▪ I. falk, n.
(fɔːk)
Also 9 faik, fauk.
A name applied dial. to one of the three species of the Auk; the Razor-bill.
| 1698 M. Martin Voy. St. Kilda 61 The Bird, by the inhabitants called the Falk, the Rasor-Bill in the West of England. 1766 Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 148 Razor-bill. The Falk. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetland 197 Bawkie, Razor-bill, Alca Torda. In the Hebrides this bird is called Falk or faik. |
▪ II. falk
obs. form of faik v.2 Sc.