FALCONRY
TERMS
SOME OF THESE TERMS MAY NOT BE USED AS MUCH TODAY BUT I WILL PUT IN THE MOST COMMON TERMS THAT YOU MAY COME UP AGAINST.


ARMS-THE LEGS OF A HAWK FROM THE THIGH TO THE FOOT.
AUSTRINGER- A TRAINER OF SHORT-WINGED HAWKS,AS AGAINST A FALCONER,WHO                               TRAINS FALCONS.
AYLMERI- LEATHER ANKLETS, TAKING THE PLACE OF JESSES.
BATE- TO BEAT THE AIR WITH THE WINGS.
BEWITS- STRIPS OF SOFT LEATHER FASTENING THE LEG BELLS ROUND THE HAWK'S
               FEET.
BIND TO-TO CATCH AND HOLD THE QUARRY IN THE AIR.
BLOCK- A PERCH FOR FALCONS.
BLOOD FEATHERS- FEATHERS STILL GROWING.
BOLT- TO FLY AT,TO FLY STRAIGHT FROM THE FIST AT QUARRY.
BOW PERCH- A PERCH FOR ACCIPITERS.
BREAK INTO-TO BEGIN TO EAT.
CADGE- A MEANS WHEREBY SEVERAL BIRDS CAN BE CARRIED AT ONCE.
CAST TO-TO HOLD A HAWK ROUND  THE BODY,SO AS TO IMMOBILIZE HER WHILE SHE                    IS BEING COPED, HAVING A TAIL BELL PUT ON, ETC.
CAST- TO THROW UP A CASTING OR PELLET.
CAST- TWO HAWKS .
CASTING- THE PELLET CONTAINING FUR.
CAST OFF-TO LET THE BIRD FLY FROM THE FIST.
COPE- TO CUT OR FILE OVERGROWN TALONS OR BEAKS, SOMETIMES TO BLUNT                           TALONS.
CREANCE- THE LONG LINE ON WHICH A BIRD IS FLOWN DURING FLIGHT BEFORE IT CAN                   BE TRUSTED LOOSE.
DECK FEATHERS- THE TWO CENTRE FEATHERS OF THE TAIL.
DRAW THE HOOD- TO PULL THE CLOSING BRACES OF THE HOOD.
ENSEAM- TO BRING A HAWK INTO FLYING CONDITION AFTER THE MOULT.
ENTER- TO INTRODUCE,ENTER TO QUARRY OR TO HOOD.
EYASS- YOUNG BIRD IN THE NEST, NOT YET ABLE TO FLY.
FOOT- TO STRIKE OR CLUTCH WITH THE FOOT.
GLEAM- TO THROW UP SLIME AFTER CASTING.
HACK-A PERIOD OF LIBERTY ALLOWED TO YOUNG EYASSES BEFORE TRAINING.
IMP- TO REPAIR BROKEN FEATHERS.