Faith () The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.

Faith () The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.

Faith () That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.

Faith () Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.

Faith () Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.

Faith () Credibility or truth.

Faith () By my faith; in truth; verily.

Faithed () Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.

Faithful () Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

Faithful () Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

Faithful () True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.

Faithful () Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.

Faithless () Not believing; not giving credit.

Faithless () Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.

Faithless () Not observant of promises or covenants.

Faithless () Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

Faithless () Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

Faitour () A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.

Fake () One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake () To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.

Fake () To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Fake () To make; to construct; to do.

Fake () To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake () A trick; a swindle.

Fakir () An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.

Falanaka () A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

Falcade () The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.

Falcate () Alt. of Falcated

Falcated () Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.

Falcation () The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.

Falcer () One of the mandibles of a spider.

Falchion () A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

Falchion () A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Falcidian () Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.

Falciform () Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

Falcon () One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

Falcon () Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.

Falcon () An ancient form of cannon.

Falconer () A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Falconet () One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

Falconet () One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.

Falconet () One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.

Falcongentil () The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Falconine () Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidae

Falconry () The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

Falconry () The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Falcula () A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Falculate () Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.

Faldage () A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

Faldfee () A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.

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