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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.Definition 2024
Talon
talon
talon
English
Noun
talon (plural talons)
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
Translations
hooked claw
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
talon
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.lɔ̃/
Noun
talon m (plural talons)
- heel (part of the foot)
- backheel
- heel (of footwear)
- spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
- (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: talão
Norman
Etymology
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Noun
talon m (plural talons)
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Noun
talon m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)
- (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)
Descendants
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.lɔn/
Noun
talon m inan
Declension
declension of talon
Welsh
Alternative forms
- talom (literary, first-person plural)
- talont (literary, third-person plural)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtalɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːlɔn/
Verb
talon
- (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of talu
- (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of talu
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| talon | dalon | nhalon | thalon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||