Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete forms of
falchion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
falchion .
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- noun Obsolete form of
falchion .
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Examples
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Coeur de Lion, famous for cracking many crowns with his "fauchion," and the founder also of Combwell Abbey at Goudhurst, not far distant.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Holofernes's head, took down his fauchion, seized hold of the hair of his head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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"Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty took his mind prisoner, and the fauchion passed through his neck."
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892
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And feiz'd the fauchion, refolute to guard His fovereign's right, impalfy'd at the news.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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But good JErteas order* d on the more A ftatclv tomb \ whole top a trumpet bore j A foldier's fauchion r and a ieaman'si oar*
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Vhcn to his head his glittering helm he ty'd j Andjgirt his faithful fauchion by his fide.
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And, fearkfi, at the glitterkg fauchion fail'* 1 -,
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