



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zadan, Mod. Pers. (Z#. to kick, strike): c>aflj| tnqazz*, Ar. 



MS. (of birds of prey only). 

 Stork, sJA Ji lag lag, Hind, and Pers., for Ar. <jJ ^ laq lag: 



£ JJ ^U Mod. Pers. (the White Stork, C. alba): *-**(?), 



Ind. Pers. MS. (some species of stork ; probably the Beef- 

 steak bird): j^ <JjU mdnik jor, Hindu, (the White-necked 



Stork) : J^fc tul, in Kapurthala (the White Stork). 

 Strap, a^J tasma : vide also Jesses. 



Streyn, 2 or strain, to, [" The IX. She streynith and not clithith 

 nor cratchith."— Boke of St. A., p. 10. ' I strayne, as a 

 hauke doth or any other syche like fowle or beest in theyr 

 clawes, je estraings '; Palsgrave, 1530, verb. f. 376.— Haiti - 

 well. ] 



l According to Harting, Birds of Shakespeare, p. 73, this is a corrup 

 tion of Standgale. 



* Strene and strain also meant to copulate ; specially of cats anc 

 • logs. M When he strains that lady." Shakespeare ; Hen. VIIT. Iv. I. 



