[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

false \false\, a. compar. falser; superl. falsest. l.
   falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. of. faus, fals, f.
   faux, and as. fals fraud. see fail, fall.
   1. uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
      dishnest; as, a false witness.
      1913 webster

   2. not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
      vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
      friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
      1913 webster

            i to myself was false, ere thou to me. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
      likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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   4. not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
      counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
      false colors; false jewelry.
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            false face must hide what the false heart doth know.
                                                  --shak.
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   5. not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
      a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
      grammar.
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            whose false foundation waves have swept away.
                                                  --spenser.
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   6. not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
      are temporary or supplemental.
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   7. mus. not in tune.
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   false arch arch., a member having the appearance of an
      arch, though not of arch construction.

   false attic, an architectural erection above the main
      cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
      inclosing rooms.

   false bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
      vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
      a false bearing.

   false cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.

   false conception med., an abnormal conception in which a
      mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
      properly organized fetus.

   false croup med., a spasmodic affection of the larynx
      attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
      unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.

   false door or false window arch., the representation of
      a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
      or windows or to give symmetry.

   false fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
      chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
      purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
      decoying a vessel to destruction.

   false galena. see blende.

   false imprisonment law, the arrest and imprisonment of a
      person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
      the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.

   false keel naut., the timber below the main keel, used to
      serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
      lateral resistance.

   false key, a picklock.

   false leg. zool. see proleg.

   false membrane med., the fibrinous deposit formed in
      croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
      animal membrane.

   false papers naut., documents carried by a ship giving
      false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
      etc., for the purpose of deceiving.

   false passage surg., an unnatural passage leading off
      from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
      usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.

   false personation law, the intentional false assumption
      of the name and personality of another.

   false pretenses law, false representations concerning
      past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
      defrauding another.

   false rail naut., a thin piece of timber placed on top of
      the head rail to strengthen it.

   false relation mus., a progression in harmony, in which a
      certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
      by a flat or sharp.

   false return law, an untrue return made to a process by
      the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.

   false ribs anat., the asternal rebs, of which there are
      five pairs in man.

   false roof arch., the space between the upper ceiling and
      the roof. --oxford gloss.

   false token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
      fraudulent purposes.

   false scorpion zool., any arachnid of the genus
      chelifer. see book scorpion.

   false tack naut., a coming up into the wind and filling
      away again on the same tack.

   false vampire zool., the vampyrus spectrum of south
      america, formerly erroneously supposed to have
      blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost
      vampire. the genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
      genera desmodus and diphylla. see vampire.

   false window. arch. see false door, above.

   false wing. zool. see alula, and bastard wing, under
      bastard.

   false works civil engin., construction works to
      facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
      bridge centering, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
falser falsest fail fall false arch false attic 
false bearing false cadence false conception false croup false door 
false window false fire false galena blende false imprisonment 
false keel false key false leg proleg false membrane 
false papers false passage false personation false pretenses false rail 
false relation false return false ribs false roof false token 
false scorpion chelifer book scorpion false tack false vampire 
vampyrus spectrum vampire ghost vampire desmodus diphylla 
vampire false wing alula bastard wing bastard 
false works 

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