10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALCON-GENTLE»
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The Encyclopedia of Falconry
FALCON-GENTLE (obs.) (French faucon gentil. Gentle in this context is taken to
mean noble [of excellent breed or spirit (OED)]; it is also spelt gentil, gentile, etc.)
The term applies only to the peregrine falcon. Correctly, it is the female peregrine
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The Country Gentleman's Companion ...
The long winged Hawks, which are fit for our Husbandman's Recreation, are the
Falcon-gentle and her Tercel ; the Ger-falcon and her Genkin ; rite Saker, the
Lanner, the Barbary Falcon, the Merlin and the Hobby : And the short winged
Hawks ...
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The British Sportsman, Or, Nobleman, Gentleman and Farmer's ...
This species is at present greatly preferred to all others of the falcon kindr
Formerly the falcon gentle was considered the best for the field, but experience
has confuted this opinion, as the former is by far more strong and daring, and
better able ...
William Augustus OSBALDISTON, 1792
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The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or, The Country Gentleman's ...
The differences between the baggard and the falcon gentle, are these; ' 1. The
baggard is larger, being longer armed, with longer beak and talons, having a
higher neck, with a long seasoned head. -2. Her beam feathers in slight, are
longer ...
In the Booke of Falconryc, by George Turber- ville, Gent., 1575, I find a whole
chapter on the falcon-gentle, &c. So in The Guardian, by Massinger : ' then for an
evening flight, A tiercel-gentle.' Taylor, the Water poet, uses the same expression
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William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1913
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The diary of Master William Silence: a study of Shakespeare ...
a study of Shakespeare & of Elizabethan sport Dodgson Hamilton Madden. THE
LANGUAGE OF FALCONRY 387 accurate — the New English Dictionary, now
happily within measurable distance of completion. 'Falcon-gentle, a name
applied ...
Dodgson Hamilton Madden, 1907
7
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871
In the Booke of Falconrye, by George Turber- ville, Gent., 1575, I find a whole
chapter on the falcon-gentle, &c. So in The Guardian, by Massinger: ' then for an
evening flight, A tiercel-gentle.' Taylor, the Water poet, uses the same expression
...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
8
Ungentle Shakespeare: Scenes from His Life
That courtly bird the falcon, or falcon gentle, presented a confident assertion of
rank. It is a falcon gentle who is the bird of highest status in Chaucer's Parlement
ofFoules. When Thomas Nashe poured scorn on the Danes for making their ...
Katherine Duncan-Jones, 2001
9
A history of the earth, and animated nature
F. Falcon-gentle, a kind of hawk; it pursues the gazelles, ii. 185. Many people
admire its flesh, and dress it for eating, says Bellonius, iii. 260. Method of training
up this bird; falconry, much disused among us, was a principal amusement of our
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Insects, pt. 1-4. History of the zoophytes. Index
F. Falcon -gentle, a kind of hawk; it pursues the gazelles, ii. 185. Many people
admire its flesh, and dress it for eating, says Bellonius, iii. 260. Method of training
up this bird; falconry, much disused among us, was a principal amusement of our
...
