[Fictionary] YARAK results

[Hutch]

Kir called it. _The Once and Future KIng_, Part I: The Sword in the Stone,
Chapter 2.

Kay and the Wart (Arthur) have taken Cully (the mad goshawk) out hawking
when they really shouldn't have and he is not returning to their lure:

Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because
he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and
the Wart had to shout after him the right way. Then the latter sat down
under the tree and looked up at Cully like a cat watching a sparrow, with
his heart beating fast

BB,
Hutch

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Kir Talmage <metasilk at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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