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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jess \Jess\, n.; pl {Jesses}. [OF. gies, giez, prop. pl of giet, get jet, F. jet, a throwing, jess. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] (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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