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Faulcon :: Faulcon (n.) See Falcon.

Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..

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

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

Heron :: Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons..

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

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..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog..

Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..

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

Falconine :: Falconine (a.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconida.

Jerfalcon :: Jerfalcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.

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

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

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

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

Stank :: Stanielry (n.) Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry..

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

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

Formell :: Formell (n.) The female of a hawk or falcon.

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