GLOSSARY OF TERMS 253 



Pitch. — The highest point to which a hawk rises when waiting on. 



Point, to make. — The perpendicular shoot up of a hawk over the 

 exact spot where quarry has put in. 



Put in. — The quarry is ' put in ' when driven to take refuge in 

 some covert. 



Put over. — To digest food. 



Quarry. — The game flown at. 



Ramage. — Wild and stubborn. 



Rangle. — Small stones which hawks take with their food to aid 

 digestion. 



Reclaim. — To tame a hawk, or bring her from her wild condition 

 to such a point that she is fit to enter at quarry. 



Red hawk. — A hawk of the first year — i.e. in the ' red ' or im- 

 mature plumage (sometimes also termed a ' soar ' hawk). 



Ring. — To rise in wide circles, or spirally. 



Rousing. — Shaking all the feathers. 



Rufter hood. — A hood of peculiar construction used for freshly- 

 caught hawks. 



Serving a hawk. — Driving out the quarry which has ' put in ' to 

 the hawk as she waits overhead. 



Slight falcon.— A peregrine. 



Stoop. — The rapid descent from a height upon the quarry. 



Swivel. — Used as a link to attach the jesses to the leash, and to 

 prevent entanglement. 



Tiercel, Tercel, or Tassel. — The male hawk as opposed to the 

 female ; he being a ' tierce ' or third smaller in size. 



Truss. — To clutch or hold on to the quarry in the air. 



Varvels. — Small rings of brass or silver which used to be attached 

 to the end of the jesses. Now disused and a swivel adopted, 

 being less likely to become entangled in trees, &c. 



Waiting on. — To soar steadily above the head of the falconer or 

 his dog, in expectation of the springing of game. 



Watching or Waking. — Sitting up at night with a newly caught 

 hawk, so as to tire out and tame her. 



Weathering — Is placing hawks unhooded upon their blocks in 

 the open air. 



Yarak. — An Indian term to signify good flying condition. 



