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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Jesses! | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jess \Jess\, n.; pl. {Jesses}. [OF. gies, giez, prop. pl. of giet, get, jet, F. jet, a throwing, jess. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] (falconry) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of {Falcon}. Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. --Spenser. | |
