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ostreger, ostringer|ˈɒstrɪdʒə(r), ˈɒstrɪndʒə(r)|
Forms: 5 ostregier, 5–9 -eger, 6 -iger, 7 -idger; 7–8 ostringer, (6 oistrynger). See also austringer.
[ME. ostregier, ostreger, corruption of OF. ostruchier, austruchier (F. autrucier, autoursier):—late L. austurcārius, f. austurcus (:—L. Asturicus Austurian, from Asturia in Spain), also austorius, ostorius, whence OF. ostour, hostur, now autour goshawk: cf. ostour. For ostringer, cf. messenger, passenger, porringer, wharfinger.]
A keeper of goshawks.
a1400MS. Sloane 2721 in Harting Introd. Perf. Bk. Sparhawkes (1886) p. ix, The skoole for a young ostringer or ffaulkener. 1486Bk. St. Albans B v b, Thay be calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys or Tercellis. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 63 The falconers and ostregers have to these two sorts added a thirde kinde. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. (1623) 155 All Ostringers doe esteeme plumage..to be the best casting a short-winged Hawke can take. 1670Blount Law Dict., Austurcus, a Goshawk; whence we usually call a Faulkoner, who keeps that kinde of Hawks, an Ostringer. 1867Ouida C. Castlemaine (1879) 11 Fulke Ravensworth brought her the bird from the ostreger's wrist. |