talonn.

Brit.

/ˈtalən/, U.S.

/ˈtælən/

Forms: α. Middle English taloun(e, Middle English talowne, Middle English–1600s tallon, 1600s tal(l)en, plural tallance, Middle English– talon. β. Middle English–1500s talente, talaunt(e, tala(u)nde, Middle English–1600s talland, 1500s tallaunt(e, 1500s–1600s talant(e, tallent, 1500s–1600s (1800s dialect) tallant, 1500s–1700s (1800s dialect) talent.

Etymology: Middle English < Old French talon heel of a man, or of a shoe, hinder part of the foot of a quadruped = Provençal talo , Spanish talon , Portuguese talāo , Italian talone heel, heel-piece < late popular Latin or Common Romanic tālo , tālōn-em heel, derivative form of tālus ankle. With the β forms talant , talent , compare ancient , margent , parchment , peasant , tyrant , etc.: see -ant suffix³. The sense-development shows the stages: ankle; heel of man (of a shoe, etc.); heel or hinder part of the foot of a beast; hinder claw of a bird of prey; any claw (usually in plural the claws) of a bird, a dragon, an ungulate beast, an insect, etc. The extension to a bird of prey, and subsequent stages, are peculiar to English.

I. A claw or heel, and related uses.

†1.

a. The ‘heel’ or hinder part of the foot of certain quadrupeds, as swine and deer, or of the hoof of a horse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > part corresponding to heel

talona1425

heel1683

suffrago1842

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv A gret boore shall haue longe traces and þe clees rounde before and brode sooles of þe feete and a good talowne and longe bones.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Argot,..the deaw-clawe of a dog, &c.; the heele, or talon of a hog.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xvii. 298 [The Quitter-bone] causeth a hard round swelling upon the cronet of the hoofe, betwixt the heele and the quarter of the long talent.

[1688 [see talon-nail n. at Compounds 2]. 1725 [see talon-nail n. at Compounds 2]. ]

†b. The hallux or hinder claw of a bird. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw

clawa700

toec1386

palma1425

pawc1440

talon1486

spur1548

heel1631

heel spur1871

pinion-claw1884

bird claw1889

1486 Bk. St. Albans a viij The grete Clees [of a hawk] behynde..ye shall call hom Talons.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/1 Talant of a byrde the hynder-clawe, talon, argot.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Talent or clawe of a hawke, vngula.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 157^v Let therfore your Henne be of a good colour, hauing..her tallons euen.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 Your Cockes..of colours, as I tolde you for the Hennes, and the like number of tallons.

2. plural. The claws (or less usually in singular any claw) of a bird or beast.

a. spec. The powerful claws of a bird of prey, or of a dragon, griffin, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > claw or talons

talons?a1400

pouncea1475

pouncer1704

α.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 800 The dragone..Towchez hym wyth his talounez, and terez hys rigge.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxvi. 269 [The Griffon] hath his talouns so longe and so grete as þough þei weren hornes of grete oxen.

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 250 Lubin..understands not how the pygmie should be snatch'd-up by the crane.. in his crooked talens, when as the crane's talents are not crooked.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 403 With sound of Harpies wings, and Talons heard.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 82 A Kite..would have certainly carried me away in his Talons.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 137 We must see and take the Falcon from the talons of the French eagle.

β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 37 Thre [young eagles]..did bete the egle with theire talauntes and wynges.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 369 Bryddes, hauenge wynges and talandes.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xxviii. f. 47^v He sawe two kytes ioninge to gyther with their talantes.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 2 The Harpies haue Virgins faces, & vulturs Talents.1635 R. Johnson Hist. Tom a Lincolne (1828) 104 The nailes of his fingers were as the tallents of eagles.1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 287 What would become of my..dove, within the talons of such a vulture?1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Examples Local Pronunc., Talents, talons.

b. The claws (or in singular any claw) of a wild beast, of an insect, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw

clawa700

clivera1000

naillOE

cleafre?c1225

cleche?c1225

crook?c1225

clutchc1230

cleec1250

pawc1330

cromea1400

clawrec1400

pouncea1475

talons?a1475

ungle1481

ongle1484

gripe1578

sere1606

unce1609

pouncer1704

unguisc1790

griff1820

α.

a1591 H. Smith Jonahs Punishm. ii, in 6 Serm. (1594) 161 Like lions which wilbe gentle vntil their tallants grow.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The other four legs are cloven and arm'd with little clea's or tallons (like a Catamount).

a1667 A. Cowley Return out of Scotl. in Sylva Let spotted Lynces their sharp Talons fill, With Chrystal fetch'd from the Promethean Hill.

1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xi. 184 Sheathed within the foot of velvet was hidden a talon of steel.

β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 83 Men hauenge hedes lyke dogges, whiche be callede Cynocephali,..y-armede with teithe and talaundes, lyffenge by hawkenge and huntenge.1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (x. 10) The talantes and teethe of the Lyon.1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 47 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. It sufficeth, that wee discerne this Lyon, by his Talent.

c. Allusively applied to the grasping fingers or hands of human beings. (Cf. claw n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail

hand naileOE

fingernaila1250

onglec1436

the ten commandments?1544

talons1594

unguicule1694

flesh-spades1749

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun]

fingerOE

talons1594

nimblesa1637

the ten stealers1655

Welsh comb1788

forks1819

hooks1829

fingerlet1836

bread hook1845

dactyl1889

grab-hook1946

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > types of

pawa1450

talons1594

mutton-fist1664

clunch1709

baby hand1763

needle-hand1827

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H^v I can scarce keep her talents fro my eies.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 64 If a talent be a claw, looke how he clawes him with a talent.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 142 They haue..neither kniues or spoones but only their ten talons.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 145 An I had ye amang the Frigate-Whins, wadna I set my ten talents in your wuzzent face for that very word?

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 187 Still he washed his brown, bony talons.

d. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun]

fenga1250

catchingc1325

takingc1350

caption1382

capture1541

catcha1586

talons1586

capturing1800

collaring1834

1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vii Now doth ghastly Death With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxxiv. 497 The oliue tree being once seased in his tallance of a good peece of ground, contenteth it selfe.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 15 Rebellion's vengeful Talons.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 113. ⁋7 Nothing should have torn me from her but the talons of necessity.

1774 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 451 That they may yet be able to save something from the talons of despotism.

II. Something that resembles a claw or heel.

3. transferred. A heel-like part or object. [In a, b, c = French talon.]

a. Nautical. The curved back of a ship's rudder. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > back part or rear > resembling something spec.

talon1485

rump1630

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder > back of rudder

talon1485

1485–6 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 14 For a pece of tymbre..spent in makyng of a talland for the same Rother.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tallant, the upper hance, or break of the rudder abaft.

b. Architecture. An ogee moulding: = ogee n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > ogee moulding

ressaunt1480

cyma reversa1563

ogee1591

wave1663

cyma recta1700

ogive1703

talon1704

semi-rect1776

semi-revers1776

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) The Talon consists of two Portions of a Circle, one without, and the other within; and when the Concave Part is uppermost, it is called Reversed Talon.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 172 That ornamental member called by the architects ‘cyma recta’, or talon.

1810 Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1821) 41 The ovolo and talon are always employed as supporters to the essential members of the composition, such as the modillions, denteles, and corona.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1039 Talon, the name given by the French to the ogee.

c. A part of the shell of a bivalve; cf. heel n.¹ 10e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > parts of

beard1649

hinge1704

cardo1725

palpus1803

disc1810

ligament1816

palp1835

tooth1847

hinge-tooth1851

beak1854

curtain1854

talon1854

resilium1895

hinge-ligament1909

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 276 Umbones elongated, progressively filled up with shell, and forming an irregular ‘talon’ in front of the fixed valve.

d. The ‘heel’ of a blade, as of a sword.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > lower end

heel?c1450

foot1561

bottom1621

breech1678

talon1869

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > blade of sword > other parts of blade

talon1869

ricasso1884

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 180 From the talon, or heel of the blade, on the opposite side, is a hollow indent, intended to hold the thumb.

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e. The projection on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877).

f. (See quot.)

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > crown and parts

mensa1684

crown1733

cusp1849

face1872

hypocone1888

hypoconid1888

tritocone1896

hypoconulid1897

talon1898

1898 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Talon, a heel or low cusp of a tooth.

4. figurative.

a. Cards. The remainder of the pack after the hands have been dealt. Cent. Dict. 1891.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > portion of pack not dealt

stock1584

deck1594

talon1862

1862 C. C. Meehan Law & Pract. Euchre v. 86 Talon, the eleven cards remaining in the pack after the dealer has distributed five to each player and turned up the twenty-first card for the trump.

1921 M. C. Work Auction for Two or Three iii. 78 Talon..is, in fact, a sort of secondary Stock in Russian Bank and a distinguishing term must be used to describe it.

1977 Jrnl. Playing-Card Soc. May 25 When the discard is complete, everyone should have 11 cards and the four face-down cards remaining are called the talon.

b. Commerce. See quot. 1882. (So both in French)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > coupon or warrant

coupon1822

talon1882

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (1893) (at cited word) A Talon, as most commonly known in commerce, is the last portion of a sheet of coupons.., and contains on its face an intimation that if it is presented at the house or office indicated, a new sheet of coupons will be given in exchange for it... The Talon is also a name applied to the marginal appendage of a Spanish coupon, and..payment of the coupon is refused if such talon or appendage happens to have been cut off.

1932 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 2/3 Provision was made on May 3 for the conversion of the Austrian share of liability..into new 4 per cent. bonds. Bonds, Talons, or coupons must now be presented at the Staatszentralkasse, Singerstrasse 17, Vienna, before Dec. 31.

1964 Lebende Sprachen 9 99/2 A coupon sheet, consisting of dividend coupons and a talon, is attached to each share warrant. The dividend coupons are used by the holder to collect dividends. When the last coupon has been cashed, the talon is exchanged for a new coupon sheet.

1979 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 24/6 The Bank of England give notice that new coupon sheets for the above-mentioned Loan will be available on and after 17th January 1980 in exchange for talons.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as talon-like, talon-tipped adjs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nail > [adjective] > specific characteristic

talon-like1883

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of

fair-handed1505

steadfast1535

white-handed1598

hard-handed1600

horny1693

large-handed1712

red-handed1827

lily-handed1847

talon-like1883

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxi. 339 His hand..was talon-like, it was so bony and long-fingered.

1894 Outing 24 195/1 And talon-tipped hands toss him kisses.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 52 The nails are often split and break, or are changed into talon-like appendages.

C2.

† talon-nail n. Farriery Obsolete a shoeing-nail driven into the back part of the hoof.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > nail or stud

frost-nail1339

horseshoe-nail1415

horse-nail1598

talon-nail1688

toenail1841

nail-stub1851

frost stud1864

frost cog1867

rougha1884

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 89/2 Tallon Nail, is that Nail driven in the shooe towards the Horse heel.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing of horses The two Talon nails must be drove first, then look whether the shoe stands right or not.

Derivatives

† ˈtalon v. Obsolete (transitive) to tear with the talons; to claw. In quot. 1685 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch

clawc1000

scrat1340

frushc1430

scrapec1440

scartc1480

scrab1481

heckle?1507

mouse1531

bescratch1555

razea1586

ferret-claw1591

scrub1596

beclaw1603

bescramble1605

rake1609

shrub1657

talon1685

1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 306 When they came to talon them with an usurpation.

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单词	talon
释义	talonn. Brit. /ˈtalən/, U.S. /ˈtælən/ Forms: α. Middle English taloun(e, Middle English talowne, Middle English–1600s tallon, 1600s tal(l)en, plural tallance, Middle English– talon. β. Middle English–1500s talente, talaunt(e, tala(u)nde, Middle English–1600s talland, 1500s tallaunt(e, 1500s–1600s talant(e, tallent, 1500s–1600s (1800s dialect) tallant, 1500s–1700s (1800s dialect) talent. Etymology: Middle English < Old French talon heel of a man, or of a shoe, hinder part of the foot of a quadruped = Provençal talo , Spanish talon , Portuguese talāo , Italian talone heel, heel-piece < late popular Latin or Common Romanic tālo , tālōn-em heel, derivative form of tālus ankle. With the β forms talant , talent , compare ancient , margent , parchment , peasant , tyrant , etc.: see -ant suffix³. The sense-development shows the stages: ankle; heel of man (of a shoe, etc.); heel or hinder part of the foot of a beast; hinder claw of a bird of prey; any claw (usually in plural the claws) of a bird, a dragon, an ungulate beast, an insect, etc. The extension to a bird of prey, and subsequent stages, are peculiar to English. I. A claw or heel, and related uses. †1. a. The ‘heel’ or hinder part of the foot of certain quadrupeds, as swine and deer, or of the hoof of a horse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > part corresponding to heel talona1425 heel1683 suffrago1842 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv A gret boore shall haue longe traces and þe clees rounde before and brode sooles of þe feete and a good talowne and longe bones. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Argot,..the deaw-clawe of a dog, &c.; the heele, or talon of a hog. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xvii. 298 [The Quitter-bone] causeth a hard round swelling upon the cronet of the hoofe, betwixt the heele and the quarter of the long talent. [1688 [see talon-nail n. at Compounds 2]. 1725 [see talon-nail n. at Compounds 2]. ] †b. The hallux or hinder claw of a bird. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw clawa700 toec1386 palma1425 pawc1440 talon1486 spur1548 heel1631 heel spur1871 pinion-claw1884 bird claw1889 1486 Bk. St. Albans a viij The grete Clees [of a hawk] behynde..ye shall call hom Talons. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/1 Talant of a byrde the hynder-clawe, talon, argot. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Talent or clawe of a hawke, vngula. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 157^v Let therfore your Henne be of a good colour, hauing..her tallons euen. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 Your Cockes..of colours, as I tolde you for the Hennes, and the like number of tallons. 2. plural. The claws (or less usually in singular any claw) of a bird or beast. a. spec. The powerful claws of a bird of prey, or of a dragon, griffin, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > claw or talons talons?a1400 pouncea1475 pouncer1704 α. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 800 The dragone..Towchez hym wyth his talounez, and terez hys rigge. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxvi. 269 [The Griffon] hath his talouns so longe and so grete as þough þei weren hornes of grete oxen. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 250 Lubin..understands not how the pygmie should be snatch'd-up by the crane.. in his crooked talens, when as the crane's talents are not crooked. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 403 With sound of Harpies wings, and Talons heard. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 82 A Kite..would have certainly carried me away in his Talons. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 137 We must see and take the Falcon from the talons of the French eagle. β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 37 Thre [young eagles]..did bete the egle with theire talauntes and wynges.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 369 Bryddes, hauenge wynges and talandes.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xxviii. f. 47^v He sawe two kytes ioninge to gyther with their talantes.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 2 The Harpies haue Virgins faces, & vulturs Talents.1635 R. Johnson Hist. Tom a Lincolne (1828) 104 The nailes of his fingers were as the tallents of eagles.1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 287 What would become of my..dove, within the talons of such a vulture?1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Examples Local Pronunc., Talents, talons. b. The claws (or in singular any claw) of a wild beast, of an insect, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw clawa700 clivera1000 naillOE cleafre?c1225 cleche?c1225 crook?c1225 clutchc1230 cleec1250 pawc1330 cromea1400 clawrec1400 pouncea1475 talons?a1475 ungle1481 ongle1484 gripe1578 sere1606 unce1609 pouncer1704 unguisc1790 griff1820 α. a1591 H. Smith Jonahs Punishm. ii, in 6 Serm. (1594) 161 Like lions which wilbe gentle vntil their tallants grow. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The other four legs are cloven and arm'd with little clea's or tallons (like a Catamount). a1667 A. Cowley Return out of Scotl. in Sylva Let spotted Lynces their sharp Talons fill, With Chrystal fetch'd from the Promethean Hill. 1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xi. 184 Sheathed within the foot of velvet was hidden a talon of steel. β. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 83 Men hauenge hedes lyke dogges, whiche be callede Cynocephali,..y-armede with teithe and talaundes, lyffenge by hawkenge and huntenge.1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (x. 10) The talantes and teethe of the Lyon.1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 47 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. It sufficeth, that wee discerne this Lyon, by his Talent. c. Allusively applied to the grasping fingers or hands of human beings. (Cf. claw n.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail hand naileOE fingernaila1250 onglec1436 the ten commandments?1544 talons1594 unguicule1694 flesh-spades1749 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] fingerOE talons1594 nimblesa1637 the ten stealers1655 Welsh comb1788 forks1819 hooks1829 fingerlet1836 bread hook1845 dactyl1889 grab-hook1946 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > types of pawa1450 talons1594 mutton-fist1664 clunch1709 baby hand1763 needle-hand1827 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H^v I can scarce keep her talents fro my eies. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 64 If a talent be a claw, looke how he clawes him with a talent. View more context for this quotation 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 142 They haue..neither kniues or spoones but only their ten talons. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 145 An I had ye amang the Frigate-Whins, wadna I set my ten talents in your wuzzent face for that very word? 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 187 Still he washed his brown, bony talons. d. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] fenga1250 catchingc1325 takingc1350 caption1382 capture1541 catcha1586 talons1586 capturing1800 collaring1834 1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vii Now doth ghastly Death With greedy talents gripe my bleeding heart. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxxiv. 497 The oliue tree being once seased in his tallance of a good peece of ground, contenteth it selfe. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 15 Rebellion's vengeful Talons. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 113. ⁋7 Nothing should have torn me from her but the talons of necessity. 1774 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 451 That they may yet be able to save something from the talons of despotism. II. Something that resembles a claw or heel. 3. transferred. A heel-like part or object. [In a, b, c = French talon.] a. Nautical. The curved back of a ship's rudder. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > back part or rear > resembling something spec. talon1485 rump1630 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder > back of rudder talon1485 1485–6 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 14 For a pece of tymbre..spent in makyng of a talland for the same Rother. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tallant, the upper hance, or break of the rudder abaft. b. Architecture. An ogee moulding: = ogee n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > ogee moulding ressaunt1480 cyma reversa1563 ogee1591 wave1663 cyma recta1700 ogive1703 talon1704 semi-rect1776 semi-revers1776 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) The Talon consists of two Portions of a Circle, one without, and the other within; and when the Concave Part is uppermost, it is called Reversed Talon. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 172 That ornamental member called by the architects ‘cyma recta’, or talon. 1810 Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1821) 41 The ovolo and talon are always employed as supporters to the essential members of the composition, such as the modillions, denteles, and corona. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1039 Talon, the name given by the French to the ogee. c. A part of the shell of a bivalve; cf. heel n.¹ 10e. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > parts of beard1649 hinge1704 cardo1725 palpus1803 disc1810 ligament1816 palp1835 tooth1847 hinge-tooth1851 beak1854 curtain1854 talon1854 resilium1895 hinge-ligament1909 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 276 Umbones elongated, progressively filled up with shell, and forming an irregular ‘talon’ in front of the fixed valve. d. The ‘heel’ of a blade, as of a sword. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > lower end heel?c1450 foot1561 bottom1621 breech1678 talon1869 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > blade of sword > other parts of blade talon1869 ricasso1884 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 180 From the talon, or heel of the blade, on the opposite side, is a hollow indent, intended to hold the thumb. Thesaurus » Categories » e. The projection on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877). f. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > crown and parts mensa1684 crown1733 cusp1849 face1872 hypocone1888 hypoconid1888 tritocone1896 hypoconulid1897 talon1898 1898 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Talon, a heel or low cusp of a tooth. 4. figurative. a. Cards. The remainder of the pack after the hands have been dealt. Cent. Dict. 1891. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > portion of pack not dealt stock1584 deck1594 talon1862 1862 C. C. Meehan Law & Pract. Euchre v. 86 Talon, the eleven cards remaining in the pack after the dealer has distributed five to each player and turned up the twenty-first card for the trump. 1921 M. C. Work Auction for Two or Three iii. 78 Talon..is, in fact, a sort of secondary Stock in Russian Bank and a distinguishing term must be used to describe it. 1977 Jrnl. Playing-Card Soc. May 25 When the discard is complete, everyone should have 11 cards and the four face-down cards remaining are called the talon. b. Commerce. See quot. 1882. (So both in French) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > coupon or warrant coupon1822 talon1882 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (1893) (at cited word) A Talon, as most commonly known in commerce, is the last portion of a sheet of coupons.., and contains on its face an intimation that if it is presented at the house or office indicated, a new sheet of coupons will be given in exchange for it... The Talon is also a name applied to the marginal appendage of a Spanish coupon, and..payment of the coupon is refused if such talon or appendage happens to have been cut off. 1932 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 2/3 Provision was made on May 3 for the conversion of the Austrian share of liability..into new 4 per cent. bonds. Bonds, Talons, or coupons must now be presented at the Staatszentralkasse, Singerstrasse 17, Vienna, before Dec. 31. 1964 Lebende Sprachen 9 99/2 A coupon sheet, consisting of dividend coupons and a talon, is attached to each share warrant. The dividend coupons are used by the holder to collect dividends. When the last coupon has been cashed, the talon is exchanged for a new coupon sheet. 1979 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 24/6 The Bank of England give notice that new coupon sheets for the above-mentioned Loan will be available on and after 17th January 1980 in exchange for talons. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as talon-like, talon-tipped adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [adjective] > specific characteristic talon-like1883 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of fair-handed1505 steadfast1535 white-handed1598 hard-handed1600 horny1693 large-handed1712 red-handed1827 lily-handed1847 talon-like1883 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxi. 339 His hand..was talon-like, it was so bony and long-fingered. 1894 Outing 24 195/1 And talon-tipped hands toss him kisses. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 52 The nails are often split and break, or are changed into talon-like appendages. C2. † talon-nail n. Farriery Obsolete a shoeing-nail driven into the back part of the hoof. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > nail or stud frost-nail1339 horseshoe-nail1415 horse-nail1598 talon-nail1688 toenail1841 nail-stub1851 frost stud1864 frost cog1867 rougha1884 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 89/2 Tallon Nail, is that Nail driven in the shooe towards the Horse heel. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing of horses The two Talon nails must be drove first, then look whether the shoe stands right or not. Derivatives † ˈtalon v. Obsolete (transitive) to tear with the talons; to claw. In quot. 1685 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch clawc1000 scrat1340 frushc1430 scrapec1440 scartc1480 scrab1481 heckle?1507 mouse1531 bescratch1555 razea1586 ferret-claw1591 scrub1596 beclaw1603 bescramble1605 rake1609 shrub1657 talon1685 1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 306 When they came to talon them with an usurpation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1400
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