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1.	a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.

2.	Archaic. any sword.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME fauchoun (with l restored in 16th cent.) < OF fauchon < VL *falciōn-, s. of falciō, deriv. of L falx, s. falc- sickle

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fal·chion Audio Help (fôl'chən) Pronunciation Key
n.

A short, broad sword with a convex cutting edge and a sharp point, used in medieval times.
Archaic A sword.

[Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin *falciō, falciōn-, from Latin falx, falc-, sickle.]

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falchion

"broad sword, somewhat curved," 1303, from O.Fr. fauchon, from V.L. falcionem, from L. falx "sickle."

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falchion
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a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point

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Falchion

De*fal"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [the estimates]. --Burke.

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