单词 | to fly with |
释义 | > as lemmasto fly with b. causatively. Of the falconer: To cause (a hawk) to attack by flying. Also absol. and to fly with (a hawk). Const. at. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > cause hawk to attack fly1591 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 37 I loue to flie at the Partridge and at the Fesant. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. i. 1 For flying at the Brooke, I saw not better sport these seuen yeeres day. View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 233 Their best Falcons are out of Russia..they fly them at choise game. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 102 At first fly with her at young Pheasant or Partridge. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 130 They are flown at Field or Brook. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. iii. 66 His Hawks he oft at Game Aerial flew. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 32 Flying his hawks at a covey of partridges. 1879 E. D. Radcliffe in Encycl. Brit. IX. 9/1 Falcons or long-winged hawks are either ‘flown out of the hood’ i.e. unhooded and slipped when the quarry is in sight, or [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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