5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. — Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.
FAITOUR
Fai"tour, n. Etym: [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See Factor.]
Defn: A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.
[Obs.]
Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser.
FAKE
Fake, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space,
interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.]
(Naut.)
Defn: One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
FAKE
Fake, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: 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. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
FAKE Fake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]
1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To make; to construct; to do.