Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostreger
Literary usage of Ostreger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ovingdean Grange: A Tale of the South Downs by William Harrison Ainsworth (1882)
"... the falconer (or ostreger, as he preferred to be styled), was as gallant-looking
as the hardy birds on his fist. Clad in a doublet of Lincoln-green, ..."
2. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries: In by Thomas Henry Taunton (1888)
"ostreger led to past the distance-post, when Vespasian challenged, and, ...
Marmite by Newcastle, three years, 6st, beating ostreger, five years, gst slbs, ..."
3. Bibliotheca Accipitraria: A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating by James Edmund Harting (1891)
"Ray also has " ostreger."—" Summary of Falconry," 1678. PANNEL, s., the stomach
or lower bowel of a hawk. PANTAS, s., a disease in hawks akin to asthma. ..."
4. Racing Calendar for (1865)
"Olmar, 9st. 1ft. (Snowden) .. 0 Mr G. Bryan's ch. c. ostreger, 9st. 3ft. ...
(Withington) — 0 6 to 4 agst ostreger, 5 to 1 each agst Joker and Brahma, ..."
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