252 FALCONRY 



Coping. — Trimming and paring the beak and talons. 



Crabbing. — Hawks fighting with one another. 



Deck feathers.— The two centre feathers of the tail. 



Enter. — To train a hawk to a particular quarry. 



Eyess, or Eyas.— A hawk taken from the nest. 



Falcon. — Means the female of any hawk as opposed to the male, 



when used by falconers. Naturalists use the word to signify 



a long -winged as opposed to a short-winged hawk. 

 Falcon Gentle. — Another name for a peregrine. 

 Frounce. — A disease in the mouth and throat of a hawk. 

 Gorge. — To give a hawk as much as she will eat. 

 Hack. — A state of liberty in which young eyesses are kept for 



some weeks to enable them to gain power of wing. 

 Hack-board. — A board or table upon which the hawks at hack 



are daily fed. 

 Haggard. — A hawk captured after she has assumed the mature 



plumage — i.e. is two years old at the least. 

 Hood. — A cap of leather used for blinding a hawk, so as to bring 



her under proper control. 

 Imp. — To repair broken feathers. 



Intermewed. — A hawk that has been moulted in confinement. 

 Jesses. — Leather straps about six inches long permanently secured 



to the legs of a hawk. 

 Leash. — A leathern thong fastened by a swivel to the jesses in 



order to secure the hawk to a perch or block. 

 Make- HAWK. — An old hawk flown with a young one to assist and 



encourage her. 

 Manned. — A hawk that is tame enough to endure the company 



of strangers. 

 Mantle. — To sit on the perch with wings and tail fully spread — a 



sign of an ill-tempered hawk. 

 Mews. — The place where hawks are kept. 

 Mutes. — Hawks' droppings. 

 Nares. — Hawks' nostrils. 

 Nestling. — The same as an eyess. 

 Pannel. — The gut of a hawk. 



Passage. — The regular flight of any quarry to or from its feeding- 

 ground ; also the annual migration of hawks. 

 Passage hawks. — Hawks which are caught when fully grown, as 



they migrate. 

 Perch. — The pole or rail on which hawks are usually kept within 



doors. 



