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<p><q>A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many <qex>hands</qex>, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj></p>

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<p><centered><point26>F.</point26></centered></p>

<p><hw>F</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;f)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma &unr_;, which probably had the value of English <it>w</it> consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph&oelig;nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically <it>f</it> is most closely related to <it>p</it>, <it>k</it>, <it>v</it>, and <it>b</it>; as in E. <it>f</it>ive, Gr. <grk>pe`nte</grk>; E. wol<it>f</it>, L. lu<it>p</it>us, Gr. <grk>ly`kos</grk>; E. <it>f</it>ox, <it>v</it>ixen ; <it>f</it>ragile, <it>b</it>reak; <it>f</it>ruit, <it>b</it>rook, <pos>v. t.</pos>; E. <it>b</it>ear, L. <it>f</it>erre. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F &sharp;) is a tone intermediate between F and G.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>F clef</b></col>, <cd>the bass clef. See under <er>Clef</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa</hw> <pr>(f&auml;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tone F.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>fab</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <ety>[shortened form of <er>fabulous</er>.]</ety>  <def>extremely pleasing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fabulous.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fabaceae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies <fam>Caesalpiniacea</fam>; <fam>Mimosaceae</fam>; <fam>Papilionaceae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Leguminosae, family <fam>Leguminosae</fam>, family <fam>Fabaceae</fam>, legume family, pea family.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa*ba"ceous</hw> <pr>(f&adot_;*b&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>faba</ets> bean.]</ety> <def>Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa*bel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabellae</plw> <pr>(-l&emacr;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>faba</ets> a bean.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Fabianus</ets>, <ets>Fabius</ets>, belonging to Fabius.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, <person>Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus</person>; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fabian policy</b></col>, <cd>a policy like that of <person>Fabius Maximus</person>, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled <persfn>Hannibal</persfn>, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.</def></p>

<p><q>The <qex>Fabian</qex> Society proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action.</q>  <rj><qau>William Clarke.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fabiana</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Fabiana</gen>.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fabianism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the principles and beliefs of or similar to those of the Fabian Society, advocating socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law.</def> <mark>[British]</mark><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"b'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>fabula</ets>, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak, say. See <er>Ban</er>, and cf. <er>Fabulous</er>, <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue.  See the Note under <er>Apologue</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Jotham's <qex>fable</qex> of the trees is the oldest extant.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>  A <ex>fable</ex> may have talking animals anthropomorphically cast as humans representing different character types, sometimes illustrating some moral principle; <as>as, Aesop's <ex>Fables</ex></as>.</note><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or <qex>fable</qex> as may be most suitable to the moral.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.</def> &ldquo;Old wives' <xex>fables</xex>. &rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Tim. iv. 7.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>We grew<br/>
The <qex>fable</qex> of the city where we dwelt.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fiction; untruth; falsehood.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It would look like a <qex>fable</qex> to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.</def> &ldquo;He <xex>Fables</xex> not.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Vain now the tales which <qex>fabling</qex> poets tell.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>fables</qex>, yet speaks truth.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The hell thou <qex>fablest</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"bler</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"bl&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`bli`au"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabliaux</plw> <pr>(-&ouptack_;")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. OF.<ets>fablel</ets>, dim. of <ets>fable</ets> a fable.]</ety> <fld>(Fr. Lit.)</fld> <def>One of the metrical tales of the Trouv&egrave;res, or early poets of the north of France.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;b"r&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrica</ets> fabric, workshop: cf. F. <ets>fabrique</ets> fabric. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; <as>as cloth of a beautiful <ex>fabric</ex></as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is fabricated</def>; <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Framework; structure; edifice; building.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Anon out of the earth a <qex>fabric</qex> huge<br/>
Rose like an exhalation.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, whether vegetable, animal, or synthetic; manufactured cloth; <as>as, silks or other <ex>fabrics</ex>; made of a <ex>fabric</ex> that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of constructing; construction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the <qex>fabric</qex> of the churches for the poor.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; <as>as, the <ex>fabric</ex> of the universe</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The whole vast <qex>fabric</qex> of society.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabricked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabricking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To frame; to build; to construct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Fabric</xex> their mansions.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. Philips.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fab"ri*cant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; a manufacturer.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fab"ri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabricated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabricating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fabricari</ets>, <ets>fabricare</ets>, to frame, build, forge, fr. <ets>fabrica</ets>. See <er>Fabric</er>, <er>Farge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a bridge or ship</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> woolens</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a lie or story</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Our books were not <qex>fabricated</qex> with an accomodation to prevailing usages.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fabricated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; <as>as, a <ex>fabricated</ex> excuse for his absence</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab`ri*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabrication</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; <as>as, the <ex>fabrication</ex> of a bridge, a church, or a government</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is fabricated; a falsehood; <as>as, the story is doubtless a <ex>fabrication</ex></as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Fiction</er>.</syn><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>fabricator</qex> of the works of Ossian.</q> <rj><qau>Mason.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who fabricates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fab"rile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrilis</ets>, fr. <ets>faber</ets> workman. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; <as>as, <ex>fabrile</ex> skill</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"u*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliste</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fabula</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>One who invents or writes fables.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"u*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabulized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabulizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliser</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.</def>  <rj><au>G. S. Faber.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab`u*los"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulositas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fabulosit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fabulousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Abbot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fabulous or fictitious story.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"u*lous</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;b"&uuptack_;*l&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulosus</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabuleux</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> description; a <ex>fabulous</ex> hero.</as></def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>fabulous</qex> birth of Minerva.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>beyond belief; exceedingly great; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> price</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Fabulous age</b></col>, <cd>that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; <as>as, the <ex>fabulous</ex> age of Greece and Rome</as>.</cd></cs></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fab"u*lous*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fab"u*lous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Fab"ur*den</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;b"&ubreve;r*d&eitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>faux bourdon</ets>. See <er>False</er>, and <er>Burden</er> a verse.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A succession of chords of the sixth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A monotonous refrain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. of <ets>facsimile</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`&ccedil;ade"</hw> <pr>(f&adot_;`s&adot_;d" <it>or</it> f&adot_;`s&amacr;d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>facciata</ets>, fr. <ets>faccia</ets> face, L. <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. <as>Thus a church is said to have its <ex>fa&ccedil;ade</ex> unfinished, though the interior may be in use.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Face</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>facies</ets> form, shape, face, perh. from <ets>facere</ets> to make (see <er>Fact</er>); or perh. orig. meaning <ets>appearance</ets>, and from a root meaning <ets>to shine</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>fancy</ets>.  Cf. <er>Facetious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A mist . . . watered the whole <qex>face</qex> of the ground.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal <qex>face</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; <as>as, a cube has six <ex>faces</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; <as>as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches <ex>face</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The style or cut of a type or font of type.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To set a <qex>face</qex> upon their own malignant design.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This would produce a new <qex>face</qex> of things in Europe.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We wear a <qex>face</qex> of joy, because<br/>
We have been glad of yore.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the sweat of thy <qex>face</qex> shalt thou eat bread.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. iii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We set the best <qex>face</qex>on it we could.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This is the man that has the <qex>face</qex> to charge others with false citations.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, <xex>before the face of</xex>, in the immediate presence of; <xex>in the face of</xex>, before, in, or against the front of; <as>as, to fly <ex>in the face of</ex> danger</as>; <xex>to the face of</xex>, directly to; <xex>from the face of</xex>, from the presence of.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord make his <qex>face</qex> to shine upon thee.</q> <rj><qau>Num. vi. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My <qex>face</qex> [favor] will I turn also from them.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. vii. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount; most commonly called <altname>face value</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Face</xex> is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, <xex>face</xex> guard or <xex>face</xex>-guard; <xex>face</xex> cloth; <xex>face</xex> plan or <xex>face</xex>-plan; <xex>face</xex> hammer.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Face ague</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also <altname>tic douloureux</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Face card</b></col>, <cd>one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.</cd> -- <col><b>Face cloth</b></col>, <cd>a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.</cd> -- <col><b>Face guard</b></col>, <cd>a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face hammer</b></col>, <cd>a hammer having a flat face.</cd> -- <col><b>Face joint</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.</cd> -- <col><b>Face mite</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;ll.)</fld>, <cd>a small, elongated mite (<spn>Demdex folliculorum</spn>), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.</cd> -- <col><b>Face mold</b></col>, <cd>the templet or pattern by which carpenters, etc., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face plate</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Turning)</fld> <cd>A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A true plane for testing a dressed surface.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Face wheel</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A crown wheel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.</cd> -- <col><b>face value</b></col> <cd>the value written on a financial instrument; same as <er>face{13}</er>.  Also used metaphorically, to mean <sig>apparent value</sig>; <as>as, to take his statemnet at its <ex>face value</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><cs>   <col><b>Cylinder face</b></col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of an anvil</b></col>, <cd>its flat upper surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a bastion</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of coal</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a gun</b></col>, <cd>the surface of metal at the muzzle.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a place</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Face of a square</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Face of a</b></col> <col><b>watch, clock, compass, card etc.</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face to face</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the presence of each other; <as>as, to bring the accuser and the accused <ex>face to face</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Without the interposition of any body or substance.</cd> &ldquo;Now we see through a glass darkly; but then <xex>face to face</xex>.&rdquo; 1 <au>Cor. xiii. 12.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; <xex>vis &agrave; vis</xex>; -- opposed to <contr>back to back</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fly in the face of</b></col>, <cd>to defy; to brave; to withstand.</cd> -- <col><b>To make a face</b></col>, <cd>to distort the countenance; to make a grimace; -- often expressing dislike, annoyance, or disagreement.</cd> <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Face</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;s)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Facing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; <as>as, to <ex>face</ex> an enemy in the field of battle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I'll <qex>face</qex><br/>
This tempest, and deserve the name of king.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To Confront impudently; to bully.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will neither be <qex>faced</qex>nor braved.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; <as>as, the apartments of the general <ex>faced</ex> the park; some of the seats on the train <ex>faced</ex> backward</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which <qex>faces</qex> Ireland.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; <as>as, a building <ex>faced</ex> with marble</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; <as>as, to <ex>face</ex> the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To face down</b></col>, <cd>to put down by bold or impudent opposition.</cd> &ldquo;He <xex>faced</xex> men <xex>down</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Prior.</au> -- <col><b>To face (a thing) out</b></col>, <cd>to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct.</cd>  &ldquo;That thinks with oaths <xex>to face</xex> the matter <xex>out</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>to face the music</b></col> <cd>to admit error and accept reprimand or punishment as a consequence for having failed or having done something wrong; to willingly experience an unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation; <as>as, as soon as he broke the window with the football, Billy knew he would have to <ex>face the music</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Face</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.</def> &ldquo;To lie, to <xex>face</xex>, to forge.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn the face; <as>as, to <ex>face</ex> to the right or left</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Face</qex> about, man; a soldier, and afraid!</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To present a face or front.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faced</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;st)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; <as>as, smooth-<ex>faced</ex>, two-<ex>faced</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>face-harden</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to harden (steel) by adding carbon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>face lift</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an operation to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from a person's face.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> face lifting, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a renovation that improves the outward appearance, as of a building.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> face lifting.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>face-lift</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"cer</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"s&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor <qex>fasers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.</def> <mark>[Collog.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a <qex>facer</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> <mark>[obsolescent Briticism]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>face-saving</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; <as>as, a <ex>face-saving</ex> compromise</as>; -- of actions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>facette</ets>, dim. of <ets>face</ets> face. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little face; a small, plane surface; <as>as, the <ex>facets</ex> of a diamond</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>facette</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A smooth circumscribed surface; <as>as, the articular <ex>facet</ex> of a bone</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"et</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faceted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faceting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cut facets or small faces upon; <as>as, to <ex>facet</ex> a diamond</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cete"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facetus</ets> elegant, fine, facetious; akin to <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>, and cf. <er>Facetious</er>.]</ety> <def>Facetious; witty; humorous.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  &ldquo;A <xex>facete</xex> discourse.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;How to interpose&rdquo; with a small, smart remark, sentiment <qex>facete</qex>, or unctuous anecdote.</q> <rj><qau>Prof. Wilson.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fa*cete"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fa*cete"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"et*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having facets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa*ce"ti*&aelig;</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>facetus</ets>. See <er>Facete</er>.]</ety> <def>Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>face" time`</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;s" t&imacr;m`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; <as>as, the chief of staff has the most <ex>face time</ex> with the president</as>.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*ce"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fac&eacute;tieux</ets>. See <er>Faceti&aelig;</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; <as>as, a <ex>facetious</ex> companion</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; <as>as, a <ex>facetious</ex> story or reply</as>.</def></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fa*ce"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fa*ce"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>face-to-face</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; <as>as, <ex>face-to-face</ex> negotiations</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> person-to-person.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having the front parts facing each other.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Facet</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Face"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ci*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fascia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>facialis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>facies</ets> face : cf. F. <ets>facial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the face; <as>as, the <ex>facial</ex> artery, vein, or nerve</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fa"cial*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Facial angle</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (<it>ab</it>, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (<it>cd</it>) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See <cref>Gnathic index</cref>, under <er>Gnathic</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ci*end</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From neut. of L. <ets>faciendus</ets>, gerundive of <ets>facere</ets> to do.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The multiplicand. See <er>Facient</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"cient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faciens</ets>, -- <ets>entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>facere</ets> to make, do. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hacket.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The multiplier.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The terms <xex>facient</xex>, <xex>faciend</xex>, and <xex>factum</xex>, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See <er>Multiplication</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa"ci*es</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from, face. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The anterior part of the head; the face.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Facies Hippocratica</b></col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Hippocratic</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facilis</ets>, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make, do: cf. F. <ets>facile</ets>. Srr <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Faculty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Order . . . will render the work <qex>facile</qex> and delightful.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>facile</qex> gates of hell too slightly barred.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I meant she should be courteous, <qex>facile</qex>, sweet.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Since Adam, and his <qex>facile</qex> consort Eve,<br/>
Lost Paradise, deceived by me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so <qex>facile</qex> a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway.</q> <rj><qau>Prof. Wilson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Ready; quick; expert; <as>as, he is <ex>facile</ex> in expedients; he wields a <ex>facile</ex> pen.</as></def></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fac"ile*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fac"ile*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cil"i*tate</hw> <pr>(f&adot_;*s&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Facilitated</conjf> <pr>(f&adot_;*s&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&amacr;`t&ebreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Facilitating</conjf> <pr>(f&adot_;*s&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&amacr;`t&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faciliter</ets>. See <er>Facility</er>.]</ety> <def>To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; <as>as, to <ex>facilitate</ex> the execution of a task</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To invite and <qex>facilitate</qex> that line of proceeding which the times call for.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>facilitated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>freed from difficulty or impediment.  Contrasted with <ant>delayed</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> expedited.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cil`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of facilitating or making easy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>facilitative</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>freeing from difficulty or impediment; <as>as, <ex>facilitative</ex> changes in the economic structure</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>facilitator</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who makes progress easier.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>facilitatory</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(f&adot_;*s&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Facilities</plw> <pr>(f&adot_;*s&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>facilitas</ets>, fr. <ets>facilis</ets> easy: cf. F. <ets>facilit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Facile</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; <as>as, the <ex>facility</ex> of an operation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>facility</qex> with which government has been overturned in France.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; <as>as, practice gives a wonderful <ex>facility</ex> in executing works of art</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is a great error to take <qex>facility</qex> for good nature.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Offers himself to the visits of a friend with <qex>facility</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; <as>as, special <ex>facilities</ex> for study</as>.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance; condescension; affability.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Facility</er>, <er>Expertness</er>, <er>Readiness</er>. These words have in common the idea of performing any act with ease and promptitude. <xex>Facility</xex> supposes a natural or acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness and ease. <xex>Expertness</xex> is the kind of facility acquired by long practice. <xex>Readiness</xex> marks the promptitude with which anything is done. A merchant needs great <xex>facility</xex> in dispatching business; a banker, great <xex>expertness</xex> in casting accounts; both need great <xex>readiness</xex> in passing from one employment to another. &ldquo;The <xex>facility</xex> which we get of doing things by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our notice.&rdquo;  <au>Locke.</au> &ldquo;The army was celebrated for the <xex>expertness</xex> and valor of the soldiers.&rdquo; &ldquo;A <xex>readiness</xex> to obey the known will of God is the surest means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty.&rdquo;</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"cing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; <as>as, the <ex>facing</ex> of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc.</as> , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, etc., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Facing brick</b></col>, <cd>front or pressed brick.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"cing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a facing manner or position.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cin"o*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facinorous</ets>, from <ets>facinus</ets> deed, bad deed, from <ets>facere</ets> to make, do.]</ety> <def>Atrociously wicked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fa*cin"o*rous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ound</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>faconde</ets>, L. <ets>facundia</ets>. See <er>Facund</er>.]</ety> <def>Speech; eloquence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Her <qex>facound</qex> eke full womanly and plain.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac*sim"i*le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Facsimiles</plw> <pr>(-l&unr_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>fac simile</ets> make like; or an abbreviation of <ets>factum simile</ets> made like; <ets>facere</ets> to make + <ets>similes</ets> like. See <er>Fact</er>, and <er>Simile</er>.]</ety> <def>A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Facsimile telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac*sim"i*le</hw>, <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make a facsimile of.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fact</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;kt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>factum</ets>, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make or do.  Cf. <er>Feat</er>, <er>Affair</er>, <er>Benefit</er>, <er>Defect</er>, <er>Fashion</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A doing, making, or preparing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A project for the <qex>fact</qex> and vending<br/>
Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What might instigate him to this devilish <qex>fact</qex>, I am not able to conjecture.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He who most excels in <qex>fact</qex> of arms.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Reality; actuality; truth; <as>as, he, in <ex>fact</ex>, excelled all the rest; the <ex>fact</ex> is, he was beaten.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; <as>as, history abounds with false <ex>facts</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I do not grant the <qex>fact</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Foe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This reasoning is founded upon a <qex>fact</qex> which is not true.</q> <rj><qau>Roger Long.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The term <xex>fact</xex> has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with <xex>law</xex>; as, attorney at <xex>law</xex>, and attorney in <xex>fact</xex>; issue in <xex>law</xex>, and issue in <xex>fact</xex>. There is also a grand distinction between <xex>law</xex> and <xex>fact</xex> with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the <xex>fact</xex>, the former the <xex>law</xex>.</note>  <rj><au>Burrill</au> <au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Accessary before the fact</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Accessary after the fact</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Accessary</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Matter of fact</b></col>, <cd>an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; <as>as, a <ex>matter-of-fact</ex> narration</as>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fact-finding</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>designed to find information or ascertain facts; <as>as, a <ex>fact-finding</ex> committee</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> investigative, investigatory.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tion</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;k"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>factio</ets> a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. <ets>faction</ets> See <er>Fashion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anc. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Tumult; discord; dissension.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They remained at Newbury in great <qex>faction</qex> among themselves.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Combination; clique; junto. See <er>Cabal</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tion*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>factionnaire</ets>, L. <ets>factionarius</ets> the head of a company of charioteers.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Always <qex>factionary</qex> on the party of your general.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tion*er</hw> <pr>(-?r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a faction.</def>  <rj><au>Abp. Bancroft.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who promotes faction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>factiosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>factieux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Factious</qex> for the house of Lancaster.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; <as>as, <ex>factious</ex> quarrels</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Headlong zeal or <qex>factious</qex> fury.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fac"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fac"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac*ti"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>factitius</ets>, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Fetich</er>.]</ety> <def>Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; <as>as, <ex>factitious</ex> cinnabar or jewels; a <ex>factitious</ex> taste.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fac-ti"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fac*ti"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>He acquires a <qex>factitious</qex> propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Unnatural.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Factitious</er>, <er>Unnatural</er>. Anything is <xex>unnatural</xex> when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is <xex>factitious</xex> when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a <xex>factitious</xex> excitement. An <xex>unnatural</xex> demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An <xex>unnatural</xex> alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a <xex>factitious</xex> alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ti*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Causing; causative.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in it a reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the active voice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the subject of such activity.  This second object is called the <qex>factitive</qex> object.</q> <rj><qau>J. W. Gibbs.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making; having power to make.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;You are . . . <xex>factive</xex>, not destructive.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fac"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., ablative of <ets>factum</ets> deed, fact.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>In fact; by the act or fact.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>De facto</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <er>De facto</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>factor</ets> a doer: cf. F. <ets>facteur</ets> a factor. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.</def>  <rj><au>Story.</au>  <au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My <qex>factor</qex> sends me word, a merchant's fled<br/>
That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.</q> <rj><qau>Marlowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A steward or bailiff of an estate.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The materal and dynamical <qex>factors</qex> of nutrition.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Factored</conjf> <pr>(-t&ebreve_;rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Factoring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>factorage</ets>.]</ety> <def>The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a <altname>commission</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor*ess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A factor who is a woman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a factory.</def>  <rj><au>Buchanan.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Related to factorials.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac*to"ri*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement <xex>h</xex> to the independent variable. Thus the product <mathex>F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h]</mathex> is called a <xex>factorial term</xex>, and its several factors take the name of <xex>factorials</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>The product of the consecutive whole numbers from unity up to any given number; <as>thus, 5 <ex>factorial</ex> is the product of 5 times four times three times two times one, or 120</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The act of resolving into factors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>factorise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>to resolve into factors, as of a polynomial; same as <er>factorize</er>.</def> <mark>[mostly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> factorize.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fac"tor*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Factorized</conjf> <pr>(-?zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Factorizing</conjf> <pr>(-?"z?ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See <er>Garnish</er>.</def> <mark>[Vt. &amp; Conn.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>to resolve (a complex expression, such as a polynomial) into factors.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> factorise.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"tor*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of a factor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Factories</plw> <pr>(-r&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>factorerie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.</def> &ldquo;The Company's <xex>factory</xex> at Madras.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The body of factors in any place; <as>as, a chaplain to a British <ex>factory</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>W. Guthrie.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; <as>as, a cotton <ex>factory</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Factory leg</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>factory-made</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>made in a factory.  Contrasted with <ant>homemade</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>boughten, store-bought </stype>; <stype>mass-produced </stype>]<br/>
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<p><hw>fac*to"tum</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;k*t&omacr;"t&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>factotums</plw> <pr>(-t&ubreve;mz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., do everything; <ets>facere</ets> to do + <ets>totus</ets> all : cf. F. <ets>factotum</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>, and <er>Total</er>.]</ety> <def>A person employed to do all kinds of work or business; a person with many different responsibilities.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fac"tu*al</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;k*t&uuptack_;"&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to facts; <as>as, <ex>factual</ex> inaccuracies</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); <as>as, a <ex>factual</ex> report</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fac"tum</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;k"t&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Facta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A man's own act and deed</def>; particularly: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Anything stated and made certain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Testamentary Law)</fld> <def>The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The product. See <er>Facient</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>facture</ets> a making, invoice, L. <ets>factura</ets> a making. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>An invoice or bill of parcels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fac"u*l&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. <ets>of facula</ets> a little torch.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the <partof>photosphere</partof>. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.</def>  <rj><au>Newcomb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the facul&aelig;.</def>  <rj><au>R. A. Proctor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ul*ta*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facultas</ets>, <ets>-atis</ets>, faculty: cf. F. <ets>facultatif</ets>, G. <ets>fakultativ</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having relation to the grant or exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; <as>as, <ex>facultative</ex> enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the <ex>facultative</ex> referendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; <ex>facultative</ex> studies;</as> -- opposed to <contr>obligatory</contr> and <contr>compulsory</contr>, and sometimes used with <xex>to</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Of such a character as to admit of existing under various forms or conditions, or of happening or not happening, or the like;</def> <specif>specif.</specif>: <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the power to live under different conditions; <as>as, a <ex>facultative</ex> parasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, but which may exist wholly or in part as a parasite</as>; -- opposed to <contr>obligate</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a faculty or faculties.</def></p>

<p><q>In short, there is no <qex>facultative</qex> plurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical.</q>  <rj><qau>J. Martineau.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"ul*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Faculties</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>facult&unr_;</ets>, L. <ets>facultas</ets>, fr. <ets>facilis</ets> easy (cf. <ets>facul</ets> easily), fr. <ets>fecere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Facility</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; <as>as, <ex>faculties</ex> of the mind or the soul</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But know that in the soul<br/>
Are many lesser <qex>faculties</qex> that serve<br/>
Reason as chief.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in <qex>faculty</qex> !</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Special mental endowment; characteristic knack.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had a ready <qex>faculty</qex>, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Power; prerogative or attribute of office.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>This Duncan<br/>
Hath borne his <qex>faculties</qex> so meek.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The pope . . . granted him a <qex>faculty</qex> to set him free from his promise.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It had not only <qex>faculty</qex> to inspect all bishops' dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (<xex>profitendi</xex> or <xex>docendi</xex>) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; <as>as, the medical <ex>faculty</ex>; the legal <ex>faculty</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Amer. Colleges)</fld> <def>The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Dean of faculty</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Dean</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Faculty of advocates</b></col>. <fld>(Scot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Advocate</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Talent; gift; endowment; dexterity; expertness; cleverness; readiness; ability; knack.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fac"und</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facundus</ets>, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>Eloquent.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cun"di*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facundiosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Eloquement; full of words.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*cun"di*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>facunditas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Eloquence; readiness of speech.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Faddle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hobby ; freak; whim.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is your favorite <qex>fad</qex> to draw plans.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a practise followed enthusiastically by a number of people for a limited period of time; <as>as, the latest <ex>fad</ex> in fashion</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> craze; mania.</syn><br/>
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Fad"dist</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`daise"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>faddish</hw> <hw>faddy</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>intensely fashionable for a short time.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> trendy.</syn>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>prone to follow fads; <as>as, a <ex>faddish</ex> clique of teenagers</as>; -- of people.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> trendy.</syn>
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<p><hw>faddist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person who subscribes to a variety of fads.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fiddle</er>, <er>Fiddle-faddle</er>.]</ety> <def>To trifle; to toy.</def> -- <def2><pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fondle; to dandle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></def2>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., prob. fr. L. <ets>vapidus</ets> vapid, or possibly fr,<ets>fatuus</ets> foolish, insipid.]</ety> <def>Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Passages that are somewhat <xex>fade</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jeffrey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His masculine taste gave him a sense of something <qex>fade</qex> and ludicrous.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>faden</ets>, <ets>vaden</ets>, prob. fr. <ets>fade</ets>, <pos>a.</pos>; cf. Prov. D. <ets>vadden</ets> to fade, wither, <ets>vaddigh languid</ets>, <ets>torpid</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fade</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Vade</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The earth mourneth and <qex>fadeth</qex> away.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xxiv. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.</def> &ldquo;Flowers that never <xex>fade</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The stars shall <qex>fade</qex> away.</q> <rj><qau>Addison</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He makes a swanlike end,<br/>
<qex>Fading</qex> in music.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fade</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No winter could his laurels <qex>fade</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.</def> &ldquo;His <xex>faded</xex> cheek.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where the <qex>faded</qex> moon<br/>
Made a dim silver twilight.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a faded manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A dull room <qex>fadedly</qex> furnished.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fade"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not liable to fade; unfading.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Father.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fadge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>faden</ets> to flatter, and AS. <ets>f&unr_;gan</ets> to join, unit, G. <ets>f&uuml;gen</ets>, or AS. <ets>&amacr;f&aelig;gian</ets> to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. <ets>fair</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Fay</er> to fit.]</ety> <def>To fit; to suit; to agree.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to <qex>fadge</qex> together.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Well, Sir, how <qex>fadges</qex> the new design ?</q> <rj><qau>Wycherley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fadge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fad"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fad"ing*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Fading</xex> is a fine jig.&rdquo; <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"me</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fathom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fad"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Faded.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>F&aelig;"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Fecal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;F&aelig;"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faex</ets>, pl. <ets>faeces</ets>, dregs.]</ety> <def>Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feces</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;F&aelig;c"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Fecula</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"&euml;r*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; a.</pos> <def>Fairy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faf"fle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Famble</er>, <er>Maffle</er>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fag</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;g)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A knot or coarse part in cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>fag</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive.  Shortened form of <er>faggot</er>.</def> <mark>[Slang, disparaging.]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> faggot.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fagged</conjf> <pr>(f&abreve;gd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fagging</conjf> <pr>(f&abreve;g"g&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>fakk</ets> wearied, weary, <ets>vaak</ets> slumber, drowsiness, OFries. <ets>fai</ets>, equiv. to <ets>f&amacr;ch</ets> devoted to death, OS. <ets>f&emacr;gi</ets>, OHG. <ets>feigi</ets>, G. <ets>feig</ets>, <ets>feige</ets>, cowardly, Icel. <ets>feigr</ets> fated to die, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;ge</ets>, Scot. <ets>faik</ets>, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. <ets>flag</ets> to droop.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become weary; to tire.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to <qex>fag</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>G. Mackenzie.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Read, <qex>fag</qex>, and subdue this chapter.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fag out</b></col>, <cd>to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To tire by labor; to exhaust; <as>as, he was almost <ex>fagged</ex> out</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that fatigues.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>It is such a <qex>fag</qex>, I came back tired to death.</q> <rj><qau>Miss Austen.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Brain fag</b></col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Cerebropathy</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fagaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a natural family of chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs, including beeches, chestnuts, and oaks; it includes the genera <gen>Castanea</gen>; <gen>Castanopsis</gen>; <gen>Chrysolepis</gen>; <gen>Fagus</gen>; <gen>Lithocarpus</gen>; <gen>Nothofagus</gen>; and <gen>Quercus</gen>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Fagaceae</fam>, beech family.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fag"-end"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The refuse or meaner part of anything.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fag-end</qex> of business.</q> <rj><qau>Collier.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fagged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>burned-out</er>, 1.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fag"ging</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;g"g&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fag"got</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;g"&ubreve;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[perh. from <ets>fagot{5}</ets>, a shriveled old woman.]</ety> <def>a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive.</def> <mark>[Slang, disparaging]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as <er>fagot{1}</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fagot.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fagopyrum</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat <spn>Fagopyrum esculentum</spn>; in some classifications included in the genus <gen>Polygonum</gen>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Fagopyrum</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fag"ot</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;g"&ubreve;t)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., prob. aug. of L. <ets>fax</ets>, <ets>facis</ets>, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> bundle, fagot.  Cf. <er>Fagotto</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A bassoon. See <er>Fagotto</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>An old shriveled woman.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fagot iron</b></col>, <cd>iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots.</cd> -- <col><b>Fagot vote</b></col>, <cd>the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes.</cd> <mark>[Political cant, Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fag"ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fagoted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fagoting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa*got"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa"ham</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The leaves of an orchid (<spn>Angraecum fragrans</spn>), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fahl"band`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored + <ets>band</ets> a band.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.</def>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fahl"erz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fahl"band</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>fahlerz</ets>; <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored, fallow + <ets>erz</ets> ore.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tetrahedrite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fah"lun*ite</hw> <pr>(f&auml;"l&ubreve;n*&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Fahlun</etsep>, a place in Sweden.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fahr.</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <mark>[abbrev.]</mark>  <def>an abbreviation of <er>Fahrenheit</er>; -- used in designating temperatures; <as>as, 72&deg; Fahr.</as>  Used as an alternative to <ant>celsius</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fahrenheit, f., F.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fah"ren*heit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>Conforming to the scale used by <person>Gabriel Daniel <etsep>Fahrenheit</etsep></person> in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.   Used as an alternative to <contr>celsius</contr>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <col><b>Fahrenheit thermometer</b></col> is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.</note><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>faience</hw>, <hw>&Verbar;Fa`&iuml;*ence"</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <etsep>Faenza</etsep>, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]</ety> <def>Glazed earthenware; esp., a fine variety that which is decorated with colorful designs in an opaque glaze.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;l)</pr> <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Failed</conjf> <pr>(f&amacr;ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Failing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>failir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fallere</ets>, <ets>falsum</ets>, to deceive, akin to E. <ets>fall</ets>. See <er>Fail</er>, and cf. <er>Fallacy</er>, <er>False</er>, <er>Fault</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; <as>as, streams <ex>fail</ex>; crops <ex>fail</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>As the waters <qex>fail</qex> from the sea.</q> <rj><qau>Job xiv. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Till Lionel's issue <qex>fails</qex>, his should not reign.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with <xex>of</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If ever they <qex>fail</qex> of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size.</q> <rj><qau>Berke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When earnestly they seek<br/>
Such proof, conclude they then begin to <qex>fail</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; <as>as, a sick man <ex>fails</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To perish; to die; -- used of a person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Had the king in his last sickness <qex>failed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Take heed now that ye <qex>fail</qex> not to do this.</q> <rj><qau>Ezra iv. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Either my eyesight <qex>fails</qex>, or thou look'st pale.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our envious foe hath <qex>failed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To err in judgment; to be mistaken.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps<br/>
Shall grieve him, if I <qex>fail</qex> not.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent; <as>as, many credit unions <ex>failed</ex> in the late 1980's</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There shall not <qex>fail</qex> thee a man on the throne.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings ii. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To miss of attaining; to lose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Though that seat of earthly bliss be <qex>failed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>faille</ets>, from <ets>failir</ets>. See <er>Fail</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by <altname>failure</altname> or <altname>failing</altname>, except in the phrase <ecol><b>without fail</b></ecol>.</def> &ldquo;His highness' <xex>fail</xex> of issue.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Death; decease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail"ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of. <ets>faillance</ets>, fr. <ets>faillir</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fault; failure; omission.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>failed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>unsuccessful.  Opposite of <ant>successful</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> failing.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; <as>as, a mental <ex>failing</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And ever in her mind she cast about<br/>
For that unnoticed <qex>failing</qex> in herself.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Fault</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Faille</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fail"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fail</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; <as>as, <ex>failure</ex> of rain; <ex>failure</ex> of crops.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Omission; nonperformance; <as>as, the <ex>failure</ex> to keep a promise</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Want of success; the state of having failed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; <as>as, the <ex>failure</ex> of memory or of sight</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; <as>as, <ex>failure</ex> in business</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A failing; a slight fault.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fain</ets>, <ets>fagen</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aelig;gen</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fagan</ets>, Icel. <ets>faginn</ets> glad; AS. <ets>f&aelig;gnian</ets> to rejoice, OS. <ets>fagan&omacr;n</ets>, Icel. <ets>fagna</ets>, Goth. <ets>fagin&omacr;n</ets>, cf. Goth. <ets>fah&emacr;ds</ets> joy; and fr. the same root as E. <ets>fair</ets>. Srr <er>Fair</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Fawn</er> to court favor.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men and birds are <qex>fain</qex> of climbing high.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To a busy man, temptation is <qex>fain</qex>to climb up together with his business.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The learned Castalio was <qex>fain</qex> to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fain</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With joy; gladly; -- with <xex>wold</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He would <qex>fain</qex> have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xv. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fain</qex> Would I woo her, yet I dare not.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fain</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To be glad ; to wish or desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Whoso fair thing does <qex>fain</qex> to see.</q> <rj><qau>Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fai"ne*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fai"ne*an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>faineance</ets>. See <er>Fain&eacute;ant</er>.]</ety> <def>Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.</def></p>

<p><q>The mask of sneering <qex>faineance</qex> was gone.</q>  <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fai`ne`ant"</hw>, <hw>&Verbar;fai`n&eacute;`ant"</hw></mhw> <pr>(f&auptack_;`n&auptack_;`&auml;N")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F.; <ets>fait</ets> he does + <ets>n&eacute;ant</ets> nothing.]</ety> <def>Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bone-idle, bone-lazy, do-nothing(prenominal), indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fai`ne`ant"</hw>, <hw>&Verbar;fai`n&eacute;`ant"</hw></mhw> <pr>(f&auptack_;`n&auptack_;`&auml;N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <def>A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fain&eacute;ant deity</hw>. <def>A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fainter</adjf> <pr>(-&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Faintest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feint</ets>, <ets>faint</ets>, false, faint, F. <ets>feint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>feindre</ets> to feign, suppose, hesitate. See <er>Feign</er>, and cf. <er>Feint</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; <as>as, <ex>faint</ex> with fatigue, hunger, or thirst</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; <as>as, &ldquo;<ex>Faint</ex> heart ne'er won fair lady</as>.&rdquo;</def>  <rj><au>Old Proverb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; <as>as, a <ex>faint</ex> color, or sound</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; <as>as, <ex>faint</ex> efforts; <ex>faint</ex> resistance.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>faint</qex> prosecution of the war.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Fainting</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><q>The saint,<br/>
Who propped the Virgin in her <qex>faint</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fainted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fainting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with <xex>away</xex>. See <er>Fainting</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><q>Hearing the honor intended her, she <qex>fainted</qex> away.</q> <rj><qau>Guardian.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If I send them away fasting . . . they will <qex>faint</qex> by the way.</q> <rj><qau>Mark viii. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If thou <qex>faint</qex> in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxiv. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To decay; to disappear; to vanish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, <qex>faint</qex> before the eye.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>It <qex>faints</qex> me to think what follows.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fear not, neither be <qex>faint-hearted</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Is. vii. 4.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Faint"-heart`ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Faint"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fainting fit</b></col>, <cd>a fainting or swoon; syncope.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Slightly faint; somewhat faint.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Faint"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Timorous; feeble-minded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A <xex>fainting</xex>, silly creature.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of vigor or energy.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; <as>as, <ex>faintness</ex> of description</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will send a <qex>faintness</qex> into their hearts.</q> <rj><qau>Lev. xxvi. 36.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faints</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the <xex>strong faints</xex>, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the <xex>weak faints</xex>. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faint"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Feeble; languid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair</hw> <pr>(f&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fairer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fairest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fair</ets>, <ets>fayer</ets>, <ets>fager</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aelig;ger</ets>; akin to OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>fagar</ets>, Icel. <ets>fagr</ets>, Sw. <ets>fager</ets>, Dan. <ets>faver</ets>, Goth. <ets>fagrs</ets> fit, also to E. <ets>fay</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;gen</ets>, to fit. <ets>fegen</ets> to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. <ets>fang</ets>, <ets>peace</ets>, <ets>pact</ets>, Cf. <er>Fang</er>, <er>Fain</er>, <er>Fay</er> to fit.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>fair</qex> white linen cloth.</q> <rj><qau>Book of Common Prayer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who can not see many a <qex>fair</qex> French city, for one <qex>fair</qex> French made.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Without a dark hue; light; clear; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> skin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The northern people large and <qex>fair</qex>-complexioned.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> sky; a <ex>fair</ex> day.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>You wish <qex>fair</qex> winds may waft him over.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> mark; in <ex>fair</ex> sight; a <ex>fair</ex> view.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a <xex>fair</xex> way to have enlarged.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> man; <ex>fair</ex> dealing; a <ex>fair</ex> statement.</as></def> &ldquo;I would call it <xex>fair</xex> play.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When <qex>fair</qex> words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.</q> <rj><qau>L' Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Distinct; legible; <as>as, <ex>fair</ex> handwriting</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> specimen</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The news is very <qex>fair</qex> and good, my lord.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fair ball</b></col>. <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a <altname>fair hit</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fair maid</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The European pilchard (<spn>Clupea pilchardus</spn>) when dried.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The southern scup (<spn>Stenotomus Gardeni</spn>).</cd> <mark>[Virginia]</mark> -- <col><b>Fair one</b></col>, <cd>a handsome woman; a beauty,</cd> -- <col><b>Fair play</b></col>, <cd>equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice.</cd> -- <col><b>From fair to middling</b></col>, <cd>passable; tolerable.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>The fair sex</b></col>, <cd>the female sex.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See <er>Candid</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fair and square</b></col>, <cd>justly; honestly; equitably; impartially.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To bid fair</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bid</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To speak fair</b></col>, <cd>to address with courtesy and frankness.</cd> <mark>[Archaic]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fairness, beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fair woman; a sweetheart.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have found out a gift for my <qex>fair</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shenstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Good fortune; good luck.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Now <qex>fair</qex> befall thee !</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The fair</b></col>, <cd>anything beautiful; women, collectively.</cd> &ldquo;For slander's mark was ever yet <xex>the fair</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fair or beautiful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fairing</qex> the foul.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feire</ets>, OF. <ets>feire</ets>, F. <ets>foire</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fariae</ets>, pl., days of rest, holidays, festivals, akin to <ets>festus</ets> festal. See <er>Feast</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; <as>as, a Grand Army <ex>fair</ex>; a church <ex>fair</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; <as>as, the Mechanics' <ex>fair</ex>; an agricultural <ex>fair</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>an exhibition by a number of organizations, including governmental organizations, for the purpose of acquainting people with such organizations or their members, not primarily for commercial purposes; <as>as, the 1939 World's <ex>Fair</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Meet me in St. Louis, Louis<br/>
Meet me at the <qex>fair</qex><br/>
Don't tell me the lights are shining<br/>
Anyplace but there.</q> <rj><qau>Song (1904: words by Andrew B. Sterling, music by Kerry Mills, popularized by Billy Murray.  Prominent in the movie "Meet Me In St. Louis", 1944)</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>After the fair</b></col>, <cd>Too late.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fair and square</hw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>justly; honestly; equitably; impartially.  Opposite of <ant>unfairly</ant>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>fair-and-square</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>fair and honest; just.  Opposite of <ant>unfair</ant>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> honest.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair catch</hw>. <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fairground</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses.  Often used in plural.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fairgrounds</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>same as <er>fairground</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-haired`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having fair or light-colored hair.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>favorite; considered especially talented or promising; <as>as, the <ex>fair-haired</ex> boy of the literary set</as>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blue-eyed(prenominal), white-haired(prenominal), white-headed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fairness; beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of a fairy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Numerous as shadows haunting <qex>fairily</qex><br/>
<qex>The brain</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.</def>  <rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fairing box</b></col>, <cd>a box receiving savings or small sums of money.</cd>  <rj><au>Hannah More.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tolerably fair.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>W. D. Howells.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-lead`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never <qex>fairly</qex> been revealed to him.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; <as>as, a town <ex>fairly</ex> situated for foreign trade</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Honestly; properly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay <qex>fairly</qex> within their grasp.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Softly; quietly; gently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fair"-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-na`tured</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Well-disposed.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>fair-natured</xex> prince.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-spo`ken</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible.</def> &ldquo;A marvelous <xex>fair-spoken</xex> man.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"way`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(golf)</fld> <def>That part of a golf course between the tee and the green which is of closely mowed grass, as contrasted to the <contr>rough</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-weath`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; <as>as, a <ex>fair-weather</ex> voyage</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; <as>as, a <ex>fair-weather</ex> friend</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fair-weather sailor</b></col>, <cd>a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of <cref>carpet knight</cref>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"-world`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of prosperity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They think it was never <qex>fair-world</qex> with them since.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fairies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>fairie</ets>, <ets>faierie</ets>, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. <ets>faerie</ets> enchantment, F. <ets>f&eacute;er</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>Fata</ets> one of the goddesses of fate. See <er>Fate</er>, and cf. <er>Fay</er> a fairy.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fa&euml;ry</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Enchantment; illusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The God of her has made an end,<br/>
And fro this worlde's <qex>fairy</qex><br/>
Hath taken her into company.</q> <rj><qau>Gower.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The country of the fays; land of illusions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in <qex>Fairy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Lydgate.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See <er>Elf</er>, and <er>Demon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the <qex>Fairy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>K. James.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And now about the caldron sing,<br/>
Like elves and <qex>fairies</qex> in a ring.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>An enchantress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fairy of the mine</b></col>, <cd>an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See <er>Kobold</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>No goblin or swart <qex>fairy of the mine</qex><br/>
Hath hurtful power over true virginity.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to fairies.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Given by fairies; <as>as, <ex>fairy</ex> money</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fairy bird</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the Euoropean little tern (<spn>Sterna minuta</spn>); -- called also <altname>sea swallow</altname>, and <altname>hooded tern</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy bluebird</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Bluebird</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy martin</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a European swallow (<spn>Hirrundo ariel</spn>) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fairy rings</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Fairy circles</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as <spn>Marasmius Oreades</spn>), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves.  Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy shrimp</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (<spn>Chirocephalus diaphanus</spn>); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy stone</b></col> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld>, <cd>an echinite.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"y*land`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The imaginary land or abode of fairies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fair"y*like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; <as>as, <ex>fairylike</ex> music</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fairy-slipper</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a rare north temperate bog orchid (<spn>Calypso bulbosa</spn>) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> calypso, <spn>Calypso bulbosa</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fairy tale</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a story about magical or mythological creatures, such as fairies, elves, goblins, trolls, orcs, unicorns, wizards, dragons, etc., usually composed for the amusement of children; called also a <altname>fairy story</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a false story intended to deceive or mislead, especially one involving unlikely events or situations; called also a <altname>fairy story</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faith</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feith</ets>, <ets>fayth</ets>, <ets>fay</ets>, OF. <ets>feid</ets>, <ets>feit</ets>, <ets>fei</ets>, F. <ets>foi</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fides</ets>; akin to <ets>fidere</ets> to trust, Gr. <grk>pei`qein</grk> to persuade. The ending <ets>th</ets> is perhaps due to the influence of such words as <ets>truth</ets>, <ets>health</ets>, <ets>wealth</ets>. See <er>Bid</er>, <er>Bide</er>, and cf. <er>Confide</er>, <er>Defy</er>, <er>Fealty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Faith</qex>, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Judeo-Christian Theol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called <xex>historical</xex> and <xex>speculative</xex> faith.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>  <fld>(Christian Theol.)</fld> <def>The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a <xex>practical</xex>, <xex>evangelical</xex>, or <xex>saving</xex> faith.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Without <qex>faith</qex> it is impossible to please him [God].</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xi. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>faith</qex> of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called &ldquo;trust&rdquo; or &ldquo;confidence&rdquo; exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior.</q> <rj><qau>Dr. T. Dwight.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Faith</qex> is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God.</q> <rj><qau>J. Hawes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, a system of religious belief of any kind; <as>as, the Jewish or Mohammedan <ex>faith</ex>; the Christian <ex>faith</ex></as>; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Which to believe of her,<br/>
Must be a <qex>faith</qex> that reason without miracle<br/>
Could never plant in me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now preacheth the <qex>faith</qex> which once he destroyed.</q> <rj><qau>Gal. i. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Children in whom is no <qex>faith</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxvii. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whose failing, while her <qex>faith</qex> to me remains,<br/>
I should conceal.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; <as>as, he violated his <ex>faith</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For you alone<br/>
I broke me <qex>faith</qex> with injured Palamon.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Credibility or truth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>faith</qex> of the foregoing narrative.</q> <rj><qau>Mitford.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Act of faith</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Auto-da-f&eacute;</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Breach of faith</b></col>, <col><b>Confession of faith</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Breach</er>, <er>Confession</er>, etc.<