jerkins a short, closefitting jacket, often sleeveless, or a vest.
jesses straps for fastening around a falcon's leg, with a ring at one end for attaching a leash.
joie de vivre French for "joy of living."
just been taken up from hacking If a hawk is "in hacking," he is not yet allowed to hunt food for itself.
kestrel a small, reddish-gray European falcon.
kestrel a small, reddish-gray falcon, noted for its ability to hover in the air with its head to the wind.
kittiwake a small gull.
libbard a mispronunciation of "leopard."
lignum vitae Latin for "wood of life;" a type of tree used to make various medicines.
Linnaeus Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), Swedish botanist.
lollards any of the followers of John Wycliffe in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England.
Lord Baden-Powell British general (1857–1941), founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
M.F.H. Master of Foxhounds.
