Both Uses of
talon
in
Gulliver's Travels
- The fierceness of this creature's countenance altogether discomposed me; though I stood at the farther end of the table, above fifty feet off; and although my mistress held her fast, for fear she might give a spring, and seize me in her talons.†
Chpt 2 *
- Once a kite, hovering over the garden, made a stoop at me, and if I had not resolutely drawn my hanger, and run under a thick espalier, he would have certainly carried me away in his talons.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(talon) a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey