Creance.—A long line or string.
Crop, to put away.—A hawk is said to “put away her crop” when the food passes out of the crop into the stomach.
Deck feathers.—The two centre tail-feathers.
Eyas.—A hawk which has been brought up from the nest (nyas, from Fr. niais).
Eyry.—The nest of a hawk.
Foot.—A hawk is said to “foot” well or to be a “good footer” when she is successful in killing. Many hawks are very fine fliers without being “good footers.”
Frounce.—A disease in the mouth and throat of hawks.
Get in.—To go up to a hawk when she has killed her quarry.
Hack.—The state of partial liberty in which young hawks must always at first be kept.
Haggard.—A wild-caught hawk in the adult plumage.