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▪ I. falk, n.|fɔːk|
Also 9 faik, fauk.
A name applied dial. to one of the three species of the Auk; the Razor-bill.
1698M. Martin Voy. St. Kilda 61 The Bird, by the inhabitants called the Falk, the Rasor-Bill in the West of England. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 148 Razor-bill. The Falk. 1806P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetland 197 Bawkie, Razor-bill, Alca Torda. In the Hebrides this bird is called Falk or faik.
▪ II. falk
obs. form of faik v.2 Sc. |