falcopern (f pern)

[L. (fal'kō-pern), + Pernis, q. v.] One of a group of hawks, such as Falco lophotes, forming the modern genus Baza, having the head crested and the beak doubly toothed; a kite-falcon. falcula (fal kū-lä), n. [L., a small sickle, a pruning-hook, a claw, dim. of falx ( falc- ), a sickle: see falcate.] 1. [ cap.] ap. ] [NL.) A genus of small falcons: same as Tinnunculus. Hodg son, 1837.-2. Pl. falculæ (-lē). A lengthened, compre ed, curved, and acute claw; a falcate or falciform claw, as a cat's. Falcula tat (fal-kū-lā'tä), n. pl. [NL., Falculia palliata . Falerno In a gowne of faldyng to the kne. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 391. faldistort, faldistoryt (fal'dis-tor, -to-ri), n. [ faldistorium , var. of m , var. of faldestolium , a fald stool: see faldstool.] Same as faldstool. faldsoket, n. [ME. " faldsoke (ML. faldsoca ), fald , E. fold2 , + soke soke , soken .] Same as faldage . faldstool (fåld'stöl), n. [Partly accom. (the E. form would be ald be * fold - stool ) faldestoel , faude- stuel, faudestueill ; faldistolium , corruptly faldistorium , faltisterium (>It. Sp. Pg. faldistorio steuil , faldestor , etc., F. fauteuil , an arm = OF. faldestoel , faudestuel , faudestueill , faude- arm-chair), faltstuol , faldistol , G.J G. faltstuhl , falzstuhl, lit. a folding stool, faldan , IG. faldan , G. falten = E. fold2 , v., + stuol, stol , G. stuhl , a chair, seat, throne, E. stool . ] 1. Formerly, a folding chair similar to a camp-stool, especially one used as a seat of honor and an ensign of authority, prob- ably having this character from the ease with which such a seat could be carried with an army on the march, and could be set up when requir- ed. Hence-2. A seat having the form of the above, ove, but not capable of being folded. In some cases the faldstool could be taken to pieces, the back and arms lifting off and the lower part then folding up; but pieces of wood and were not separable. claws, atic position, commonly referred to the Para diseida, and sometimes to the Corvid a, where it probably belongs. The bird is black and white in color and about 94 inches long. Isidore Geof froy St. Hilaire, 1836. fald1t, n. and v. An obsolete form of fold1. fald2+, n. An obsolete form of fold2. faldaget (fal'dāj), n. [ML. (Eng. Law L.) fal dagium: Spelman gives an AS. * faldgang, meaning the same as faldage (lit. a fold-going); Somner, * fald - gang - penig, equiv. to fald - fee, q. v. See faldsoke, faldworth. These are old law words, not found in ME. or AS. literature.] 1. An old seigniorial right under which the lord of a manor required a tenant's sheep to pasture on his fields as a means of manuring the land, he in turn being bound to provide a fold for the sheep.-2. A customary fee paid by a tenant to the lord of a manor for exemption from this obligation. Also called fald - fee. Also foldage. the Falcon in a. II. n. A falcon, or other hawk of the family Falconida ; in a more restricted sense, of the subfamily Falcon inæ alone. Coues .