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† ˈmounty Falconry. Obs.
Also 6–7 mountie, 7 mountee.
[a. F. montée, n. of action f. monter to mount. Cf. mountee.]
The action, or an act, of rising in pursuit of the quarry.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1590) 114 But the sporte which for that daie Basilius would principallie shewe to Zelmane, was the mountie at a Hearne. 1615Latham Falconry (1633) 73 Then ought you to be most carefull of the yong Ger-Faulcon, whom you intend to make to the high mounty, and stately flight of the Hearne. 1650Weldon Crt. Jas. I 105 To see that flight..for the high mountee;..the flight was shewed, but the Kite went to such a mountee, as all the field lost sight of Kite and Hawke and all. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes 105 No mountie at a Hieron, to cause the lustie Jerfaulcon to raise her to a losse of her selfe. |