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Crossword question?

To: "corp" <>, <>, "Philip Veerman" <>
Subject: Crossword question?
From: "Mike Grigg" <>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:01:16 +1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
In falconry an eyass specifically means an unfledged bird taken from an eyrie,  from the French niais.
 
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Mike
 
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Date: 09/22/06 15:47:30
Subject: [canberrabirds] Crossword question?
 
Actually I know of it as EYASS (rather that EYAS). Not used much in modern literature. Ornithology books generally don't use such words. Actually it is hard to find the word in legit bird books. David Holland's book "Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia" is an exception. He does use the word and various other falconry-based terms. I guess he thinks it fits his flowery style of prose. He also spells it with a double s, as does "The Bird Almanac". I guess it depends how many spaces are in the CT crossword.
 
Philip 
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