English Dictionary (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ... A linen cloth placed over the face of a dead person. Brand. FA'LCON, fiw'-kn. 84, 170. fall'-kn. Perry. n. i. faiucm. Fr. A hawk trained for sport. Sidney. A sort of cannon. Han-is. FA'LCONER, faw'-ku-ir. 98. n. s. faulcomtier, Fr. One who breeds ami trains hawks. Slfik. FALCONET, fal'-ko-net. n.t. falconette, Fr. A sort of ordnance. Knollcs. FA'LCONRY, faw'-kn-re. n. s. The art of breeding and training hawks. Sir T. Brawn. FA'LDAGE, faT-dldje. n..5. faldagimn, barbarous: Lat. A privilege of selling up folds (or sheep, in ( any fields within the manor. Harris. FA'LDFEE, fnld'-fe. n. s. A composition paid anciently by tenants for the privilege of faktage. 'Diet. FA'LDING, fal'-dlng. n. s. pealb, Sax. A kind of coarse cloth. Chaucer. FA'LDSTOOL fild'-stool. n. s. faudesteuU, old Fr. A kind of stool placed at the south side of tho altar, at which the kings of England kneel at their coronation; the chair of a bishop, enclosed within the rails of the altar; an arm-chair; a folding chair. Ashmoh. To FALL $, fill. E. n. pret. I fell, compound prct. / have fallen, or fain, peallan, Sax. To drop from a higher place. Dad. To drop from an erect to a prone posture. 1 Sam. xxviii. To drop; to be held no longer. Acts, xii. To move down any descent. Bttrnet. To drop ripe from the tree. Isaiah, xxxiv. To pass at the outlet: as a river. Arhittlinot. To be determined to some particular direction. Clieyne. To apostatize; to depart from faith or goodnets. Htb. iv. To die by violence. Psalm xci. To come to a sudden end. Dai-ies. To be degraded from a high station. Shot. To decline from power or empire. Addism. To enter in o any slate worse than the former. Bacon. To come into any state of weakness, terrour, or misery. Hammond. To decrease; to be diminished. Arhuthnot. T...