intermewedadj.
/ɪntəˈmjuːd/ Falconry. ? Obsolete.
Applied to a hawk after her first ‘mewing’ or moulting, and before receiving her next coat, when she becomes a ‘white hawk’.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of hawk > at particular stage of life
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intermewed1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes An entermewed hauke.
1614 S. Latham Falconry Explan. Wordes sig. ¶2 Intermew'd is from the first exchange of a Hawkes coat, or from her first mewing, till shee come to bee a white Hawke.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. x. 37 The intermewed Haggard is more able and strong to resist the course of nature.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1436/4 Lost of his Majesties..between Windsor and Burnham, an Entermewed Jass Faulcon, having newly Mewed her long Feathers, with the Kings Varvels.
1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 33. [Erroneously explained.]
Derivatives
interˈmewing n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > young > in second year > changing of coat
intermewing1678
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Intermewing (among Faulconers) is from the first exchange of the Hawks Coat till she turn white, and is so called from the first Mewing.
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