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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus <spn>Microhierax</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a group of Australian birds of the genus <spn>Falcunculus</spn>, resembling shrikes and titmice.</def>

<h1>Falcongentil</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"con*gen`til</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>faucon-gentil</ets>. See <er>Falcon</er>, and <er>Genteel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The female or young of the goshawk (<spn>Astur palumbarius</spn>).</def>

<h1>Falconine</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"co*nine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the <spn>Falconid\'91</spn></def>

<h1>Falconry</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"con*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fauconnerie</ets>. See <er>Falcon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.</def>

<h1>Falcula</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"cu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a small sickle, a billhook.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A curved and sharp-pointed claw.</def>

<h1>Falculate</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"cu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.</def>

<h1>Faldage</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fald"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>faldagium</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>fald</ets>, E. <ets>fold</ets>. Cf. <er>Foldage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<h1>Faldfee</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fald"fee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fald</ets> (E.<ets>fold</ets>) + E. <ets>fee</ets>. See <er>Faldage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Falding</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fald"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frieze or rough-napped cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Faldistory</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fal"dis*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>faldistorium</ets>, <ets>faldestorium</ets>, from OHG. <ets>faldstuol</ets>; <ets>faldan</ets>, <ets>faltan</ets>, to fold (G. <ets>falten</ets>) + <ets>stuol</ets> stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See <er>Fold</er>, and <er>Stool</er>, and cf. <er>Faldstool</er>, <er>Fauteuil</er>.]</ety> <def>The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Faldstool</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fald"stool`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Faldistory</er>.]</ety> <def>A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<note>&hand; In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term <i>faldstool</i> is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.</note>

<h1>Falernian</h1> <Xpage=539>

<hw>Fa*ler"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; <as>as, <ex>Falernian</ex>wine</as>.</def>