Fake

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To make; to construct; to do.

3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.