FAIR WAY, the path or channel of a narrow bay, river, or haven, in which ships usually advance in their passage up and down; so that if any vessels are anchored therein, they are said to lye in the fair-way.
FAKE, one of the circles, or windings, of a cable, or hauser, as it lies disposed in the coil. See the article Coiling. The fakes are greater or smaller in proportion to the extent of space which a cable is allowed to occupy where it lies.
FALL, garant, the loose end of a tackle; or that part upon which the people pull, or hoist, to produce the required effect. See the article Tackle.
To Fall aboard. See the article Aboard.
To Fall a-stern, (tomber en arriere,) to be driven backwards; to retreat with the stern foremost: expressed of the motion of a ship either under sail or at anchor.
To Fall calm, pacifier, a phrase expressed of the weather, implying to fall into a state of rest by a total cessation of the wind.
To Fall down, in navigation, to sail, or be conducted from any part of a river, towards some other nearer to its mouth or opening.
FALLING-OFF, abatíe, the movement or direction of the ship’s head to leeward of the point whither it was lately directed, particularly when she sails near the wind, or lies by.
Cat Fall. See the article Cat.
Falling-off, is also the angle contained between her nearest approach towards the source of the wind, and her farthest declination from it, when Trying. See that article.