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5. Serving to disappoint or deceive;
delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom."
Goldsmith.

-- Faith"less*ly,
adv.Faith"less*ness,
n.

Fai"tour (?), n. [OF. faitor a
doer, L. factor. See Factor.] A doer or actor;
particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.]

Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee
take.

Fake (?), n. [Cf. Scot. faik
fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space, interval, G.
fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.]
(Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or
hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake, v. t. (Naut.) 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.

Faking box, a box in which a long rope is
faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a
shot.


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