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taloned, a.|ˈtælənd| Also 7 ta(l)lented. [f. talon n. + -ed2.] Furnished with talons.
1611Cotgr., Empieté, pawed, pounced, clawed, talented. 1611Bible Jer. xii. 9 A speckled [marg. tallented] bird. 1706Watts Horæ Lyr. ii. To Mitio i. 119 A speedier prey To talon'd faulcons. 1838S. Bellamy Betrayal 164 One talon'd hand appear'd. 1840Carlyle Heroes v. (1858) 315 As if you should overturn the tree, and..show us ugly taloned roots turned-up into the air. |