Brewer's: Reclaim

(2 syl.). To turn from evil ways. This is a term in falconry, and means to call back the hawk to the wrist. This was done when it was unruly, that it might be smoothed and tamed. (Latin, re-clamno.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Reckoning without your Host
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