The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Canker

A tumour in a hawk's throat.

Carry (of the hawk). - To fly off with her quarry when the falconer comes to take her up.

Cast.-(1) Two hawks; not necessarily a pair. (2) Verb: to hold a hawk above the pinions to keep her down when administering anything to her. (Obs.) Casting.-(1) The ejections of indigestible matter from a hawk's mouth. (2) The fur, feather, or tow given to them when in captivity in order to assist the process.

Check (of the hawk). To leave her proper game and fly after something else that comes within view.

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