Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The female and young of the European goshawk, Astur palumbarius. Also
gentil or gentle falcon and cryer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon
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Examples
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Condescension, even as the kite hath sometimes hawked at and struck down the falcon-gentle. —
The Monastery 2008
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"Most rustical youth," he said, "thy fortune hath prevailed over knightly skill -- and Audacity hath overcome Condescension, even as the kite hath sometimes hawked at and struck down the falcon-gentle.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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