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Definition of Falchions
1. falchion [n] - See also: falchion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falchions
Literary usage of Falchions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"As meteors flashing through the darken'd air I see the victors' whirling falchions
glare; Dark rolls the ..."
2. The geography of Herodotus by James Talboys Wheeler (1854)
"Worn by Carians with falchions and daggers.—Hellenic helmet worn by Phoenicians
and Syrians, with linen breastplates and shields without rims. ..."
3. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Gu. three falchions in fess arg. hilts and ... HUDSON, со. York, NR now of Low
Hall, near Scarborough. Gn. three hangers or falchions barwise in pale the ..."
4. The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and by Henry Swainson Cowper (1906)
"... King Munza, in full dress holding one of these falchions made of copper, and
evidently a symbol of dignity. (See Figs. 210-211). ..."
5. The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: A Description of All Coats of Arms on by Edmund Farrer (1887)
"I. Royal Arms, over the tower arch, of either George II. or George III. WILBY.
Slabs in the Chancel, within the Altar Hails. I. On a "bend six falchions in ..."
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