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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FALSET, n. Also fauset, faucit and irreg. form fa'sie. Falsehood, deceit. Cf. Fause. Arch.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 5:
When yet the leal an' ae fauld shepherd life, Was nae oergane by faucit sturt an' strife.Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel ii.:
It is such land-loupers as you that, with your falset and fair fashions, bring reproach on our whole country.Sc. 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah xxviii. 15:
It's lies we 'taen ay for a shaltir, aneth fauset we scog fu' biel.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 134:
I wan her hert wi fa'sie.Sc. 1925 W. Roughead in “A Cadger's Creel” 26:
Coupit aff the Weaver's Stane wi' a bullet in the silly heid o' ye, as the just reward o' a' your cheatry and falset.