def a i lancet (defalans)

[OF. def ail lance, a failing, defect, a fainting, F. défail lance, a fainting, a swoon, = Pr. defaillensa, def a lens a, Failure; miscarriage. IMG:content-2220.png:[blocks in formation] accounts, rents, income, etc. [Rare.] The natural method would be to take the present existing estimates as they stand, and then to show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them. Burke , Late State of Nation. II. in trans. To be guilty of defalcation; default in one's accounts.