Defn: The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris.
FALCATE; FALCATED Fal"cate, Fal"ca*ted, a. Etym: [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]
Defn: Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; — said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent- formed.
FALCATION
Fal*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir
T. Browne.
FALCER
Fal"cer, n. Etym: [From L. falx, falcis, a sickle.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the mandibles of a spider.
FALCHION
Fal"chion, n. Etym: [OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. fälcio, fr. L.
falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf.
Defalcation.]
1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; — used in the Middle Ages.
2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.