1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; — mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." Shak.
2. Death; decease. [Obs.] Shak.
FAILANCE
Fail"ance, n. Etym: [Of. faillance, fr. faillir.]
Defn: Fault; failure; omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
FAILING
Fail"ing, n.
1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. And ever in her mind she cas about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.
2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Syn.
— See Fault.
FAILLE
Faille, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.