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"Section F, G and H"


Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,

Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Pope.


Syn. -- Blameless; spotless; perfect. See
Blameless.


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


Fault"y (?), a. 1.
Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for
the use intended.


Created once

So goodly and erect, though faulty since.

Milton.


2. Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence,
blamable; worthy of censure.
Shak.


The king doth speak . . . as one which is
faulty.
2 Sam. xiv. 13.


Faun (?), n. [L. Faunus, fr.
favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.)
A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr.
The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half
man.


Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.

Milton.


Fau"na (?), n.


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