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

Falcon :: Falcon (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gentle :: Gentle (n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

Merlin :: Merlin (n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon)..

Hawker :: Hawker (n.) A falconer.

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..

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

Jerfalcon :: Jerfalcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.

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..

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

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

Falconet :: Falconet (n.) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.

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

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

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