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Falcon and Falconet

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Pieces of light artillery, the names of which are borrowed from hawks. (See Saker.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fairy Rings
Fairy Sparks
Fairy of the Mine
Fait Accompli (French)
Faith
Faithful
Fakâr (Dhul)
Fake
Fakenham Ghost
Fakir (Indian)
Falcon and Falconet
Falcon Gentle (A)
Falcon Peregrine or Pelerin
Fald-stool
Faldistory
Falernian
Falkland
Fal-lals
Fall
Fall Away (To)
Fall Flat (To)