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单词 made to the river
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made to (also for) the river
2. A river or its banks as a place where the sport of hawking or the practice of fowling is carried out; (by metonymy) the sport of hawking for waterfowl. made to (also for) the river: (of a hawk) trained to hunt waterfowl. Obsolete.
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c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 230 (MED) Stiward, tak nu here Mi fundlyng for to lere Of þine mestere, of wude & of riuere.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2286 (MED) Neuer on Friday to wod þou go to chace; þe riuer salle þou forsake on Friday ilka dele.
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 3135 (MED) He couþe of chas & of ryuere, Inow of game of here manere.
a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 856 (MED) Wyth howndys we wyll chace dere And wyth hawkes to the ryuere.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid v. Prol. 4 The wery hunter to fynd his happy pray, The falconer the riche riveir our to flene.
1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. v To make your Hawk fly at fowl, which is called the flight at the River.
a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo3v/1 He must..send me..by all meanes Ten cast of Hawkes for 'th River.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. xvii. 44/2 Your Hawk being well made to the River, you should not fly her above two flights in the Evening, but feed her up although she kills not.
1735 Sportsman's Dict. I. at Gerfalcon These hawks do not fly the river, but always from the fist fly the herns, shovelers, &c.
1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 345 If she [sc. a hawk] be made for the river.
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