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noun

Fake n. (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake n. A trick; a swindle. (Slang)

verb

Fake v. t. (Naut.) 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 v. t. (Slang in all its senses.)

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

To make; to construct; to do.

To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

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Etymology of 'Fake'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... public adulation was at its peak the cable suddenly stopped working. Immediately public opinion changed and Field was accused of being a fake. He suffered severe business reverses and in 1860 went into bankruptcy. The outbreak of the Civil War prevented any further activity on the cable until 1865. Field engaged the world's largest steamer, the Great Eastern, to make the next attempt. The cable of 1865 parted in midocean during ...

— Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology • Margaret Brown Klapthor

... recognized you, Chief! He recognized Lupin at first sight. There's no fake that he can't see through. He's got the knack of it. Well, Chief, just think of all the tricks you've played on him and ask yourself if he'll stick at anything ...

— The Teeth of the Tiger • Maurice Leblanc

... fake," he decided, as he prepared to telephone in the result of his morning's work. "I'll prove it is, too, and make ...

— Larry Dexter's Great Search - or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire • Howard R. Garis

... art for the fun of it, and don't fake their sensations, acquire an appetite that it is a great treat to satisfy. And by and by, art becomes as necessary to them ...

— The Crow's Nest • Clarence Day, Jr.

... brought in a little blonde with him, but when she saw his fake money, I guess she gave him the slip, for he turned to the right and she went up the ...

— A Royal Prisoner • Pierre Souvestre

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