gerfalcon

/ (ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən, -ˌfɔːkən) /

noun

a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

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Words nearby gerfalcon

gerbera, gerbil, Gerd, gerent, gerenuk, gerfalcon, Gergiev, geriatric, geriatrician, geriatrics, Géricault

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Example sentences from the Web for gerfalcon

He put his gerfalcon on the perch provided in the hall for such use by the guests.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis
Or shall I show you, sire, how a peregrine may win where a gerfalcon fails?
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle
And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
To Audubon's delight, it was that rare specimen, the gerfalcon, which had heretofore eluded all efforts of naturalists.
Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860|Henrietta Christian Wright

But the falcon was indeed a thoroughbred, with the eye of a gerfalcon.
Marguerite de Valois|Alexandre Dumas

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