faithworthy

[English faith; Deserving of faith or credit; trustworthy. *fait-ing, *fait-yng, s. [FAITEN.] Begging under false pretenses. *fai-tour, *fa-tur, *fa-ture, *fay-tour, s. [O. Fr. faiteor ; Fr. faiteur , from Lat. factor = a doer, a perpetrator.] A lazy, disreputable fellow; a scoundrel, a vagabond. *faitour's-gra , *faytowrys-gre e, IMG:content-1371.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1372.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Still, perhaps, with faithle gleam, Some other loiterer beguiling." Words worth: Lines while Sailing in a Boat at Even. (1) Crabb thus discriminates between faithle and unfaithful : "Faithle is mostly employed to denote a breach of faith; and unfaithful to mark the want of fidelity. The former is positive; the latter is rather negative, implying a deficiency. A prince, a government, a people, or an individual, is said to be faithle ; a husband, a wife, a servant, or any individual unfaithful . A woman is boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, ing to the Pers. Dervish (q.v.), from fakr =poverty.] 1. A Mohammedan religious mendicant. Among Anglo-Indians, and even among the Hindoos, it is often used for a native mendicant of any faith; but specifically it is one of the Mohammedan religion; a Hindoo mendicant being better called a Gosavee (q. v.). Mohammedan Fakirs in the East either live in communities, like the Christian Coœnobites, or are solitary, like the Eremites. The latter wander from place to place, are of filthy habits, and are *fal. 8. [FALL. 8.] falcon *fal-ba-la, s & a . [FURBELOW.] A. As subst.: A piece of stuff plaited, and puckered in a gown or petticoat. B. As adj .: Made of the stuff described in A. fal-cā de, s . [Fr., from Lat. falx (gen. falcis )=a sickle.] Manége . (See extract.) "A horse is said to make falcades when he throws himself upon his haunches two or three times, as in very quick curvets; therefore a falcade is that action of the haunches and of the legs, which bend very low, when you make a stop and half a stop." -Farrier's Dictionary . făl-cär-l-ous, a. [Lat. falcarius, from falx (gen. falcis ) =a scythe, sickle.] Bot . Plane and curved with the edges parallel. fal-cate, fal-cat-ěd, a . & 8. [ Lat.falcatus = falcis ) = a sickle, a scythe; Ital. falcato ; Sp. provided with sickle; like a scythe; falx (gen. falcado ] A. As adj . ( of both forms): I. Ord. Lang: Hooked; bent or curved like a sickle or scythe. IMG:content-1373.jpg:[blocks in formation] *B. As subst. ( of the form falcate): A figure formed by two curves bending the same way, and meeting in a point at the apex, the base terminating on a straight margin resembling a sickle. fal-ca-tion, s. [Lat. falcatus.] Crookedne ; a form like that of a reaper's hook. *fal-ca-tör, s. [Lat. falx (gen it. falcis ) = a scythe, a sickle.) One who cuts with a scythe or sickle. *fal-ca-tör-I-ous, a . [ Lat.falcat ( us ), and Eng. adj. suff. -orious .] Bot .: Plane and curved with the edges parallel. fâl-chi on, *fau-chon, *fa-choun, *faw-chun, 8. [Fr. fauchon , from Ital. falcione =a scimitar, from Low Lat. falcio , from Lat. falx (gen it. falcis ) =a sickle, scythe.] A broad sword with a slightly curved point, in extensive use during the middle ages from its convenient form, it being shorter than the ordinary military sword, and le heavy.