Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FALC'ATE, or FALC'A-TED
FALC'ATE, or FALC'A-TED, a. [L. falcatus, from falx, a sickle, sythe or reaping-hook.]
Hooked; bent like a sickle or sythe; an epithet applied to the new moon. – Bailey.
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