| 单词 | to fly to the mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fly to the mark c. To chase with a hawk. Also of the hawk: To attack by flying. to fly the river: to chase waterfowl. to fly to the mark: see quot. 1891. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (intransitive)] > waterfowl to fly the rivera1592 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > chase with hawk flya1592 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (transitive)] > attack flya1592 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > hawk [verb (intransitive)] hawk1340 hobbyc1430 falcon1807 to fly to the mark1891 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G4v Weele flie the partridge or go rouse the deere. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 125 These Hawks do not fly the River. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 143 When she hath flown a Partridge to the Mark, she will not away untill [etc.]. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 39 A Hawk that flyes a Covey of Partridges. 1710 Apparition 30 So wary Hawks do fearful Pidgeons fly. 1879 E. D. Radcliffe in Encycl. Brit. IX. 9/2 Rooks are flown in the same manner as herons. 1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria Gloss. 226 Mark, to fly at, v. generally said of a Goshawk, when, having ‘put in’ a covey of partridges, she takes stand, marking the spot where they disappeared from view until the falconer arrives to put them out to her. < as lemmas |
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