Chapter 570

Faithed (?) , a. Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] "Make thy words faithed ."

Shak.

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Faith"ful (?) , a. 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

You are not faithful , sir. B. Jonson.

2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. Deut. vii. 9.

3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant .

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he. Milton.

4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation .

It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11.

The Faithful , the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.

-- Faith"ful*ly , adv. - Faith"ful*ness , n.

Faithless <Xpage=538>

Faith"less , a. 1. Not believing; not giving credit.

Be not faithless , but believing. John xx. 27.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.

Shak.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom."

Goldsmith.

-- Faith"less*ly , adv. Faith"less*ness , n.

Faitour <Xpage=538>

Fai"tour (?) , n. [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor . See Factor .] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.]

Lo! faitour , there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser.

Fake <Xpage=538>

Fake (?) , n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f\'91c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake <Xpage=538>

Fake , v. t. (Naut.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.

Faking box , a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

Fake <Xpage=538>

Fake , v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [ Slang in all its senses. ] 1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To make; to construct; to do.

3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it .

Fake <Xpage=538>

Fake , n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Fakir <Xpage=538>

Fa"kir (?) , n. [Ar. faq\'c6r poor.] An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer .]

Falanaka <Xpage=538>

Fa"la*na"ka (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A viverrine mammal of Madagascar ( Eupleres Goudotii ), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc .

Falcade <Xpage=538>

Fal*cade" (f&acr;l*k&amac;d") , n. [F., ultimately fr. L. falx , falcis , a sickle or scythe.] (Man.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.

Harris.

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Fal"cate (?) , 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.

Falcation <Xpage=539>

Fal*ca"tion (?) , n. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.

Sir T. Browne.

Falcer <Xpage=539>

Fal"cer (?) , n. [From L. falx , falcis , a sickle.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the mandibles of a spider.

Falchion <Xpage=539>

Fal"chion (?) , n. [OE. fauchon , OF. fauchon , LL. f\'84lcio , fr. L. falx , falcis , a sickle, cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a ship's rib, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. falcon ; cf. It. falcione . Cf. Defalcation .] 1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Falcidian <Xpage=539>

Fal*cid"i*an (?) , a. [L. Falcidius .] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.

Falcidian law (Civil Law) , a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir.

Burrill.

Falciform <Xpage=539>

Fal"ci*form (?) , a. [L. falx , falcis , a sickle + -form : cf. F. falciforme .] Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver .

Falcon <Xpage=539>

Fal"con (?) , n. [OE. faucon , faucoun , OF. faucon , falcon , <?/. faucon , fr. LL. falco , perh. from L. falx, falcis , a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. Falchion .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of a family ( Falconid\'91 ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. (b) Any species of the genus Falco , distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.

In the language of falconry, the female peregrine ( Falco peregrinus ) is exclusively called the falcon . Yarrell.

2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon.

Chanting falcon . (Zo\'94l.) See under Chanting .

Falconer <Xpage=539>

Fal"con*er (?) , n. [OE. fauconer , OF. falconier , fauconier , F. fauconnier . See Falcon .] A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Johnson.

Falconet <Xpage=539>

Fal"co*net (?) , n. [Dim. of falcon : cf. F. fauconneau , LL. falconeta , properly, a young falcon.] 1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax . (b) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus , resembling shrikes and titmice.

Falcongentil <Xpage=539>

Fal"con*gen`til (?) , n. [F. faucon-gentil . See Falcon , and Genteel .] (Zo\'94l.) The female or young of the goshawk ( Astur palumbarius ).

Falconine <Xpage=539>

Fal"co*nine (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconid\'91

Falconry <Xpage=539>

Fal"con*ry (?) , n. [Cf. F. fauconnerie . See Falcon .] 1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Falcula <Xpage=539>

Fal"cu*la (?) , n. [L., a small sickle, a billhook.] (Zo\'94l.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Falculate <Xpage=539>

Fal"cu*late (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.

Faldage <Xpage=539>

Fald"age (?) , n. [LL. faldagium , fr. AS. fald , E. fold . Cf. Foldage .] (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

Spelman.

Faldfee <Xpage=539>

Fald"fee` (?) , n. [AS. fald (E. fold ) + E. fee . See Faldage .] (O. Eng. Law) A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.

Blount.

Falding <Xpage=539>

Fald"ing , n. A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]

Faldistory <Xpage=539>

Fal"dis*to*ry (?) , n. [LL. faldistorium , faldestorium , from OHG. faldstuol ; faldan , faltan , to fold (G. falten ) + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold , and Stool , and cf. Faldstool , Fauteuil .] The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obs.]

Faldstool <Xpage=539>

Fald"stool` (?) , n. [See Faldistory .] A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.

Fairholt.

&hand; In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.

Falernian <Xpage=539>

Fa*ler"ni*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernian wine .

Falk <Xpage=539>

Falk (f&add;k) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The razorbill. [Written also falc , and faik .] [Prov. Eng.]

Fall <Xpage=539>

Fall (f&add;l) , v. i. [ imp. Fell (?) ; p. p. Fallen (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Falling .] [AS. feallan ; akin to D. vallen , OS. & OHG. fallan , G. fallen , Icel. Falla , Sw. falla , Dan. falde , Lith. pulti , L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to fall, Skr. sphal , sphul , to tremble. Cf. Fail , Fell , v. t. , to cause to fall.] 1. To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls ; the tide falls ; the mercury falls in the barometer.

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.

2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls ; a tree falls ; a worshiper falls on his knees.

I fell at his feet to worship him. Rev. xix. 10.

3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into ; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean .

4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.

A thousand shall fall at thy side. Ps. xci. 7.

He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell . Byron.

5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls .

6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.

Shak.

7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls ; stocks fell two points.

I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master. Shak.

The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished. Sir J. Davies.

8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall , that we are innocent. Addison.

9. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb. iv. 11.

10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.

11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.

Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell . Gen. iv. 5.

I have observed of late thy looks are fallen . Addison.

12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes .

13. To pass somewha suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.

The Romans fell on this model by chance. Swift.

Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall . Ruth. iii. 18.

They do not make laws, they fall into customs. H. Spencer.

15. To come; to occur; to arrive.

The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner. Holder.

16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows .

They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

17. To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

18. To belong or appertain.

If to her share some female errors fall , Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Pope.

19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.

To fall abroad of (Naut.) , to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another. -- To fall among , to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. -- To fall astern (Naut.) , to move or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a current, or when outsailed by another. -- To fall away . (a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine. (b) To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel. (c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. "These . . . for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away ." Luke viii. 13. (d) To perish; to vanish; to be lost. "How . . . can the soul . . . fall away into nothing?" Addison . (e) To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint. "One color falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly." Addison . -- To fall back . (a) To recede or retreat; to give way. (b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to fulfill. -- To fall back upon . (a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops). (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some available expedient or support). -- To fall calm , to cease to blow; to become calm. -- To fall down . (a) To prostrate one's self in worship. "All kings shall fall down before him." Ps. lxxii. 11. (b) To sink; to come to the ground. " Down fell the beauteous youth." Dryden . (c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant. (d) (Naut.) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. -- To fall flat , to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat . -- To fall foul of . (a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled with (b) To attack; to make an assault upon. -- To fall from , to recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from allegiance or duty. -- To fall from grace (M. E. Ch.) , to sin; to withdraw from the faith. -- To fall home (Ship Carp.) , to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular. -- To fall in . (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in . (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, to fall in on the right. (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long received, fell in . (d) To become operative. "The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in ." Macaulay . -- To fall into one's hands , to pass, often suddenly or unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands of the enemy. -- To fall in with . (a) To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a friend. (b) (Naut.) To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come near, as land. (c) To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls in with popular opinion. (d) To comply; to yield to. "You will find it difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with your projects." Addison . -- To fall off . (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe. (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as, friends fall off in adversity. "Love cools, friendship falls off , brothers divide." Shak . (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse. (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty.

Those captive tribes . . . fell off From God to worship calves. Milton.

(e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off . (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the magazine or the review falls off . "O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!" Shak . (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to leeward. -- To fall on . (a) To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on evil days. (b) To begin suddenly and eagerly. " Fall on , and try the appetite to eat." Dryden . (c) To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. " Fall on , fall on , and hear him not." Dryden . (d) To drop on; to descend on. -- To fall out . (a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.

A soul exasperated in ills falls out With everything, its friend, itself. Addison.