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  • 41False works — 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… …

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  • 42False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… …

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  • 43False scad — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: C …

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  • 44False flag — operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false… …

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  • 45False Folio — is the term that Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers have applied to William Jaggard s printing of ten Shakespearean and pseudo Shakespearean plays together in 1619, the first attempt to collect Shakespeare s work in a single volume.The term… …

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  • 46False brinelling — is damage caused by fretting corrosion that causes imprints that look similar to brinelling, but are caused by a different mechanism.The basic cause of false brinelling is that lubricant is pushed out of a loaded region. Without lubricant, wear… …

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  • 47False pregnancy — False pregnancy, most commonly termed pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals, is the appearance of clinical and/or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is not pregnant. Clinically …

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  • 48false pregnancy — false′ preg′nancy n. psi med vet the appearance of physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis • Etymology: 1880–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 49False Hare — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = False Hare series = Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) caption = director = Robert McKimson animator = Warren Batchelder George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen layout artist = Bob Givens background artist = Robert… …

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  • 50False document — A false document is a literary technique employed to create verisimilitude in a work of fiction. By inventing and inserting documents that appear to be factual, an author tries to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and expected… …

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