| Fake (fake) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Fake |
| [Cf. Scot. faik
fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space, interval, G.
fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.]
(Naut.) |
One of the circles or windings of a cable or
hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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To coil
(a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite
directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to
prevent twisting when running out.
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To cheat;
to swindle; to steal; to rob.
To make; to construct; to do.
To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make
an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to
fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially
shortening it.
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