falconn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)n/,

/ˈfɒlk(ə)n/,

/ˈfalk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈfælkən/

Forms: Middle English faukun, Middle English faucoun, faukon, faukoun, Middle English facoun, Middle English–1600s faucon(e, Middle English–1500s facon, Middle English–1600s faw(l)con, faw(l)kon, (Middle English fawken), 1500s–1700s faulcon, (1600s faulkon), Middle English– falcon.

Etymology: Middle English faucon (faukun), < Old French faucon, falcun, < late Latin falcōn-em, falco, commonly believed to be < falc-, falx sickle, the name being due to the resemblance of the hooked talons to a reaping-hook. Compare Italian falcone, Spanish halcon. In the 15th cent. the spelling was refashioned after Latin.

a. Ornithology. One of a family of the smaller diurnal birds of prey, characterized by a short hooked beak, powerful claws, and great destructive power; esp. one trained to the pursuit of other birds or game, usually the Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus). In Falconry, applied only to the female, the male, being smaller and less adapted for the chase, is called the tercel or tiercel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon)

falcona1250

gyrfalconc1330

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon)

falcona1250

peregrine falconc1395

peregrine1555

haggard1567

passenger1575

pilgrim1792

duck-hawk1884

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > female

falcona1250

falcon-gentlec1400

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 101 That other ȝer a faukun bredde.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 34 Fecche þe hom Faucons þe Foules to quelle.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 335 Sparre~howke, ffawken, and gentille gossehawke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place.

1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) i. 11 It [sc. Air] stops not the high soaring of my noble generous Falcon.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 94 As stoops the Falcon bold To pounce his Prey.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 213 He laid a bet upon his falcon's flight.

1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xxix. 561 The Great Grey Shrike was formerly used as a falcon.

b. with epithet defining the species.

ΚΠ

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xlvi By comparyson as fawcons pelegrines.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 79 It is said to be lesser than a Peregrine Falcon.

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 54 White-rumped Bay Falcon.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 208 (heading) Plain, and marsh falcon.

1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Falcon—Spotted From its superior size and predominance of white plumage, we rather suspect it to be a variety of the Jer-Falcon.

1821 P. J. Selby Brit. Ornithol. i. 39 Spotted Falcon: a name for the Peregrine Falcon.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire These cliffs are frequented by the Peregrine falcon.

2. A representation of a falcon.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > [noun] > representation of specific things

lion?a1366

serpent1388

ray1461

falcon1525

arrow1548

spread eagle1550

hand in hand1583

tortoise1648

turban1687

mouthpiece1832

sun wheel1865

1525 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 39 For the scoryng..the facon and the branche before seynt mighill xiiijd.

1589 Voy. Sir F. Drake in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. sig. Mmm7 A..Gentleman, from whome our Generall tooke a Fawlcon of golde, with a great emeraude in the breast thereof.

3. An ancient kind of light cannon.[For the practice of naming species of firearms from birds of prey, cf. musket n.² ]

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces

falcon1496

falconet15..

field piece1544

fowler1548

fielding piece1565

falcon shot1598

field cannon1638

field gun1645

field culverin1659

galloper1746

Napoleon1862

1496 Ld. Bothwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 13. I. 31 Y^e provision of Ordinance..is bot litill..ij. great curtaldis..x. falconis or litill serpentinis.

1577–87 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. 281 Falcon hath eight hundred pounds, and two inches and a half within the mouth.

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 103 Two demy Culverings..two Falcons.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xvii. 108 Falcon and culver on each tower.

1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy xv. 163 The royal stores furnished..falcons, or light six-pound field~pieces.

Compounds

C1. Chiefly attributive(In sense 1.)

falcon-face n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xiii. 171 He had the genuine ‘falcon-face’ of the Huculs.

falcon-fisher n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > that eats specific things

worm-fowlc1381

seed fowlc1500

thistle-eater1562

chipper1668

honeyeater1688

wheat-bird1747

falcon-fisher1759

worm-eater1760

bone-breaker1787

seed eater1820

carrion-bird1839

seed feeder1853

fish-tiger1879

1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal in Pinkerton Voy. (1814) XVI. 649 The falcon-fisher..is a bird about the bigness of a goose.

falcon-flight n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > flight of

falcon-flight1830

1830 F. D. Hemans Indian with Dead Child in Songs of Affections 50 The arrows of my father's bow Their falcon-flight have sped.

falcon-guise n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > guise of

falcon-guise1889

1889 R. B. Anderson tr. V. Rydberg Teutonic Mythol. 60 In the Norse mythology..Freyja had a falcon-guise.

falcon-nest n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > nest of

falcon-nest1815

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. viii. 137 Canna's tower..Like falcon-nest o'erhangs the bay.

C2.

falcon-eyed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [adjective]

piercinga1400

piercive1567

narrow1587

lynceous1592

lyncean1622

telescopic1749

ferrety1801

pee pee1804

falcon-eyed1847

peepy1847

naked-bladed1856

gimlety1899

night-adapted1961

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 28 A quick brunette, well-moulded, falcon-eyed.

C3.

falcon-like adj. and adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adverb] > falcon-like

falcon-likea1649

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 54/2 With full plum'd Wing thou Faulkon-like could fly.

1852 C. Reade Peg Woffington (1853) 88 To see her falcon-like stoop upon the stage.

C4. (In sense 3.)

falcon shot n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces

falcon1496

falconet15..

field piece1544

fowler1548

fielding piece1565

falcon shot1598

field cannon1638

field gun1645

field culverin1659

galloper1746

Napoleon1862

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > range of artillery

cannon shot?1571

falcon shot1598

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 134 2 thousand Falcon shot.

1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 714 It is within Falkon-shot of the ships.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	falcon
释义	falconn. Brit. /ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)n/, /ˈfɒlk(ə)n/, /ˈfalk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈfælkən/ Forms: Middle English faukun, Middle English faucoun, faukon, faukoun, Middle English facoun, Middle English–1600s faucon(e, Middle English–1500s facon, Middle English–1600s faw(l)con, faw(l)kon, (Middle English fawken), 1500s–1700s faulcon, (1600s faulkon), Middle English– falcon. Etymology: Middle English faucon (faukun), < Old French faucon, falcun, < late Latin falcōn-em, falco, commonly believed to be < falc-, falx sickle, the name being due to the resemblance of the hooked talons to a reaping-hook. Compare Italian falcone, Spanish halcon. In the 15th cent. the spelling was refashioned after Latin. 1. a. Ornithology. One of a family of the smaller diurnal birds of prey, characterized by a short hooked beak, powerful claws, and great destructive power; esp. one trained to the pursuit of other birds or game, usually the Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus). In Falconry, applied only to the female, the male, being smaller and less adapted for the chase, is called the tercel or tiercel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) falcona1250 gyrfalconc1330 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) falcona1250 peregrine falconc1395 peregrine1555 haggard1567 passenger1575 pilgrim1792 duck-hawk1884 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > female falcona1250 falcon-gentlec1400 a1250 Owl & Nightingale 101 That other ȝer a faukun bredde. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 34 Fecche þe hom Faucons þe Foules to quelle. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 335 Sparre~howke, ffawken, and gentille gossehawke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 12 A Faulcon towring in her pride of place. View more context for this quotation 1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) i. 11 It [sc. Air] stops not the high soaring of my noble generous Falcon. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 94 As stoops the Falcon bold To pounce his Prey. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 213 He laid a bet upon his falcon's flight. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xxix. 561 The Great Grey Shrike was formerly used as a falcon. b. with epithet defining the species. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xlvi By comparyson as fawcons pelegrines. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 79 It is said to be lesser than a Peregrine Falcon. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 54 White-rumped Bay Falcon. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 208 (heading) Plain, and marsh falcon. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Falcon—Spotted From its superior size and predominance of white plumage, we rather suspect it to be a variety of the Jer-Falcon. 1821 P. J. Selby Brit. Ornithol. i. 39 Spotted Falcon: a name for the Peregrine Falcon. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire These cliffs are frequented by the Peregrine falcon. 2. A representation of a falcon. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > [noun] > representation of specific things lion?a1366 serpent1388 ray1461 falcon1525 arrow1548 spread eagle1550 hand in hand1583 tortoise1648 turban1687 mouthpiece1832 sun wheel1865 1525 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 39 For the scoryng..the facon and the branche before seynt mighill xiiijd. 1589 Voy. Sir F. Drake in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. sig. Mmm7 A..Gentleman, from whome our Generall tooke a Fawlcon of golde, with a great emeraude in the breast thereof. 3. An ancient kind of light cannon.[For the practice of naming species of firearms from birds of prey, cf. musket n.² ] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces falcon1496 falconet15.. field piece1544 fowler1548 fielding piece1565 falcon shot1598 field cannon1638 field gun1645 field culverin1659 galloper1746 Napoleon1862 1496 Ld. Bothwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 13. I. 31 Y^e provision of Ordinance..is bot litill..ij. great curtaldis..x. falconis or litill serpentinis. 1577–87 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. 281 Falcon hath eight hundred pounds, and two inches and a half within the mouth. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 103 Two demy Culverings..two Falcons. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xvii. 108 Falcon and culver on each tower. 1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy xv. 163 The royal stores furnished..falcons, or light six-pound field~pieces. Compounds C1. Chiefly attributive(In sense 1.) falcon-face n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xiii. 171 He had the genuine ‘falcon-face’ of the Huculs. falcon-fisher n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > that eats specific things worm-fowlc1381 seed fowlc1500 thistle-eater1562 chipper1668 honeyeater1688 wheat-bird1747 falcon-fisher1759 worm-eater1760 bone-breaker1787 seed eater1820 carrion-bird1839 seed feeder1853 fish-tiger1879 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal in Pinkerton Voy. (1814) XVI. 649 The falcon-fisher..is a bird about the bigness of a goose. falcon-flight n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > flight of falcon-flight1830 1830 F. D. Hemans Indian with Dead Child in Songs of Affections 50 The arrows of my father's bow Their falcon-flight have sped. falcon-guise n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > guise of falcon-guise1889 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. V. Rydberg Teutonic Mythol. 60 In the Norse mythology..Freyja had a falcon-guise. falcon-nest n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > nest of falcon-nest1815 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. viii. 137 Canna's tower..Like falcon-nest o'erhangs the bay. C2. falcon-eyed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [adjective] piercinga1400 piercive1567 narrow1587 lynceous1592 lyncean1622 telescopic1749 ferrety1801 pee pee1804 falcon-eyed1847 peepy1847 naked-bladed1856 gimlety1899 night-adapted1961 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 28 A quick brunette, well-moulded, falcon-eyed. C3. falcon-like adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adverb] > falcon-like falcon-likea1649 a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 54/2 With full plum'd Wing thou Faulkon-like could fly. 1852 C. Reade Peg Woffington (1853) 88 To see her falcon-like stoop upon the stage. C4. (In sense 3.) falcon shot n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces falcon1496 falconet15.. field piece1544 fowler1548 fielding piece1565 falcon shot1598 field cannon1638 field gun1645 field culverin1659 galloper1746 Napoleon1862 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > range of artillery cannon shot?1571 falcon shot1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 134 2 thousand Falcon shot. 1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 714 It is within Falkon-shot of the ships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † falconv. Etymology: < falcon n. Obsolete. rare. To hunt with falcons; to hawk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > hawk [verb (intransitive)] hawk1340 hobbyc1430 falcon1807 to fly to the mark1891 1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 27 Aug. After dinner we went falconing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1250v.1807
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falconn.

Compounds

† falconv.