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Falcated
(gcide) | Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr.
falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]
Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate
claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or
crescent-formed.
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Defalcated
(gcide) | Defalcate \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.
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To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
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Unfalcated
(gcide) | Unfalcated \Un*fal"ca*ted\, a.
1. Not falcated, or hooked.
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2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened;
undiminished. [R.] --Swift.
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