1872. Morning Post, 7 Nov. Since the faking of the scales in
Catch-’em-alive’s year the oldest habitué of Newmarket cannot
recall so sensational a Cambridgeshire week as the last one.
3. (theatrical).—Also to fake up. To paint one’s face; to make up a
character.
1885. Sporting Times, 23 May. ‘The Chorister’s Promise.’ The
landlady left, and the chorister fair Faked herself up, and frizzed
her hair.