jess
11 points
English
4 letters
Common
Commonness #3,350
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Definitions
A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon. Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. Spenser.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/dʒˈɛs/ · 1 syllable · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
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