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Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] "Make thy words faithed." Shak.

Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson.

Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.

A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser.

layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things, a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]

An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]

A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris.

Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent- formed.

The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne.

One of the mandibles of a spider.

name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. Burrill.

Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson.

One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.

The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidæ