Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having eyes like a falcon's; having bright and keen eyes.

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Examples

  • Sioux, and faced the falcon-eyed Geronimo, and glanced over the sights of a rifle at gorgeous-feathered, wild, free Comanches, this semi-circle of savages -- lords of the north -- was a sorry comparison.

    The Last of the Plainsmen Zane Grey 1905

  • "Armèd Cæsar falcon-eyed," [6] who saw its great military importance, built a permanent camp there and made it a central _entrepôt_ for food and munitions of war.

    The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893

  • Padre Francisco and Donna Juanita are happy in the knowledge that the shy bird of the mountains is mated with the falcon-eyed Creole.

    The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

  • The falcon-eyed Major Hawke observed the gleam of a pearl handled and silver chased revolver of serviceable make, and there was also a very wicked-looking Venetian dagger lying on the table, even then within the lady's reach!

    A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Richard Savage 1874

  • They calmly ignored the surrounding civilians, regardless of the attractions of two falcon-eyed Chicago beauties, loud of voice and brilliantly overdressed, who were guiding "Popper" and "Mommer" over the continent.

    A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Richard Savage 1874

  • Round me are dwelling the falcon-eyed race, the Phaeacian people;

    The Poems of Schiller — Third period Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • Round me are dwelling the falcon-eyed race, the Phaeacian people;

    The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • a bright smile, whose light lingers as he spurs past the springy column, he takes the lead, falcon-eyed, riding down silently into the gloomy forest-shades of death.

    The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

  • On the morrow our falcon-eyed Indians whispered "_cuche_" long before we saw any thing. [

    The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

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