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MANNED adj. ribTb; mTldf
Said of the hawk which has been sufficiently carried and
has become accustomed to people, horses, hounds
etc. and their noises and sits calmly on the fist
without bating. See BATE above,
MOULT v.i. yihassir,yagarnis (class, with final sad)
Hawks moult and renew their feathers between May and
September. In this period they must be very well fed
and ideally left loose in a shed or mews. Because of
the expense of keeping an idle hawk through the
moult (garnasah), most are released to be replaced in
the autumn. Only the most valuable birds are kept,
MOUNT v.i. yihlig
To gain height above the quarry to reach a good position
for a stoop (s.v.).
MUTE v.i. yidhrug; n. khadhag\ dharg
The mutes are carefully scrutinised as a guide to the
health and condition of the bird.
ORYX wdhehT (for dim. of \vadihi)\ maha\ (baqarah)
wahshlyah ; oryx leucoryx
See Quarry above.
PASSAGER farkh
A hawk caught on its first migration south, the optimum
age for the trapped hawk,
REDUCE v.t. yijawwi*
To lower the hawk’s condition by shorter commons,
RUN v.i. tinfuj
Used of the hare when pursued by hawk or saluki. The
hare will firstly run hard and straight at full speed
(tinfuj). When its pursuers close in it begins to jink
(s.v.).
SAKER See BIRDS OF PREY above. The terms differ here.
In the northern deserts and the Gulf area the following
terms apply:
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sagr, generic word, falco cherrug cherrug Gray; burr,
female kamil\ garmush, male (small); gusiyah,
medium sized bird, possibly large male or small
female.
Cf. the following Najdi terms:
§agr, synonymous with, though less common than,
ter; hurr, normal word for saker of any kind, not
just the kamil\ e.g. one might use the term nuss fjurr.
SEEL v.X.yikhlt, yikhayyit
To sew up the eyelids of the hawk. See Training above.
SOAR v.i.yihum
The high climbing of a disinterested bird. It does not
mean ‘wait on’, cf. Vire, 1152.

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