Falcon
['fɔː(l)k(ə)n;'fɒlk(ə)n] or ['fælkən]
Definition
(noun.) diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
(verb.) hunt with falcons; 'The tribes like to falcon in the desert'.
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Definition
(n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.
(n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.
(n.) An ancient form of cannon.
Typist: Portia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hawk.
Editor: Stanton
Definition
n. a bird of prey formerly trained to the pursuit of game: a kind of cannon.—ns. Fal′coner one who sports with or who breeds and trains falcons or hawks for taking wild-fowl; Fal′conet a small field-gun in use till the 16th century.—adj. Fal′con-eyed keen-eyed.—ns. Fal′con-gen′til -gen′tle the female and young of the goshawk.—adj. Fal′conine.—n. Fal′conry the art of training or hunting with falcons.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a falcon, denotes that your prosperity will make you an object of envy and malice. For a young woman, this dream denotes that she will be calumniated by a rival.
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Examples
- He rose and came towards me, and I saw his face all kindled, and his full falcon-eye flashing, and tenderness and passion in every lineament. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I think we must not set down people's bad actions to their religion, said falcon-faced Mrs. Plymdale, who had been listening hitherto. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My vengeance is awake, and she is a falcon that slumbers not till she has been gorged. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The falcon in the black coat proceeded,-- What do I talk about the gift of tongues? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The falcon god Horus sits behind the head of the great statue of Chephren. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To execute his message the snail is as sure a messenger as the falcon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Their very faces are not dissimilar--a pair of human falcons--and dry, direct, decided both. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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