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Fake

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A trick; a swindle.

(4):

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

(5):

(v. t.) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

(6):

(v. t.) To make; to construct; to do.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fake'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fake.html. 1828.