faithlessness (fathlesnes)

The character or state of being faithle , in any sense of that word. When the heart is sorely wounded by the ingratitude or faithle ne of those on whom it had leaned with the whole weight of affection, where shall it turn for relief? Blair, Works, III. xiii. Sharp are the pangs that follow faithle ne . Edwards, Canons of Criticism, p. 318. faithlyt (fath'li), adv. [ IMG:content-1039.jpg:[blocks in formation] He... takis a faik Betwixt his dowblett and his jackett. Bannatyne Poems , p. 171. Specifically-2. Naut . , one of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil, as one of the oblong loops into which a shot-line is wound in being placed in a faking-box. There were enough fakes in the coil of the main royal halliards to make me gue the yard that rope belonged to was hoisted. W. C. Ru ell , Jack's Courtship, xxxiv. 3. A plaid. Also in diminutive form fakie , faikie. Jamie son . I had nae mair claise but a spraing'd [striped] faikie. Journal from London, p. 8. 4. pl. A miners' term in Scotland and the north of England for fi ile sandy shales, or shaly sandstones, as distinct from the dark bituminous shales known as blaes. - French fake ( naut.). a peculiar mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends so that it may run readily and freely, generally adopted in rocket-lines intended for use in establishing communication with stranded ve els, etc., or in other cases where great expedition in uncoiling is e ential. fake2 (fāk), v. t.; pret. and pp. faked, ppr. faking. [It is not impo ible that this may be a perversion of ME. faiten, di emble, go about shamming, beg (said of beggars and tramps); so faker2 (q. v.) may represent ME. faitour: see faitor. But thieves' slang is shifting and has usually no history.] 1. To make or do. - 2. To cheat or deceive.-3. To steal or filch; pick, as a pocket. [Slang.]