faulty 
His [Warren Hastings's] administration was indeed in 
many respects faitltif : but the Bengalee standard "1 -i t 
government was not high. Maeaulay, Warren Hastings. 
2. Guilty of a fault or of faults ; hence, to be 
blamed ; deserving of or provoking censure. 
From hence he passes to enquire wherefore I should 
Maine the vices of the Prelats only, seeing the inferiour 
Clergy is known to be as faulty. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
He was a pretty, brisk, understanding, industrious young 
gentleman ; had formerly ben faulty, but now much re- 
claim'd. Eoelyn, Diary, May 30, 1094. 
People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty 
than those immediately under our own eyes. 
Geori/e Eliot, Mill on the Floss, iii. 3. 
= Svn. 1. Incomplete. 2. Culpable, reprehensible, cen- 
surable, blameworthy. 
faun (fan), . [< ME. faun, < L. Faunus, in Bom. 
myth, the protecting deity of agriculture and 
of shepherds, in later times identified with Pan. 
and accordingly represented with horns and 
goat's feet; hence also in pi. Fauni, the same 
as Panes, sylvan deities ; < L. favere, be propi- 
tious: see favor.] In Rom. myth., one ; of a class 
of demigods or rural deities, sometimes con- 
founded with satyrs. The form of the fauns was origi- 
nally human, but witli a short goat's tail, pointed ears, and 
small horns ; later they were represented with the hind 
legs of a goat, thus taking the type of the Greek Pan. 
Rough Satyrs danced, and Fauns with cloven heel 
From the glad sound would not be absent long. 
Milton, Lycidas, L 34. 
Arise and fly 
The reeling Faun, the sensual feast. 
Tennymn, In Memoriam, cxviii. 
fauna (fa'na), n. ; pi. faunae (-ne) or faunas 
(-naz). [A'inod. application of the LL. Fauna, 
the prophesying sister of Faunus, the rural de- 
ity: see/awn.] 1. The total of the animal life 
of a given region or period ; the sum of the ani- 
mals living in a given area or time : a term cor- 
responding to flora in respect of plants : as, the 
fauna of America; a fossil fauna; the recent 
fauna; the land and water fauna of the globe. 
At present our knowledge of the terrestrial faunae of 
past epochs is so slight tjiat no practical difficulty arises 
from using, as we do, sea reckoning for land time. 
Science, IV. 209. 
It belongs in every case to the traditional fauna, whose 
pedigree is older than ^sop. Athenaeum, No. 3067, p. 166. 
2. A treatise 'upon the animals of any geo- 
graphical area or geological period. 
Works which come more or less under the designation 
of Faunae. A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 16. 
Acadian fauna, Hudsonian fauna, etc. See the ad- 
jectives. 
faunal (fa'nal), a. [(fauna + -al.] Of or per- 
taining to a fauna ; treating of a fauna ; rau- 
nistic: as, a faunal publication. 
A vivid sketch is given of the apparently startling con- 
tradictions in the distribution of animals, the well-known 
case of faunal separation between the Islands of Bali and 
Lombok being cited among others. 
Pop. Set. Mo., XXX. 845. 
Paleontology, as far as I am aware, has thus far failed 
to show a single unequivocal case of faunal inversion. 
Science, III. 60. 
Faunal area, a region zoologically denned by the char- 
acter of its fauna, as distinguished from its geographical 
or political boundaries. 
faunalia (fa-na'li-ii), n. pi, [L., neut. pi. of 
*fannalis, (. Faunas: see faun.] One of several 
Roman festivals in honor of the god Faunus. 
On the 13th of February were the Fattnalfa. 
Encyc. Brit., IX. 115. 
faunist (fa'nist), re. [<. fauna + -ist.] A stu- 
dent of ; or writer upon, a fauna; one who is 
versed in faunas ; a zoogeographer. 
Some future faunist, a man of fortune, will, I hope, ex- 
tend his visits to Ireland : a new field to the naturalist. 
Gilbert White, Nat. Hist, of Selborne, p. 107. 
faunistic (fa-nis'tik), a. [< faunist + -ic.] Of, 
pertaining to, or determined by faunists; re- 
lating to a fauna; faunal: as, the faunistic po- 
sition of an animal (that is, the position assigned 
to it in a fauna) ; faunistic methods. 
In noticing the principal faunistic works we omit the 
majority of the older and antiquated publications. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 441. 
faunological (fa-no-loj'i-kal), a. [< faunology 
+ -ic-al."] Relating or pertaining to faunse or 
to faunology. 
Faunoloyical and systematic zoological world. 
Nature, XXX. 326. 
faunology (fa-nol'o-ji), n. [< fauna + Or. -Aoyi'o, 
< te-yeiv, speak: see -ology.] That department 
of zoology which treats of the geographical dis- 
tribution of animals ; zoogeography. [Rare.] 
fauntt, [ME. (= It. fante), by apheresis for 
enfaunt, < OF. enfant, infant: see infant.'] An 
infant ; a child. 
2158 
And tho was he cleped and called noujt holy Cryst, but lesu 
A faunt fyn, ful of witte, nlius Marie. 
Piers Plowman (B), six. 114. 
fauntkint, n. [ME., L_ - 
etc.; < faunt + -kin.] A little child. 
He has fretyne of folke mo thane fyfe liondredthe, 
And als f ele fawntekynx of freeborne childyre ! 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), I 845. 
faunyt, [ME., < L. Faunus: see/an.] A 
faun. 
Satury and fawny more and lesse. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1544. 
fause-house (fas'hous), n. [< So. fause, = E. 
false, + house.] A framework forming a hol- 
low in a stack of grain for ventilation ; the va- 
cancy itself. [Scotch.] 
When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too 
green, or wet, the stackbuilder, by means of old timber, 
&c., makes a large apartment in his stack with an open- 
ing in the side which is fairest exposed to the wind : this 
favor 
faux-bourdont (fo'bor-d6n'), n. [Formerly in 
E. written fahuriien, faburthen, q. v.; F. faiti- 
bourdon, </MJ, false. + bourdon, bourdon: see 
bourdnii'- and burden^.] Same asfaburden. 
faux jour (fo zhor). [F. :faux, false ; jour, day, 
light : see journal.'] In the fine arts, a false 
light ; specifically, light falling upon a picture 
so hung as to receive it from a different direc- 
tion from that in which it is represented as 
coming in the picture itself. 
faux pas (fo pa). [F. :faux, false; pas, step: 
see pace.] A false step ; a slip ; a mistake ; 
especially, a breach of good manners ; a lapse 
from chastity, or any act that compromises one's 
reputation. 
How, Cousin, I'd have you to know, before this faux pas, 
this Trip of mine, the World cou'd not talk of me. 
Wycherley,. Plain Dealer, iv. 1. 
he calls &fause-housc. 
fausent (fa/sen), n. [Originunknown.] A large 
kind of eel. 
Thus pluckt he from the shore his lance, and left the 
waues to wash 
The waue sprung entrailes, about which fausens and other 
fish 
Did shole, to nibble of the fat which his sweet kidneys 
hid. Chapman, Iliad, xxi. 
faussard, . Same a.sfauchard. 
fausse-brayet (fos'bra), n. [< F. fausse-braie, 
formerly faulse braye, a false bray: see false 
and brayS.] In fort., a small mound of earth 
thrown up about a rampart. See false bray, 
under fa Ise. 
fausse-montret (fos'm6n'tr), n. [F. : fausse, 
false; montre, watch.] An imitation watch 
worn, especially by women, during the preva- 
lence of the fashion of wearing two watches, in 
the second half of the eighteenth century, it 
was common at that time to wear two watches, the chains 
and seals of which, when worn hymen, hung from beneath 
the waistcoat, one at each side. Watches worn by women 
were suspended from chatelaines so as to be in full view 
against the dress. The fausse-montre was sometimes a 
pincushion, sometimes a vinaigrette, and sometimes 
showed, by means of clockwork within, the changes of the 
moon or a similar astronomical record. 
faut, faute, . and v. Obsolete or dialectal 
(Scotch) forms of fault. 
fauterert (fa'ter-er), n. [< fautor + -erl.] A 
favorer. Davies. 
Be assured thy life is sought, as thou art the fauterer of 
all wickedness. Ueylin, Laud, p. 198. 
fauteull (fo-tey'), n. [F., < OF. faudestueil, 
fadestuel, faldestuel, < ML. faldestolium, fald- 
stool: see faldstool."} An arm-chair; particu- 
larly, in French usage, the seat of a presiding 
officer; the chair; hence, the dignity of presi- 
dency; specifically, the seat of a member of 
the French Academy (in reference to the forty 
seats provided for it by Louis XIV.); hence, 
membership in the Academy Drolt de fauteull, 
the privilege formerly enjoyed by gentlemen of rank at 
the French court of sitting on a fauteuil in presence of 
the king, corresponding to the droit de tabouret enjoyed 
by ladies. 
fautor (fa'tor), n. [< ME. fautour, fawtour, < 
OF. fauteur, F. fauteur = Pr. Sp. Pg. fautor = 
li.fautore, < L. fautor, rarely in uncontr. form 
facitor, a favorer, promoter, < favere, favor: 
see favor.] A favorer; a patron; one who 
gives countenance or support. [Obsolete or 
archaic.] 
I am neither author or fautor of any sect. 
B. Jotuton, Discoveries. 
Fautor of learning, quintessence of arts, 
Honour's true livelihood, monarch of hearts. 
Ford, Fame's Memorial, Epitaphs. 
The clergy swore ... to renounce the Pope for ever, 
and his constitutions and decrees ; ... to oppose them 
and their fautora to the utmost of their power. 
It. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., iv. 
We have not, on this side of the Channel, been in the 
habit of regarding the French stage as over-squeamish. 
It is far too squeamish for our fautor of " Naturalism." 
Contemporary Jiev., LI. 67. 
fautresst (fa'tres), n. [< F. fautrice, < L. fau- 
trix (ace. fautricem), fern, of fautor : see fau- 
tor.] A female fautor or favorer ; a patroness. 
It made him pray and prove 
Minerva's aid his fautrea still. Chapman, Iliad. 
Thou, thou, the fautresse of the learned well ; 
Thou nursing mother of God's Israel. 
W. Brotme, Britannia's Pastorals, 1. 5. 
fautyt, a. An obsolete form of faulty. 
fauvette (fo-vef), [F., dim. offauve, fallow, 
fawn-colored : see favel 2 .] A book-name, de- 
rived from French authors, of warblers in gen- 
eral, as a sylvia or ficedula : especially applied 
to the common garden-warbler of Europe, Syl- 
via hortensis. 
favaginoust (fa-vaj'i-nus), a. [Badly formed, 
furns, Halloween, note. < L. favus, a honeycomb.] Same as faveolate. 
"avePt (fa'vel), n. [< ME. favel, flattery (person- 
ified), < OF. faveJe, faviele, flavele, favel, a fable, 
falsehood, flattery, cajolery (cf. faveler, fable, 
tell falsehoods: see fable, v.), = lt. favella, talk, 
discourse, < L. fabella, dim. of fabula, a story, 
fable: see fable, n.] Flattery; cajolery. 
"Loke on the lufthond," quod heo, "and seo wher he 
stondeth ! 
Bothe Fals and Fauuel and al his hole meyne ! " 
Piers Plowman (A), ii. 6. 
There was falsehood, favel, and jollity. Hycke Scorner. 
fave! 2 t (fa'vel), a. and n. [ME. favell, a com- 
mon name for a horse, after OF. fauvel, later 
fauveau, similarly used; lit. fallow, dun, dim. 
otfauve, F. faure, fallow, < OHG. falo (falaw-), 
MHG. val (valw-), G. fahl,falb, = E. fallow 1 , a., 
q. v.] I. a. Fallow; yellow; dun. 
H. n. A dun horse (like bayard, a bay). To 
curry favelt. See curryi. 
favella (fa-vel'a), n. ; pi. farelke (-e). [NL., 
an alteration o? L. favilla, glowing ashes, em- 
bers.] In certain florideous algee, a cysto- 
carp consisting of an irregular mass of spores 
formed externally, and covered by a gelatinous 
envelop. 
favellidium (fav-e-lid'i-um), n. ; pi. favellidia 
(-a). [NL., < favella + Gr. dim. term. -iAiov.] 
Iii flondeous algee, a cystocarp wholly or par- 
tially immersed in the frond, and formed by 
the development of several contiguous mother- 
cells. 
favelloid (fa-vel'oid), o. [< favella + -oid.] 
In altjology, resembling or having the structure 
of a favella. 
faveolate (fa-ve'o-lat), a. [<faveolus + -ate 1 .] 
Honeycombed ; alveolate ; pitted ; cellular. 
Also favose. 
fayeolus (fa-ve'o-lus), n.; pl.faveoli(-Ti). [NL., 
dim. of L. favus, a honeycomb.] A honeycomb- 
like cell, pit, or depression. 
The apothecia of several calcicole lichens (e. g. , Lecano- 
ra Prevostii, Lecidea calcivora) have the power (through 
the carbonic acid received from the atmosphere) of form- 
ins! minute faceoli in the rock, in which they are partial- 
ly buried. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 562. 
favi, . Plural of favus, 1. 
fayillous (fa-vil'us), a. [= OF. favilleux, < L. 
favilla (> Qfc.favilU), glowing ashes, embers.] 
1. Consisting of or pertaining to ashes. 
The fungous parcels about the wicks of candles onely 
signineth a moist and pluvious ayr about them, hindering 
the evolation of light and the favillous particles: where- 
upon they are forced to settle upon the snuff. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 22. 
2. Resembling ashes. 
favissa (fa-vis a), n. ; pi. favissce (-e). [L., also 
favisa; only in pi.] In Mom. antiq., a crypt or 
cellar; an underground treasury. 
In Italy ttiefavixufe were used for keeping old temple- 
furniture. C. O. Mutter, Manual of Archieol. (trans.), 251. 
favonian (fa-vo'ni-an), a. [< L. Favonius, the 
west wind, also called Zeptiyrus, which blew at 
the beginning of spring and promoted vegeta- 
tion, < favere, favor, promote: see favor.] Per- 
taining to the west wind; hence, favorable; 
propitious. 
These blossoms snow upon my lady's pall ! 
Go, pretty page ! and in her ear 
Whisper that the hour is near I 
Softly tell her not to fear 
Such calm faconian burial ! Keats. 
favor, favour (fa'vor), , [Early mod. E. fa- 
vour; < ME. favour, rarely favor, faver (= Dan. 
Sw. favor), < OF. "favor, favour, later faveur, 
F. faveur Pr. Sp. Pg. favor = It. favore, < 
L. favor (ace. favorem), good will, inclination, 
partiality, favor, < favere, be well disposed or 
inclined toward, favor, countenance, befriend, 
