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noun
1.
a short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk and attached to the leash.
verb (used with object)
2.
to put jesses on (a hawk).
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Jess
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to bark; yelp. |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English ges < Old French ges, gez, getz (nominative) (get oblique > French jet; compare jet1) ≪ Latin jactus a throwing, equivalent to jac(ere) to throw + -tus suffix of v. action
1300–50; Middle English ges < Old French ges, gez, getz (nominative) (get oblique > French jet; compare jet1) ≪ Latin jactus a throwing, equivalent to jac(ere) to throw + -tus suffix of v. action
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