A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... hawk or eagle . ALANDES . The ancient term for wolf - dogs . ALANERARIUS . The keeper or manager of spaniels or setters used in falconry . Obsolete . ALCOHOL . The purely spiri- tuous part of all liquors that have undergone the vinous ...
... hawk or eagle . ALANDES . The ancient term for wolf - dogs . ALANERARIUS . The keeper or manager of spaniels or setters used in falconry . Obsolete . ALCOHOL . The purely spiri- tuous part of all liquors that have undergone the vinous ...
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... hawks . ANIMAL . A living body en- dued with sensation and spontane- ous motion : in its limited sense , any irrational creature , as distin- guished from man . ANISE - SEED is an aromatic sti- mulant , principally employed as a warm ...
... hawks . ANIMAL . A living body en- dued with sensation and spontane- ous motion : in its limited sense , any irrational creature , as distin- guished from man . ANISE - SEED is an aromatic sti- mulant , principally employed as a warm ...
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... hawks . It arises from too much grease or blood ; being too long exposed to the heat of the sun ; and to prevent it their meat should be passed through black - cherry water . APOPLEXY ( in Horses ) . See PALSY . APOSTHUME ( in Falconry ) ...
... hawks . It arises from too much grease or blood ; being too long exposed to the heat of the sun ; and to prevent it their meat should be passed through black - cherry water . APOPLEXY ( in Horses ) . See PALSY . APOSTHUME ( in Falconry ) ...
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... hawk's stinking breath , casting her BACK ( in the Manège ) . A horse's gorge , croaking in the night , trem- back should be straight ; hollow - bling , ruffling , and writhing her tail ; backed is called saddle - backed : and by the ...
... hawk's stinking breath , casting her BACK ( in the Manège ) . A horse's gorge , croaking in the night , trem- back should be straight ; hollow - bling , ruffling , and writhing her tail ; backed is called saddle - backed : and by the ...
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... hawk when she flaps her wings , and then pounces down upon her prey . BAITING . See BULL - BAITING . BAITS ( baitzen ) . For taking fish : the natural ones , and those gene- rally are living , as worms of all kinds , especially the red ...
... hawk when she flaps her wings , and then pounces down upon her prey . BAITING . See BULL - BAITING . BAITS ( baitzen ) . For taking fish : the natural ones , and those gene- rally are living , as worms of all kinds , especially the red ...
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