Hawking. A false stoop, when a hawk forsakes her proper game, and pursues some baser game that crosses her flight. Obsolete or Historical.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [noun] > other actions (9) checkc1430 Hawking. A false stoop, when a hawk forsakes her proper game, and pursues some baser game that crosses her flight. Obsolete or Historical. tiringc1450 The action of tire, v.2; the pulling or tearing of a hawk at a tough morsel given to it to exercise itself; concrete a piece of food given to a… rifler1486 A hawk that rifles (rifle, v.1 4). Obsolete. canceleer1599 See quot. 1704. coast1614 Cf. coast, v. 10 2d Obsolete. gurgiting1614 (See quots.) raling1618 The action of flying away or straying. stooping1653 The action of the verb, in its various senses; an instance of this. casta1793 What is thrown up from the crop by a hawk or other bird of prey. Also, the convoluted earth thrown out by an earthworm; or sand on the sea-shore… |
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