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• false

  false, adv., v. fallo, P. a. fin. 2. ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• False

  ·superl Not in tune. II. False ·adv Not truly; not honestly; falsely. III. False ·adj To <<Feign>>...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• false

  sly, cunning, deceitful. A false thief, one who will cheat you if he can. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Rail

  ·vt To rail at. II. Rail ·vt To range in a line. III. Rail ·vt To move or influence by railing. I...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• rail

  n. common English birdname. There aremany varieties in New Zealand and Australia, especially in the...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• rail

  A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing. The common rails a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• rail

  a revel, a country wake. Devon. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• False-faced

  ·adj <<Hypocritical>>. ...

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• False-heart

  ·adj False-hearted. ...

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• False-hearted

  ·adj Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. ...

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• Christs, False

  Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twe...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• false alarm

  See alarm. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• false attack

  A feigned assault, made to induce a diversion or distraction of the enemy's forces, in order that th...

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• false colours

  To sail under false colours and chase is an allowable stratagem of war, but firing under them is not...

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• false keel

  A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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• false kelson

  , or kelson rider. A piece of timber wrought longitudinally above the main kelson. ...

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• false muster

  An incorrect statement of the crew on the ship's books, which if proved subjects the captain to cash...

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• false papers

  Frequently carried by slavers and smugglers. ...

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• false post

  See false stern-post. ...

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• false stem

  A hard timber fayed to the fore-part of the main stem, its tail covering the fore-end of the keel. (...

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• false stern

  An additional stern fixed on the main one, to increase the length and improve the appearance of a ve...

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• T rail

  ·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Third rail

  ·add. ·- An electric railway using such a rail. II. Third rail ·add. ·- The third rail used in the ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Water rail

  ·- Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• slip-rail

  n. part of a fence so fitted that itcan be removed so as to serve as a gate. Used also for thegatew...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• weka, rail

  n. See weka. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to rail it

  To travel by rail-road. From Petersburgh I railed it through the North Carolina pitch, tar, turpent...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• rail-car

  A car for transporting passengers on rail-roads. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bow-rail

  A rail round the bows. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• breast-rail

  The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...

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• forecastle-rail

  The rail extended on stanchions across the after-part of the forecastle-deck in some ships. ...

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• pedestal-rail

  A rail about two inches thick, wrought over the foot-space rail, and in which there is a groove to s...

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• sheer-rail

  The wrought-rail generally placed well with the sheer or top-timber line; the narrow ornamental moul...

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• top-rail

  A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops. ...

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• waist-rail

  The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...

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• false stern-post

  A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...

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• Third-rail system

  ·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• foot-space-rail

  The rail that terminates the foot of the balcony, in which the balusters step, if there be no pedest...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• false fire, blue flames

  A composition of combustibles filled into a wooden tube, which, upon being set fire to, burns with a...

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• post-and-rail tea

  slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris