jessn.

Brit.

/dʒɛs/, U.S.

/dʒɛs/

Forms: In plural jesses

/ˈdʒɛsɪz/. Forms: α. Middle English (singular and plural) ges; Middle English (in plural sense) gesse, 1500s iesse; β. (plural Middle English–1700s gesses, Middle English iessis, iessys, (1600s chesses, gests), 1500s– jesses.

Etymology: Middle English ges, < Old French ges (gez, getz) nominative, singular and plural, of get (giet, geet, gest, gect), modern French jet ‘cast’ (= Provençal get, Italian getto, geto) < Latin jactus throw, cast, < jacĕre to throw. Both singular and plural were originally as in Old French ges, but the plural was soon conformed to the English type as gesses. The singular does not occur in our modern examples.

a. A short strap of leather, silk, or other material, fastened round each of the legs of a hawk used in falconry; usually bearing on its free end a small ring or varvel to which the swivel of the leash is attached.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > jess

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bewet1486

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 254 Alsuo ase me ofhalt þane uoȝel be þe ges þet he ne vly to his wylle.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. ii. (Tollem. MS.) Hire feet beþ fastenid with gesses þat þey may not fle frely to euery brid.

1486 Bk. St. Albans B iv b Sett yowre honde and be sure of the gesse.

1486 Bk. St. Albans B v b Hawkys haue aboute ther legges Gesse made of leder most commynly, som of silke.

c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.iii ^v Kepeth hym in a payre of gesse That he fle not to no byrde aboute.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 183 Vngz gietz, a payre of gesses for a hauke.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 234/1 Iesses for a hauke, get.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 209 [They] make tame Doves the speedy transporters of their letters; which they wrap about their legs like iesses.

1671 London Gaz. No. 623/4 A Falcon lost..with the Kings Varvels upon her Gesses.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 504 We commend..a hawk for her wing, not for her gests and bells.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 124 In order to train up a falcon, the master begins by clapping on straps upon his legs, which are called jesses.

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 9–10 Slips of light leather, seven or eight inches long, and a quarter of an inch wide, are to be made fast to each of his legs. These are called jesses.

1874 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien (new ed.) in Wks. VI. 14 Their talk was all of training, terms of art, Diet and seeling, jesses, leash and lure.

b. In figurative applications.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a stage in a journey

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leg1898

lap1932

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D3^v Sore ye nere so high, I haue the gresses that will pull you downe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 265 If I doe prooue her haggard, Tho that her Iesses were my deare heart strings, I'de whistle her off, and let her downe the wind, To prey at fortune.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v Intangled with the light chesses of vanity.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. ii. 16 Methinks you are one who would find even gesses of silk or gold cord difficult to wear.

2. (See quots.)Apparently only attested in dictionaries.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jesses, Ribbons hanging down from Garlands or Crowns.

1828 N. Webster adds ‘in falconry’; repeated by Ogilvie, Cassell, Cent. Dict., Funk .

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jess
释义	jessn. Brit. /dʒɛs/, U.S. /dʒɛs/ Forms: In plural jesses /ˈdʒɛsɪz/. Forms: α. Middle English (singular and plural) ges; Middle English (in plural sense) gesse, 1500s iesse; β. (plural Middle English–1700s gesses, Middle English iessis, iessys, (1600s chesses, gests), 1500s– jesses. Etymology: Middle English ges, < Old French ges (gez, getz) nominative, singular and plural, of get (giet, geet, gest, gect), modern French jet ‘cast’ (= Provençal get, Italian getto, geto) < Latin jactus throw, cast, < jacĕre to throw. Both singular and plural were originally as in Old French ges, but the plural was soon conformed to the English type as gesses. The singular does not occur in our modern examples. 1. a. A short strap of leather, silk, or other material, fastened round each of the legs of a hawk used in falconry; usually bearing on its free end a small ring or varvel to which the swivel of the leash is attached. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > jess jess1340 bewet1486 get1607 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 254 Alsuo ase me ofhalt þane uoȝel be þe ges þet he ne vly to his wylle. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. ii. (Tollem. MS.) Hire feet beþ fastenid with gesses þat þey may not fle frely to euery brid. 1486 Bk. St. Albans B iv b Sett yowre honde and be sure of the gesse. 1486 Bk. St. Albans B v b Hawkys haue aboute ther legges Gesse made of leder most commynly, som of silke. c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.iii ^v Kepeth hym in a payre of gesse That he fle not to no byrde aboute. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 183 Vngz gietz, a payre of gesses for a hauke. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 234/1 Iesses for a hauke, get. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 209 [They] make tame Doves the speedy transporters of their letters; which they wrap about their legs like iesses. 1671 London Gaz. No. 623/4 A Falcon lost..with the Kings Varvels upon her Gesses. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 504 We commend..a hawk for her wing, not for her gests and bells. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 124 In order to train up a falcon, the master begins by clapping on straps upon his legs, which are called jesses. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 9–10 Slips of light leather, seven or eight inches long, and a quarter of an inch wide, are to be made fast to each of his legs. These are called jesses. 1874 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien (new ed.) in Wks. VI. 14 Their talk was all of training, terms of art, Diet and seeling, jesses, leash and lure. b. In figurative applications. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a stage in a journey mansiona1382 journey1490 gests1550 jessa1593 stage1603 stade1616 manzil1619 skoff1785 pipe1793 leg1898 lap1932 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D3^v Sore ye nere so high, I haue the gresses that will pull you downe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 265 If I doe prooue her haggard, Tho that her Iesses were my deare heart strings, I'de whistle her off, and let her downe the wind, To prey at fortune. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v Intangled with the light chesses of vanity. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. ii. 16 Methinks you are one who would find even gesses of silk or gold cord difficult to wear. 2. (See quots.)Apparently only attested in dictionaries. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jesses, Ribbons hanging down from Garlands or Crowns. 1828 N. Webster adds ‘in falconry’; repeated by Ogilvie, Cassell, Cent. Dict., Funk . This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jessv. Brit. /dʒɛs/, U.S. /dʒɛs/ Etymology: < jess n. transitive. To put the jesses on (a hawk). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [verb (transitive)] > to put jesses on jess1860 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House 263 With her own fair hands, she jessed and hooded ‘Dewdrop’, and took her from her perch. 1894 ‘G. Egerton’ Keynotes ii. 45 My heart had been a free, wild, shy thing, jessed by my will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340v.1860
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