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itch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life. A falcon, towering in her pride of place. Shak.

To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone. To rake out (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. Encyc. Brit.

To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. Chaucer.

A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

ines. -- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. -- Singing falcon or hawk. (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. -- Singing fish (Zoöl.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus). -- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and…

The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.

The act of sousing, or swooping. As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near. Spenser.

small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter torquatus).

Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry. [Obs.]

ace, root, sides, stock, etc. See under Place, Root, Side, etc. -- To take the air. (a) (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; -- said of a bird. (b) See under Air. -- To take the field. (Mil.) See under Field. -- To take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous. Matt. vi…

Covered with tangle, or seaweed. Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay. Falconer.

The male falcon.

The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.

In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses. [Written also vervel.]

erform. "Aaron and his sons . . . shallwait on their priest's office." Num. iii. 10. (f) (Falconry) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk. Encyc. Brit.