[Fictionary] YARAK results

[Kir Talmage]

> WIKTIONARY  yarak, n. (falconry) A super-alert state where a bird is
> hungry, but not weak, and ready to hunt.
> 1 point because I saw some raptors last weekend. (Fran)
> 2 points.  I'm out of reasons to not vote for this one, so two points.
> (Elliott)
> I know that falconry has words like this, and suspect that it probably has
> one for specifically this, but "yarak" doesn't feel likely. All the words
> in falconry come from Latin and the Germanic predecessors. This feels more
> Oriental.  (Hutch)
>

​Maybe the word really is from Mongolia, where they hun​t with eagles?
Lovely photos on the BBC about this not too long ago:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26969150

Also am reminded of _The_Sword_in_The_Stone_ (TH WHite's novel, not the
Disney movie) -- don't think I saw the word there though, when Wart is
working with Cully... Hm.

**too lazy to go actually look up where it came from**

Kir
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