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 Jess n.; pl. Jesses   (falconry) 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.
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