HAWK (bird)
ADJECTIVES
1567 ► HAGGARD of a hawk or owl: caught after having assumed the adult plumage; hence, wild, untamed → obs.
NOUNS
1475 ► NARE a nostril of a hawk → arch.
1486 ► FLAGS the long feathers on the leg of a hawk or falcon
1486 ► SINGLE in falconry: the middle or outer claw on the foot of a hawk or falcon → arch.
1623 ► JACK a male hawk
1905 ► TICKAREE a hawk → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► MAIL the breast feathers of a hawk when full grown (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
..975 ► HAWKER one who engages in the sport of hawking; one who tends or trains hawks; a falconer
1633 ► ACCIPITRARY a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey → arch. & hist.
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