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Astringer :: Astringer (n.) A falconer who keeps a goshawk.

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

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

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

Gyrfalcon :: Gyrfalcon (n.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter..

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..

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

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

Jess :: "Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon..

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

Nicagua :: Nicagua (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.

Gerfalcon :: Gerfalcon (n.) See Gyrfalcon.

Falconet :: Falconet (n.) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice..

Tiercelet :: Tiercelet (n.) The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk..

Shahin :: Shahin (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

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

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

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

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

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

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