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Black Rock, and which, as appears from anold manufcript, 
was once an illand, where the Venetians ufed to receive 
tin, for which they trafficked witii the inhabitants of 
Cornwall. Between this illand or rock and Pendennis- 
caftle, the water was at that time fo (hallow, at low water, 
that the tin was conveyed to it by wheel-carriages, or by 
horfes and mules ; but the water is now deepened to 
eight or ten fathoms. The markets are Tu.efdays, Thurf- 
days, and Saturdays. The fairs are held Auguft 7 and 
O£!ober 10. 
F A L'MOUTH, a townfhip of the American States, fpr- 
jr.erly including Portland, in Cumberland county, Maipe, 
containing 2991 inhabitants. It is fituated on Cafco-bay, 
120 miles north-eall of Bolton. Incorporated in 1718. 
FAL'MOUTH, a townfhip of the American Sta'es, in 
Hants county, Nova Scotia; iituated on the fouth-.eaft fide 
of the Balin of Minas, oppolite Windfor, twenty-eight 
miles north-well of Halifax. 
FAL'MOUTH, a maritime townfhip of the American 
States, in Barnltable county, Malfachufetts, Iituated on 
the north-eaft part of the Vineyard found, on the weft 
fide of the bay of its name ; feventy-feven miles fouth- 
eaft-by-fouth of Bofton, eighteen from Sandwich, and nine 
from Holme’s Hole. It was incorporated in j686 ; is npw 
made a poll town; and, by the cenfus of 1796, contains 
1637 inhabitants. Lat.4t.33. N. Ion. 70. 33. W. 
FAL'MOUTH, a port town of the American States, in 
Stafford county, Virginia, fituated on the north bank of 
Rappahannock river, nearly oppolite to Fredericklburg. 
■It is irregularly built, and contains an epifcopalian church 
and about 230 h pules-: twenty-three miles fouth-weft of 
Dumfries, feventy p.orth-by-eaft of Richmond, and 207 
iouth-wefterly of Philadelphia, Coiifiderable quantities 
of tobacco are infpefted here. 
FAL'MOUTH, a town of the American States, in Lan- 
cafter,county, Pennfylvania, fituated on the fouth-eaft lide 
of C’onawago creek, twenty miles weflerly of Lancafter. 
FAL'MOUTH, a town and harbour on the fo.uth fttore 
of the illand of Antigua, in the Weft Indies. It has 
Englilh-harbour on the ealf, and Rendezvous-bay on the 
weft; and fituated in St. Paul’s parjfh, at the north-weft 
corner of the harbour, which is well fortified. 
FAL'MOUTH, a town in the illand of Jamaica, in the 
Weft Indies, commonly called the Point, Situated on the 
South fide of Martha Brae harbour; and including the 
adjoining villages of Martha Brae and the Rock, com- 
poied of about 22.0 houles. Here thirty capital ftationed 
Ships toad for Great Britain, exclusive of Hoops and 
filialler craft. 
FALSE, adj. [fa fits, Lat. faux, faujfe, Fr.] Not mo- 
rally trite ; ex.prelhng -that which is not thought.—There 
are falj'e witneifes .among men. L’EJl range. 
Innocence lliall make 
Falfe accuiation blufh, and tyranny 
Tremble at patience. Shakefpekre. 
Not phyfically true ; conceiving that which does not exift: 
For how can that be falj'e , which ev’ry tongue 
Of ev’ry mortal man affirms for true >. 
Which truth hath in all ages been fo ftrong, 
As loadfione like, all hearts it ever drew. Davies, 
Su-ccedaneoiis ; fuppofititious.—'Fake a velfel, and make 
a falfe bottom of coarfe canvafs; fill it with earth above 
the canvafs. Bacon. —Deceiving expectation; not folid ; 
not found.—The heart of man looks fair, but when we 
come to lay any weight upoti’t, the ground is falfe under 
us. D'FJlrange. 
He fell, as a huge rocky cliff, 
Whofe falfe foundation waves have wafil'd away, 
With dreadful poife is from the main land reft. Spcvfer. 
Not agreeable to rule, or propriety.—Now, fy upon tny 
falfe French ; by mine honour, in true Englith, ’ 1 love 
thee, Kate.- Shajiefpeare. —Not hone.ft ; not juft.—The true 
prince may, for recreation, prove a falfe thief; for the" 
poor'abufes of the times want countenance. Shake!piare, 
Vol. VII. No. 420. 
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Men are fpttnges, which, to pour out, receive; 
Who know falfe play, ratlier than lofe, deceive. Donne. 
Treacherous; perfidious; traiterous ; deceitful; hollow. 
—The indies will make a numerous party ugainft him, for 
bein % falj'e to love in forfaking Dido. Dry den. ' 
I grant him bloody, 
Luxurious, avaricious, falfe, deceitful, 
Sudden, malicious, fmacking of ev’ry fin 
That has a name. Skakefpeare. 
Counterfeit ; hypocritical ; not real: as, a falfe diamond: 
Falfe tears true pity move : the king commands 
To loofe his fetters. Dryden. 
In all thefe fenfes true is the word oppofed. 
FALSE, adv. Not truly; not honeftly ; net exaftly; 
falfely. Obfolete : 
What thou would’ft highly, 
That thou would’ft holily ; would’!! not play falfe , 
And yet would’ft wrongly win. ShakeJpeare. 
7 b FALSE, v.a. To violate by failure of veracity : 
I.>’t not enough that to this lady mild, 
Thou falfed hath thy faith with perjury ? Spenfcr. 
To deceive. To make feints ; as fencers commonly do : 
Sometimes athwart, fometimes he ftrook him ftrait. 
And falfed oft his blows t’ jllude him with fuch bait. 
Fairy Queen. 
FALSE BAY, a bay of Africa, to the eaftward of 
the Cape of Good Hope, and weftivard of Cape Falfe; 
frequented by (hips when the north-weft winds prevail. 
FALSE-HEART'ED, adj. Treacherous ; perfidious; 
deceitful ; hollow.—The traiterous or treacherous, who 
have milled others, are feverely punifhed ; and the neu¬ 
trals and j'alfc-hearted friends and followers, who have 
darted afide like a broken bow, he noted. Bacon. 
FALSE IMPRISONMENT,/, in law, a trefpafs com¬ 
mitted again!! a perfon, by arrefting and imprifoning him 
without juft caufe ; or where a man is unlawfully de¬ 
tained without legal procefs ; it is alfo ufed for a writ 
which is brought for this trefpafs. To conftitute the in¬ 
jury of falfe imprifonment, two points are neceffary : the 
detention of the perfon, and the unlawfulnefs of fuch de¬ 
tention. Every confinement of the perfon is an imprifon¬ 
ment whether it be in a common prifon, or in a private 
houfe, or in the flocks, or even by forcibly detaining one 
in the public llreets. zlnjl. 389. Unlawful or falie im¬ 
prifonment confifts in fuch confinement ordetention with¬ 
out fufficient authority : which authority may arife either 
from fome procefs from the courts of juftice, or from fome 
warrant from a legal officer having power to commit, un¬ 
der his hand and feal, and exprefling the caufe of fuch 
commitment. 2 Injl. 46. Such authority may alfo arife 
from fome other fpecial caufe ; warranted, for the necef- 
fity of the thing, either by common or ftatute law : as 
the arrefting of a felon by a private perfon without war¬ 
rant ; the impreffing of mariners for the public fervice ; 
or the apprehending waggoners (under flat. 13 Geo. 3. 
c. 78) for mifbehaviour in the public highways. Falie 
imprifonment may alfo arife by executing a lawful warrant 
or procefs at an unlawful time, as on a Sunday. 
The means of removing the adfual injury of falfe im¬ 
prifonment are fourfold : by writs of mainprize; odio et 
atia ; hotnine rcplegiando ; and habeas corpus. The remedy 
for a fat is faction for the injury is by adlion of trefpafs vi 
et arm is, ufually called an action of falfe imprifonment ; 
which is generally accompanied with a charge of affault 
and battery alfo: and therein the party (hall recover da¬ 
mages for the injury lie.has received. The mol! atrocious 
degree of this offence, that of fending or carrying any f ub- 
iedt of this realm a prifoner into parts beyond the leas, 
whereby he is deprived of the friendly affiftance of the 
laws to redeem him from fuch captivity, is criminally pu¬ 
nched with the pains of pramtnire. and incapacity to 
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