From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fake \Fake\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or
OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]
1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
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2. To make; to construct; to do.
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3. 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fake \Fake\, n.
A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS.
f[ae]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row,
and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fake \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.
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{Faking box}, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in
the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
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