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"ref": "1859, Frederick William Wyon, Poems, page 92",
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"ref": "1870, James White, The King of the Commons",
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"ref": "1876, Elizabeth Kerr Coulson, Dante and Beatrice, from 1282 to 1290, by Roxburghe Lothian",
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"(falconry) To loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head."
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"ref": "1862, Hawksview; a family history, page 162",
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"text": "I would like to unstrike the two-thirds and leave it as is.",
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