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<hw>Fal"sa*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>falsarius</ets>, fr. <ets>falsus</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A falsifier of evidence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sheldon.</i>

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<hw>False</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Falser</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Falsest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>falsus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive; cf. OF. <ets>faus</ets>, <ets>fals</ets>, F. <ets>faux</ets>, and AS. <ets>fals</ets> fraud. See <er>Fail</er>, <er>Fall</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> witness</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> friend, lover, or subject; <ex>false</ex> to promises.</as></def>

<blockquote>I to myself was <b>false</b>, ere thou to me. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> statement</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; <as>as, <ex>false</ex> tears; <ex>false</ex> modesty; <ex>false</ex> colors; <ex>false</ex> jewelry.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>False</b> face must hide what the false heart doth know. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> claim; a <ex>false</ex> conclusion; a <ex>false</ex> construction in grammar.</as></def>

<blockquote>Whose <b>false</b> foundation waves have swept away. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Not in tune.</def>

<cs><col>False arch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.</cd> -- <col>False attic</col>, <cd>an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.</cd> -- <col>False bearing</col>, <cd>any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a <i>false bearing<i>.</cd> -- <col>False cadence</col>, <cd>an imperfect or interrupted cadence.</cd> -- <col>False conception</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.</cd> -- <col>False croup</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.</cd> -- <mcol><col>False</col> <col>door &or; window</col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry.</cd> -- <col>False fire</col>, <cd>a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.</cd> -- <col>False galena</col>. <cd>See <er>Blende</er>.</cd> -- <col>False imprisonment</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.</cd> -- <col>False keel</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.</cd> -- <col>False key</col>, <cd>a picklock.</cd> -- <col>False leg</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Proleg</er>.</cd> -- <col>False membrane</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.</cd> -- <col>False papers</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving.</cd> -- <col>False passage</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.</cd> -- <col>False personation</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another.</cd> -- <col>False pretenses</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.</cd> -- <col>False rail</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it.</cd> -- <col>False relation</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp.</cd> -- <col>False return</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.</cd> -- <col>False ribs</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man.</cd> -- <col>False roof</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. <i>Oxford Gloss</i>.</cd> -- <col>False token</col>, <cd>a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes.</cd> -- <col>False scorpion</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any arachnid of the genus <spn>Chelifer</spn>. See <er>Book scorpion</er>.</cd> -- <col>False tack</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.</cd> -- <col>False vampire</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the <spn>Vampyrus spectrum</spn> of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also <altname>vampire</altname>, and <altname>ghost vampire</altname>. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera <spn>Desmodus</spn> and <spn>Diphylla</spn>. See <er>Vampire</er>.</cd> -- <col>False window</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>False door</cref>, above.</cd> -- <col>False wing</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Alula</er>, and <cref>Bastard wing</cref>, under <er>Bastard</er>.</cd> -- <col>False works</col> <fld>(Civil Engin.)</fld>, <cd>construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.</cd></cs>

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<hw>False</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Not truly; not honestly; falsely.</def> "You play me <i>false</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>False</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>falsare</ets> to falsify, fr. <ets>falsus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fausser</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To report falsely; to falsify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To betray; to falsify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> hath his truthe <b>falsed</b> in this wise. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In his <b>falsed</b> fancy. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To feign; to pretend to make.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "And <i>falsed</i> oft his blows."

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>False"-faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hypocritical.</def>