Part 12

FACILE, fas'il, _adj._ easily persuaded: affable: yielding: easy of access or accomplishment: courteous: easy.--_n._ FAC'ILENESS.--_v.t._ FACIL'IT[=A]TE, to make easy: to lessen difficulty.--_ns._ FACILIT[=A]'TION; FACIL'ITY, quality of being facile; dexterity: easiness to be persuaded: pliancy: easiness of access: affability: (_Scots law_) a condition of mental weakness short of idiocy, but such as makes a person easily persuaded to do deeds to his own prejudice:--_pl._ FACIL'ITIES, means that render anything easily done. [Fr.,--L. _facilis_, easy--_fac[)e]re_, to do.]

FACINOROUS, fa-sin'o-rus, _adj._ atrociously wicked.--_n._ FACIN'OROUSNESS. [L. _facinorosus_--_facinus_, a crime--_fac[)e]re_, to do.]

FAC-SIMILE, fak-sim'i-l[=e], _n._ an exact copy, as of handwriting, a coin, &c.--_adj._ exactly corresponding.--_v.t._ to make a fac-simile of, to reproduce.--_n._ FAC-SIM'ILIST. [L. _fac_, imper. of _fac[)e]re_, to make, _simile_, neut. of _similis_, like.]

FACT, fakt, _n._ a deed or anything done: anything that comes to pass: reality, or a real state of things, as distinguished from a mere statement or belief, a datum of experience: truth: the assertion of a thing done: an evil deed, a sense now surviving only in 'to confess the fact,' 'after' or 'before the fact.'--_adj._ FACT'UAL, pertaining to facts: actual.--_ns._ FACTUAL'ITY; FACT'UM, a thing done, a deed.--AS A MATTER OF FACT, in reality.--THE FACT OF THE MATTER, the plain truth about the subject in question. [L. _factum_--_fac[)e]re_, to make.]

FACTION, fak'shun, _n._ a company of persons associated or acting together, mostly used in a bad sense: a contentious party in a state or society: dissension.--_adj._ FAC'TIONAL.--_ns._ FAC'TIONARY, a member of a faction; FAC'TIONIST.--_adj._ FAC'TIOUS, turbulent: disloyal.--_adv._ FAC'TIOUSLY.--_n._ FAC'TIOUSNESS. [L. _factionem_--_fac[)e]re_, to do.]

FACTITIOUS, fak-tish'us, _adj._ made by art, in opposition to what is natural or spontaneous: conventional.--_adv._ FACTI'TIOUSLY.--_n._ FACTI'TIOUSNESS.--_adjs._ FAC'TITIVE, causative; FAC'TIVE (_obs._), making. [L. _factitius_--_fac[)e]re_, to make.]

FACTOR, fak'tor, _n._ a doer or transactor of business for another: one who buys and sells goods for others, on commission: (_Scot._) an agent managing heritable estates for another: (_math._) one of two or more parts, which, when multiplied together, result in a given number--e.g. 6 and 4 are factors of 24: an element in the composition of anything, or in bringing about a certain result.--_ns._ FAC'TORAGE, the fees or commission of a factor.--_adj._ FACT[=O]'RIAL, of or pertaining to a factor.--_v.t._ FAC'TORISE (_U.S._), to warn not to pay or give up goods: to attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third person.--_ns._ FAC'TORSHIP; FAC'TORY, a manufactory: a trading settlement in a distant country.--JUDICIAL FACTOR, a person appointed by the Court to manage the estate of a person under some incapacity. [L.,--_fac[)e]re_.]

FACTOTUM, fak-t[=o]'tum, _n._ a person employed to do all kinds of work for another. [Low L.,--L. _fac_, imper. of _fac[)e]re_, to do, _totum_, all.]

FACTURE, fak't[=u]r, _n._ the act or the result of making, workmanship.

FACULA, fak'[=u]-la, _n._ a spot brighter than the rest of the surface, sometimes seen on the sun's disc:--_pl._ FAC'ULAE. [L., 'a torch,' dim. of _fax_, torch.]

FACULTY, fak'ul-ti, _n._ facility or power to act: any particular ability or aptitude: an original power of the mind: any physical capability or function: personal quality or endowment: right, authority, or privilege to act: license: a department of learning at a university, or the professors constituting it: the members of a profession: executive ability.--_adj._ FAC'ULT[=A]TIVE, optional: of or pertaining to a faculty.--COURT OF FACULTIES, a court established by Henry VIII., whereby authority is given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant dispensations and faculties. [Fr.,--L. _facultatem_--_facilis_, easy.]

FACUNDITY, fa-kun'di-ti, _n._ (_obs._) eloquence.

FAD, fad, _n._ a weak or transient hobby, crotchet, or craze: any unimportant belief or practice intemperately urged.--_adjs._ FAD'DISH, given to fads--also FAD'DY.--_ns._ FAD'DISNNESS; FAD'DISM; FAD'DIST, one who is a slave to some fad. [Ety. dub.]

FADAISE, fa-d[=a]z', _n._ a trifling thought or expression. [Fr.]

FADDLE, fad'l, _v.i._ (_prov._) to trifle.--_n._ nonsense, trifling--usually in _fiddle-faddle_.

FADE, f[=a]d, _v.i._ to lose strength, freshness, or colour gradually: to vanish.--_adj._ insipid: weak.--_adv._ F[=A]'DEDLY.--_adj._ FADE'LESS.--_adv._ FADE'LESSLY.--_n._ F[=A]'DING (_Shak._), the burden of a song.--_adj._ F[=A]'DY, wearing away. [O. Fr. _fader_--_fade_--L. _vapidum_, acc. to Gaston Paris.]

FADGE, faj, _v.i._ to agree: to succeed, turn out well. [Ety. dub.; not conn. with A.S. _f['e]gan_, to join.]

FAECES, FECES, f[=e]'s[=e]z, _n.pl._ sediment after infusion or distillation: dregs: the solid excrements.--_adj._ FAE'CAL, of or pertaining to faeces. [L., pl. of _faex_, _faecis_, grounds.]

FAERIE, FAERY, f[=a]'[.e]r-i, _n._ (_arch._) the world of fairies, fairyland: (_obs._) a fairy. [A variant of _fairy_.]

FAG, fag, _v.i._ to become weary or tired out: to work hard: to be a fag.--_v.t._ to weary: to use as a fag:--_pr.p._ fag'ging; _pa.p._ fagged.--_n._ at Eton, Winchester, &c., a schoolboy forced to do menial offices for one older, who in turn protects him: a tiresome piece of work: drudgery.--_ns._ FAG'GERY, drudgery: fagging; FAG'GING, laborious drudgery: a usage in virtue of which senior boys are authorised to exact a variety of services from the junior boys.--TO FAG OUT, to field, as a fag, in cricket. [Ety. dub.; perh. a corr. of _flag_, to droop, which see.]

FAG-END, fag'-end, _n._ the end of a web of cloth that hangs loose: the untwisted end of a rope: the refuse or meaner part of a thing.

FAGGOT, FAGOT, fag'ut, _n._ a bundle of sticks for fuel, fascines, &c.: a stick: anything like a faggot: a bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding: a soldier numbered on the muster-roll, but not really existing: a voter who has obtained his vote expressly for party purposes, on a spurious or sham qualification.--_adj._ got up for a purpose, as in 'Faggot vote.'--_v.t._ to tie together.--_ns._ FAGG'OTING, FAG'OTING, a kind of embroidery in which some of the cross-threads are drawn together in the middle. [Fr. _fagot_, a bundle of sticks, perh. from L. _fax_, a torch.]

FAGOTTO, fag-ot'o, _n._ a bassoon.--_n._ FAGOTT'IST, one who plays on the bassoon. [It.]

FAHLERZ, f[:a]l'erts, _n._ gray copper, or gray copper ore. [Ger.]

FAHRENHEIT, f[:a]'ren-h[=i]t, or far'en-[=i]t, _n._ the name applied to a thermometer, the freezing-point of which is marked at 32, and the boiling-point at 212 degrees (see THERMOMETER for the relations between the two scales). [Named from the inventor, Gabriel D. _Fahrenheit_ (1686-1736).]

FAIENCE, f[=a]'y[:a]ns, _n._ a fine kind of pottery, glazed and painted. [Fr.; prob. from _Faenza_ in Italy.]

FAIK, f[=a]k, _v.i._ and _v.t._ (_Scot._) to abate: to excuse.

FAIL, f[=a]l, _n._ a turf, sod.--_n._ FAIL'-DIKE (_Scot._), a turf-wall. [Perh. from Gael. _f[`a]l_, a sod.]

FAIL, f[=a]l, _v.i._ to fall short or be wanting (with _in_): to fall away: to decay: to die: to prove deficient under trial, examination, pressure, &c.: to miss: to be disappointed or baffled: to be unable to pay one's debts.--_v.t._ to be wanting to: not to be sufficient for: to leave undone, omit: to disappoint or desert any one:--_pr.p._ fail'ing; _pa.p._ failed.--_n._ (_Shak._) failure.--_p.adj._ FAILED, decayed, worn out: bankrupt.--_n._ FAIL'ING, a fault, weakness: a foible.--_prep._ in default of.--_n._ FAIL'URE, a falling short, or cessation: omission: decay: bankruptcy.--FAIL OF, to come short of accomplishing any purpose; WITHOUT FAIL, infallibly. [O. Fr. _faillir_--L. _fall[)e]re_, to deceive; cf. Dut. _feilen_, Ger. _fehlen_, Ice. _feila_.]

FAIN, f[=a]n, _adj._ glad or joyful: inclined (with _to_): content to accept, for want of better: compelled: (_Spens._) wont.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to delight.--_adv._ gladly.--_adv._ FAIN'LY, gladly.--_n._ FAIN'NESS, eagerness. [A.S. _faegen_, joyful: cf. Ice. _feginn_, glad.]

FAIN, f[=a]n, _v.i._ (_Spens._). Same as FEIGN.

FAIN['E]ANT, f[=a]-nyang', _adj._ and _n._ do-nothing, applied esp. to the later Merovingian kings of France, mere puppets, under whom the mayors of the Palace really governed the country.--_ns._ FAI'NEANCE (_Kingsley_), FAI'NEANCY, FAINEANT'ISE. [Fr., _faire_, to do, _n['e]ant_, nothing.]

FAINT, f[=a]nt, _adj._ wanting in strength: fading: lacking distinctness: not bright or forcible: weak in spirit: lacking courage: depressed: done in a feeble way.--_v.i._ to become feeble or weak: to lose strength, colour, &c.: to swoon: to fade or decay: to vanish: to lose courage or spirit: to become depressed.--_v.t._ (_rare_) to render faint.--_n._ a swoon.--_p.adj._ FAINT'ED (_Milt._), exhausted.--_adjs._ FAINT'-HEART, FAINT'-HEART'ED, cowardly: timorous.--_adv._ FAINT'-HEART'EDLY.--_ns._ FAINT'-HEART'EDNESS; FAINT'ING.--_adj._ FAINT'ISH, slightly faint.--_n._ FAINT'ISHNESS.--_adv._ FAINT'LY.--_n._ FAINT'NESS, want of strength: feebleness of colour, light, &c.: dejection.--_adj._ FAINT'Y, faintish. [O. Fr. _feint_ (Fr. _feindre_), feigned--L. _fing[)e]re_, to feign.]

FAIR, f[=a]r, _adj._ bright: clear: free from blemish: pure: pleasing to the eye: beautiful: free from a dark hue: of a light shade: free from clouds or rain: favourable: unobstructed: open: prosperous: frank: impartial: just: pleasing: plausible: hopeful: moderate: pretty good.--_n._ that which is fair: (_arch._) a woman.--_v.t._ to make fair.--_v.i._ to clear up, as the weather from rain.--_adv._ kindly, honestly, clearly: straight: (_Shak._) favourably.--_adjs._ FAIR'-AND-SQUARE, honest--also used adverbially; FAIR'-BOD'ING (_Shak._), auspicious.--_n._ FAIR'-COP'Y, the state of a document copied after final correction.--_adjs._ FAIR'-FACED, with a light complexion: beautiful: specious; FAIR'-HAIRED, having fair or light-coloured hair; FAIR'-HAND, having a fair appearance; FAIR'ISH, somewhat fair: pretty well, pretty drunk.--_adv._ FAIR'LY.--_adj._ FAIR'-MIND'ED, judging fairly.--_ns._ FAIR'NESS; FAIR'-PLAY, honest dealing: justice.--_adjs._ FAIR'-SEEM'ING, appearing fair; FAIR'-SPOK'EN, bland and civil in language and address.--_ns._ FAIR'-TRADE, free-trade: a euphemism for smuggling: a mild form of the protective system, in which the basis of economic policy is supposed to be reciprocity or free-trade only with such nations as grant similar privileges--also used adverbially; FAIR'-WAY, the part of a river, roadstead, &c. by which vessels enter or leave.--_adj._ FAIR'-WEATH'ER, suitable only for fair weather or favourable circumstances.--BE IN A FAIR WAY TO, to be likely to succeed in; KEEP FAIR WITH, to keep on amiable terms with; STAND FAIR WITH, to be in the good graces of.--THE FAIR, THE FAIR SEX, the female sex. [A.S. _faeger_.]

FAIR, f[=a]r, _n._ a great periodical market for one kind of merchandise, or for the general sales and purchases of a district: a collection of miscellaneous goods for sale on behoof of charity at a bazaar, &c.--_n._ FAIR'ING, a present given at a fair, any complimentary gift.--A DAY AFTER THE FAIR, too late; GET ONE'S FAIRING (_Scot._), to get one's deserts. [O. Fr. _feire_--L. _feria_, holiday.]

FAIRY, f[=a]r'i, _n._ an imaginary being, generally of diminutive and graceful human form, capable of kindly or unkindly acts towards man: fairy-folk collectively: an enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.--_adj._ like a fairy, fanciful, whimsical, delicate.--_adv._ FAIR'ILY.--_n.pl._ FAIR'Y-BEADS, the separate joints of the stems of fossil crinoids found in carboniferous limestone.--_ns._ FAIR'Y-BUTT'ER, a name applied in northern England to certain gelatinous fungi; FAIR'YDOM; FAIR'YHOOD, FAIR'YISM; FAIR'YLAND, the country of the fairies.--_adj._ FAIR'Y-LIKE, like or acting like fairies.--_n._ FAIR'Y-MON'EY, money given by fairies, which quickly changes into withered leaves, &c.: money found.--_ns.pl._ FAIR'Y-RINGS, -CIR'CLES, spots or circles in pastures, either barer than the rest of the field, or greener--due to the outwardly spreading growth of various fungi.--_ns._ FAIR'Y-STONE, a fossil echinite found abundantly in chalk-pits; FAIR'Y-TALE, a story about fairies: an incredible tale. [O. Fr. _faerie_, enchantment--_fae_ (mod. _f['e]e_). See FAY.]

FAITH, f[=a]th, _n._ trust or confidence in any person: belief in the statement of another: belief in the truth of revealed religion: confidence and trust in God: the living reception by the heart of the truth as it is in Christ: that which is believed: any system of religious belief, esp. the religion one considers true--'the faith;' fidelity to promises: honesty: word or honour pledged.--_adjs._ FAITHED (_Shak._), credited; FAITH'FUL, full of faith, believing: firm in adherence to promises, duty, allegiance, &c.: loyal: conformable to truth: worthy of belief: true.--_adv._ FAITH'FULLY, sincerely, truthfully, exactly.--_ns._ FAITH'FULNESS; FAITH'-HEAL'ING, a system of belief based on James, v. 14, that sickness may be treated without any medical advice or appliances, if the prayer of Christians be accompanied in the sufferer by true faith.--_adj._ FAITH'LESS, without faith or belief: not believing, esp. in God or Christianity: not adhering to promises, allegiance, or duty: delusive.--_adv._ FAITH'LESSLY.--_ns._ FAITH'LESSNESS; FAITH'WORTHINESS, trustworthiness.--_adj._ FAITH'WORTHY, worthy of faith or belief.--BAD FAITH, treachery.--FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL, Abraham: the caliph.--IN GOOD FAITH, with sincerity.--THE FAITHFUL, believers. [M. E. _feith_, _feyth_--O. Fr. _feid_--L. _fides_--_fid[)e]re_, to trust.]

FAITOR, f[=a]'tor, _n._ an impostor: an evil-doer, a scoundrel.--Often FAI'TOUR. [O. Fr. _faitor_--L. _factor_.]

FAKE, f[=a]k, _v.t._ to fold, coil.--_n._ a coil of rope, &c.

FAKE, f[=a]k, _v.t._ to steal: to make up an article so as to hide its defects.--_n._ FAKE'MENT, any swindling device. [Prof. Skeat thinks it merely the Mid. Dut. _facken_, to catch; Mr Bradley suggests the earlier _feak_, _feague_, Ger. _fegen_, to furbish up.]

FAKIR, fa-k[=e]r', or f[=a]'k[.e]r, _n._ a member of a religious order of mendicants or penitents in India, &c.--_n._ FAKIR'ISM, religious mendicancy. [Ar. _faq[^i]r_, a poor man, _fakr_, _faqr_, poverty.]

FA-LA, f[:a]-l[:a], _n._ an old kind of madrigal.

FALBALA, fal'ba-la, _n._ a trimming for women's petticoats: a furbelow. [Ety. dub.; cf. _furbelow_.]

FALCADE, fal'k[=a]d', _n._ the motion of a horse when he throws himself on his haunches in a very quick curvet. [Fr.,--L. _fulcatus_, bent.]

FALCATE, -D, fal'k[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ (_astron._, _bot._) bent like a sickle, as the crescent moon, and certain leaves.--_ns._ FALC[=A]'TION; FAL'CULA, a falcate or falciform claw.--_adj._ FAL'CULATE. [L. _falx_, a sickle.]

FALCHION, fawl'shun, _n._ a short, broad sword, bent somewhat like a sickle.--_adj._ FAL'CIFORM, sickle-shaped. [O. Fr. _fauchon_, through Low L., from L. _falx_, a sickle.]

FALCON, fol'kon, or faw'kn, _n._ a bird of prey formerly trained to the pursuit of game: a kind of cannon.--_ns._ FAL'CONER, one who sports with, or who breeds and trains, falcons or hawks for taking wild-fowl; FAL'CONET, a small field-gun in use till the 16th century.--_adj._ FAL'CON-EYED, keen-eyed.--_ns._ FAL'CON-GEN'TIL, -GEN'TLE, the female and young of the goshawk.--_adj._ FAL'CONINE.--_n._ FAL'CONRY, the art of training or hunting with falcons. [O. Fr. _faucon_--Low L. _falc[=o]n-em_--L. _falx_, a hook or sickle.]

FALDAGE, fal'd[=a]j, _n._ the right, often reserved by the lord of a manor, of folding his tenant's sheep in his own fields for the sake of the manure: a fee paid for exemption from the foregoing.

FALDERAL, f[:a]l'der-al, _n._ a meaningless refrain in songs: any kind of flimsy trifle--also FOL'DEROL and FAL DE ROL.--FALDERAL IT, to sing unmeaning sounds.

FALDETTA, fal-det'a, _n._ a Maltese woman's combined hood and cape. [It.]

FALDSTOOL, fawld'st[=oo]l, _n._ a folding or camp stool: a kind of stool for the king at his coronation: a bishop's armless seat: a small desk in churches in England, at which the litany should be sung or said.--_n._ FALD'ISTORY, a bishop's seat within the chancel. [Low L. _faldistolium_--Old High Ger. _faldan_ (Ger. _falten_), to fold, _stuol_ (Ger. _stuhl_), stool.]

FALERNIAN, fa-ler'ni-an, _adj._ pertaining to a district (_Falernus ager_) in Campania, famous of old for its wine.--_n._ FALER'NE, a modern sweet white wine, produced near Naples.

FALL, fawl, _v.i._ to drop down: to descend by the force of gravity: to become prostrate: (of a river) to discharge itself: to slope down: to sink as if dead: to vanish: to die away: to lose strength, subside: to decline in power, wealth, value, or reputation: to be overthrown: to be compelled to yield: to become downcast: to sink into sin, to yield to temptation: to depart from the faith: to become dejected: to pass gently into any state, as 'to fall in love,' 'to fall asleep:' to befall: to issue, occur: to enter upon with haste or vehemence: to rush: to be dropped in birth: to be required or necessary: to fall away:--_pr.p._ fall'ing; _pa.t._ fell; _pa.p._ fallen (faw'ln).--_n._ the act of falling, in any of its senses: descent by gravity, a dropping down: that which falls--a trap-door, &c.: as much as comes down at one time, as 'a fall of snow,' &c.: overthrow: death: descent from a better to a worse position: slope or declivity: descent of water: a cascade: length of a fall: outlet of a river: decrease in value: a sinking of the voice: the time when the leaves fall, autumn: a bout at wrestling: the yielding of a city or stronghold to the enemy: that which falls: a lapse into sin, esp. that of Adam and Eve, called 'the Fall:' a kind of collar worn in the 17th century.--_adj._ FALL'EN, in a degraded state, ruined.--_ns._ FALL'ING, that which falls; FALL'ING-BAND (see BAND); FALL'ING-SICK'NESS, epilepsy; FALL'ING-STAR, a meteor; FALL'ING-STONE, a portion of an exploded meteor; FALL'TRANK, a medicine compounded of certain aromatic and astringent Swiss plants, of repute for accidents; FALL'-TRAP, a trap which operates by falling.--FALL-A, to begin; FALL ACROSS, to meet by chance; FALL AMONG, to come into the midst of; FALL AWAY, to decline gradually, to languish: to grow lean: to revolt or apostatise; FALL BACK, to retreat, give way; FALL BACK, FALL EDGE, no matter what may happen; FALL BACK UPON, to have recourse to some expedient or resource in reserve; FALL BEHIND, to slacken, to be outstripped; FALL FLAT, to fail completely, as a shopman in attracting attention or purchasers, a new book, &c.; FALL FOUL, to come in collision: to quarrel (with _of_); FALL IN (_with_), to concur or agree: to comply: to place themselves in order, as soldiers; FALL OFF, to separate or be broken: to die away, to perish: to revolt or apostatise; FALL ON, to begin eagerly: to make an attack: to meet; FALL ON ONE'S FEET, to come well out of a difficulty, to gain any unexpected good fortune; FALL OUT, to quarrel: to happen or befall; FALL OVER (_Shak._), to go over to the enemy; FALL SHORT, to be deficient (with _of_); FALL THROUGH, to fail, come to nothing; FALL TO, to begin hastily and eagerly: to apply one's self to; FALL UPON, to attack: to attempt: to rush against.--TRY A FALL, to take a bout at wrestling. [A.S. _feallan_; Ger. _fallen_; prob. conn. with L. _fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]

FALL, fawl, _n._ the cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned: the chase of a whale.--LOOSE FALL, the losing of a whale. [Prob. from the north-eastern Scotch pronunciation of _whale_.]

FALLACY, fal'a-si, _n._ something fallacious: deceptive appearance: an apparently genuine but really illogical argument: (_obs._) deception.--_adj._ FALL[=A]'CIOUS, calculated to deceive or mislead: not well founded: causing disappointment: delusive.--_adv._ FALL[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_n._ FALL[=A]'CIOUSNESS. [O. Fr. _fallace_, deceit--L. _fallacia_, from _fallax_, deceptive--_fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]

FALLAL, fal'lal', or fal-lal', _n._ a piece of ribbon worn as a streamer, any trifling ornament.--_adj._ foppish, trifling.--_n._ FALLAL'ERY.--_adv._ FALLAL'ISHLY.

FALLIBLE, fal'i-bl, _adj._ liable to error or mistake.--_n._ FALLIBIL'ITY, liability to err.--_adv._ FALL'IBLY. [Fr.,--Low L. _fallibilis_, from _fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]

FALLOPIAN, fal-l[=o]'pi-an, _adj._ denoting two tubes or ducts through which the ova pass from the ovary to the uterus in the human subject. [So called because supposed to have been discovered by the Italian anatomist _Fallopius_ (1523-62).]

FALLOW, fal'[=o], _adj._ left untilled or unsowed for a time.--_n._ land that has lain a year or more untilled or unsown after having been ploughed.--_v.t._ to plough land without seeding it.--_ns._ FALL'OWNESS, state of being fallow or untilled; GREEN FALL'OW, fallow where land is cleaned by a green crop, as turnips. [Ety. dub.; prob. an assumed A.S. _fealgian_, that may be confounded with the following word, from the reddish colour of unsown land.]

FALLOW, fal'[=o], _adj._ of a brownish-yellow colour.--_ns._ FALL'OW-CHAT, FALL'OW-FINCH, the wheatear or stonechat; FALL'OW-DEER, a yellowish-brown deer smaller than the red-deer, with broad flat antlers. [A.S. _falu_; cf. Ger. _fahl_, Ice. _folr_.]

FALSE, fawls, _adj._ deceptive or deceiving: untruthful: unfaithful to obligations: untrue: not genuine or real, counterfeit: hypocritical: not well founded, or not according to rule: artificial, as opposed to natural, of teeth, &c.--_adv._ incorrectly: faithlessly.--_n._ (_Shak._) falsehood: untruth.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to betray.--_ns._ FALSE CONCEPTION, a uterine growth consisting of some degenerate mass instead of a foetus; FALSE'FACE, a mask.--_adjs._ FALSE'-FACED (_Shak._), hypocritical; FALSE'-HEART'ED, treacherous, deceitful.--_n._ FALSE'HOOD, state or quality of being false: want of truth: want of honesty: deceitfulness: false appearance: an untrue statement: a lie.--_adv._ FALSE'LY.--_ns._ FALSE'NESS; FALS'ER (_Spens._), a deceiver, a liar.--_adjs._ FALSID'ICAL, deceptive; FALS'ISH, somewhat false.--_ns._ FALS'ISM, a self-evident falsity; FALS'ITY, quality of being false: a false assertion.--PLAY ONE FALSE, to act falsely or treacherously to a person; PUT IN A FALSE POSITION, to bring any one into a position in which he must be misunderstood. [O. Fr. _fals_ (mod. _faux_)--L. _falsus_, pa.p. of _fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]

FALSETTO, fawl-set'o, _n._ a forced voice of a range or register above the natural, the head voice. [It. _falsetto_, dim. of _falso_, false.]

FALSIFY, fawls'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to forge or counterfeit: to prove untrustworthy: to break by falsehood:--_pr.p._ fals'ifying; _pa.p._ fals'ified.--_adj._ FALS'IF[=I]ABLE, capable of being falsified.--_ns._ FALSIFIC[=A]'TION, the act of making false: the giving to a thing the appearance of something which it is not; FALS'IFIER, one who falsifies. [Fr.,--Low L. _falsific[)a]re_--L. _falsus_, false, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

FALSTAFFIAN, fal'staf-i-an, _adj._ like Shakespeare's _Falstaff_--corpulent, jovial, humorous, and dissolute.

FALTER, fawl't[.e]r, _v.i._ to stumble: to fail or stammer in speech: to tremble or totter: to be feeble or irresolute.--_n._ any unsteadiness.--_n._ FAL'TERING, feebleness, deficiency.--_adv._ FAL'TERINGLY, in a faltering or hesitating manner. [Prob. a freq. of _falden_, fold. The conn. with _fault_, in which the _l_ is late, is untenable.]

FALX, falks, _n._ a sickle-shaped part or process, as of the dura mater of the skull: a chelicera: a poison-fang of a snake: a rotula of a sea-urchin:--_pl._ FALCES (fal's[=e]z). [L., a sickle.]

FAMBLE, fam'bl, _n._ (_slang_) the hand--also FAM.--_v.t._ to feel or handle. [Der. obscure; perh. from the obs. verb _famble_, in its probable original sense, 'to grope, fumble.']

FAME, f[=a]m, _n._ public report or rumour: renown or celebrity, chiefly in good sense.--_v.t._ to report: to make famous.--_n._ F[=A]'MA, report, rumour, fame.--_adjs._ FAMED, renowned; FAME'LESS, without renown.--FAMA CLAMOSA (_Scot._), any notorious rumour ascribing immoral conduct to a minister or office-bearer in a church.--HOUSE OF ILL FAME, a brothel. [Fr.,--L. _fama_, from _f[=a]ri_, to speak; cog. with Gr. _ph[=e]m[=e]_, from _phanai_, to say.]

FAMILIAR, fa-mil'yar, _adj._ well acquainted or intimate: showing the manner of an intimate: free: unceremonious: having a thorough knowledge of: well known or understood: private, domestic: common, plain.--_n._ one well or long acquainted: a spirit or demon supposed to attend an individual at call: a member of a pope's or bishop's household: the officer of the Inquisition who arrested the suspected.--_v.t._ FAMIL'IARISE, to make thoroughly acquainted: to accustom: to make easy by practice or study.--_n._ FAMILIAR'ITY, intimate acquaintanceship: freedom from constraint: any unusual or unwarrantable freedom in act or speech toward another, acts of license--usually in _pl._--_adv._ FAMIL'IARLY. [O. Fr. _familier_--L. _familiaris_, from _familia_, a family.]

FAMILY, fam'i-li, _n._ the household, or all those who live in one house under one head, including parents, children, servants: the children of a person: the descendants of one common progenitor: race: honourable or noble descent: a group of animals, plants, languages, &c. more comprehensive than a genus.--_ns._ FAM'ILISM, the family feeling; FAM'ILIST, one of the 16th-cent. mystical sect known as the Family of Love, which based religion upon love independently of faith.--FAMILY BIBLE, a large Bible for family worship, with a page for recording family events; FAMILY COACH, a large carriage able to carry a whole family; FAMILY MAN, a man with a family: a domesticated man.--BE IN THE FAMILY WAY, to be pregnant; IN A FAMILY WAY, in a domestic manner. [L. _familia_--_famulus_, a servant.]

FAMINE, fam'in, _n._ general scarcity of food: extreme scarcity of anything, as in 'famine prices,' &c.: hunger: starvation. [Fr., through an unrecorded Low L. _famina_, from L. _fames_, hunger.]

FAMISH, fam'ish, _v.t._ to starve.--_v.i._ to die or suffer extreme hunger or thirst.--_n._ FAM'ISHMENT, starvation. [Obs. _fame_, to starve--L. _fames_, hunger.]

FAMOUS, f[=a]'mus, _adj._ renowned: noted.--_v.t._ to make famous.--_adv._ F[=A]'MOUSLY.--_n._ F[=A]'MOUSNESS. [O. Fr.,--L. _famosus_--_fama_.]

FAMULUS, fam'[=u]-lus, _n._ a private secretary or factotum: an attendant, esp. on a magician or scholar.--_n._ FAM'ULIST, a collegian of inferior position (Dr Murray doubts the word). [L. _famulus_, a servant.]

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