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varvel|ˈvɑːvəl|
Forms: α. 6 vervall, veruel, vervile, 7 (9) vervel, 7 -vell, vervail(e, vervil. β. 7 varuel(l, varvill, 8– varvel.
[a. OF. vervelle (1350), verviele, varvele, etc. (F. vervelle) in the same sense (in OF. also a ring for a bolt or hinge: see vardle), app. a reduced form of vertvelle, vertevelle vartiwell, repr. a pop.Lat. derivative of L. vertibulum joint.]
A metal ring (freq. of silver with the owner's name engraved on it) attached to the end of a hawk's jess and serving to connect this with the leash.
α1537St. Papers Hen. VIII, VII. 674 Praying you to tell Mr. Porter his vervalles [printed veryalles] may be in good ordre, as also his hawkes. 1539Act 31 Hen. VIII, c 12 Haukes hauinge vpon..them the marke of the kinges armes and veruels. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie, Commend. Hawking B ij b, With Belles, and Bewets, Veruels eke, to make the Falcon fine. 1615R. Armin Val. Welshm. (1663) I iij, Proud Welshman, redeliver up that Bird... The Vervels that she wears belongs to Rome. 1675Lond. Gaz. No. 977/4 A Soare Faulcon with the Vervailes of Sir William Godbold of Gillingham. 1697Evelyn Numismata v. 186 Branded with the names..(as do now our Falkners..on the Vervils of their Hawks and Dog-Collars). [1892G. Lambert Gold & Silversmiths Art 49 The vervels (silver rings for the legs of hawks) on which the name of the owner was engraved.]
β1615Latham Falconry, Words expl. ⁋2, Iesses, are those short straps of leather,..fastned to the Hawks legs, etc. and so to the lease by varuels, anlets, or such like. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 233 Their Lures, Jesses, Varvills, and Hoods, are richly set with stones of great price and lustre. 1671Lond. Gaz. No. 623/4 A Falcon lost..with the Kings Varvels upon her Gesses. 1833Blackw. Mag. XXXIV. 943, I would give my merlin's best crimson jesses and varvels of silver to dip but my fingers' ends in that dimpling pool. 1894Daily News 8 June 8/5 Hawks' varvels, lent by Lord Dillon.
Hence ˈvarvelled a. (In later use Her.)
1644T. Westfield in Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. xxxvii. 36–7 The hawk flies high..vervelled with the gingling bells of encouragement. c1828Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., When the leather thongs..are borne flotant, with rings at the ends,..it is then termed jessed..and varvelled. |