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<blockquote>Ere her native king Shall <b>falter</b> under foul rebellion's arms. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.</def>

<blockquote>Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance <b>falters</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Falter</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.</def>

<blockquote>And here he <b>faltered</b> forth his last farewell. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mde me most happy, <b>faltering</b> "I am thine." <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Falter</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fal"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Falter</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; <as>as, a slight <ex>falter</ex> in her voice</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>falter</b> of an idle shepherd's pipe. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Faltering</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fal"ter*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hesitating; trembling.</def> "With <i>faltering</i> speech." <i>Milton</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Falter; halting; hesitation.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fal"ter*ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Faluns</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa`luns"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.</def>

<h1>Falwe</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fal"we</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Fallow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Falx</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Falx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a sickle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.</def>

<h1>Famble</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>falmelen</ets>; cf. SW. <ets>famla</ets> to grope, Dan. <ets>famle</ets> to grope, falter, hesitate, Isel. <ets>f\'belma</ets> to grope. Cf. <er>Famble</er>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Famble</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Famble</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hand</def> <mark>[Slang & Obs.]</mark> "We clap our <i>fambles</i>."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Fame</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fame</ets>, L. <ets>fama</ets>, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak, akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ a saying, report, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to speak. See <er>Ban</er>, and cf. <er>Fable</er>, <er>Fate</er>, <er>Euphony</er>, <er>Blame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Public report or rumor.</def>