Falconry. Cf. FEAT v. 2. [ad. Ger. fegen to cleanse, sweep.] a. intr. Of a hawk: To wipe the beak after feeding. b. trans. To wipe (the beak); also, to wipe the beak of.
c. 1575. Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (ed. Harting, 1886), 19. They must … haue tyme to feake.
1618. Latham, 2nd Bk. Falconry, 146. When she hath fed, feaked, and reioyced, she will repaire suddenly backe to the place where shee was bred vp by the man, and trained.
1686. Blome, Gentl. Recreat., II. 48. When she [your Hawk] hath Fed, say she Feaketh her Beak, and not wipeth it.
1852. R. F. Burton, Falconry in Valley Indus, iii. 28. I … gently pulled her off the pelf, feaked and hooded her.
