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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  False  \False\,  a.  [Compar.  {Falser};  superl.  {Falsest}.]  [L. 
  falsus  p.  p.  of  fallere  to  deceive;  cf  OF  faus,  fals,  F. 
  faux,  and  AS  fals  fraud.  See  {Fail},  {Fall}.] 
  1.  Uttering  falsehood;  unveracious  given  to  deceit; 
  dishnest;  as  a  false  witness. 
 
  2.  Not  faithful  or  loyal,  as  to  obligations,  allegiance, 
  vows,  etc.;  untrue;  treacherous;  perfidious;  as  a  false 
  friend,  lover,  or  subject;  false  to  promises. 
 
  I  to  myself  was  false,  ere  thou  to  me  --Milton. 
 
  3.  Not  according  with  truth  or  reality;  not  true;  fitted  or 
  likely  to  deceive  or  disappoint;  as  a  false  statement. 
 
  4.  Not  genuine  or  real;  assumed  or  designed  to  deceive; 
  counterfeit;  hypocritical;  as  false  tears;  false  modesty; 
  false  colors;  false  jewelry. 
 
  False  face  must  hide  what  the  false  heart  doth  know 
  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Not  well  founded;  not  firm  or  trustworthy;  erroneous;  as 
  a  false  claim;  a  false  conclusion;  a  false  construction  in 
  grammar. 
 
  Whose  false  foundation  waves  have  swept  away 
  --Spenser. 
 
  6.  Not  essential  or  permanent,  as  parts  of  a  structure  which 
  are  temporary  or  supplemental. 
 
  7.  (Mus.)  Not  in  tune. 
 
  {False  arch}  (Arch.),  a  member  having  the  appearance  of  an 
  arch,  though  not  of  arch  construction. 
 
  {False  attic},  an  architectural  erection  above  the  main 
  cornice,  concealing  a  roof,  but  not  having  windows  or 
  inclosing  rooms 
 
  {False  bearing},  any  bearing  which  is  not  directly  upon  a 
  vertical  support;  thus  the  weight  carried  by  a  corbel  has 
  a  false  bearing. 
 
  {False  cadence},  an  imperfect  or  interrupted  cadence. 
 
  {False  conception}  (Med.),  an  abnormal  conception  in  which  a 
  mole,  or  misshapen  fleshy  mass,  is  produced  instead  of  a 
  properly  organized  fetus. 
 
  {False  croup}  (Med.),  a  spasmodic  affection  of  the  larynx 
  attended  with  the  symptoms  of  membranous  croup,  but 
  unassociated  with  the  deposit  of  a  fibrinous  membrane. 
 
  {False}  {door  or  window}  (Arch.),  the  representation  of  a 
  door  or  window,  inserted  to  complete  a  series  of  doors  or 
  windows  or  to  give  symmetry. 
 
  {False  fire},  a  combustible  carried  by  vessels  of  war, 
  chiefly  for  signaling,  but  sometimes  burned  for  the 
  purpose  of  deceiving  an  enemy;  also  a  light  on  shore  for 
  decoying  a  vessel  to  destruction. 
 
  {False  galena}.  See  {Blende}. 
 
  {False  imprisonment}  (Law),  the  arrest  and  imprisonment  of  a 
  person  without  warrant  or  cause  or  contrary  to  law;  or 
  the  unlawful  detaining  of  a  person  in  custody. 
 
  {False  keel}  (Naut.),  the  timber  below  the  main  keel,  used  to 
  serve  both  as  a  protection  and  to  increase  the  shio's 
  lateral  resistance. 
 
  {False  key},  a  picklock. 
 
  {False  leg}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Proleg}. 
 
  {False  membrane}  (Med.),  the  fibrinous  deposit  formed  in 
  croup  and  diphtheria,  and  resembling  in  appearance  an 
  animal  membrane. 
 
  {False  papers}  (Naut.),  documents  carried  by  a  ship  giving 
  false  representations  respecting  her  cargo,  destination, 
  ect.,  for  the  purpose  of  deceiving. 
 
  {False  passage}  (Surg.),  an  unnatural  passage  leading  off 
  from  a  natural  canal,  such  as  the  urethra,  and  produced 
  usually  by  the  unskillful  introduction  of  instruments. 
 
  {False  personation}  (Law),  the  intentional  false  assumption 
  of  the  name  and  personality  of  another. 
 
  {False  pretenses}  (Law),  false  representations  concerning 
  past  or  present  facts  and  events,  for  the  purpose  of 
  defrauding  another. 
 
  {False  rail}  (Naut.),  a  thin  piece  of  timber  placed  on  top  of 
  the  head  rail  to  strengthen  it 
 
  {False  relation}  (Mus.),  a  progression  in  harmony,  in  which  a 
  certain  note  in  a  chord  appears  in  the  next  chord  prefixed 
  by  a  flat  or  sharp. 
 
  {False  return}  (Law),  an  untrue  return  made  to  a  process  by 
  the  officer  to  whom  it  was  delivered  for  execution. 
 
  {False  ribs}  (Anat.),  the  asternal  rebs,  of  which  there  are 
  five  pairs  in  man. 
 
  {False  roof}  (Arch.),  the  space  between  the  upper  ceiling  and 
  the  roof.  --Oxford  Gloss. 
 
  {False  token},  a  false  mark  or  other  symbol,  used  for 
  fraudulent  purposes. 
 
  {False  scorpion}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  arachnid  of  the  genus 
  {Chelifer}.  See  {Book  scorpion}. 
 
  {False  tack}  (Naut.),  a  coming  up  into  the  wind  and  filling 
  away  again  on  the  same  tack. 
 
  {False  vampire}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  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




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