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Fal"we (?), a. & n. Fallow.
[Obs.] Chaucer.


||Falx (?), n. [L., a sickle.]
(Anat.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the
peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater
which extend into the great fissures of the brain.


Fam"ble (?), v. i. [OE.
falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to
grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. fālma to grope. Cf.
Famble.] To stammer. [Obs.] Nares.


Fam"ble, n. [Cf. Famble,
v.] A hand. [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our
fambles." Beau. & Fl.


Fame (?), n. [OF. fame, L.
fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a
saying, report, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to speak. See Ban, and cf.
Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]
1. Public report or rumor.


The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house.
Gen. xlv. 16.


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