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jess (n.)
Old form(s):
Iesses
[falconry] short strap fastened to a hawk's legs [to which the leash is attached]
Oth III.iii.258
[Othello alone, of Desdemona] If I do prove her haggard, / Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, / I'd whistle her off