Meaning of falconish | Babel Free

Definitions

Like a falcon.

Examples

“The visage of the secretary bird is falconish in the extreme ; if possible, more so than that of the actual bird it is compared to.”

“A wholly obscure contest, as was natural ; wherein, however, to all candid eyes the vulturous and falconish character of our Isle fully asserts itself; and the foreign Quack of Quacks, with all his thaumaturgic Hemp-silks, Lottery-numbers, Beauty-waters, Seductions, Phosphorus-boxes, and Wines of Egypt, is seen matched, and nigh throttled, by the natural unassisted cunning of English Attorneys.”

“If I tell⟳ you he had bronzed curly hair and a falconish sort⟳ of face⟳, bronzed by the sea also, it's not for his sake, I assure you, but for the story; for it was the cause of a very curious coincidence.”

“A quick count⟳ told him that they had lost more than half of their force⟳ and as he watched, the Comanche chief's falconish face⟳ lost none of its icy pride as he stared back defiantly at the wagons.”

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