yarak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yarak
1850–55; perhaps < Persian yārakī strength
Example Sentences
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An Emirati surgeon once described the state to me as being “in yarak,” referring to the moment when a falcon is fully primed to hunt.
From The New Yorker
It’s hooded in patents, but it’s never in yarak.
From The New Yorker
Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because be knew that be had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.
From Literature
When a hawk is keen, and in hunting condition, she is said to be “in yarak.”
From Project Gutenberg
He's in yarak Plumed to the very point—so manned so weathered . . .
From Project Gutenberg
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