Fakir

A term applied among the Mohammedans to a kind of religious ascetic or beggar, whose claim is that he "is in need of mercy, and poor in the sight of God, rather than in need of worldly assistance.” Hughes, Diet, of Islam. Sometimes spelled Faqueer or Fakeer. It is in common use to designate a person engaged in some useless or dishonest business. Fake is also so used and ‘also to designate the quality of such business. FALCARE (Lat). To cut or mow down. Falcare prata, to cut or mow down grass in meadows hayed (laid in for hay), was a customary service for the lord by his inferior tenants. Kennett, Gloss. Falcator. The tenant performing the service. Falcatura. A day’s mowing. Falcatura vna. Once mowing the grass. Falcatio. A mowing. Falcata. That which was mowed. Kennett, Gloss; Cowell; Jacobs.