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), the Vampyrus
spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost
vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. --
False window. (Arch.) See False
door, above. -- False wing.
(Zoöl.) See Alula, and Bastard wing,
under Bastard. -- False works (Civil
Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the
main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.

False, adv. Not truly; not
honestly; falsely. "You play me false."
Shak.

False, v. t. [L. falsare to
falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See False,
a.] 1. To report falsely; to
falsify. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.]

[He] hath his truthe falsed in this
wise.

Chaucer.

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