FALC'ATE,
FALC'ATED, adjective [Latin falcatus, from faix, a sickly, sythe or reaping hook.]
Hooked; bent like a sickle or sythe; an epithet applied to the new moon.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.