单词 | falchion |
释义 | falchionn. 1. a. A broad sword more or less curved with the edge on the convex side. In later use and in poetry: A sword of any kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > broadsword billOE falchion1303 glaive1488 broadswordc1565 glay1568 foutch1580 Andrew1618 curtan1697 Ferrara1763 claymore1772 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8645 Hys [the priest's] tung shuld be hys fauchoun. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2244 Lucafer..drow out a schort fachoun. c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 246 Y trowe youre fauchone hym flaies. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 141 He..toke a grete fawchon in his handes. a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 19 He lifts his fauchion with a threatning grace. 1720 J. Gay Fan i, in Poems I. 40 In the bright air the dreadful fauchion shone. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxvii. 356 Spears shook, and faulchions flashed amain. 1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda in Poems 237 Curved on his thigh lay a falchion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > types of case of falchions1489 foils1600 quarte and tierce1785 cut and thrust1840 sabre1954 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. vii. 189 The nobility and gentry have..quarter-staff, single faulchion, double faulchion, etc. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 436. ⁋2 The several Weapons following, viz...Single Falchion, Case of Falchions, Quarter Staff. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit v. 10 He dreaded not Old Lewis either at Back-Sword, single Faulcion, or Cudgel-play. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > bill hook wood-billc725 billc1000 falsartc1380 wood-hookc1440 falchion1483 forest-bill1488 bush-scythe1552 brush-bill1588 cutting-bill1601 bill-hook1611 hook-bill1613 bush-bill1631 hack1846 snagger1847 slasher1858 bush-hook1860 slash-hook1891 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 343/3 Other plowemen..folowed the wulf and with their staues and fauchons delyuerd the child hoole. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 25 b Their enimies..were cutting of it [the gabell] with their wood-kniues or fawchings. 1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg8 Let thy bright fawchion lend Me Cipresse bughes. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 333 The Huntsman..with a wood-knife or faucheon at his side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † falchionv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To cut with a falchion, use a falchion upon. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon woundc760 stickOE snese?c1225 stokea1300 steekc1300 bearc1330 stangc1340 chop1362 broach1377 foinc1380 strikec1390 borea1400 dag?a1400 gorea1400 gridea1400 staira1400 through-girdc1405 thrustc1410 runc1425 to run throughc1425 traversec1425 spitc1430 through-seeka1500 stitch1527 falchiona1529 stab1530 to stab (a person) in1530 stob?1530 rutc1540 rove?c1550 push1551 foxa1566 stoga1572 poniard1593 dirk1599 bestab1600 poach1602 stiletto1613 stocka1640 inrun1653 stoccado1677 dagger1694 whip1699 bayonetc1700 tomahawk1711 stug1722 chiv1725 kittle1786 sabre1790 halberd1825 jab1825 skewer1837 sword1863 poke1866 spear1869 whinger1892 pig-stick1902 shiv1926 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > with a specific instrument sawa1225 kembc1480 falchiona1529 hatchet1603 jackknife1806 scissor1840 knive1851 knife1890 paper-knife1898 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi v Holde thy hande..Or I shal fawchyn thy flesshe & scrape the on the skyn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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