Meaning of Talon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
3. A male given name from English of modern usage.
4. One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
5. A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
6. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
7. The remaining stock of undealt cards.
8. A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
   historical

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Examples

“and now doth gaſtly death With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart, And like a Harpye tires on my life.”

“It may be tried also whether birds may not have something done to them when they are young , whereby they may be made to have greater or longer bills , or greater and longer talons ?”

“The locks were constructed with two or three levers, and sometimes with a common tumbler. The talon is the secret; for after locking the bolt out, the key is turned round again quietly to catch the nib and force the talon up”

“'Very well, I shall call you Talon from now on. What does the name mean, in the tongue of the small folk?' 'It is a claw, like that found on a hawk,' Talon said.”

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