Tennyson.
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Fal"ter (?), n. [See Falter, v. i.] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness;
an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe.
Lowell.
Fal"ter*ing, a. Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." Milton.
-- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
||Fa`luns" (?), n. [F.] (Geol.) A series of strata, of the Middle
||Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as
||the type of his Miocene subdivision.
Fal"we (?), a. & n. Fallow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Falx (?), n. [L., a sickle.] (Anat.) A curved fold or process of the
||dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of
||the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
Fam"ble (?), v. i. [OE. falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to
grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. flma to grope. Cf. Famble.] To stammer.
[Obs.] Nares.
Fam"ble, n. [Cf. Famble, v.] A hand. [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our
fambles." Beau. & Fl.
Fame (?), n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; a saying, report, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to speak. See Ban, and
cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.] 1. Public report or rumor.
The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.
Gen. xlv. 16.
2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation;
celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.