† trasonv.
Hunting. Obsolete.
intransitive. Of a roe: To cross or double before the hounds.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)]
to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314
to steal awayc1369
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beatc1470
lodgec1470
trason1486
rouse1532
angle1575
bolt1575
to take squat1583
baya1657
watch1677
fall1697
tree1699
to go away1755
to sink the wind1776
to get up1787
to go to ground1797
lie1797
to stand up1891
fly1897
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e ij b When ye hunt at the Roo, then shall ye say thoore He crosses and tresones yowre howndys byfoore.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 189/1.
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [noun]
rusec1425
rusingc1425
trasoning1575
turn1575
wile1692
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlv. 143 His [sc. the roe's] crossings and doublings before the houndes are called Trasonings.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Trasoning [printed Trajoning], when a Roe crosses and doubles.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Trasenings.
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