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khudrT - dark brown - Najd; idnu - brown with
black line on flank, black eyes - Najd and the
northern areas. See Quarry,
GLOVE dass, plur. dusus] kaff
On which the hawk is carried. Sec MANGALAH below.
GOSHAWK baz; asbar\astur gentilis gentilis Linn.
In medieval literature baz and its plur. buzah became
the generic term for the hawk. It thus gave its
name to the practice of hunting with birds of prey,
bayzarah.
GLEAM n.shbekah
The substance thrown up by the hawk after enseaming.
See ENSEAM above.
GYR FALCON sungur; falco rusticolus spp. Linn.
See p. 116, Hawks.
HAGGARD n./adj. gurnas; wahshT
A hawk which has moulted in the wild. See MOULT
below.
HARE The generic term in Arabic is artiab (fern.). The jack is
called khzaz, the doe ‘idanah and the leveret khirnig.
See Quarry above,
HOOD n. burga
The leather cap which is put on the hawk to blindfold it
and thus pacify and immobilise it.
HOUBARA liubdra (fern.), plur. IjabarT.
MacQueen’s bustard. See Quarry above,
IMP v.t. yiwassir
To mend a broken feather by putting a spine of horn,
wood or metal into the shaft of the broken feather; it
joins the two halves as an ‘intra-medullary’ pin.
JESS n. sbag, plur. sbug.
Made of leather or woven silk or cotton, the straps
which arc attached to the hawk’s legs at one end and
the swivel (s.v.) at the other,
JINK v.i. tirawigh
Said of the hare pursued closely by hawk or saluki. See
RUN amd WALK below.
LANNER (shahTn) wakrT; falco biarmicus spp. Temm.
See Hawks above.
LEASH marbat
The leash is passed through the swivel (s.v.) and ties the
hawk to the block (s.v.) or the falconer’s glove (s.v.).
LURE v.i. yilawwih; n. milwah; til wall
See Training.
MANGALAH Muff-like object worn on the falconer’s arm instead of
the glove (s.v.). It is used in the Gulf and the southern
areas. See Plates 3, 4 and 9.

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