Definitions for "EYASS"
Keywords:  nest, falconry, nestling, hawk, bird
two meanings: 1) a young raptor on the nest and 2) a raptor acquired from a nest. (Please note that Ohio law prohibits the taking of eyasses from a nest for falconry.)
A hawk taken from the nest: a nestling. If taken from the nest for falconry, it is always described thereafter as an eyass, as opposed to grown birds trapped during their first passage in life.
A young bird of prey when still in the nest.