Falcon

(noun.) diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.

(verb.) hunt with falcons; 'The tribes like to falcon in the desert'.

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• He rose and came towards me, and I saw his face all kindled, and his full falcon-eye flashing, and tenderness and passion in every lineament. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I think we must not set down people's bad actions to their religion, said falcon-faced Mrs. Plymdale, who had been listening hitherto. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• My vengeance is awake, and she is a falcon that slumbers not till she has been gorged. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The falcon in the black coat proceeded,-- What do I talk about the gift of tongues? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The falcon god Horus sits behind the head of the great statue of Chephren. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To execute his message the snail is as sure a messenger as the falcon. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Their very faces are not dissimilar--a pair of human falcons--and dry, direct, decided both. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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