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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... wing feathers , for the pur - ple of their royal parent , and were pose of improving arrows , which are excellent archers , especially the to be paid for by the king . In the eldest , Prince Arthur , who used 5th of Edward IV . an act ...
... wing feathers , for the pur - ple of their royal parent , and were pose of improving arrows , which are excellent archers , especially the to be paid for by the king . In the eldest , Prince Arthur , who used 5th of Edward IV . an act ...
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... wing , " in the old ballad of Chevy Chase , is in allu- sion to this occurrence . Originally , arrows were armed with flint or metal heads ; latterly , with iron of different forms and names . Henry IV . ordained that all arrows should ...
... wing , " in the old ballad of Chevy Chase , is in allu- sion to this occurrence . Originally , arrows were armed with flint or metal heads ; latterly , with iron of different forms and names . Henry IV . ordained that all arrows should ...
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... 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 maggots , bobs , frogs ...
... 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 maggots , bobs , frogs ...
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... wings when you use them . The bob , caddis - worm , cancer , and such like , are to be preserved with the same things where you take them . Live flies must be used as you catch them . The wasp , hornet , and humble bee , may be dried in ...
... wings when you use them . The bob , caddis - worm , cancer , and such like , are to be preserved with the same things where you take them . Live flies must be used as you catch them . The wasp , hornet , and humble bee , may be dried in ...
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... wing . BEARD ( in Angling ) . That part of the fish - hook which is a little above the point , and , projecting out , prevents the fish from slipping off the hook . BEARDS OF HORSES . The part underneath the lower mandible , on the ...
... wing . BEARD ( in Angling ) . That part of the fish - hook which is a little above the point , and , projecting out , prevents the fish from slipping off the hook . BEARDS OF HORSES . The part underneath the lower mandible , on the ...
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