Definition of Falconets

1. Noun. (plural of falconet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Falconets

1. falconet [n] - See also: falconet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Falconets

falciformity
falcine
falciparum
falciparum exported serine-threonine protein kinase
falciparum fever
falciparum malaria
falcon
falcon-gentil
falcon-gentle
falcondoite
falconed
falconer
falconers
falconet
falconets (current term)
falcongentil
falconiform
falconine
falconing
falconoid
falconologist
falconologists
falconries
falconry
falcons
falcula
falcular
falculas
falculate

Literary usage of Falconets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"Cat-whiskered, eyed like falconets! Great pomp of plume hides and offsets Holes in those hats they wear askew . . . Cat-whiskered, eyed like ..."

2. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1898)
"Cat-whiskered, eved like falconets! Great pomp of plume hides and offsets Holes m those hats they wear askew . . . his due! ..."

3. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"The provisions were distributed as follows: The armament consisted of 2 copper half-pound falconets, ..."

4. Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a by Julian Stafford Corbett (1898)
"He claimed for one demi-culverin, two sakers, three minions, two falcons, three falconets, four Portugal bases of brass, and four great fowlers—that is, ..."

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