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Webster 1913 Edition
Talon
Tal′on
,Noun.
[F., heel, spur, LL.
talo
, fr. L. talus
the ankle, heel.] 1.
The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
Bacon.
2.
(Zool.)
One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant’s tooth.
3.
(Arch.)
A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; – usually called an
ogee
. ☞ When the concave part is at the top, it is called an
inverted talon
. 4.
The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Knight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Talon
TAL'ON
, n.1.
The claw of a fowl.2.
In architecture, a kind of molding, concave at the bottom, and convex at the top. When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon. It is usually called by workmen an ogee, or O G, and by authors an upright or inverted cymatium.