Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
falcate: the form of the word commonly used of the disk of a planet when less than half of it is illuminated.
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- adjective
Hooked orbent like asickle ; as, afalcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wildlife officials say a male falcated duck, a bird common in China, was first spotted at the refuge on Dec. 8.
Falcated Duck, Rare Asian Bird, Makes Appearance In California The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Wildlife officials say a male falcated duck, a bird common in China, was first spotted at the refuge on Dec. 8.
Falcated Duck, Rare Asian Bird, Makes Appearance In California The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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The last streak of light had faded from the west, and a pale lustre kindling in the eastern portions of the sky, became brighter and brighter till the white falcated moon was lifted up above the horizon; while uncountable stars appeared to reflect their brilliancy in the waters below.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition Johanna S. Wisthaler
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The word "moon-sickle," reminds me of a passage in Harris, as quoted by Johnson, under the word "falcated."
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892
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"The enlightened part of the moon appears in the form of a sickle or reaping-hook, which is while she is moving from the conjunction to the opposition, or from the new moon to the full: but from full to a new again, the enlightened part appears gibbous, and the dark _falcated_."
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892
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Tusseh silk moth [1], which feeds on the country almond (_Terminalia catappa_) and the palma Christi or Castor-oil plant; it is easily distinguishable from the Atlas, which has a triangular wing, whilst its is falcated, and the transparent spots are covered with a curious thread-like division drawn across them.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Wildlife officials say a male falcated duck, a bird common in China, was first spotted at the refuge on Dec. 8.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Most falcated ducks breed and live in China, and smaller populations live in Japan, North Korea and South Korea.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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The word "moon-sickle" reminds me of a passage in Harris, as quoted by Johnson, under the word "falcated."
The Death of Wallenstein Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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"The enlightened part of the moon appears in the form of a sickle or reaping-hook, which is while she is moving from the conjunction to the opposition, or from the new moon to the full: but from full to a new again the enlightened part appears gibbous, and the dark falcated."
The Death of Wallenstein Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
chained_bear commented on the word falcated
(See also falcate.)
"... something in the form of a sickle, or reaping-hook: thus the moon is said to be falcated when she appears horned, which happens while she moves from the third quarter to the conjunction, and so on from thence to the first quarter; the bright part appearing then like a crescent, viz. during the first and last quarters: but during the second and third quarters, the light part appears gibbous, and the dark part falcated."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 143
October 11, 2008
qms commented on the word falcated
We've made luxurious sport
Of fingers reputedly short
We'd be less elated
To learn they're falcated,
A brevity of ominous sort.
July 21, 2017