Faulter
(Fault"er) n. One who commits a fault. [Obs.]
Behold the faulter here in sight.
Fairfax. Fault-finder
(Fault"-find`er) n. One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring
them; a scold.
Fault-finding
(Fault"-find`ing), n. The act of finding fault or blaming; — used derogatively. Also Adj.
Faultful
(Fault"ful) a. Full of faults or sins. Shak.
Faultily
(Fault"i*ly) adv. In a faulty manner.
Faultiness
(Fault"i*ness), n. Quality or state of being faulty.
Round, even to faultiness.
Shak. Faulting
(Fault"ing), n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is
produced.
Faultless
(Fault"less), a. Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness,
vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.
Pope. Syn. — Blameless; spotless; perfect. See Blameless.
— Fault"less*ly, adv.- Fault"less*ness, n.
Faulty
(Fault"y) a.
1. Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.
Created once
So goodly and erect, though faulty since.
Milton. 2. Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak.
The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty.
2 Sam. xiv. 13. Faun
(Faun) n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and
shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.
Milton. Fauna
(Fau"na) n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zoöl.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as,
the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
Faunal
(Fau"nal) a. Relating to fauna.
Faunist
(Fau"nist) n. One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. Gilbert White.
Faunus
(||Fau"nus) n.;pl. Fauni [L.] (Myth.) See Faun.
Fausen
(Fau"sen) n. [Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like fl.] (Zoöl.) A young eel.
[Prov. Eng.]
