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Rufterhood :: Rufterhood (n.) A kind of hood for a hawk.

Muff :: Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it..

Cancelier :: Cancelier (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.

Heroner :: Heroner (n.) A hawk used in hunting the heron.

Drawing Knife :: Drawing knife (n.) Alt. of Drawknif.

Dak :: Dak (n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk..

Shambling :: Shambling (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..

Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

Bungle :: Bungle (n.) A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.

Hoddydoddy :: Hoddydoddy (n.) An awkward or foolish person.

Lure :: Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.

Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave..

Backworm :: Backworm (n.) A disease of hawks. See Filanders.

Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Loutish :: Loutish (a.) Clownish; rude; awkward.

Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..

Put :: Put (n.) A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.

Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

Carvist :: Carvist (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.

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