Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hawking; falconry.
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- verb Present participle of
falcon . - noun
falconry
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Examples
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Break out the bucket list: Ancient sports like falconing and mace-swinging are making a comeback around the world.
A Whole Other Ball Game Heidi Mitchell 2012
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My father in law works with a guy who comes down to Madison to catch hawks for falconing.
You think because a chimpanzee knows you, he doesn't hate you? Ann Althouse 2009
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Why else would Bush agree to spend time falconing when a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier just up the road would have been the right presidential thing to do.
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SheikMo: with whom he may have been falconing at the time.
Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: A Prince, a Party Gurl, and a Storm in a Port 2008
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Just casually mention you plan on falconing, and for the first time in years, they'll pay attention to you -- not the Xbox.
Falcon Crest 2007
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If you get around to outfitting that dream Airstream for your falconing?
Airstream 2007
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GREG SIMKINS, CONSERVATION MANAGER: This is a Saka (ph) Falcon, which is one of the traditional birds that is used in Arabia for falconing.
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A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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