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FAUCIGNY', or Faussigny (Barony of), a province 
of Savoy, bounded on the north by the territory of Chab- 
lais, ontheeaft by the Valais and the duchy of Aorta, and 
on the fotith and weft by the Genevois. It is divided into 
Upper and Lower, and formerly made part of the eftates 
of the dauphin, Humbert II. from whom it came to the 
houfe of Savoy by marriage, in 1233. Wood and paftures 
form the principal riches of the country. The name is 
derived from an ancient caftle, fituated near the Arve, 
about three miles north front Bonne Ville. The princi¬ 
pal towns of Upper Faucigny, are Salanche, Samoens or 
Samoing, Taninge, and Fldmet; the principal towns of 
Lower Fattcigny are Clufe, Bonne, and Bonne Ville. 
FAUCOGNEY', a town of France, in the department 
of the Upper Saone, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftri6t of Luxeuil : two leagues and a half eaft-north-eaft 
of Luxeuil, and three and a quarter north of Lure. 
FAUCONCOU'RT, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Vofges, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftriftof Ramberviller : one league and a half north-weft 
of Ramberviller. 
FAUDOA'S, a town of France, in the department of 
the Gers : fifteen miles fouth-eaft of Ledtoure. 
FAVELO'NE, a river of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, which runs into the fea, four miles from Squillace. 
FAVERNEY', a town of France, in the department of 
the Upper Saone, and chief place of a canton in the dif- 
tridt of Vefoul : three leagues and three quarters weft- 
fouth-weft of Luxeuil, and two and three quarters north 
of Vefoul. Lat. 47.46. N. Ion. 23. 46.'E. Ferro. 
FAVEROL'LE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt 
of Reims : twelve miles weft of Reims. 
FAU'FEL,/! [French.] The fruit of a fpeeies of the 
palm-tree. 
FAU'GHAN, a river of Ireland, which runs into the 
lake Foyle, five miles north-north-eaft of Londonderry. 
FAVIE'RES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Meurtre, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt of 
Vezelize : one league and three quarters weft of Vezelize, 
and four fouth of Tool. 
FA'VIFORM, adj. [favus, a honeycomb, and forma, 
Lat. a form.] Refembling the form of a honeycomb. 
FAVII.'LOUS, adj. [favilla, Lat. ] Confiding of allies. 
—As to foretelling of ftrangers, from the fungous parti¬ 
cles of the wicks of the candle, it only fignifieth a moift 
air about them, hindering the avolation of light, and the 
favillous particles. Brown. 
FAVIS'S/E, f. In antiquity, according to Feftus and 
Gellius, were cifterns to keep water in : but the'faviffie 
in the capitol at Rome were dry cifterns or fubterraneous 
cellars, where they laid up the old rtatues, broken vef- 
fels, and other tilings ufed in the temple. Thele were 
the fame with what, in modern times, are called the archives. 
FAUL'CON, and FAULCONRY. See Falcon and 
Falconry. 
FAULQIJEMO'NT, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Mofelle, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftrict of Morhange, (Ttuated near the river Nied : five 
leagues and a half eaft of Metz, and three fouth-eaft of 
Botilay. Lat. 49. 3. N. Ion. 24. 16. E. Ferro. 
FAULT, f. \_faut, /ante, Fr. falter. Span, to be defi¬ 
cient. The l is fometimes founded, and fometimes mute. 
In converfation is generally fuppreffed.] Offence; flight 
crime ; fomewhat liable to cenfure or objedlion.—The 
prophet chufeth rather to charge them with the fault of 
making a law unto themfelves, than the crime of tranf- 
grefling a law which God had made. Hooker. 
Before his facred name flies ev’ry fault, 
And each exalted ftanza teems with thought. Pope. 
Defeft ; want; abfence.—I could tell tq thee, as to one 
it pleafes me, for fault of a better, to call my friend, I 
could be fad, and fad indeed too. Shakefpeare. —-Puzzle ; 
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difficulty ; as, The enquirer is at a fault; the hounds are 
at a fault. 
To FAULT, v. n. To be wrong; to fail.—Which 
moved him rather in eclogues than otherwife to write, 
minding to furnifh our tongue in this kind wherein it 
faultetk. Spcnfer. 
To FAULT, v. a. To charge with a fault; to accufe : 
For that I will not fault thee. 
But for humblenefs exalt thee. Old Song. 
FAULT'ER, f. An offender; one who commits a 
fault : 
Then fhe : Behoid the faulter here in fight; 
This hand committed that fuppofed offence. Fairfax. 
FAULT'FINDER, f. A cenfurer; an objedlor. 
FAULT'ILY, adv. Not rightly ; improperly ; defec¬ 
tively ; erroneoufly. 
FAULT'INESS,/. Badnefs ; vicioufnefs; evil difpo- 
fition.—When her judgment was to be practifed in know¬ 
ing faultinefs by his firft tokens, fhe was like a young fawn, 
who coming in the wind of the hunters, doth not know 
whether it be a thing or no to be efchewed. Sydney. — De¬ 
linquency ; adtual offences.—The inhabitants will not 
take it in evil part, that the faultinefs of their people 
heretofore is laid open. Hooker. 
FAULT'LESS, adj. Exempt from fault; perfect; 
completely excellent.—Who durft thy faultlefs figure thus 
deface ? Drydcn. 
Whoever thinks a faultlefs piece to fee, 
Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er {hall be. Pope. 
FAUL'TY, adj. [ fautif, Fr.] Guilty of a fault; 
blameable ; criminal ; not innocent.—The king doth 
fpeak as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. —Wrong ; erroneous. 
—The form of polity by them fet down for perpetuity, 
is three ways faulty. Hooker .—Defective; bad in any rc- 
fpedt ; not fit for the ufe intended.—By accident of a 
faulty helmet that Parker had on, he was ftricken into the 
mouth at the firft courfe, fo that he died prefently. Bacon. 
FAUN. See FaUni. 
FAU'NA, a deity among the Romans, daughter of Pi- 
cus, and originally called Marica. Her marriage with 
Faunus procured her the name of Fauna, and her know¬ 
ledge of futurity that of Fatua and Fatidica. It is faid 
that flie never faw a man after her marriage witli Faunus, 
and that her uncommon chaftity occalioned her being 
ranked among the gods after her death. She is the fame, 
according to fome, as Bona Mater. Some mythologifts ac- 
cufe her of drunkennefs, and fay that flie expired under 
the blows of her hufband, for an immoderate ufe of wine. 
Virgil. 
FAUNA'LI A, f. .Feftivals at Rome, in honour of 
Faunus. 
FAU'NI, or Fauns, f. Certain paftoral deities, repre- 
fented as having the legs, feet, and ears, of goats, and the 
reft of the body human. They were called J'atyrs by the 
Greeks. The peafants offered them a lamb or a kid, with 
great folemnity. 
Rough fatyrs danc’d, and fauns with cloven heel 
From the glad found would not be abfent long. Milton. 
Ye fauns, and virgin dryads, hither hafte; 
Ye deities, who aid induftrious fwains. Warton's Virgil. 
FAU'NUS, a fon of Picas, who is faid to have reigned 
in Italy about 1300 years before Clirift. His bravery, as 
well as wifdom, have given rife to the tradition that he 
was the fon of Mars. His great popularity, and his fond- 
nefs for agriculture, made his fubjecis revere him as one 
of their country deities after death. He was reprefented 
with all the equipage of the fatyrs, and was conftilted to 
give oracles.- Virgil. 
FAVO'NIAN, adj. Belonging to Favonius, the weft- 
era wind; favourable. 
FAVO'NIUS 
