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† falˈcation Obs.
[f. L. falc-em sickle: see -ation.]
1. The condition of being falcate; concr. a falcate outgrowth or appendage, hook.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. iii. 236 The Locusts have..a long falcation or forcipated tayle behinde. 1714Derham Astro-Theol. v. i. (1715) 107 In whose [the Moon and Venus'] Falcations the dark part of their Globes may be perceived.
2. (See quot.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Falcation, a mowing or cutting with Bill or Hook. 1721–1800in Bailey. |