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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  • I don't think so, jess, I lost the key too Add a simple comment, or use the special, or, tags if you want to provide help in games comment threads, see the examples below: —  Lazylaces
  • But for sure thing I do stand for ... marko: jess - i got a pre-release copy of the manuscript. —  ysmarko
  • They can't seem to make up their ... jess: i don't have a problem with the books being placed a spot where ... jess: it's SODA. finally i'm with cameron on something. —  KVNU's For The People
  • I don't think Bella deserves him and I wish him the best. jess Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 05: 29 PM EST ooooooooh come on! —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Thanks for the download … I love biblical arguments. jess said, on September 16th, 2008 at 11: 32 am hahahaahahaha "important biased members of the media". —  HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
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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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