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▪ I. falchion, n.|ˈfɔːlʃən|
Forms: 4–7 fach-, fauch-, fawch-, -on(e, -oun, (5 fauschune, fawchun, fouchon, fwalchon), 6–9 fauch-, faulch-, fawch-, -eon, -ion, (6 fachen, falcheon. 6–7 fau-, fawchin(e, 7 falchon, 8 faulchin), 7– falchion; also 5 fawken, 7 falcen, perh. by confusion with falcon.
[ME. fauchoun, a. OF. fauchon = It. falcione:—vulg. Lat. *falciōn-em, f. L. falci-, falx sickle.]
1. A broad sword more or less curved with the edge on the convex side. In later use and in poetry: A sword of any kind.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8645 Hys [the priest's] tung shuld be hys fauchoun. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2244 Lucafer..drow out a schort fachoun. c1440York Myst. xxxi. 246 Y trowe youre fauchone hym flaies. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xlii. 141 He..toke a grete fawchon in his handes. a1628Sir J. Beaumont Bosworth F. 501 He lifts his Fauchion with a threatening Grace. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 37 In the bright air the dreadful fauchion shone. 1808Scott Marm. vi. xxvi, Spears shook, and faulchions flashed amain. 1852Kingsley Poems, Andromeda 237 Curved on his thigh lay a falchion.
†b. single falchion, double falchion, case of falchions: various species of sword-play. Obs.
1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. iii. vii. (1743) 189 The nobility and gentry have..quarter-staff, single faulchion, double faulchion, etc. 1712Steele Spect. No. 436 ⁋2 The several Weapons following, viz...Single Falchion, Case of Falchions, Quarter Staff. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull i. v, He dreaded not old Lewis either at back-sword, single falchion, or cudgel-play.
attrib.1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxvi. 138 Axes of werre facioned asswel after fawken wise as other. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 159 A falcen sword after the Turkish fashion. 1667Pepys Diary (1879) IV. 330 His Knife..was with a falchion blade.
†2. = bill n.1 4 or bill-hook. Obs.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 343/3 Other plowemen..folowed the wulf and with their staues and fauchons delyuerd the child hoole. 1596Drayton Legends iii. 8 Let thy bright Fauchion lend Me Cypresse Boughes. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 333 The Huntsman..with a wood-knife or faucheon at his side.
▪ II. † ˈfalchion, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To cut with a falchion, use a falchion upon.
1526Skelton Magnyf. 2216 Hold thy hande Or I shall fawchyn thy flesshe, and scrape the on the skyn. |