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The crime of falsifying.

Love-sick. Shak.

Ferricyanic. [R.]

Ferrocyanic.

used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Forensic. Berkley.

To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]

a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.

A geodetic line or curve.

Of or pertaining to geodetic.

A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis.

Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.

Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. c& El.

Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

A harpsichord. [Obs.]

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

ble of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.

Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.

Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Home"sick`ness, n.