| 单词 | to make its point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make its (also her) point 29. Falconry. Of a hawk: the action of rising vertically in the air to mark the position of a quarry; chiefly in to make its (also her) point. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (transitive)] > other actions to cast the gorge1535 coast1569 to make its (also her) point1595 crab1674 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > flight gate1340 point1595 train1616 1595 W. Jones tr. G. B. Nenna Nennio f. 25v And as she [sc. the falcon] made her point to stoupe..the phesant tooke a thicke hedge for couert. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 214 Like the Eagle they make many points before they stoop to the prey. 1735 Sportsman's Dict. I. (at cited word) The lanner never lieth upon the wing after she hath flown to the mark, but after once stooping she maketh a point. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 23 The hawk will make his point—that is, rise perpendicularly in the air over the spot where the bird got into cover. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus iii. 29 The Shikrah..‘makes her point’ and takes her stand on some neighbouring tree or eminence. 1900 E. B. Michell Art & Pract. Hawking 125 The hawk will mark it [sc. the spot where quarry has put in]..by making her point, i.e. throwing up into the air over the spot, and she will wait on while you beat. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 108/2 Make her point, of a short- or long-winged hawk, to rise in the air, marking where quarry has gone into cover. < as lemmas |
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