falchion

  • 61Bracamante — Espada antigua de un solo filo y curvada en la parte superior. En Ingles,Falchion (Falcatas) utilizadas en el reino castellano leonés en la Edad Media. Falcione es en italiano. Se le puede decir Bracamarte. En castellano antiguo recibía el nombre …

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  • 62faulchion — variant of falchion * * * faulchion and faulchin obsolete forms of ↑falchion …

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  • 63fal´con|like´ — fal|con «FL kuhn, FAL , F », noun. 1. any one of various hawks, especially the female, trained to hunt and kill birds and small game. In the Middle Ages, hunting with falcons was a popular sport. 2. the female peregrine. 3. any one of a family of …

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  • 64fal|con — «FL kuhn, FAL , F », noun. 1. any one of various hawks, especially the female, trained to hunt and kill birds and small game. In the Middle Ages, hunting with falcons was a popular sport. 2. the female peregrine. 3. any one of a family of birds… …

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  • 65Chanting falcon — Falcon Fal con, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, ?. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. {Falchion}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of a family ({Falconid[ae]}) of… …

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  • 66Defalcate — De*fal cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defalcated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defalcating}.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de + falx, falcis, a sickle. See {Falchion}.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a… …

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  • 67Defalcated — Defalcate De*fal cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defalcated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defalcating}.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de + falx, falcis, a sickle. See {Falchion}.] To cut off; to take away or… …

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  • 68Defalcating — Defalcate De*fal cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defalcated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defalcating}.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de + falx, falcis, a sickle. See {Falchion}.] To cut off; to take away or… …

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  • 69Falco peregrinus — Falcon Fal con, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, ?. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. {Falchion}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of a family ({Falconid[ae]}) of… …

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  • 70Falcon — Fal con, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, ?. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. {Falchion}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of a family ({Falconid[ae]}) of raptorial… …

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