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False arch — a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.

False attic — an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.

False bearing — any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.

False cadence — an imperfect or interrupted cadence.

False conception — an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.

False croup — a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.

False door — the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry.

False fire — a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.

False galena — See Blende.

False imprisonment — the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.

False keel — the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.

False key — a picklock.

False leg — See Proleg.

False membrane — the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.

False papers — documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, etc., for the purpose of deceiving.

False passage — an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.

False personation — the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another.

False pretenses — false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.

False rail — a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it.

False relation — a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp.

False return — an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.

False ribs — the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man.

False roof — the space between the upper ceiling and the roof.

False token — a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes.

False scorpion — any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion.

False tack — a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

False vampire — the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

False window — See False door, above.

False wing — See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard.

False works — construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.