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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Girking, n. [e.m.E. jerkin (1539).] The male of the gerfalcon. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xviii. 25.
Thair wes a gentle girking gay, Of plesand plume, and fair of flicht
