Part 4156

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>False-heart</h1> <Xpage=540>

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

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>False-hearted</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>False"-heart`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.</def> <i>Bacon</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>False"*heart`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></wordforms>

<h1>Falsehood</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>False"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>False</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.</def>

<blockquote>Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a <b>falsehood</b> in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.</def>

<blockquote>Betrayed by <b>falsehood</b> of his guard. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.</def>

<blockquote>For his molten image is <b>falsehood</b>. <i>Jer. x. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No <b>falsehood</b> can endure Touch of celestial temper. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See <er>Falsity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Falsely</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>False"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.</def> "O <i>falsely</i>, <i>falsely</i> murdered."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Oppositions of science, <b>falsely</b> so called. <i>1 Tim. vi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear <b>falsely</b> ? <i>Jer. vii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Falseness</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>False"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; <as>as, the <ex>falseness</ex> of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the <ex>falseness</ex> of a man, or of his word.</as></def>

<h1>Falser</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fals"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A deceiver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Falsetto</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal*set"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Falsettos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>falsetto</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>falsus</ets>. See <er>False</er>.]</ety> <def>A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See <cref>Head voice</cref>, under <er>Voice</er>.</def>