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intermewed, ppl. a. Falconry. ? Obs.|ɪntəˈmjuːd|
Also 6–8 enter-.
[f. OF. entremué (Godef.) half-moulted (L. type *intermūtātus) + -ed.]
Applied to a hawk after her first ‘mewing’ or moulting, and before receiving her next coat, when she becomes a ‘white hawk’.
1598Florio, Amutata, an entermewed hauke. 1615Latham Falconry (1633) 37 The intermewed Haggard is more able and strong to resist the course of nature. Ibid. (Words explaned), Intermewed is from the first exchange of a Hawkes coat, or from her first mewing, till she come to be a white Hawke. 1679Lond. 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. 1828Sebright Hawking 33. [Erroneously explained.]
So interˈmewing vbl. n. rare—0.
1678Phillips (ed. 4), Intermewing (among Faulconers) is from the first exchange of the Hawks Coat till she turn white, and is so called from the first Mewing. |
