Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
falcon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
falcon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
falcon .
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Examples
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The faulcon is Duncan, the mousing Owl is Mackbeth.
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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After that I beheld a quaile flying, and a faulcon pursuing hir: _Erigone_ hauing hir faire shining brest stickt full of sweete grapes, and the daughter of king _Chollus_ with hir bull,
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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And bears his thoughts, above his faulcon 's pitch.
The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected 1773
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K. Henry » But what a point, my Lord, your faulcon And what a pitch fhe flew above the reft: [made.
The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected 1773
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