ər noun
1.
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
2.
Falconry. the female of this bird.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English laner < Middle French lanier kind of falcon, literally, wool weaver (< Latin lānārius;), a term of abuse in the early Middle Ages, applied especially to laggards and cowards, and so to the lanner, slow in flight and thought to be cowardly
1250–1300; Middle English laner < Middle French lanier kind of falcon, literally, wool weaver (< Latin lānārius;), a term of abuse in the early Middle Ages, applied especially to laggards and cowards, and so to the lanner, slow in flight and thought to be cowardly
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So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a large falcon, Falco biarmicus, of Mediterranean regions, N Africa, and S Asia |
| 2. | falconry Compare lanneret the female of this falcon |
| [C15: from Old French (faucon) lanier cowardly (falcon), from Latin lanārius wool worker, coward; referring to its sluggish flight and timid nature] | |
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