Section F, G and H

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A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The
falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence
of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon
him.

Fal"ter (?), v. t. To thrash in
the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Fal"ter, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Faltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from
fault. See Fault, v. & n.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to
stammer; as, his tongue falters.

With faltering speech and visage
incomposed.

Milton.

2. To tremble; to totter; to be
unsteady. "He found his legs falter."
Wiseman.

3. To hesitate in purpose or
action.

Ere her native king

Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.

Shak.

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of
exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 23) First and Last Things (page 27) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 16)

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