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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143123" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143123" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76800" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76800" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A legendary [[Welsh]] prophet and magician, child of a wizard and a princess, who lived in the 5th century, and was subsequently a prominent personage at King Arthur's' court; prophecies attributed to him existed as far back as the 14th century; Tennyson represents him as bewitched by Vivian; legend also tells of a Clydesdale [[Merlin]] of the 6th century; his prophecies, published in 1615, include the former; both legends are based on Armorican materials. </p> | ||
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