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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fal’con-gēn’til, n. p. 492(Ornith.) The female and young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius). Eng. Cyc.Fal-cōn’i-dæ, n. pl. p. 493(Ornith.) A family of birds of prey, characterized by a strong and hooked beak, and very sharp and strong talons, which are retractile and much incurved.Fal'con-ry, n. p. 493The art of training hawks to the exercise of hawking. 2. The practice of taking wild fowls or game by means of hawks.Fald'age, n. p. 493(O. Eng. Law.) A privilege of setting up folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; foldage. Spelman.Fald'fee, n. p. 493(Law.) A fee or composition paid anciently by tenants for the privilege of faldage on his own ground. Blount.Fald'ing, n. p. 493A kind of coarse cloth. [Obs.] Chaucer.Fald'is-to-ry, n. p. 493The throne or seat of a bishop. [Obs.]Făld'stōol, n. p. 493[A-S. fold, feald, fold, and stool. See supra. 1. A folding-stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camp-stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he…Fa-lĕr'ni-an, a. p. 493Pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy.Fall, v. i. p. 493To descend from a higher position to a lower, either suddenly or gradually; to drop down; to sink; to make a descent by the force of gravity alone; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury…Făll, v. t. p. 493To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak. 2. To sink; to depress; as, to raise or fall the voice. 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower; as, to fall the price of…Fall, n. p. 493The act of dropping or descending from a higher to a lower place by gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of a ship. 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture…Fal-lā'ciŏŭs, a. p. 493Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; fitted to deceive; as, a fallacious argument.Fal-lā'cioŭs-ly, adv. p. 493In a fallacious manner. We have seen how fallaciously the author has stated the cause. Addison.Fal-lā'ciōŭs-ness, n. p. 493The state of being fallacious; tendency to deceive or mislead; as, the fallaciousness of an argument.Fāl'la-cy, n. p. 493Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception; mistake. I'll entertain the offered fallacy. Shak. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By…Făl'lal's, n. pl. p. 493Gay ornaments; frippery. Halliwell.Făl'lax, n. p. 493Cavillation. [Obs.] Abp. Cranmer.Fallen, p. a. p. 493Dropped; descended; degraded; decreased; ruined.Fāl'len-cy, n. p. 493Mistake; error; blunder. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Fāl'ler, n. p. 493One who falls.Făl'li-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 493The state of being fallible; liableness to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibility of an argument or of an advisor.Făl'li-ble, a. p. 493Liable to fail or mistake; liable to deceive or be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.Fāl'li-bly, adv. p. 493In a fallible manner.Fāll'ing, n. p. 493An indenting or hollow; — opposed to rising or prominence. [Rare.] Addison.Fāl'ling-sick'ness, n. p. 493(Med.) The epilepsy; a disease in which the patient suddenly loses his senses and falls.Fāl'ling-stār, n. p. 493See SHOOTING-STAR.Fāl'ling-stōne, n. p. 493A stone falling from the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aërolite.Fal-lō'pi-an, a. p. 493(Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; — applied to two ducts or canals floating in the abdomen, and extending from the upper angles of the womb to the pelvis, usually called the…Făl'lōw, a. p. 493Left untilled or unsowed after having been plowed ready for culture; uncultivated; neglected; as, a fallow ground. 2. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.Făl'lōw, n. p. 494Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land which has been plowed without being sowed. The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. Mortimer. 2. The plowing or tilling of land…Făt'lōw, v. i. p. 494To fade; to become yellow. [Obs.]Făl'lōw, v. t. p. 494To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is found for the interest of the farmer to fallow cold…Făl'lōw-chăt, n. p. 494See FALLOW-FINCH.Făl'lōw-crōp, n. p. 494The crop taken from a green fallow. See FALLOW.Făl'low Deer p. 494(Zoöl.) A species of deer (Cervus Dama, or Dama vulgaris), smaller than the stag, and most common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.Făl'lōw-finch, n. p. 494(Or-nith.) A small bird of the genus Saxicola (S. œnanthe of some, Motacilla œnanthe of Linnæus); — called also fallow-chat, whe't-ear, and by a variety of local names. Eng. Cyc.Făl'lōw-íst, n. p. 494(Agric.) One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [Rare.] On this subject a controversy has arisen between two sects, the fallowists and the anti-fallowists. Sinclair.Făl'low-ness, n. p. 494(Agric.) A fallow state; barrenness; exemption from bearing fruit. Donne.Fal'sa-ry, n. p. 494A falsifier of evidence. [Obs.] Sheldon.False, a. p. 494Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishonest; as, a false witness; a false historian, and the like. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, and the like…False, adv. p. 494Not truly; not honestly; falsely. Shak.False, v. t. p. 494To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.] “In his falsed fancy.” Spenser. 2. To defeat; to balk; to evade. [Obs.] Spenser.False'-fāçed, a. p. 494Hypocritical. “False-faced soothing.” Shak.False'-heärt or False'-heärt'ed, a. p. 494Hollow; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon.False'-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 494Perfidiousness; treachery. Stillingfleet.False'hood, n. p. 494Want of truth or veracity; an untrue assertion. Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the…False'ly, adv. p. 494In a false manner; not truly; deceitfully; perfidiously. “O falsely, falsely murdered.” Shak.False'ness, n. p. 494The state of being false; want of integrity or uprightness; double-dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a man, or of his word. The prince is in no danger of being…Fals'er, n. p. 494One who is false; a deceiver. [Obs.] “Such falser’s friendship fair.” Spenser.Fal-sĕtte' or Fal-sĕt/to, n. p. 494A false or artificial voice; that peculiar species of voice in a man the compass of which lies above his natural voice. The cry, scream, yell, and all shrillness, are various modes of the falsette.…Făl'sī Crī'men p. 494The crime of falsifying. ☞ This term in the civil law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which…Fal'si-fī'a-ble, a. p. 494Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted. Johnson.Fal'si-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 494The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not; as, the falsification of words. Hooker. 2. Confutation. Broome. 3. (Equity.) The showing…Fal'si-fi-cā'tor, n. p. 494A falsifier. Bp. Morton.Fal'si-fī'er, n. p. 494One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance.Fals'i-fȳ, v. t. p. 494To represent falsely; to make false; to counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin. The Irish bards use to forge and falsify every thing as they list, to please or displease any man. Spenser. 2. To…Fals'i-fȳ, v. i. p. 494To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.Fals'ism, n. p. 494That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; — opposed to truism.Fals'i-ty, n. p. 494The quality of being false; contrariety or inconformity to truth. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South. 2. Falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.…