gerfalcon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The young Emperor was stretched on a couch of dyed lion skins, and a gerfalcon perched upon his wrist.
From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar
A gerfalcon, a tercell of gerfalcon are due to a king.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.
From The King in Yellow by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Smaller than the royal gerfalcon, the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
At every hour I call him back by thoughts: A rebel he, like gerfalcon insane, He feels no more the hand that did restrain, And is gone forth not to return again.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.
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