Falsity

[L. Lat. falsitas, from falsus - fallo, to deceive.) Quality of being false or without veracity; contrariety or inconformity to truth. • Can you on him such falsities obtrude?"-Sandys. -A lie; a falsehood; a false a ertion or position; as, "easily confutable falsities ." Surface , almost Fal's ter, one of the Danish islands in the Baltic, sep a rated by narrow straits from Zealand on the N., Moen on the N.E., and Laaland on the W.; Lat. 54° 50 N., Lon. 12° E.; length, N. to S., 27 m.; breadth, varying from 3 to 14 m. Area , 180 sq. m. entirely flat. F. is the pleasantest of all the Danish islands, is well watered, richly wooded, and so prolific in fruit that it has been called the "orchard of Denmark." Prod. Corn, henip, hops, cattle, honey, wax, . Manuf. Wholly of the domestic kind; some shipbuilding is also carried on. Cap . Nykioping. lop . 28,836. Fal'ter, v. n. [From O. Fr. faulte , a need, a want; Sp. faltar , to fall short, from Lat. fallo ; Icel. valltr , frail, perishable.] To be at fault, or to hesitate, fail, or break in the utterance of words; to speak with a broken or trembling utterance; to stammer. "He changes, gods and falters at the question. '-Smith. -To fail, tremble, or yield in exertion; not to be firm and steady; to totter; as, "he found his legs falter ." Wiseman. -To fail in the regular play of the ideas or exercise of the understanding; as, "the faltering thoughts of the faculties."- Lorke . Fal'ter, v . a . [Prov. Eng.] To sift; to cleanse; to thresh in the chaff; as, "to falter barley." Fal'tering, n. Feeblene ; deficiency. Falteringly, adv . Hesitatingly; doubtingly; in faltering manner; with feeblene . Faltero'na, (Mount,) a peak of the A pennines, Italy, 25 m. from Florence. The River Arno has its source on its S. side. Height, 5,557 ft. Fal'trac.ck, n. [Ger. fall , a fall, and trank , drink.] (Med.) A mixture of several aromatic plants, used as a vulnerary medicine. Falt'si, or Falk's en, a frontier village of Moldavia, 70 m. from Ja y, where, in 1711, a treaty was concluded between Ru ia and Turkey.