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Lugger :: Lugger (n.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon..

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Saker :: Saker (n.) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner..

Gentile-falcon :: Gentile-falcon (n.) See Falcon-gentil.

Varvel :: Varvel (n.) In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses..

Eagle :: Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

Hobby :: Hobby (n.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking..

Falcon :: Falcon (n.) An ancient form of cannon.

Ignoble :: Ignoble (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk..

Saker :: Saker (n.) The peregrine falcon.

Eyas :: Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself..

Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

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

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

Falconet :: Falconet (n.) One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

Cryer :: Cryer (n.) The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Falconer :: Falconer (n.) A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A male gyrfalcon.

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