An Exaltation of Larks: Or, The Venereal GameA collection of "terms of venery," collective nouns. The origin of some of the terms is explained, and more than 250 of the terms are illustrated with engravings by Dürer and Grandville and others. |
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argue beasts of venery BEVY Book of St C. E. Hare chase cludes compilers Conan Doyle contemporary corruption Corueseris corveser COWARDICE OF CURS Dame Juliana derive Donald Adams earlier note Egerton Manuscript Eliot encounter England Eric Partridge EXALTATION OF LARKS fair sir fhall Field Sports fifteenth century four beasts GAGGLE OF GEESE group term herd hunting terms huntsman incredulous James Lipton Knight of Dupplin Language of Field Latin list that follows literary Lord Berners meaning meant Middle English MURDER OF CROWS Nigel Norman French nouns obviously old knight original Partridge passel pheasants poet poetic poetry PRIDE OF LIONS printed prioress proper term raff rascal redingote refer riffraff SCHOOL OF FISH schoolmaster printer six families SKULK OF FOXES social terms speech swine T. S. Eliot terms of venery trynket UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS variant spelling venereal game venereal terms Vide WHALES William Caxton Woolmer Forest word