jess

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  1. noun A short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk or other bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
  2. transitive verb To put jesses or a jess on (a hawk, for example).

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  • According to what Ava told Lucille Wellman, Frank did what he could to help. —  Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth
  • She wanted to be rid of him, but murder wasn't what she had in mind at least he didn't think so. —  The Witness
  • She had a point. —  The Witness
  • "Do you really know what you're doing?" —  The Witness
  • "Tell me." —  The Witness
 

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  1. Middle English ges, from Old French, pl. of jet, something thrown, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, alteration of Latin iactus, past participle of iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Usually in plural jesses; from Middle English ges, from Old French ges, gies, giez, gets, or without nominative -s, get, giet, later as plural gects, French jet = Provencal get = Italian (obsolete) geto, from Middle Latin jactus, a jess: so called from their use in letting the hawk fly, being the same as Old French get, giet, later gect, ject, French jet, from Latin jactus, a throw, cast: see jet.
  2. from jess, n.
 

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