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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.</cd> -- <col><b>Faith cure</b></col>, <cd>a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God.</cd> -- <col><b>In good faith</b></col>, <cd>with perfect sincerity.</cd></cs>
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<p><hw>Faith</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>By my faith; in truth; verily.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faithed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Make thy words <xex>faithed</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faith"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You are not <qex>faithful</qex>, sir.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>faithful</qex> God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. vii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, by ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; <as>as, a <ex>faithful</ex> husband or servant</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So spake the seraph Abdiel, <qex>faithful</qex> found,<br/>
Among the faithless, <qex>faithful</qex> only he.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; <as>as, a <ex>faithful</ex> narrative or representation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is a <qex>faithful</qex> saying.</q> <rj><qau>2 Tim. ii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The Faithful</b></col>, <cd>the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Faith"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Faith"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>faithfulness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the trait of being faithful.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fidelity.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Faith"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not believing; not giving credit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Be not <qex>faithless</qex>, but believing.</q> <rj><qau>John xx. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not observant of promises or covenants.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A most unnatural and <qex>faithless</qex> service.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.</def> &ldquo;Yonder <xex>faithless</xex> phantom.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj></p>

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<p><hw>Fai"tour</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>faitor</ets> a doer, L. <ets>factor</ets>. See <er>Factor</er>.]</ety> <def>A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Lo! <qex>faitour</qex>, there thy meed unto thee take.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Scot. <ets>faik</ets> fold, stratum of stone, AS. <ets>f&aelig;c</ets> space, interval, G. <ets>fach</ets> compartment, partition, row, and E. <ets>fay</ets> to fit.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Faking box</b></col>, <cd>a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>faigh</ets> to get, acquire, reach, or OD. <ets>facken</ets> to catch or gripe.]</ety> <mark>[<it>Slang in all its senses.</it>]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make; to construct; to do.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; <as>as, to <ex>fake</ex> a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trick; a swindle.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>fakeer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>fakir</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fakir.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fak"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sometimes erroneously written <ets>fakir</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fakes something;</def> <specif>as</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>a thief.</def> <sd>(b)</sd>, <def>a peddler of petty things.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>a workman who dresses things up.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a person who makes deceitful pretenses.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud, role player.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"kir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>faq&imacr;r</ets> poor.]</ety> <def>an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>faquir</asp> anf <asp>fakeer</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"kir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. confused with <er>Fakir</er> an oriental ascetic.]</ety> <def>See <er>Faker</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa"la*na"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (<spn>Eupleres Goudotii</spn>), allied to the civet; -- called also <altname>Falanouc</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*cade"</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;l*k&amacr;d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., ultimately fr. L. <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle or scythe.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.</def>  <rj><au>Harris.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fal"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fal"ca*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>falcatus</ets>, fr. <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle or scythe.]</ety> <def>Hooked or bent like a sickle; <as>as, a <ex>falcate</ex> leaf; a <ex>falcate</ex> claw</as>; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the mandibles of a spider.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"chion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fauchon</ets>, OF. <ets>fauchon</ets>, LL. <ets>f&auml;lcio</ets>, fr. L.  <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle, cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ship's rib, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. <ets>falcon</ets>; cf. It. <ets>falcione</ets>.  Cf. <er>Defalcation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*cid"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Falcidius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Falcidian law</b></col> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld>, <cd>a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir.</cd>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ci*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>falciforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; <as>as, the <ex>falciform</ex> ligatment of the liver</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"con</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>faucon</ets>, <ets>faucoun</ets>, OF. <ets>faucon</ets>, <ets>falcon</ets>, &unr_;. <ets>faucon</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>falco</ets>, perh. from L. <ets>falx, falcis</ets>, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons.  Cf. <er>Falchion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a family (<fam>Falconid&aelig;</fam>) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any species of the genus <gen>Falco</gen>, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (<spn>Falco peregrinus</spn>) is exclusively called the <qex>falcon</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Yarrell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>An ancient form of cannon.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Chanting falcon</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Chanting</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"con*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fauconer</ets>, OF. <ets>falconier</ets>, <ets>fauconier</ets>, F. <ets>fauconnier</ets>. See <er>Falcon</er>.]</ety> <def>A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"co*net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>falcon</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fauconneau</ets>, LL. <ets>falconeta</ets>, properly, a young falcon.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus <gen>Microhierax</gen>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a group of Australian birds of the genus <gen>Falcunculus</gen>, resembling shrikes and titmice.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fal"con-gen`til</hw>, <hw>falcon-gentle</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>faucon-gentil</ets>. See <er>Falcon</er>, and <er>Genteel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>any female falcon;</def> <specif>especially --</specif><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a female peregrine falcon (<spn>Falco peregrinus</spn>).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> falcon-gentil.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The female or young of the goshawk (<spn>Accipiter gentilis</spn>, formerly <spn>Astur palumbarius</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"co*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the <fam>Falconid&aelig;</fam></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"con*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fauconnerie</ets>. See <er>Falcon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fal"cu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a small sickle, a billhook.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A curved and sharp-pointed claw.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"cu*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fald"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>faldagium</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>fald</ets>, E. <ets>fold</ets>.  Cf. <er>Foldage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"de*ral`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nonsense; foolish talk.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>folderol</asp> and <asp>falderol</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> humbug; balderdash; poppycock.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a knickknack; a gew-gaw.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fald"fee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fald</ets> (E.<ets>fold</ets>) + E. <ets>fee</ets>. See <er>Faldage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.</def>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fald"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A frieze or rough-napped cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"dis*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>faldistorium</ets>, <ets>faldestorium</ets>, from OHG. <ets>faldstuol</ets>; <ets>faldan</ets>, <ets>faltan</ets>, to fold (G. <ets>falten</ets>) + <ets>stuol</ets> stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See <er>Fold</er>, and <er>Stool</er>, and cf. <er>Faldstool</er>, <er>Fauteuil</er>.]</ety> <def>The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fald"stool`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Faldistory</er>.]</ety> <def>A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term <xex>faldstool</xex> is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*ler"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Mount <etsep>Falernus</etsep>, in Italy; <as>as, <ex>Falernian</ex>wine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Falk</hw> <pr>(f&asuml_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The razorbill.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>falc</asp>, and <asp>faik</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall</hw> <pr>(f&asuml_;l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Fell</conjf> <pr>(f&ebreve_;l)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fallen</conjf> <pr>(f&asuml_;l"'n)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Falling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>feallan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vallen</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>fallan</ets>, G. <ets>fallen</ets>, Icel. <ets>Falla</ets>, Sw. <ets>falla</ets>, Dan. <ets>falde</ets>, Lith. <ets>pulti</ets>, L. <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive, Gr. <grk>sfa`llein</grk> to cause to fall, Skr. <ets>sphal</ets>, <ets>sphul</ets>, to tremble.  Cf. <er>Fail</er>, <er>Fell</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, to cause to fall.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; <as>as, the apple <ex>falls</ex>; the tide <ex>falls</ex>; the mercury <ex>falls</ex> in the barometer.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I beheld Satan as lightning <qex>fall</qex> from heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Luke x. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; <as>as, a child totters and <ex>falls</ex>; a tree <ex>falls</ex>; a worshiper <ex>falls</ex> on his knees.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>fell</qex> at his feet to worship him.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xix. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with <xex>into</xex>; <as>as, the river Rhone <ex>falls</ex> into the Mediterranean</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A thousand shall <qex>fall</qex> at thy side.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xci. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, <qex>fell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; <as>as, the wind <ex>falls</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; <as>as, the price <ex>falls</ex>; stocks <ex>fell</ex> two points.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I am a poor <qex>fallen</qex> man, unworthy now<br/>
To be thy lord and master.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly <qex>fell</qex> and vanished.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Heaven and earth will witness,<br/>
If Rome must <qex>fall</qex>, that we are innocent.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man <qex>fall</qex> after the same example of unbelief.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. iv. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; <as>as, to <ex>fall</ex> into error; to <ex>fall</ex> into difficulties</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Cain was very wroth, and his countenance <qex>fell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. iv. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have observed of late thy looks are <qex>fallen</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; <as>as, our spirits rise and <ex>fall</ex> with our fortunes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; <as>as, to <ex>fall</ex> asleep; to <ex>fall</ex> into a passion; to <ex>fall</ex> in love; to <ex>fall</ex> into temptation.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Romans <qex>fell</qex> on this model by chance.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will <qex>fall</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ruth. iii. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They do not make laws, they <qex>fall</qex> into customs.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>To come; to occur; to arrive.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council <qex>fell</qex> on the 21st of March, <qex>falls</qex> now [1694] about ten days sooner.</q> <rj><qau>Holder.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; <as>as, they <ex>fell</ex> to blows</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They now no longer doubted, but <qex>fell</qex> to work heart and soul.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; <as>as, the estate <ex>fell</ex> to his brother; the kingdom <ex>fell</ex> into the hands of his rivals.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <def>To belong or appertain.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If to her share some female errors <qex>fall</qex>,<br/>
Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>19.</sn> <def>To be dropped or uttered carelessly; <as>as, an unguarded expression <ex>fell</ex> from his lips; not a murmur <ex>fell</ex> from him.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fall abroad of</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall among</b></col>, <cd>to come among accidentally or unexpectedly.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall astern</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to move or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship <xex>falls astern</xex> by the force of a current, or when outsailed by another.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall away</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize.</cd> &ldquo;These . . . for a while believe, and in time of temptation <xex>fall away</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Luke viii. 13.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To perish; to vanish; to be lost.</cd> &ldquo;How . . . can the soul . . . <xex>fall away</xex> into nothing?&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint.</cd> &ldquo;One color <xex>falls away</xex> by just degrees, and another rises insensibly.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> -- <col><b>To fall back</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To recede or retreat; to give way.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to fulfill.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To fall back upon</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To fall back on</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have recourse to (a reserved fund, a more reliable alternative, or some other available expedient or support).</cd> -- <col><b>To fall calm</b></col>, <cd>to cease to blow; to become calm.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To prostrate one's self in worship.</cd> &ldquo;All kings shall <xex>fall down</xex> before him.&rdquo; <au>Ps. lxxii. 11.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To sink; to come to the ground.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Down fell</xex> the beauteous youth.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To bend or bow, as a suppliant.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall flat</b></col>, <cd>to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech <xex>fell flat</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall foul of</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To have a collision with; to become entangled with</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To attack; to make an assault upon.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall from</b></col>, <cd>to recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, <xex>to fall from</xex> an agreement or engagement; <xex>to fall from</xex> allegiance or duty.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall from grace</b></col> <fld>(M. E. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>to sin; to withdraw from the faith.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall home</b></col> <fld>(Ship Carp.)</fld>, <cd>to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall in</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To sink inwards; as, the roof <xex>fell in</xex>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>To take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, <xex>to fall in</xex> on the right.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; <as>as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long received, <ex>fell in</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To become operative.</cd> &ldquo;The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, <xex>fell in</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Macaulay.</au> -- <col><b>To fall into one's hands</b></col>, <cd>to pass, often suddenly or unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to spike cannon when they are likely <xex>to fall into the hands</xex> of the enemy.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall in with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To meet with accidentally; as, <xex>to fall in with</xex> a friend.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come near, as land.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure <xex>falls in with</xex> popular opinion.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To comply; to yield to.</cd> &ldquo;You will find it difficult to persuade learned men <xex>to fall in with</xex> your projects.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> -- <col><b>To fall off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To drop; as, fruits <xex>fall off</xex> when ripe.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as, friends <xex>fall off</xex> in adversity.</cd> &ldquo;Love cools, friendship <xex>falls off</xex>, brothers divide.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To perish; to die away; as, words <xex>fall off</xex> by disuse.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty.</cd><br/>
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<q>Those captive tribes . . . <qex>fell off</qex><br/>
From God to worship calves.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><pbr/>
<sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers <xex>fell off</xex>.</cd> <sd>(f)</sd> <cd>To depreciate; to change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or interesting; <as>as, a <xex>falling off</xex> in the wheat crop; the magazine or the review <xex>falls off</xex></as>.</cd> &ldquo;O Hamlet, what a <xex>falling off</xex> was there!&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> <sd>(g)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to leeward.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall on</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To meet with; to light upon; as, we have <xex>fallen on</xex> evil days.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To begin suddenly and eagerly.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Fall on</xex>, and try the appetite to eat.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To begin an attack; to assault; to assail.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Fall on</xex>, <xex>fall on</xex>, and hear him not.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To drop on; to descend on.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall out</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To quarrel; to begin to contend.</cd><br/>
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<q>A soul exasperated in ills <qex>falls out</qex><br/>
With everything, its friend, itself.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><pbr/>
<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To happen; to befall; to chance.</cd> &ldquo;There <xex>fell out</xex> a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice.&rdquo; <au>L'Estrange.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>To leave the ranks, as a soldier.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall over</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To revolt; to desert from one side to another.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To fall beyond.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To fall short</b></col>, <cd>to be deficient; as, the corn <xex>falls short</xex>; they all <xex>fall short</xex> in duty.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall through</b></col>, <cd>to come to nothing; to fail; as, the engageent <xex>has fallen through</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall to</b></col>, <cd>to begin.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Fall to</xex>, with eager joy, on homely food.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> -- <col><b>To fall under</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To come under, or within the limits of; to be subjected to; as, they <xex>fell under</xex> the jurisdiction of the emperor.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To come under; to become the subject of; <as>as, this point did not <ex>fall under</ex> the cognizance or deliberations of the court; these things do not <ex>fall under</ex> human sight or observation.</as></cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; <as>as, these substances <ex>fall under</ex> a different class or order.</as></cd> -- <col><b>To fall upon</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To attack.</cd> [See <cref>To fall on</cref>.] <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To attempt; to have recourse to.</cd> &ldquo;I do not intend <xex>to fall upon</xex> nice disquisitions.&rdquo; <au>Holder.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To rush against.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Fall</xex> primarily denotes descending motion, either in a perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of its applications, implies, <xex>literally</xex> or <xex>figuratively</xex>, velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so various, and so mush diversified by modifying words, that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its applications.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let fall; to drop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For every tear he <qex>falls</qex>, a Trojan bleeds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sink; to depress; <as>as, to <ex>fall</ex> the voice</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To diminish; to lessen or lower.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you <qex>fall</qex> the price of your native commodities.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To bring forth; <as>as, to <ex>fall</ex> lambs</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To fell; to cut down; <as>as, to <ex>fall</ex> a tree</as>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Local, U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; <as>as, a <ex>fall</ex> from a horse, or from the yard of ship</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; <as>as, he was walking on ice, and had a <ex>fall</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They thy <qex>fall</qex> conspire.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a <qex>fall</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xvi. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the Roman empire</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Beholds thee glorious only in thy <qex>fall</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of Sebastopol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of prices; the <ex>fall</ex> of rents.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A sinking of tone; cadence; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the voice at the close of a sentence</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; <as>as, the <ex>falls</ex> of Niagara</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the Po into the Gulf of Venice</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; <as>as, the water of a stream has a <ex>fall</ex> of five feet</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,<br/>
Or how, last <qex>fall</qex>, he raised the weekly bills.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>That which falls; a falling; <as>as, a <ex>fall</ex> of rain; a heavy <ex>fall</ex> of snow.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>The act of felling or cutting down.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>fall</xex> of timber.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fall herring</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a herring of the Atlantic (<spn>Clupea mediocris</spn>); -- also called <altname>tailor herring</altname>, and <altname>hickory shad</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>To try a fall</b></col>, <cd>to try a bout at wrestling.</cd> <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*la"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fallaciosus</ets>, fr. <ets>fallacia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fallacieux</ets>. See <er>Fallacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; <as>as, <ex>fallacious</ex> arguments or reasoning</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fal*la"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Fal*la"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>fallaciousness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>result of a fallacy or error in reasoning.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"la*cy</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;l"l&adot_;*s&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fallacies</plw> <pr>(f&abreve;l"l&adot_;*s&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>fallace</ets>, <ets>fallas</ets>, deception, F. <ets>fallace</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fallacia</ets>, fr. <ets>fallax</ets> deceitful, deceptive, fr. <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive. See <er>Fail</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Winning by conquest what the first man lost,<br/>
By <qex>fallacy</qex> surprised.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Deception; deceit; mistake.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Fallacy</er>, <er>Sophistry</er>. A <xex>fallacy</xex> is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; <xex>sophistry</xex> is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its <xex>fallacy</xex>. Many <xex>fallacies</xex> are obvious, but the evil of <xex>sophistry</xex> lies in its consummate art. &ldquo;Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by <xex>fallacies</xex> which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched <xex>sophistry</xex>; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt.&rdquo; <au>South.</au></usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"-lals`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"lax</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fallax</ets> deceptive. See <er>Fallacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Cavillation; a caviling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cranmer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fall"back</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of falling back.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something or someone to which one resorts as an alternative to a failed resource or method.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some ruined temple or <qex>fallen</qex> monument.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"len*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>fallentia</ets>, L. <ets>fallens</ets> p. pr of <ets>fallere</ets>.]</ety> <def>An exception.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, falls.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A fresh-water fish of the United States (<spn>Semotilus bullaris</spn>); -- called also <altname>silver chub</altname>, and <altname>Shiner</altname>. The name is also applied to other allied species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal`li*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; <as>as, the <ex>fallibity</ex> of an argument or of an adviser</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"li*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>fallibilis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive: cf. F. <ets>faillible</ets>. See <er>Fail</er>.]</ety> <def>Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; <as>as, all men are <ex>fallible</ex>; our opinions and hopes are <ex>fallible</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"li*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fallible manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fall"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>from <er>Fall</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Falling away</b></col>, <col><b>Falling off</b></col></mcol>, etc. <cd>See <cref>To fall away</cref>, <cref>To fall off</cref>, etc., under <er>Fall</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Falling band</b></col>, <cd>the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling sickness</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>epilepsy.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Falling star</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Shooting star</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling stone</b></col>, <cd>a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a&euml;rolite.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling tide</b></col>, <cd>the ebb tide.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling weather</b></col>, <cd>a rainy season.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>falloff</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a noticeable decline in performance; <as>as, a <ex>falloff</ex> in automobile sales</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> slump, drop-off, falling off.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*lo"pi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Fallopius</ets>, or <ets>Fallopio</ets>, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; <as>as, the <ex>Fallopian</ex> tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fallout</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> radioactive dust, radioactive fallout.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the falling to the ground of radioactive particles lifted into the atmosphere by a nuclear explosion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>an incidental or unexpected effect, especially one which is undesirable, consequent to an event or process; ; -- usually used only in the singular; <as>as, the <ex>fallout</ex> from the disclosure of the Lewinsky tapes made trouble for the President for months after the event; <ex>fallout</ex> from the stock market crash caused property prices to decline in the New York area</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>one selected from a group by some criterion.</def> <mark>[cant]</mark> <br/>
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<p><q>Corrective action was taken in 97 of the 418 <qau>fallouts</qau> from 3,787 patients at risk.</q> <rj><qau>H. Gill Cryer et al. (Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. Vol 41, no. 3, 1996).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>one who fails to maintain the same pace as and lags behind a group of which s/he is a member.</def> <mark>[cant]</mark> <br/>
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<p><q>The executive officer's group noted all <qau>fallouts</qau> by name and policed them into a group to complete the run at a slower pace.</q> <rj><qau>Lt. Col. William C. David (Preparing a Battalion for Combat: Physical Fitness and Mental Toughness. Army University After Next - Virtual Research Library).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fealu</ets>, <ets>fealo</ets>, pale yellow or red; akin to D. <ets>vaal</ets> fallow, faded, OHG. <ets>falo</ets>, G. <ets>falb</ets>, <ets>fahl</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&ouml;lr</ets>, and prob. to Lith. <ets>palvas</ets>, OSlav. <ets>plav&ubreve;</ets> white, L. <ets>pallidus</ets> pale, <ets>pallere</ets> to be pale, Gr. <grk>polio`s</grk> gray, Skr. <ets>palita</ets>.  Cf. <er>Pale</er>, <er>Favel</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pale red or pale yellow; <as>as, a <ex>fallow</ex> deer or greyhound</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fallow</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; <as>as, <ex>fallow</ex> ground</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Fallow chat</b></col>, <col><b>Fallow finch</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small European bird, the wheatear (<spn>Saxicola &oelig;nanthe</spn>). See <er>Wheatear</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from the <ets>fallow</ets>, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. <ets>felly</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>, cf. MHG. <ets>valgen</ets> to plow up, OHG. <ets>felga</ets> felly, harrow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Plowed land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the <qex>fallows</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The plowing of <qex>fallows</qex> is a benefit to land.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; <as>as, summer <ex>fallow</ex>, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Be a complete summer <qex>fallow</qex>, land is rendered tender and mellow. The <qex>fallow</qex> gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.</q> <rj><qau>Sinclair.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fallow crop</b></col>, <cd>the crop taken from a green fallow.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Green fallow</b></col>, <cd>fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fallowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fallowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Fallow</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; <as>as, it is profitable to <ex>fallow</ex> cold, strong, clayey land</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low deer`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So called from its <ets>fallow</ets> or pale yellow color.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A European species of deer (<spn>Cervus dama</spn>), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors the practice of fallowing land.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sinclair.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"low*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fall webworm</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The larva of any moth of the genus <gen>Hyphantria</gen>, which spins a web around the foliage on which it feeds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"sa*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>falsarius</ets>, fr. <ets>falsus</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>A falsifier of evidence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sheldon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Falser</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Falsest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>falsus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive; cf. OF. <ets>faus</ets>, <ets>fals</ets>, F. <ets>faux</ets>, and AS. <ets>fals</ets> fraud. See <er>Fail</er>, <er>Fall</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> witness</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> friend, lover, or subject; <ex>false</ex> to promises.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I to myself was <qex>false</qex>, ere thou to me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> statement</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; <as>as, <ex>false</ex> tears; <ex>false</ex> modesty; <ex>false</ex> colors; <ex>false</ex> jewelry.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>False</qex> face must hide what the false heart doth know.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; <as>as, a <ex>false</ex> claim; a <ex>false</ex> conclusion; a <ex>false</ex> construction in grammar.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose <qex>false</qex> foundation waves have swept away.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Not in tune.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>False arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.</cd> -- <col><b>False attic</b></col>, <cd>an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.</cd> -- <col><b>False bearing</b></col>, <cd>any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a <xex>false bearing</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>False cadence</b></col>, <cd>an imperfect or interrupted cadence.</cd> -- <col><b>False conception</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.</cd> -- <col><b>False croup</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>False door</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>False window</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry.</cd> -- <col><b>False fire</b></col>, <cd>a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.</cd> -- <col><b>False galena</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Blende</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>False imprisonment</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.</cd> -- <col><b>False keel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.</cd> -- <col><b>False key</b></col>, <cd>a picklock.</cd> -- <col><b>False leg</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Proleg</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>False membrane</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.</cd> -- <col><b>False papers</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, etc., for the purpose of deceiving.</cd> -- <col><b>False passage</b></col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.</cd> -- <col><b>False personation</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another.</cd> -- <col><b>False pretenses</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.</cd> -- <col><b>False rail</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it.</cd> -- <col><b>False relation</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp.</cd> -- <col><b>False return</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.</cd> -- <col><b>False ribs</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man.</cd> -- <col><b>False roof</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the space between the upper ceiling and the roof.</cd> <au>Oxford Gloss.</au> -- <col><b>False token</b></col>, <cd>a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>False scorpion</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any arachnid of the genus <gen>Chelifer</gen>. See <er>Book scorpion</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>False tack</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.</cd> -- <col><b>False vampire</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the <spn>Vampyrus spectrum</spn> of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also <altname>vampire</altname>, and <altname>ghost vampire</altname>. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera <gen>Desmodus</gen> and <gen>Diphylla</gen>. See <er>Vampire</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>False window</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>False door</cref>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>False wing</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Alula</er>, and <cref>Bastard wing</cref>, under <er>Bastard</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>False works</b></col> <fld>(Civil Engin.)</fld>, <cd>construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>False</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not truly; not honestly; falsely.</def> &ldquo;You play me <xex>false</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>falsare</ets> to falsify, fr. <ets>falsus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fausser</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To report falsely; to falsify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To betray; to falsify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>[He] hath his truthe <qex>falsed</qex> in this wise.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In his <qex>falsed</qex> fancy.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To feign; to pretend to make.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;And <xex>falsed</xex> oft his blows.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False"-faced`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hypocritical.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False"-heart`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>False-hearted.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False"-heart`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.</def> <au>Bacon.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>False"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <au>Bp. Stillingfleet.</au></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>False"hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>False</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a <qex>falsehood</qex> in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Betrayed by <qex>falsehood</qex> of his guard.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For his molten image is <qex>falsehood</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. x. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>No <qex>falsehood</qex> can endure<br/>
Touch of celestial temper.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See <er>Falsity</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>False"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.</def> &ldquo;O <xex>falsely</xex>, <xex>falsely</xex> murdered.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Oppositions of science, <qex>falsely</qex> so called.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. vi. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear <qex>falsely</qex> ?</q> <rj><qau>Jer. vii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>False"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; <as>as, the <ex>falseness</ex> of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the <ex>falseness</ex> of a man, or of his word.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fals"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A deceiver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal*set"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Falsettos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It. <ets>falsetto</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>falsus</ets>. See <er>False</er>.]</ety> <def>A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See <cref>Head voice</cref>, under <er>Voice</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fal"si*cri"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Civ. Law)</fld> <def>The crime of falsifying.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses of a like character.</note>  <rj><au>Burrill. Greenleaf.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*fi`a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>falsifiable</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>able to be proven false, and therefore testable; <as>as, most religious beliefs are not <ex>falsifiable,</ex> and are therefor outside the scope of experimental science</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>falsification</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all <qex>falsifications</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent <qex>falsification</qex> of the doctrine of the alliance.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Warburton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Equity)</fld> <def>The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.</def>  <rj><au>Story.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*fi*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>falsificateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>A falsifier.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Morton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*fi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Falsified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Falsifying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>falsus</ets> false + <ets>-ly</ets>: cf. F. <ets>falsifier</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make false; to represent falsely.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Irish bards use to forge and <qex>falsify</qex> everything as they list, to please or displease any man.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To counterfeit; to forge; <as>as, to <ex>falsify</ex> coin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.</def><br/>
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<p><q>By how much better than my word I am,<br/>
By so much shall I <qex>falsify</qex> men's hope.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and <qex>falsify</qex> the prediction.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To violate; to break by falsehood; <as>as, to <ex>falsify</ex> one's faith or word</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To baffle or escape; <as>as, to <ex>falsify</ex> a blow</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Butler.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Equity)</fld> <def>To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.</def>  <rj><au>Story. Daniell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; <as>as, to <ex>falsify</ex> a record or document</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To tell lies; to violate the truth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and <qex>falsify</qex>.</q><br/>
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<p><q>South.</q><br/>
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<p><hw>Fals"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to <xex>truism</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"si*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Falsities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>falsitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fausset&eacute;</ets>, OF. also, <ets>falsit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>False</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or <qex>falsity</qex> of things.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men often swallow <qex>falsities</qex> for truths.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Brown.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Falsehood; lie; deceit.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Falsity</er>, <er>Falsehood</er>, <er>Lie</er>. <xex>Falsity</xex> denotes the state or quality of being false. A <xex>falsehood</xex> is a false declaration designedly made. A <xex>lie</xex> is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The <xex>falsity</xex> of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of <xex>falsehood</xex> be fastened upon him.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Falstaff</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Sir John Falstaff</person>, a celebrated character in Shakespeare's historical play " Henry IV." (1st and 2d parts), and also in " The Merry Wives of Windsor."  He is a very fat, sensual, and witty old knight; a swindler, drunkard, and good-tempered liar; and something of a coward.  Falstaff was originally called <altname>Sir John Oldcastle</altname>. The first actor of the part was <person>John Heminge</person>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_;  <persfn>Shakespeare</persfn> found the name of <person>John Oldcastle</person> in the ... older play of "Henry V."; in the Chronicle he found a <person>John Oldcastle</person>, who was page to the <person>Duke of Norfolk</person> who plays a part in "Richard II."; and this, according to Shakespeare, his <persfn>Falstaff</persfn> (Oldcastle) had been in his youth. When the poet wrote his "Henry IV." he knew not who this <persfn>Oldcastle</persfn> was, whom he had rendered so distinct with the designation as Norfolk's page; he was a Lord Cobham [Sir John Oldcastle, known as the good lord Cobham], who had perished as a Lollard and Wickliffite in the persecution of the church under Henry V.  The Protestants regarded him as a holy martyr, the Catholics as a heretic; the latter seized with eagerness this description of the fat poltroon, and gave it out as a portrait of <person>Lord Cobham</person>, who was indeed physically and mentally his contrast. The family complained of this misuse of a name dear to them, and Shakespeare declared in the epilogue to "Henry IV." that Cobham was in his sight also a martyr, and that "this was not the man." At the same time, he changed the name to Falstaff, but this was of little use; in spite of the express retraction, subsequent Catholic writers on church history still declared Falstaff to be a portrait of the heretic Cobham. But it is a strange circumstance that even now under the name of Falstaff another historical character is again sought for, just as if it were impossible for such a vigorous form not to be a being of reality. It was referred to John Fastolfe, whose cowardice is more stigmatised in "Henry VI." than history justifies; and this too met with public blame, although Shakespeare could have again asserted that he intended Fastolfe as little as Cobham. <au>Gervinus, Shakespeare Commentaries (tr. by K E. Bunnett, [ed. 1880), p. 800.</au></note><br/>
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<p><hw>Falstaffian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>of or pertaining to <er>Falstaff</er>, a character in Shakespeare's plays.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faltered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faltering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>falteren</ets>, <ets>faltren</ets>, prob. from <ets>fault</ets>. See <er>Fault</er>, <pos>v. &amp; n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; <as>as, his tongue <ex>falters</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With <qex>faltering</qex> speech and visage incomposed.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.</def> &ldquo;He found his legs <xex>falter</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Wiseman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To hesitate in purpose or action.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ere her native king<br/>
Shall <qex>falter</qex> under foul rebellion's arms.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance <qex>falters</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And here he <qex>faltered</qex> forth his last farewell.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Mde me most happy, <qex>faltering</qex> &ldquo;I am thine.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Falter</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; <as>as, a slight <ex>falter</ex> in her voice</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>falter</qex> of an idle shepherd's pipe.</q> <rj><qau>Lowell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hesitating; trembling.</def> &ldquo;With <xex>faltering</xex> speech.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Falter; halting; hesitation.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fal"ter*ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`luns"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fal"we</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Fallow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Falx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a sickle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A curved fold or process of the <partof>dura mater</partof> or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>falmelen</ets>; cf. SW. <ets>famla</ets> to grope, Dan. <ets>famle</ets> to grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. <ets>f&amacr;lma</ets> to grope.  Cf. <er>Famble</er>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Famble</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>A hand.</def> <mark>[Slang &amp; Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;We clap our <xex>fambles</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fame</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fame</ets>, L. <ets>fama</ets>, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak, akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a saying, report, <grk>fa`nai</grk> to speak. See <er>Ban</er>, and cf. <er>Fable</er>, <er>Fate</er>, <er>Euphony</er>, <er>Blame</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Public report or rumor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fame</qex> thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xlv. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; <as>as, the <ex>fame</ex> of <persfn>Washington</persfn></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I find thou art no less than <qex>fame</qex> hath bruited.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fame</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Famed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>,; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To report widely or honorably.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The field where thou art <qex>famed</qex><br/>
To have wrought such wonders.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make famous or renowned.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Those Hesperian gardens <qex>famed</qex> of old.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fame"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without fame or renown.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fame"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>familial</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>relating to or having the characteristics of a family; <as>as, children of the same <ex>familial</ex> background; <ex>familial</ex> aggregation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>tending to occur among members of a family, usually by hereditary transmission; <as><ex>familial</ex> traits</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>familer</ets>, <ets>familier</ets>, F. <ets>familier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>familiaris</ets>, fr. <ets>familia</ets> family. See <er>Family</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Familiar</xex> feuds.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> familial.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; <as>as, <ex>familiar</ex> with the Scriptures</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.</def> &ldquo;In loose, <xex>familiar</xex> strains.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Be thou <qex>familiar</qex>, but by no means vulgar.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Well known; well understood; common; frequent; <as>as, a <ex>familiar</ex> illustration</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That war, or peace, or both at once, may be<br/>
As things acquainted and <qex>familiar</qex> to us.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is nothing more <qex>familiar</qex> than this.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.</def>  <rj><au>Camden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Familiar spirit</b></col>, <cd>a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.</cd>  <rj><au>1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An intimate; a companion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All my <qex>familiars</qex> watched for my halting.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xx. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An attendant demon or evil spirit.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Court of Inquisition)</fld> <def>A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>familiarise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to make familiar or acquainted; same as <er>familiarize</er>.</def> <mark>[chiefly Brit.]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> familiarize, acquaint.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Familiarities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>familarite</ets>, F. <ets>familiarit&eacute;</ets>fr.  L. <ets>faniliaritas</ets>. See <er>Familiar</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; <as>as, to live in remarkable <ex>familiarity</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See <er>Acquaintance</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; <as>as, <ex>familiarization</ex> with scenes of blood</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Familiarized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Familiarizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>familiariser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; <as>as, to <ex>familiarize</ex> one's self with scenes of distress; we <ex>familiarized</ex> ourselves with the new surroundings</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; <as>as, to <ex>familiarize</ex> one's self with a business, a book, or a science</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>familiarized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having become familiar.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> adjusted, acquainted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>familiarizing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>serving to familiarize.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"mil"iar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a familiar manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Familiarity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mil"ia*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>familiaris</ets>. See <er>Familiar</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"i*lism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The tenets of the Familists.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"i*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Family</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the <membof>Family of Love</membof>, who held that religion consists wholly in love.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"i*lis*ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Familisteries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>familist&egrave;re</ets>.]</ety> <def>A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fam`i*listic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fam`i*lis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Familists.</def>  <rj><au>Baxter.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Families</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>familia</ets>, fr. <ets>famulus</ets> servant; akin to Oscan <ets>famel</ets> servant, cf. <ets>faamat</ets> he dwells, Skr. <ets>dh&amacr;man</ets> house, fr. <ets>dh&amacr;</ets>to set, make, do: cf. F. <ets>famille</ets>.  Cf. <er>Do</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Doom</er>, <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The welfare of the <qex>family</qex> underlies the welfare of society.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; <as>as, the human <ex>family</ex>; the <ex>family</ex> of Abraham; the father of a <ex>family</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Go ! and pretend your <qex>family</qex> is young.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; <as>as, a man of <ex>family</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A group of kindred or closely related individuals; <as>as, a <ex>family</ex> of languages; a <ex>family</ex> of States; the chlorine <ex>family</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo&ouml;logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Family circle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Circle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Family man</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A man of domestic habits.</cd> &ldquo;The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary <xex>family men</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Mayhew.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>Family of curves</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Family of surfaces</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.</cd> -- <col><b>In a family way</b></col>, <cd>like one belonging to the family.</cd> &ldquo;Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over <xex>in a family way</xex>, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?&rdquo; <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>In the family way</b></col>, <cd>pregnant.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. euphemism]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>famine</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fames</ets> hunger; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; want, need, Skr. <ets>h&amacr;ni</ets> loss, lack, <ets>h&amacr;</ets> to leave.]</ety> <def>General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.</def> &ldquo;Worn with <xex>famine</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There was a <qex>famine</qex> in the land.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxvi. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Famine fever</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>typhus fever.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Famished</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Famishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>famen</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>afamer</ets>, L. <ets>fames</ets>. See <er>Famine</er>, and cf. <er>Affamish</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And when all the land of Egypt was <qex>famished</qex>, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.</q> <rj><qau>Cen. xli. 55.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The pains of <qex>famished</qex> Tantalus he'll feel.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>famish</qex> him of breath, if not of bread.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To force or constrain by famine.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had <qex>famished</qex> Paris into a surrender.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ish</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To die of hunger; to starve.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You are all resolved rather to die than to <qex>famish</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to <qex>famish</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. x. 3.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"ish*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being famished.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*mos"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>famositas</ets> infamy: cf. F. <ets>famosit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Famous</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being famous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>famosus</ets>, fr. <ets>fama</ets> fame: cf. F. <ets>fameux</ets>. See <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <def>Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by <xex>for</xex>; <as>as, <ex>famous</ex> for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a <ex>famous</ex> pirate.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Famous</qex> for a scolding tongue.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Famous</er>, <er>Renowned</er>, <er>Illustrious</er>. <xex>Famous</xex> is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; <xex>renowned</xex> is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; <xex>illustrious</xex>, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See <er>Distinguished</er>.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"moused</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Renowned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"mous*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Then this land was <qex>famously</qex> enriched<br/>
With politic grave counsel.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"mous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being famous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>famularis</ets> of servants.]</ety> <def>Domestic; familiar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>famulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>famulari</ets> to serve, fr. <ets>famulus</ets> servant.]</ety> <def>To serve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fam"u*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>famulus</ets> servant.]</ety> <def>A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the <altname>sizar</altname> at Cambridge.</def> <mark>[Oxford Univ., Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fann</ets>, fr. L. <ets>vannus</ets> fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. <ets>van</ets>.  Cf. <er>Van</er> a winnowing machine, <er>Winnow</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the <qex>fan</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xxx. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; <as>as, it served as a <ex>fan</ex> to the flame of his passion</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A quintain; -- from its form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fan blower</b></col>, <cd>a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (<xex>fan blast</xex>) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan cricket</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a mole cricket.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan light</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan shell</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any shell of the family <fam>Pectinid&aelig;</fam>. See <er>Scallop</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan tracery</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan vaulting</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan wheel</b></col>, <cd>the wheel of a fan blower.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan window</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Fan light</cref> (above).</cd>  -- <col><b>electric fan</b></col>. <cd>a fan having revolving blades for propelling air, powered by an electric motor.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fanned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fanning</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>vanner</ets>, L. <ets>vannere</ets>. See <er>Fan</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Van</er> a winnowing machine.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move as with a fan.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The air . . . <qex>fanned</qex> with unnumbered plumes.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Calm as the breath which <qex>fans</qex> our eastern groves.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; <as>as, to <ex>fan</ex> wheat</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. li. 2.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; <as>as, this conduct <ex>fanned</ex> the excitement of the populace</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Fanning machine</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>Fanning mill</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`nal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fanaticus</ets> inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. <ets>fanum</ets> fane: cf. F. <ets>fanatique</ets>. See <er>Fane</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; <as>as, <ex>fanatic</ex> zeal; <ex>fanatic</ex> notions.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>But Faith, <qex>fanatic</qex> Faith, once wedded fast<br/>
To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.</q> <rj><qau>T. Moore.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is a new word, coined within few months, called <qex>fanatics</qex>, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller (1660).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fanatics</qex> are governed rather by imagination than by judgment.</q> <rj><qau>Stowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.</def> -<wordforms><wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fanatism</er>.]</ety> <def>Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion, politics or ideology; religious frenzy.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Superstition</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"i*cize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fanaticized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fanaticizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To cause to become a fanatic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"a*tism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fanatisme</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fanaticism</er>.]</ety> <def>Fanaticism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gibbon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fancy</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; <as>as, a <ex>fancied</ex> wrong</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ci*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is governed by fancy.</def> &ldquo;Not reasoners, but <xex>fanciers</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; <as>as, bird <ex>fancier</ex>, dog <ex>fancier</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ci*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; <as>as, a <ex>fanciful</ex> man forms visionary projects</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; <as>as, a <ex>fanciful</ex> scheme; a <ex>fanciful</ex> theory.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Curiously shaped or constructed; <as>as, she wore a <ex>fanciful</ex> headdress</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Gather up all <qex>fancifullest</qex> shells.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Fanciful</er>, <er>Fantastical</er>, <er>Visionary</er>. We speak of that as <xex>fanciful</xex> which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as <xex>fantastical</xex> when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as <xex>visionary</xex> when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. <xex>Fanciful</xex> notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; <xex>visionary</xex> expectations are those which can never be realized in fact.</usage></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fan"ci*ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Fan"ci*ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ci*less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A pert or bluff important wight,<br/>
Whose brain is <qex>fanciless</qex>, whose blood is white.</q> <rj><qau>Armstrong.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;n"s&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fancies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>fantasy</ets>, OF. <ets>fantasie</ets>, <ets>fantaisie</ets>, F. <ets>fantaisie</ets>, L. <ets>phantasia</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to show; akin to &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, light, Skr. <ets>bh&amacr;</ets>to shine.  Cf. <er>Fantasy</er>, <er>Fantasia</er>, <er>Epiphany</er>, <er>Phantom</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the soul<br/>
Are many lesser faculties, that serve<br/>
Reason as chief. Among these <qex>fancy</qex> next<br/>
Her office holds.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,<br/>
Of sorriest <qex>fancies</qex> your companoins making ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have always had a <qex>fancy</qex> that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; <as>as, to strike one's <ex>fancy</ex></as>; hence, the object of inclination or liking.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To fit your fancies to your father's will.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.</def><br/>
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<p><q>London pride is a pretty <qex>fancy</qex> for borders.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The fancy</b></col>, <cd>all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all <qex>the fancy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See <er>Imagination</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fancied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fancying</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather <qex>fancy</qex> than know.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To love.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He whom I <qex>fancy</qex>, but can ne'er express.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.</def> &ldquo;We <xex>fancy</xex> not the cardinal.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).</def><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>fancied</qex> he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; <as>as, <ex>fancy</ex> goods; <ex>fancy</ex> clothes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Extravagant; above real value.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay <qex>fancy</qex> prices for giants.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fancy ball</b></col>, <cd>a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy fair</b></col>, <cd>a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy goods</b></col>, <cd>fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy line</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy roller</b></col> <fld>(Carding Machine)</fld>, <cd>a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy stocks</b></col>, <cd>a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy store</b></col>, <cd>one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy woods</b></col>, <cd>the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy-free`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from the power of love.</def> &ldquo;In maiden meditation, <xex>fancy-free</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy*mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy-sick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Love-sick.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"cy*work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Find</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*dan"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fandangoes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fanum</ets> a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak. See <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <def>A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Such to this British Isle, her Christian <qex>fanes</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fane</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Vane</er>.]</ety> <def>A weathercock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa*ne"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1&unr_; to 2&unr_; bushels; also, a measure of land.</def>  <rj><au>De Colange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.  Cf. <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fanfare</qex> announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fan"fa*ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarron</ets>; cf. It. <ets>fanfano</ets>, and OSp. <ets>fanfa</ets> swaggering, boasting, also Ar. <ets>farf&amacr;r</ets> talkative.]</ety> <def>A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*far`on*ade"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fanfaronnade</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarronada</ets>. See <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"foot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (<spn>Phyodactylus gecko</spn>) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any moth of the genus <gen>Polypogon</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fang</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;ng)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fangen</ets>, <ets>fongen</ets>, <ets>fon</ets> (<it>g</it> orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. <ets>f&omacr;n</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vangen</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&amacr;han</ets>, G. <ets>fahen</ets>, <ets>fangen</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&amacr;</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&aring;</ets>, <ets>f&aring;nga</ets>, Dan. <ets>fange</ets>, <ets>faae</ets>, Goth. <ets>fahan</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>fair</ets>, <ets>peace</ets>, <ets>pact</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He's in the law's clutches; you see he's <qex>fanged</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. Webster.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.</def> &ldquo;Chariots <xex>fanged</xex> with scythes.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Philips.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fang</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fang</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>; cf. AS. <ets>fang</ets> a taking, booty, G. <ets>fang</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Since I am a dog, beware my <qex>fangs</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The protuberant <qex>fangs</qex> of the yucca.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See <er>Tooth</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The valve of a pump box.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bend or loop of a rope.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In a fang</b></col>, <cd>fast entangled.</cd> -- <col><b>To lose the fang</b></col>, <cd>said of a pump when the water has gone out</cd>; hence: <col><b>To fang a pump</b></col>, <cd>to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate.</cd> <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fanged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having fangs or tusks; <as>as, a <ex>fanged</ex> adder</as>. Also used figuratively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fang</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]</ety> <def>Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fashion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To control and new <qex>fangle</qex> the Scripture.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"gled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. <mark>[Obs., except with the prefix <it>new</it>.]</mark> See <er>Newfangled</er>.</def> &ldquo;Our <xex>fangled</xex> world.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"gle*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being fangled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He them in new <qex>fangleness</qex> did pass.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fang"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of fangs or tusks.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>fangless</xex> lion.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"got</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>fagotto</ets>, <ets>fangotto</ets>, a bundle.  Cf. <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <def>A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fanon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a fan;</def> -- <specif>specifically</specif> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <def>folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Fan"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim., from same source as <ets>fanon</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Fanon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fans.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. li. 2.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under <er>Fan</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"-nerved`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fanon</ets>, LL. <ets>fano</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>fano</ets> banner cloth, G. <ets>fahne</ets> banner. See <er>Vane</er>, and cf. <er>Fanion</er>, <er>Gonfalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A term applied to various articles,</def> <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A maniple.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fannel</asp>, <asp>phanon</asp>, etc.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan" palm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the <spn>Cham&aelig;rops humilis</spn> of Southern Europe; the species of <gen>Sabal</gen> and <gen>Thrinax</gen> in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (<spn>Corypha umbraculifera</spn>) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"tad</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;n"t&abreve;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>see <er>fantod</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"tail`</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;n"t&amacr;l`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any bird of the Australian genus <gen>Rhipidura</gen>, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>the <er>fantail goldfish</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"-tailed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; <as>as, the <ex>fan-tailed</ex> pigeon</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fan"tail` gold"fish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a type of goldfish bred artificially, having a realtively short oval body and a tail with four lobes arrayed somewhat like a folding fan, as though forming a part of the surface of a cone.  Called also <altname>fantail</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"-tan`</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;n"t&abreve;n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chinese (of Canton) in <ets>an-tan-kun</ets> gambling house.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*ta"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ta*sied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fantasy</er>.]</ety> <def>Filled with fancies or imaginations.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"tasm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Phantasm</er>, <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Phantasm</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"tast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One whose manners or ideas are fantastic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fantastique</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; able to represent, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to make visible. See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; <as>as, <ex>fantastic</ex> minds; a <ex>fantastic</ex> mistress.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,<br/>
That wreathes its old <qex>fantastic</qex> roots so high.</q> <rj><qau>T. Gray.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See <er>Fanciful</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our <qex>fantastics</qex>, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas`ti*cal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fantastically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fantastic manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>the letter A, in scarlet, <qex>fantastically</qex> embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic-al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being fantastic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.</def>  <rj><au>Ruskin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Fantastically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fantasticalness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fan*tas"ti*co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A fantastic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fantasies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Is not this something more than <qex>fantasy</qex> ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A thousand <qex>fantasies</qex><br/>
Begin to throng into my memory.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fantastic designs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Embroidered with <qex>fantasies</qex> and flourishes of gold thread.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cavendish.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Which he doth most <qex>fantasy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fan*tigue"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fan*tique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fanteague</asp>, <asp>fanteeg</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fantod</er>.]</ety> <def>State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fan`toc*ci"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. fr. <ets>fante</ets> child.]</ety> <def>Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fan"tod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fan"tad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fantigue</er>.]</ety> <def>State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fan"tom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Phantom</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fantom corn</b></col>, <cd>phantom corn.</cd>  <rj><au>Grose.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fanwort</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a common aquatic plant (<spn>Cabomba caroliniana</spn>) of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> water-shield, <spn>Cabomba caroliniana</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fuddled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*quir"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fakir</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farrow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A young pig, or a litter of pigs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<adjf>Farther</adjf> <pr>(#)</pr> and <adjf>Farthest</adjf> <pr>(#)</pr> are used as the <pos>compar.</pos> and <pos>superl.</pos> of <ex>far</ex>, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with <xex>further</xex> and <xex>furthest</xex>. See <er>Further</er>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fer</ets>, <ets>feor</ets>, AS. <ets>feor</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fer</ets>, D. <ets>ver</ets>, OHG. <ets>ferro</ets>, adv., G. <ets>fern</ets>, <pos>a.</pos>, Icel. <ets>fjarri</ets>, Dan. <ets>fjirn</ets>, Sw. <ets>fjerran</ets>, adv., Goth. <ets>fa&imacr;rra</ets>, adv., Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; beyond, Skr. <ets>paras</ets>, adv., far, and prob. to L. <ets>per</ets> through, and E. prefix <ets>for-</ets>, as in <ets>for</ets>give, and also to <ets>fare</ets>.  Cf. <er>Farther</er>, <er>Farthest</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They said, . . . We be come from a <qex>far</qex> country.</q> <rj><qau>Josh. ix. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The nations <qex>far</qex> and near contend in choice.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; <as>as, <ex>far</ex> be it from me to justify cruelty</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They that are <qex>far</qex> from thee ahsll perish.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lxxiii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He was <qex>far</qex> from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.</q> <rj><qau>F. Anstey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The more distant of two; <as>as, the <ex>far</ex> side (called also <ex>off side</ex>) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of <xex>far</xex> is sometimes not easily discriminated.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>By far</b></col>, <cd>by much; by a great difference.</cd> -- <col><b>Far between</b></col>, <cd>with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals.</cd> &ldquo;The examinations are few and <xex>far between</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Farrar.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Far</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To a great extent or distance of space; widely; <as>as, we are separated <ex>far</ex> from each other</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; <as>as, he pushed his researches <ex>far</ex> into antiquity</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In great part; <as>as, the day is <ex>far</ex> spent</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is <qex>far</qex> above rubies.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxxi. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>As far as</b></col>, <cd>to the extent, or degree, that. See <cref>As far as</cref>, under <er>As</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Far off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>At a great distance, absolutely or relatively.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated.</cd> &ldquo;But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were <xex>far off</xex> are made nigh by the blood of Christ.&rdquo; <au>Eph. ii. 13.</au> -- <col><b>Far other</b></col>, <cd>different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike.</cd> <au>Pope.</au> -- <col><b>Far and near</b></col>, <cd>at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region.</cd> -- <col><b>Far and wide</b></col>, <cd>distantly and broadly; comprehensively.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Far and wide</xex> his eye commands.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>From far</b></col>, <cd>from a great distance; from a remote place.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Far</xex> often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as <xex>far</xex>-extended, <xex>far</xex>-reaching, <xex>far</xex>-spread.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"-a*bout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A going out of the way; a digression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Michael <etsep>Faraday</etsep>, the English electrician.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>far"a*day</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Michael <etsep>Faraday</etsep>, the English electrician.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>the quantity of electric charge that, passed though an ionic solution, will cause electrolysis of one equivalent of ions; it is equal to about 96,490 coulombs.  The number of univalent metal ions (such as silver in a silver nitrate solution) which would be deposited as free metal by such a current is Avogadro's number, <mathex>6.023 x 10<exp>23</exp></mathex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far*ad"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Michael <etsep>Faraday</etsep>, the distinguished electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, on account of Faraday's investigations of their laws.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Far"a*dism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Far`a*di*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"a*dize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faradized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faradizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To stimulate with, or subject to, faradic, or inducted, electric currents.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Far"a*diz`er</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"and</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Farrand</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"an*dams</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`ran`dole"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farandole</ets>, Pr. <ets>farandoulo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.</def></p>

<p><q>I have pictured them dancing a sort of <qex>farandole</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>W. D. Howells.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ant*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farrand</er>.]</ety> <def>Orderly; comely; respectable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Farced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Farcing</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>Farcir</ets>, L. <ets>farcire</ets>; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to fence in, stop up.  Cf. <er>Force</er> to stuff, <er>Diaphragm</er>, <er>Frequent</er>, <er>Farcy</er>, <er>Farse</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The first principles of religion should not be <qex>farced</qex> with school points and private tenets.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Sanderson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His tippet was aye <qex>farsed</qex> full of knives.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To render fat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If thou wouldst <qex>farce</qex> thy lean ribs.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To swell out; to render pompous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Farcing</qex> his letter with fustian.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farce</ets>, from L. <ets>farsus</ets> (also sometimes <ets>farctus</ets>), p. p. pf <ets>farcire</ets>. See <er>Farce</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Farce</qex> is that in poetry which &ldquo;grotesque&rdquo; is in a picture: the persons and action of a <qex>farce</qex> are all unnatural, and the manners false.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Ridiculous or empty show; <as>as, a mere <ex>farce</ex></as>.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>farce</xex> of state.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farce"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Stuffing; forcemeat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory <qex>farcements</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Feltham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ci*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They deny the characters to be <qex>farcical</qex>, because they are &unr_;&unr_;tually in in nature.</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Far"ci*cal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Far"ci*cal*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ci*cal</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See <er>Farcy</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ci*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Farce</ets>+-<ets>lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Pudding stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Kirwan.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Far"ci*men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Far"cin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Farcy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"cing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Stuffing; forcemeat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farc"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>farcire</ets>. See <er>Farce</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Stuffed; filled solid; <as>as, a <ex>farctate</ex> leaf, stem, or pericarp</as>; -- opposed to <xex>tubular</xex> or <xex>hollow</xex>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farcin</ets>; cf. L. <ets>farciminum</ets> a disease of horses, fr. <ets>farcire</ets>. See <er>Farce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also <altname>farcin</altname>, and <altname>farcimen</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Farcy</xex>, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Farcy bud</b></col>, <cd>a hard, prominent swelling occurring upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration.</cd>  <rj><au>Youatt.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., prob. fr. OHG. gi<ets>farit</ets>, gi<ets>farwit</ets> p. p. of <ets>farwjan</ets> to color, tinge, fr. <ets>farawa</ets> color, G. <ets>farbe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Paint used on the face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Painted with French <xex>fard</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. Whitaker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fard</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farder</ets> to paint one's face.]</ety> <def>To paint; -- said esp. of one's face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Far`dage"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Fardel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dunnage</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"del</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fardel</ets>, F. <ets>fardeau</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>fardel</ets>, <ets>fardillo</ets>, <ets>fardo</ets>, LL. <ets>fardellus</ets>; prob. fr. Ar. <ets>fard</ets> one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load.  Cf. <er>Furl</er>.]</ety> <def>A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>fardel</qex> of never-ending misery and suspense.</q> <rj><qau>Marryat.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"del</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make up in fardels.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ding-bag`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of uncertain origin; cf. <er>Fardel</er>.]</ety> <def>The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ding*dale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A farthingale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ding*deal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farthing</er>, and <er>Deal</er> a part.]</ety> <def>The fourth part of an acre of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>farding dale</asp>, <asp>fardingale</asp>, etc.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fare</hw> <pr>(f&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>faran</ets> to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., &amp; OHG. <ets>faran</ets> to travel, go, D. <ets>varen</ets>, G. <ets>fahren</ets>, OFries., Icel., &amp; Sw. <ets>fara</ets>, Dan. <ets>fare</ets>, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a way through, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ferry, strait, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to convey, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to go, march, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; beyond, on the other side, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to pass through, L. <ets>peritus</ets> experienced, <ets>portus</ets> port, Skr. <ets>par</ets> to bring over. &radic;78.  Cf. <er>Chaffer</er>, <er>Emporium</er>, <er>Far</er>, <er>Ferry</er>, <er>Ford</er>, <er>Peril</er>, <er>Port</er> a harbor, <er>Pore</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So on he <qex>fares</qex>, and to the border comes<br/>
Of Eden.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; <as>as, he <ex>fared</ex> well, or ill</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>fares</qex> the stag among the enraged hounds.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I bid you most heartily well to <qex>fare</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>fared</qex> the knight between two foes.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There was a certain rich man which . . . <qex>fared</qex> sumptuously every day.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xvi. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; <as>as, we shall see how it will <ex>fare</ex> with him</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>fares</qex> it when with truth falsehood contends.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To behave; to conduct one's self.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She <qex>ferde</qex> [fared] as she would die.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fare</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.  <ets>faru</ets> journey, fr. <ets>faran</ets>. See <er>Fare</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A journey; a passage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That nought might stay his <qex>fare</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; <as>as, the <ex>fare</ex> for crossing a river; the <ex>fare</ex> in a coach or by railway.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Ado; bustle; business.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The warder chid and made <qex>fare</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What <qex>fare</qex>? what news abroad ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; <as>as, coarse <ex>fare</ex>; delicious <ex>fare</ex>.</as></def> &ldquo;Philosophic <xex>fare</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; <as>as, a full <ex>fare</ex> of passengers</as>.</def>  <rj><au>A. Drummond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bill of fare</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fare indicator</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b> Fare register</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fare wicket</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.</cd>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Far"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Fare</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fare-thee-well</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>state of perfection; the utmost degree; <as>as, they polished the furniture to a <ex>fare-thee-well</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fare`well"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fare</ets> (thou, you) + <ets>well</ets>.]</ety> <def>Go well; good-by; adieu;  -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; <as>as, <ex>fare</ex> you <ex>well</ex></as>; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; <as>as, <ex>farewell</ex> the year; <ex>farewell</ex>, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you <ex>farewell</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>farewell</qex> hope, and with hope, <qex>farewell</qex> fear.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fare</qex> thee <qex>well</qex>! and if forever,<br/>
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<p><hw>Fare`well"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And takes her <qex>farewell</qex> of the glorious sun.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Before I take my <qex>farewell</qex> of the subject.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fare"well`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Parting; valedictory; final; <as>as, a <ex>farewell</ex> discourse; his <ex>farewell</ex> bow.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Leans in his spear to take his <qex>farewell</qex> view.</q> <rj><qau>Tickell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Farewell rock</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat.</cd>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"fet`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Far</ets> + <ets>fet</ets>, <pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Fette</er>.]</ety> <def>Farfetched.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>York with his <qex>farfet</qex> policy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"fetch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Far</ets> + <ets>fetch</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bring from far; to seek out studiously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>farfetch</qex> the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"fetch`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Politic <xex>farfetches</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"fetched`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Brought from far, or from a remote place.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every remedy contained a multitude of <qex>farfetched</qex> and heterogeneous ingredients.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>far-flung</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>widely spread or distributed; <as>as, the <ex>far-flung</ex> corners of the Empire</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*ri"na</hw> <pr>(f&adot_;*r&imacr;"n&adot_; <it>or</it> f&adot_;*r&emacr;"n&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., meal, flour, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. <ets>barley</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pollen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far`i*na"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farinaceus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting or made of meal or flour; <as>as, a <ex>farinaceous</ex> diet</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Yielding farina or flour; <as>as, <ex>ffarinaceous</ex> seeds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; <as>as, a <ex>farinaceous</ex> taste, smell, or appearance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far`i*nose"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farinosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>farineux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Yielding farina; <as>as, <ex>farinose</ex> substances</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Furl</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"lie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferlish</ets> wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;rl&imacr;c</ets> sudden. See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See <er>Fearly</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferme</ets> rent, lease, F. <ets>ferme</ets>, LL. <ets>firma</ets>, fr. L. <ets>firmus</ets> firm, fast, <ets>firmare</ets> to make firm or fast.  See <er>Firm</er>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer <qex>farms</qex> to their tenants.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a <xex>farm</xex>, as they are entirely so from the legal sense.</note>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The province was devided into twelve <qex>farms</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A lease of the imposts on particular goods; <as>as, the sugar <ex>farm</ex>, the silk <ex>farm</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whereas G. H.  held the <qex>farm</qex> of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum.</q> <rj><qau>State Trials (1196).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Farmed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Farming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We are enforced to <qex>farm</qex> our royal realm.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; <as>as, to <ex>farm</ex> the taxes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>farm</qex> their subjects and their duties toward these.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To take at a certain rent or rate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To farm let</b></col>, <col><b>To let to farm</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to lease on rent.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being farmed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"er</hw> <pr>(f&auml;rm"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fermier</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who farms</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.</def> <au>Smart.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; <as>as, a <ex>farmer</ex> of the revenues</as>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Farmer-general</b></col> <ety>[F. <ets>fermier-general</ets>]</ety>, <cd>one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was <xex>farmed out</xex>, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down.</cd> -- <col><b>Farmers' satin</b></col>, <cd>a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings.</cd> <au>McElrath.</au> -- <col><b>The king's farmer</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out.</cd>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"er*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who farms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>farmerette</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a woman working on a farm; a farmeress.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"er*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Skill in farming.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"house`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; <as>as, <ex>farming</ex> tools; <ex>farming</ex> land; a <ex>farming</ex> community.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of cultivating land.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>farmland</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a rural area where farming is practiced; land actually under cultivation or capable of supporting crops.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> farming area.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"most`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Most distant; farthest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A spacious cave within its <qex>farmost</qex> part.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>farmplace</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a farm together with its buildings.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> farmstead.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"stead</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With its pleasant groves and <qex>farmsteads</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"stead*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A farmstead.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Black.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farm"yard`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Far</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The state of being far off; distance; remoteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Said to be so called because the Egyptian king <ets>Pharaoh</ets> was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]</ety> <def>A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Faro bank</b></col>, <cd>the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.</cd>  <rj><au>Hoyle.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa`ro*ese`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <def>An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"-off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Remote; <as>as, the <ex>far-off</ex> distance; troops landing on <ex>far-off</ex> shores</as>.  Cf. <cref>Far-off</cref>, under <er>Far</er>, adv.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> faraway.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>remote in time; <as>as, <ex>far-off</ex> happier times</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> remote, removed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>far-out</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>strikingly unconventional.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Far*rag*i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farrago</er>.]</ety> <def>Formed of various materials; mixed; <as>as, a <ex>farraginous</ex> mountain</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Kirwan.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>farraginous</qex> concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Far*ra"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farrago</ets>, <ets>-aginis</ets>, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain. See <er>Farina</er>.]</ety> <def>A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A confounded <qex>farrago</qex> of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.</q> <rj><qau>Sheridan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"rand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>farand</ets> beautiful; cf. Gael. <ets>farranta</ets> neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. <ets>fare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Manner; custom; fashion; humor.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>farand</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Grose.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>far-reaching</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having a wide range or effect; <as>as, <ex>far-reaching</ex> (or extensive) forests; a <ex>far-reaching</ex> reform</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> extensive.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Far`re*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farreatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Confarreation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ri*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>farrour</ets>, <ets>ferrer</ets>, OF. <ets>ferreor</ets>, <ets>ferrier</ets>, LL. <ets>Ferrator</ets>, <ets>ferrarius equorum</ets>, from <ets>ferrare</ets> to shoe a horse, <ets>ferrum</ets> a horseshoe, fr. L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.  Cf. <er>Ferreous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ri*er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ri*er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art of shoeing horses.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The place where a smith shoes horses.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>far-right</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Politics)</fld> <def>extremely conservative politically.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> reactionary, reactionist, ultraconservative.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"row</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;r"r&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fearh</ets> a little pig; a akin to OHG. <ets>farh</ets>, <ets>farah</ets>, pig, dim. <ets>farheli</ets> little pig, G. <ets>fercel</ets>, D. <ets>varken</ets> pig, Lith. <ets>parszas</ets> OIr. <ets>orc</ets>, L. <ets>porcus</ets>, Gr. <grk>po`rkos</grk>.  Cf. <er>Pork</er>.]</ety> <def>A litter of pigs.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"row</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Farrowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Farrowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine.</def>  <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"row</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Scot. <ets>ferry cow</ets> a cow that is not with calf, D. <ets>vaarkoe</ets>, <ets>vaars</ets>, heifer, G. <ets>f&auml;rse</ets>, AS. <ets>fearr</ets> bull, G. <ets>farre</ets>.  Cf. <er>Heifer</er>.]</ety> <def>Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be <xex>farrow</xex>, or to go <xex>farrow</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A farrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Perry.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Farse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farce</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"see`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having foresight as regards the future.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"sight`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hypermetropic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"sight`ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Quality of bbeing farsighted.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hypermetropia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"-stretched`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Stretched beyond ordinary limits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther</hw> <pr>(f&auml;r"&thlig_;&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <mord><pos>compar.</pos> of <er>Far</er>.</mord> <amorph>[<pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Farthest</adjf> <pr>(-&thlig_;&ebreve_;st)</pr>. See <er>Further</er>.]</amorph> <ety>[For <ets>farrer</ets>, OE. <ets>ferrer</ets>, compar. of <ets>far</ets>; confused with <ets>further</ets>.  Cf. <er>Farthest</er>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>More remote; more distant than something else.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Before our <qex>farther</qex> way the fates allow.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Let me add a <qex>farther</qex> Truth.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some <qex>farther</qex> change awaits us.</q> <rj><qau>MIlton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; <as>as, let us rest with what we have, without looking <ex>farther</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; <as>as, <ex>farther</ex>, let us consider the probable event</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>No farther</b></col>, <cd>(used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc.</cd><br/>
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<q>It will be dangerous to go on. <qex>No farther</qex> !</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To help onward. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Further</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Furtherance</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther*more`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Furthermore</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"ther*most`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Most remote; farthest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"thest</hw> <pr>(f&auml;r"&thlig_;&ebreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <mord><pos>Superl.</pos> of <er>far</er>.</mord> <ety>[See <er>Farther</er> and cf. <er>Furthest</er>]</ety> <def>Most distant or remote; <as>as, the <ex>farthest</ex> degree</as>.  See <er>Furthest</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"thest</hw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At or to the greatest distance. See <er>Furthest</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"thing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>furthing</ets>, AS. <ets>fe&oacute;r&eth;ung</ets>, fr. <ets>fe&oacute;r&eth;a</ets> fourth, <ets>fe&oacute;r</ets>, <ets>fe&oacute;wer</ets>, four. See <er>Four</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A very small quantity or value.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In her cup was no <qex>farthing</qex> seen of grease.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A division of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Thirty acres make a <qex>farthing</qex> land; nine <qex>farthings</qex> a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.</q> <rj><qau>R. Carew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Far"thin*gale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>vardingale</ets>, <ets>fardingale</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>vertugale</ets>, <ets>verdugade</ets>, F. <ets>vertugade</ets>, <ets>vertugadin</ets>, from Sp. <ets>verdugado</ets>, being named from its hoops, fr. <ets>verdugo</ets> a young shoot of tree, fr. <ets>verde</ets> green, fr. L. <ets>viridis</ets>. See <er>Verdant</er>.]</ety> <def>A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . <br/>
With ruffs and cuffs, and <qex>farthingales</qex> and things.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fas"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., <pos>pl.</pos> of <ets>fascis</ets> bundle; cf. <ets>fascia</ets> a band, and Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> a bundle.]</ety>, <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also <altname>pontee</altname> and <altname>punty</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fas"ci*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasci&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a band: cf. It. <ets>fascia</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>, and cf. <er>Fess</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Column</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A broad well-defined band of color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the fasces.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Relating to a fascia.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fas"ci*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fas"ci*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fasciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fasciare</ets> to envelop with bands, fr. <ets>fascia</ets> band. See <er>Fasces</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Banded or compacted together.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Broadly banded with color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas`ci*a"tion</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fasciculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>fascis</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; <as>as, a <ex>fascicle</ex> of fibers; a <ex>fascicle</ex> of flowers or roots</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*cled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; <as>as, the <ex>fascicled</ex> leaves of the pine or larch; the <ex>fascicled</ex> roots of the dahlia; <ex>fascicled</ex> muscle fibers; <ex>fascicled</ex> tufts of hair.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas*cic"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; <as>as, a <ex>fascicular</ex> root</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas*cic"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fascicled manner.</def>  <rj><au>Kirwan.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fas*cic"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fas*cic"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,}</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*cule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fascicle</er>.]</ety> <def>A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; <as>as, a <ex>fascicule</ex> of fibers, hairs, or spines</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fas*cic"u*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciculi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fascicle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little bundle; a fascicle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A division of a book.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fascinated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos>. <conjf>Fascinating</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinare</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to slander, bewitch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and <qex>fascinate</qex> the prey which they are desirous to obtain.</q> <rj><qau>Griffith (Cuvier).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There be none of the passions that have been noted to <qex>fascinate</qex> or bewitch but love and envy.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fascinated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, transfixed.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>intensely interested in or attracted by; <as>as, I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm <ex>fascinated</ex> by them</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fascinating</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>capable of holding the attention; <as>as, a <ex>fascinating</ex> story</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting, spellbinding.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>capturing interest as if by a spell; <as>as, a <ex>fascinating</ex> woman</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas`ci*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fascination</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against <qex>fascination</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being fascinated.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is a certain bewitchery or <qex>fascination</qex> in words.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas*cine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>fascina</ets> a bundle of sticks, fr. <ets>fascis</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort. &amp; Engin.)</fld> <def>A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinum</ets> witchcraft, akin to <ets>fascinare</ets>. See <er>Fascinate</er>.]</ety> <def>Caused or acting by witchcraft.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Fascinous</xex> diseases.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fas*ci"o*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciol&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Fasciole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.</def>  <rj><au>Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*ole</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fasciola</ets> a little bandage. See <er>Fascia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See <er>Spatangoidea</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fasc"ism</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;sh"&ibreve_;z'm)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; -- opposed to <contr>democracy</contr> and <contr>liberalism</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an authoritarian system of government under absolute control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities.  Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Specifically, the Fascist movement led by <person>Benito Mussolini</person> in Italy from 1922 to 1943.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this sense.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fascist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an adherent of fascism or similar right-wing authoritarian views.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fascist</hw> <hw>fascistic</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to fascism; resembling fascism; <as>as, <ex>fascist</ex> propaganda</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fashed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fashing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>faschier</ets>, F. <ets>f&unr_;cher</ets>, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. <ets>fasticar</ets>, <ets>fastigar</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fastidium</ets> dilike. See <er>Fastidious</er>.]</ety> <def>To vex; to tease; to trouble.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Vexation; anxiety; care.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Without further <qex>fash</qex> on my part.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fasoun</ets>, <ets>facioun</ets>, shape, manner, F. <ets>facon</ets>, orig., a making, fr. L. <ets>factio</ets> a making, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>, and cf. <er>Faction</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; <as>as, the <ex>fashion</ex> of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.</as>; workmanship; execution.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fashion</qex> of his countenance was altered.</q> <rj><qau>Luke ix. 29.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I do not like the <qex>fashion</qex> of your garments.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; <as>as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the <ex>fashion</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The innocent diversions in <qex>fashion</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>As now existing, <qex>fashion</qex> is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; <as>as, men of <ex>fashion</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.</def> &ldquo;After his sour <xex>fashion</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>After a fashion</b></col>, <cd>to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of.</cd> -- <col><b>Fashion piece</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern.</cd> -- <col><b>Fashion plate</b></col>, <cd>a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fashioned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fashioning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faconner</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Here the loud hammer <qex>fashions</qex> female toys.</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ingenious art . . . <br/>
Steps forth to <qex>fashion</qex> and refine the age.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with <xex>to</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Laws ought to be <qex>fashioned</qex> to the manners and conditions of the people.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fashioned</qex> plate sells for more than its weight.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To forge or counterfeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fashioning needle</b></col> <fld>(Knitting Machine)</fld>, <cd>a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; <as>as, a <ex>fashionable</ex> dress</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; <as>as, the <ex>fashionable</ex> philosophy; <ex>fashionable</ex> opinions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; <as>as, a <ex>fashionable</ex> man</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Genteel; well-bred; <as>as, <ex>fashionable</ex> society</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Time is like a <qex>fashionable</qex> host<br/>
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being fashionable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fashionable manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ioned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a certain style or fashion; <as>as, old-<ex>fashioned</ex>; new-<ex>fashioned</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fashioner</qex> had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no fashion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion-mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.</def>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fash"ion-mon`ger*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Behaving like a fashion-monger.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"sa*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of <xex>Fassa</xex>, in the Tyrol.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fasted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fasting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&aelig;stan</ets>; <ets>akin to D</ets>. <ets>vasten</ets>, OHG. <ets>fast&emacr;n</ets>, G. <ets>fasten</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>fasta</ets>, Dan. <ets>faste</ets>, Goth. <ets>fastan</ets> to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. <ets>fast</ets> firm.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fasting</qex> he went to sleep, and <qex>fasting</qex> waked.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou didst <qex>fast</qex> and weep for the child.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. xii. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fasting day</b></col>, <cd>a fast day; a day of fasting.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>faste</ets>, <ets>fast</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>f&aelig;sten</ets>, OHG. <ets>fasta</ets>, G. <ets>faste</ets>. See <er>Fast</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Surfeit is the father of much <qex>fast</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; <as>as, an annual <ex>fast</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fast day</b></col>, <cd>a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.</cd> -- <col><b>To break one's fast</b></col>, <cd>to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Faster</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fastest</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. <ets>f&aelig;st</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fast</ets>, D. <ets>vast</ets>, OHG. <ets>fasti</ets>, <ets>festi</ets>, G. <ets>fest</ets>, Icel. <ets>fastr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>fast</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>fetter</ets>. The sense <ets>swift</ets> comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use.  Cf. <er>Fast</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, <er>Fast</er>, <pos>v.</pos>, <er>Avast</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; <as>as, to make <ex>fast</ex> the door</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is an order that keeps things <qex>fast</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and <qex>fast</qex> places.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; <as>as, a <ex>fast</ex> friend</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; <as>as, <ex>fast</ex> colors</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Tenacious; retentive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Roses, damask and red, are <qex>fast</qex> flowers of their smells.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All this while in a most <qex>fast</qex> sleep.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; <as>as, a <ex>fast</ex> horse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; <as>as, a <ex>fast</ex> man; a <ex>fast</ex> liver.</as></def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; <as>as, a <ex>fast</ex> racket, or tennis court; a <ex>fast</ex> track; a <ex>fast</ex> billiard table, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fast and loose</b></col>, <cd>now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases <xex>to play at fast and loose</xex>, <xex>to play fast and loose</xex>, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Play fast and loose</xex> with faith.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Fast and loose pulleys</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re&euml;ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and <xex>vice versa</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Hard and fast</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>so completely aground as to be immovable.</cd> -- <col><b>To make fast</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>faste</ets> firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. <ets>f&aelig;ste</ets>.  See <er>Fast</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We will bind thee <qex>fast</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Judg. xv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; <as>as, to run <ex>fast</ex>; to live <ex>fast</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Fast by</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Fast beside</b></col></mcol>, <cd>close or near to; near at hand.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk<br/>
Into the wood <qex>fast by</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fast by</qex> the throne obsequious Fame resides.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which fastens or holds; especially, <fld>(Naut.)</fld> a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a <xex>bow</xex>, <xex>head</xex>, <xex>quarter</xex>, <xex>breast</xex>, or <xex>stern fast</xex>; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fast"ball`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>a baseball thrown with maximum velocity.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> heater, smoke, hummer, bullet.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fast"break`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(basketball)</fld> <def>a rapid dash to get a shot at one's own basket as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball; -- often occurring after the opposing team has shot at their basket.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ten</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fastened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fastening</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&aelig;stnian</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>festin&omacr;n</ets>. See <er>Fast</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> a chain to the feet; to <ex>fasten</ex> a door or window.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> boards together with nails or cords; to <ex>fasten</ex> anything in our thoughts.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas <qex>fastened</qex> to them.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> a blow</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If I can <qex>fasten</qex> but one cup upon him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To fasten a charge upon</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To fasten a crime upon</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.</cd> -- <col><b>To fasten one's eyes upon</b></col>, <cd>to look upon steadily without cessation.</cd> <au>Acts iii. 4.</au></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ten</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A horse leech will hardly <qex>fasten</qex> on a fish.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fastened</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>affixed.  Opposite of <ant>unaffixed</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> secured.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>secured against opening; -- of doors, hatches, etc.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> latched.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ten*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"ten*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who abstains from food.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fast-flying</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>moving or functioning quickly and energetically; <as>as, a <ex>fast-flying</ex> messenger</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fast flying, hurrying, speedy.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fast-growing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>tending to spread quickly; -- used mostly of plants.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark> [Narrower terms: <stype>invasive (vs. noninvasive) </stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> aggressive.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast"-hand`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fas"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Records or registers of important events.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas*tid`i*os"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fastidiousness; squeamishness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas*tid"i*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fastidiosus</ets> disdainful, fr. <ets>fastidium</ets> loathing, aversion, perh. fr. <ets>fastus</ets> arrogance (of uncertain origin) + <ets>taedium</ets> loathing.  Cf. <er>Tedious</er>, <er>Fash</er>.]</ety> <def>Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; <as>as, a <ex>fastidious</ex> mind or ear; a <ex>fastidious</ex> appetite.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Proud youth ! <qex>fastidious</qex> of the lower world.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.</syn>  -- <usage><er>Fastidious</er>, <er>Squeamish</er>. We call a person <xex>fastidious</xex> when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him <xex>squeamish</xex> when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. &ldquo;Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be <xex>fastidious</xex>; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be <xex>squeamish</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Crabb.</au></usage></p>

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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fas*tig"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fas*tig"i*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fastigium</ets> gable end, top, height, summit.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Narrowing towards the top.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Firmly; surely.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fast"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&aelig;stnes</ets>, fr. <ets>f&aelig;st</ets> fast. See <er>Fast</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All . . . places of <qex>fastness</qex> [are] laid open.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; <as>as, the enemy retired to their <ex>fastnesses</ex> in the mountains</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Conciseness of style.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ascham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being fast or swift.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fas"tu*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fastuosus</ets>, from <ets>fastus</ets> haughtiness, pride: cf. F. <ets>fastueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Proud; haughty; disdainful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Barrow.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Fas"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Vat</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fats</qex> shall overflow with wine and oil.</q> <rj><qau>Joel ii. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hebert.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fatter</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fattest</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;tt</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vet</ets>, G. <ets>fett</ets>, <ets>feist</ets>, Icel. <ets>feitr</ets>, Sw. <ets>fet</ets>, Dan. <ets>fed</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <grk>pi^dax</grk> spring, fountain, <grk>pidy`ein</grk> to gush forth, <grk>pi`wn</grk> fat, Skr. <ets>pi</ets> to swell.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Abounding with fat</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; <as>as, a <ex>fat</ex> man; a <ex>fat</ex> ox</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Making our western wits <qex>fat</qex> and mean.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Make the heart of this people <qex>fat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Is. vi. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Fertile; productive; <as>as, a <ex>fat</ex> soil; a <ex>fat</ex> pasture.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Rich; producing a large income; desirable; <as>as, a <ex>fat</ex> benefice; a <ex>fat</ex> office; a <ex>fat</ex> job.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Now parson of Troston, a <qex>fat</qex> living in Suffolk.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Persons grown <qex>fat</qex> and wealthy by long impostures.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fat</ex> take; a <ex>fat</ex> page.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fat lute</b></col>, <cd>a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See <cref>Adipose tissue</cref>, under <er>Adipose</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Animal fats</xex> are composed mainly of three distinct fats, <xex>tristearin</xex>, <xex>tripalmitin</xex>, and <xex>triolein</xex>, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The best or richest productions; the best part; <as>as, to live on the <ex>fat</ex> of the land</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fat acid</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Sebacic acid</cref>, under <er>Sebacic</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fat series</b></col>, <col><b>Fatty series</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural fats</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fatted</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>atting</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fatten</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;ttian</ets>. See <er>Fat</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Fatten</er>.]</ety> <def>To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; <as>as, to <ex>fat</ex> fowls or sheep</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We <qex>fat</qex> all creatures else to <qex>fat</qex> us.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An old ox <qex>fats</qex> as well, and is as good, as a young one.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"tal</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatalis</ets>, fr. <ets>fatum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fatal</ets>. See <er>Fate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>These thing are <qex>fatal</qex> and necessary.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It was <qex>fatal</qex> to the king to fight for his money.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Foreboding death or great disaster.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That <qex>fatal</qex> screech owl to our house<br/>
That nothing sung but death to us and ours.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; <as>as, a <ex>fatal</ex> wound; a <ex>fatal</ex> disease; a <ex>fatal</ex> day; a <ex>fatal</ex> error.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"tal*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fatalisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"tal*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fataliste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa`tal*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fatalities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>fatalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fatalit&eacute;</ets>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Stoics held a <qex>fatality</qex>, and a fixed, unalterable course of events.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable <qex>fatality</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ser T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>By a strange <qex>fatality</qex> men suffer their dissenting.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"tal*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.</def>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; <as>as, <ex>fatally</ex> deceived or wounded</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"tal*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being fatal.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa"ta Mor*ga"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. <ets>fata</ets>) of the name of <ets>Morg&aacute;na</ets>. See <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The menhaden.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"-brained`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dull of apprehension.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fate</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatum</ets> a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak: cf. OF. <ets>fat</ets>. See <er>Fame</er>, <er>Fable</er>, <er>Ban</er>, and cf. 1st <er>Fay</er>, <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Necessity and chance<br/>
Approach not me; and what I will is <qex>fate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting <qex>fate</qex> of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments.</q> <rj><qau>Froude.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The great, th'important day, big with the <qex>fate</qex><br/>
Of Cato and of Rome.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our wills and <qex>fates</qex> do so contrary run<br/>
That our devices still are overthrown.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The whizzing arrow sings,<br/>
<qex>And bears thy fate</qex>, Antinous, on its wings.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; <as>as, <ex>fate</ex> was, or the <ex>fates</ex> were, against him</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A brave man struggling in the storms of <qex>fate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Sometimes an hour of <qex>Fate's</qex> serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams.</q> <rj><qau>B. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <ety>[L. <ets>Fata</ets>, pl. of <ets>fatum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the <altname>Destinies</altname>, or <altname>Parc&aelig;</altname>who were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Among all nations it has been common to speak of <xex>fate</xex> or destiny as a power superior to gods and men -- swaying all things irresistibly.  This may be called the <xex>fate</xex> of poets and mythologists.  Philosophical <xex>fate</xex> is the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter. Theological <xex>fate</xex> represents Deity as above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his will -- the expression of that will being the law.</note>  <rj><au>Krauth-Fleming.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. p. &amp; a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; <as>as, he was <ex>fated</ex> to rule a factious people</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One midnight<br/>
<qex>Fated</qex> to the purpose.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Invested with the power of determining destiny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;The <xex>fated</xex> sky.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>Exempted by fate.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fate"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. .</pos> <def>Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>fateful</xex> steel.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. Barlow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Significant of fate; ominous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fateful</qex> cawings of the crow.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fate"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>- <wf>Fate"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>fat-free</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>containing no fat; -- of foods.  Opposite of <ant>fat-containing</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fatless, nonfat.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (<spn>Pimephales promelas</spn>); -- called also <altname>black-headed minnow</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fat"head`ed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>stupid</er>.  Opposite of <ant>smart</ant>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blockheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther</hw> <pr>(f&auml;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fader</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aelig;der</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fadar</ets>, D. <ets>vader</ets>, OHG. <ets>fatar</ets>, G. <ets>vater</ets>, Icel. <ets>fa&eth;ir</ets> Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>fader</ets>, OIr. <ets>athir</ets>, L. <ets>pater</ets>, Gr. <grk>path`r</grk>, Skr. <ets>pitr</ets>, perh. fr. Skr. <ets>p&amacr;</ets> protect. &radic;75, 247.  Cf. <er>Papa</er>, <er>Paternal</er>, <er>Patriot</er>, <er>Potential</er>, <er>Pablum</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A wise son maketh a glad <qex>father</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. x. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, <xex>fathers</xex>, ancestors.</def><br/>
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<p><q>David slept with his <qex>fathers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings ii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Abraham, who is the <qex>father</qex> of us all.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. iv. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I was a <qex>father</qex> to the poor.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxix. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He hath made me a <qex>father</qex> to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xiv. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A respectful mode of address to an old man.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my <qex>father</qex>, my <qex>father</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>2 Kings xiii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A senator of ancient Rome.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also <altname>father confessor</altname>), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Bless you, good <qex>father</qex> friar !</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as <xex>the Fathers</xex>; <as>as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic <ex>Fathers</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>father</qex> of all such as handle the harp and organ.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. iv. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Might be the <qex>father</qex>, Harry, to that thought.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>father</qex> of good news.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our <qex>Father</qex>, which art in heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vi. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now had the almighty <qex>Father</qex> from above . . . <br/>
Bent down his eye.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Adoptive father</b></col>, <cd>one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Apostolic father</b></col>, <col><b>Conscript fathers, etc.</b></col></mcol> <cd>See under <er>Apostolic</er>, <er>Conscript</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Father in God</b></col>, <cd>a title given to bishops.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of lies</b></col>, <cd>the Devil.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of the bar</b></col>, <cd>the oldest practitioner at the bar.</cd> -- <col><b>Fathers of the city</b></col>, <cd>the aldermen.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of the Faithful</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Abraham.</cd> <au>Rom. iv.</au> <au>Gal. iii. 6-9.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of the house</b></col>, <cd>the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service.</cd> -- <col><b>Most Reverend Father in God</b></col>, <cd>a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural father</b></col>, <cd>the father of an illegitimate child.</cd> -- <col><b>Putative father</b></col>, <cd>one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father.</cd> -- <col><b>Spiritual father</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <cd>A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance.</cd> -- <col><b>The Holy Father</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>the pope.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fathered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fathering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make one's self the father of; to beget.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Cowards <qex>father</qex> cowards, and base things sire base.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men of wit<br/>
Often <qex>fathered</qex> what he writ.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To provide with a father.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Think you I am no stronger than my sex,<br/>
Being so <qex>fathered</qex> and so husbanded ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To father on</b></col>  <it>or</it> <col><b>To father upon</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible.</cd> &ldquo;Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be <xex>fathered on</xex> some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor.&rdquo; <au>Barrow.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Father-God</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>God, when considered as the first person in the Trinity.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Father.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther-in-law`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fathers-in-law</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to <xex>son-in-law</xex> and <xex>daughter-in-law</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their <xex>father-in-law</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*land"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Imitated fr. D. <ets>vaderland</ets>. See <er>Father</er>, and <er>Land</er>.]</ety> <def>One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther-lash`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A European marine fish (<spn>Cottus bubalis</spn>), allied to the sculpin; -- called also <altname>lucky proach</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of a living father; <as>as, a <ex>fatherless</ex> child</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Without a known author.</def>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*less*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being without a father.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fatherly</er>.]</ety> <def>The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther long"legs`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Daddy longlegs</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You have showed a tender, <qex>fatherly</qex> regard.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a father.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"ther*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fath"om</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;&thlig_;"&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fadme</ets>, <ets>fa&eth;me</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aelig;&eth;m</ets> fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. <ets>fa&eth;mos</ets> the outstretched arms, D. <ets>vadem</ets>, <ets>vaam</ets>, fathom, OHG. <ets>fadom</ets>, <ets>fadum</ets>, G. <ets>faden</ets> fathom, thread, Icel. <ets>fa&eth;mr</ets> fathom, Sw. <ets>famn</ets>, Dan. <ets>favn</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to spread out, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; outspread, flat, L. <ets>patere</ets> to lie open, extend.  Cf. <er>Patent</er>, <er>Petal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Another of his <qex>fathom</qex> they have none<br/>
To lead their business.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fath"om</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fathomed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fathoming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Purchas.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not <qex>fathomed</qex> its deeper import.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthotne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fath"om*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being fathomed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fath"om*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fathoms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fath"om*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And buckle in a waist most <qex>fathomless</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Incomprehensible.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fathomless</qex> absurdity.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tid"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatidicus</ets>; <ets>fatum</ets> fate + <ets>dicere</ets> to say, tell.]</ety> <def>Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; <as>as, the <ex>fatidical</ex> oak</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Howell.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Fa*tid"i*cal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatifer</ets>; <ets>fatum</ets> fate + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear, bring.]</ety> <def>Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"i*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatigabilis</ets>: cf. F.  <ets>fatigable</ets>. See <er>Fatigue</er>.]</ety> <def>Easily tired.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"i*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fatigare</ets>. See <ets>Fatigue</ets>.]</ety> <def>Wearied; tired; fatigued.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Requickened what in flesh was <qex>fatigate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"i*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To weary; to tire; to fatigue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat`i*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatigatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>fatigation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Weariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>W. Montaqu.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tigue"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>fatiguer</ets> to fatigue, L. <ets>fatigare</ets>; cf. L. <ets>affatim</ets> sufficiently.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cause of weariness; labor; toil; <as>as, the <ex>fatigues</ex> of war</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fatigue call</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatigue dress</b></col>, <cd>the working dress of soldiers.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatigue duty</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au> -- <col><b>Fatigue party</b></col>, <cd>a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tigue"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fatigued</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fatiguing</conjf>, <pos>n.</pos>]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fatiguer</ets>. See <er>Fatigue</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See <er>Jade</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*til"o*quent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fatiloquist</er>.]</ety> <def>Prophetic; fatidical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*til"o*quist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatiloquus</ets> declaring fate; <ets>fatum</ets> fate+ <ets>Loqui</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>A fortune teller.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fat"i*mite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fat"i*mide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Hist.)</fld> <def>Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A descendant of Fatima.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tis"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatiscense</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>fatiscere</ets> to gape or crack open.]</ety> <def>A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.</def>  <rj><au>Kirwan.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"-kid`neyed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Gross; lubberly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Peace, ye <qex>fat-kidneyed</qex> rascal !</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fat</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He sacrificed oxen and <qex>fatlings</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. vi. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Grossly; greasily.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fattens. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Fattener</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnit.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Their eyes stand out with <qex>fatness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lxxiii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Rich in the <qex>fatness</qex> of her plenteous soil.</q> <rj><qau>Rowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which makes fat or fertile.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The clouds drop <qex>fatness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Philips.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fatso</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a rotund, obese individual.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fatty, fat person, roly-poly.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ten</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fattened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fattening</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Fat</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; <as>as, to <ex>fatten</ex> land; to <ex>fatten</ex> fields with blood.</as></def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ten</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And villains <qex>fatten</qex> with the brave man's labor.</q> <rj><qau>Otway.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fattened</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>fed until grown and ready for slaughter or for sale in the market; -- of market animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ten*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ti*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being fatty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"tish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, <qex>fattish</qex> old man.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fattism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>discrimination against people who are overweight.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; <as>as, a <ex>fatty</ex> substance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fatty acid</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty clays</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Clay</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty degeneration</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fatty heart</b></col>, <col><b>Fatty liver</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. <fld>(Med.)</fld>, a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty infiltration</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty tumor</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tu"i*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Stupid; fatuous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*tu"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatuitas</ets>, fr. <ets>fatuus</ets> foolish: cf. F. <ets>fatuit&eacute;</ets> Cf. <er>Fatuous</er>.]</ety> <def>Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Those many forms of popular <qex>fatuity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"u*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fatuus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.</def>  <rj><au>Glanvill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Without reality; illusory, like the <xex>ignis fatuus</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thence <qex>fatuous</qex> fires and meteors take their birth.</q> <rj><qau>Danham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fatuousness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a ludicrous folly.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> absurdity, fatuity, silliness.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fat"wa</hw>, <hw>fat"wah</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>fetwah</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fat"-wit`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dull; stupid.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fau`bourg"</hw> <pr>(f&omacr;`b&oomacr_;r"; E. f&omacr;"b&oomacr_;rg)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fauces</ets> throat.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial;</def> <specif>esp.,</specif> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ayin is the most difficult of the <qex>faucals</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fau"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the <altname>isthmus of the fauces</altname>.  On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the <xex>pillars of the fauces</xex>, inclose the tonsils.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fausset</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>fauces</ets> throat.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also <altname>tap</altname>, and <altname>cock</altname>. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"chion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Falchion</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faugh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Foh</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faul"chion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Falchion</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faul"con</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Falcon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fauld</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fall or falling band.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>These laces, ribbons, and these <qex>faules</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herrick.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>faut</ets>, <ets>faute</ets>, F. <ets>faute</ets> (cf. It., Sp., &amp; Pg. <ets>falta</ets>), fr. a verb meaning <ets>to want</ets>, <ets>fail</ets>, freq., fr. L. <ets>fallere</ets> to deceive. See <er>Fail</er>, and cf. <er>Default</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Defect; want; lack; default.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One, it pleases me, for <qex>fault</qex> of a better, to call my friend.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As patches set upon a little breach<br/>
Discredit more in hiding of the <qex>fault</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geol. &amp; Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A dislocation of the strata of the vein.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; <as>as, slate <ex>fault</ex>, dirt <ex>fault</ex>, etc.</as></def>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>A lost scent; act of losing the scent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled,<br/>
With much ado, the cold <qex>fault</qex> cleary out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Tennis)</fld> <def>Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <fld>(Geol. &amp; Mining)</fld> <def>A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.</def></p>

<p><note>The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the <col><b>fault plane</b></col>. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a <col><b>vertical fault</b></col>; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a <mcol><col><b>normal fault</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>gravity fault</b></col></mcol>.  When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a <mcol><col><b>reverse fault</b></col> (or <col><b>reversed fault</b></col>), <col><b>thrust fault</b></col>, or <col><b>overthrust fault</b></col></mcol>. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a <col><b>horizontal fault</b></col>. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the <col><b>displacement</b></col>; the vertical displacement is the <col><b>throw</b></col>; the horizontal displacement is the <col><b>heave</b></col>. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the <col><b>trend</b></col> of the fault. A fault is a <col><b>strike fault</b></col> when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a <col><b>dip fault</b></col> when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an <col><b>oblique fault</b></col> when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called <col><b>cross faults</b></col>. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called <col><b>step faults</b></col> and sometimes <col><b>distributive faults</b></col>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At fault</b></col>, <cd>unable to find the scent and continue chase; hence, in trouble or embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thrown off the track.</cd> -- <col><b>To find fault</b></col>, <cd>to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; -- followed by <xex>with</xex> before the thing complained of; but formerly by <xex>at</xex>.</cd> &ldquo;Matter <xex>to find fault at</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Robynson (More's Utopia).</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- -- Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness; blunder; failing; vice.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Fault</er>, <er>Failing</er>, <er>Defect</er>, <er>Foible</er>. A <xex>fault</xex> is positive, something morally wrong; a <xex>failing</xex> is negative, some weakness or falling short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a <xex>defect</xex> is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of anything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a <xex>foible</xex> is a less important weakness, which we overlook or smile at. A man may have many <xex>failings</xex>, and yet commit but few <xex>faults</xex>; or his <xex>faults</xex> and <xex>failings</xex> may be few, while his <xex>foibles</xex> are obvious to all. The <xex>faults</xex> of a friend are often palliated or explained away into mere <xex>defects</xex>, and the <xex>defects</xex> or <xex>foibles</xex> of an enemy exaggerated into <xex>faults</xex>. &ldquo;I have <xex>failings</xex> in common with every human being, besides my own peculiar <xex>faults</xex>; but of avarice I have generally held myself guiltless.&rdquo; <au>Fox.</au> &ldquo;Presumption and self-applause are the <xex>foibles</xex> of mankind.&rdquo; <au>Waterland.</au></usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faulted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faulting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For that I will not <qex>fault</qex> thee.</q> <rj><qau>Old Song.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; <as>as, the coal beds are badly <ex>faulted</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not <qex>faulted</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who commits a fault.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Behold the <qex>faulter</qex> here in sight.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"-find`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"-find`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also <pos>Adj.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of faults or sins.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a faulty manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being faulty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Round, even to <qex>faultiness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; <as>as, a <ex>faultless</ex> poem</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whoever thinks a <xex>faultless</xex> piece to see,<br/>
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Blameless; spotless; perfect. See <er>Blameless</er>.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fault"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos>-<wf>Fault"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fault"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Created once<br/>
So goodly and erect, though <qex>faulty</qex> since.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king doth speak . . . as one which is <qex>faulty</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. xiv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Faun</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Faunus</ets>, fr. <ets>favere</ets> to be favorable. See <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Satyr or <qex>Faun</qex>, or Sylvan.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.: cf. F. <ets>faune</ets>. See <er>Faun</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The animals of any given area or epoch; <as>as, the <ex>fauna</ex> of America; fossil <ex>fauna</ex>; recent <ex>fauna</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to fauna.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.</def>  <rj><au>Gilbert White.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fau"nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fauni</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>See <er>Faun</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"sen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>llysowen</ets> eel, <ets>ll</ets> sounding in Welsh almost like <ets>fl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A young eel.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fausse`-braye"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fausse-braie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A second rampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faust</hw> <pr>(foust)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tragedy by Goethe, commenced in 1772, and published. as  &ldquo;Faust, ein Fragment&rdquo; in 1790. Part 1, complete, was published as "Faust, eine Trag&ouml;die" in 1808; part 2, finished in 1831, was published in 1833.  It has been translated into English by Bayard Taylor, Blackie, Anster, Hayward, Martin, and others (nearly 40 in all).  Goethe accomplished the transformation of Faust from a common necromancer and conjurer into a personification of humanity, tempted and disquieted, but at length groping its way to the light.  See <er>Goethe</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An opera by Gounod (words, after Goethe, by Carr&eacute; and Barbier) represented at the Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Lyrique, Paris, March 19, 1859.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An opera by Spohr, first produced at Frankfurt in 1818. The words, which do not follow Goethe's play, are by Bernhard.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Faust</hw>, <hw>Faust"us</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Faust.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Faust</hw>, or <hw>Faustus</hw> <pr>(f&acirc;s"tus)</pr>.</mhw>, <def>Doctor Johann Faust, a person born at <city>Kundling</city> (Knittlingen), W&uuml;rtemberg, or at <country>Roda</country>, near <city>Weimar</city>, and said to have died in 1588.  He was a man of licentious character, a magician, astrologer, and soothsayer, who boasted of performing the miracles of <persfn>Christ</persfn>.  It was believed that he was carried off at last by the devil, who had lived with him in the form of a black dog.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_;   The legends of <persfn>Faust</persfn> were gathered from the then recent traditions concerning him in a book which appeared at the book-fair at <city>Frankfurt-on-the-Main</city> in 1587. It was called "The History of Dr. Faustus, the Notorious Magician and Master of the Black Art, etc." Soon after its appearance it became known in England.<br/>
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<q>A metrical version of it into English was licensed by <person>Aylmer, Bishop of London</person>, before the end of the year.  In 1588 there was a rimed version of it into German, also a translation into low German, and a new edition of the original with some slight changes.  In 1689 there appeared a version of the first German Faust book into, French, by <person>Victor Palma Cayet</person>.  The English prose version was made from the second edition of the original,
that of 1588, and is undated, but probably was made at once.  There was a revised edition of it in 1592.  In 1592 there was a Dutch translation from the second German edition.  This gives the time of the carrying off of Faustus by the devil as the night between the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of October, 1538.  The English version also gives 1538 as the year, and it is a date, as we have seen, consistent with trustworthy references to his actual life.  <persfn>Marlowe's</persfn> play (' The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ') was probably written in 1588, soon after the original story had found its way to England.  He treated the legend as a poet, bringing out with all his power its central thought -- man in the pride of knowledge turning from his God.</q> <qau>(Morley, Eng. Writers, IX. 254.)</qau><br/>
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   This play was brought to <country>Germany</country> about the beginning of the 17th century, and, after passing through various developments on the stage, finally became a puppet-play, which is still in existence. <persfn>Lessing</persfn> wrote parts of two versions of the story.  <persfn>M&uuml;ller</persfn>, the painter, published two fragments of his dramatized life of Faust in 1778.  <persfn>Goethe's</persfn> tragedy (which see) was not published till 1808.  <persfn>Klinger</persfn> published a romance "Faust's Leben, Thaten und H&ouml;llenfahrt" (1791: Borrow translated it in 1826).  <persfn>Klingemann</persfn> published a tragedy on the subject (1815), <persfn>Heine</persfn> a ballet "Der Doctor Faust, ein Tanzpoem" (1851), and Lenau an epic "Faust" (1836).  <person>W. G. Wills</person> adapted a play from <persfn>Goethe's</persfn> "Faust," which <person>Henry Irving</person> produced in 1885.  <persfn>Calderon's</persfn> play "El Magico Prodigioso " strongly resembles Goethe's and Marlowe's plays, though founded on the legend of <person>St. Cyprian</person>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fau`teuil"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Faldistory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Chair of a presiding officer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., contr. fr. <ets>favitor</ets>, fr. <ets>favere</ets> to be favorable: cf. F. <ets>fauteur</ets>. See <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <def>A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The king and the <qex>fautors</qex> of his proceedings.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fau"tress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fauutrix</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fautrice</ets>.]</ety> <def>A patroness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fau`vette"</hw> <pr>(f&omacr;`v&ebreve_;t")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., dim. fr. <ets>fauve</ets> fawn-colored.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;faux</hw> <pr>(f&asuml_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>fauces</plw> <pr>(f&asuml_;"s&emacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Fauces</er>.</def></p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;faux` pas"</hw> <pr>(f&omacr;` p&adot_;")</pr>. <ety>[F. See <er>False</er>, and <er>Pas</er>.]</ety> <def>A false step; a mistake or wrong measure;</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>a slip or misstep in social etiquette; a blunder in conduct or manners that causes embarassment; <as>as, he committed the <ex>faux pas</ex> of mentioning John's former wife</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*vag"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>favus</ets> a honeycomb.]</ety> <def>Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Favus</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fa"vel</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"v&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fauvel</ets>, <ets>favel</ets>, dim. of F. <ets>fauve</ets>; of German oigin. See <er>Fallow</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Yellow; fallow; dun.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fa"vel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A horse of a favel or dun color.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To curry favel</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>To curry favor</cref>, under <er>Favor</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fa"vel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>favele</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fabella</ets> short fable, dim. of <ets>fabula</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>Flattery; cajolery; deceit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Skeat.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;fa*vel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., prob. from L. <ets>favus</ets> a honeycomb.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fa*ve"o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>favus</ets> honeycomb.]</ety> <def>Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>prop. n.</pos>. <ety>[After the inventor, <person>P. A. <etsep>Favier</etsep></person>, a Frenchman.]</ety> <def>Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene.  They are stable, but require protection from moisture.  As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers.  It is used for mining.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fa*vil"lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>favilla</ets> sparkling or glowing ashes.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to ashes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Light and <qex>favillous</qex> particles.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fa*vo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Favonius</ets> the west wind.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fa"vor</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"v&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>favour</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[OF. <ets>favor</ets>, F. <ets>faveur</ets>, L. <ets>favor</ets>, fr. <ets>favere</ets> to be favorable, cf. Skr. <ets>bh&amacr;vaya</ets> to further, foster, causative of <ets>bh&umacr;</ets> to become, be.  Cf. <er>Be</er>. In the phrase <ets>to curry favor</ets>, <ets>favor</ets> is prob. for <ets>favel</ets> a horse. See 2d <er>Favel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Hath crawled into the <qex>favor</qex> of the king.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But found no <qex>favor</qex> in his lady's eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in <qex>favor</qex> with God and man.</q> <rj><qau>Luke ii. 52.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Beg one <qex>favor</qex> at thy gracious hand.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I could not discover the lenity and <qex>favor</qex> of this sentence.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The object of regard; person or thing favored.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,<br/>
His chief delight and <qex>favor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; <as>as, a marriage <ex>favor</ex> is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wear thou this <qex>favor</qex> for me, and stick it in thy cap.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Appearance; look; countenance; face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>This boy is fair, of female <qex>favor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Partiality; bias.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; <as>as, your <ex>favor</ex> of yesterday is received</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Love locks.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Challenge to the favor</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Challenge for favor</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See <cref>Principal challenge</cref>, under <er>Challenge</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>In favor of</b></col>, <cd>upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of.</cd> -- <col><b>In favor with</b></col>, <cd>favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.</cd> -- <col><b>To curry favor</b></col> <ety>[see the etymology of <er>Favor</er>, above]</ety>, <cd>to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>With one's favor</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>By one's favor</b></col></mcol>, <cd>with leave; by kind permission.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>But, <qex>with your favor</qex>, I will treat it here.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Favored</conjf> <pr>(f&amacr;"v&etilde_;rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Favoring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Written also <ets>favour</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>favorer</ets>, <ets>favorir</ets>. See <er>Favor</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O happy youth! and <qex>favored</qex> of the skies.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He that <qex>favoreth</qex> Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. xx. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[The painter] has <qex>favored</qex> her squint admirably.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; <as>as, a weak place <ex>favored</ex> the entrance of the enemy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; <as>as, the child <ex>favors</ex> his father</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The porter owned that the gentleman <qex>favored</qex> his master.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*a*ble</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"v&etilde_;r*&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>favourable</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>favorable</ets>, L. <ets>favorabilis</ets> favored, popular, pleasing, fr. <ets>favor</ets>. See <er>Favor</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lend <qex>favorable</qex> ears to our request.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Lord, thou hast been <qex>favorable</qex> unto thy land.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lxxxv. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A place very <qex>favorable</qex> for the making levies of men.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The temper of the climate, <qex>favorable</qex> to generation, health, and long life.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Beautiful; well-favored.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj></p>

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<p><q>The <qex>favorableness</qex> of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vored</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"v&etilde_;rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; <as>as, a <ex>favored</ex> friend</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; <as>as, well-<ex>favored</ex>; hard-<ex>favored</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vored*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Deut. xvii. 1.</au> <au>Arscham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vored*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>favourer</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>And come to us as <qex>favorers</qex>, not as foes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*ess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who favors or gives countenance.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fovouress</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That favors.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fa"vor*ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>favorit</ets> favored, F. <ets>favori</ets>, fem. <ets>favorite</ets>, p. p. of OF. <ets>favorir</ets>, cf. It. <ets>favorito</ets>, frm. <ets>favorita</ets>, fr. <ets>favorire</ets> to favor. See <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Committing to a wicked <qex>favorite</qex><br/>
All public cares.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Farquhar.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; <as>as, a <ex>favorite</ex> walk; a <ex>favorite</ex> child.</as></def> &ldquo;His <xex>favorite</xex> argument.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*it*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>favoritisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A spirit of <qex>favoritism</qex> to the Bank of the United States.</q> <rj><qau>A. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa"vor*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Unpropitious; unfavorable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Fortune <xex>favorless</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fa*vose"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>favus</ets> honeycomb.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Honeycombed. See <er>Faveolate</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fav"o*site</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fav`o*si"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Favose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa"vus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., honeycomb.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also <altname>favas</altname> and <altname>sectila</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Mollett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fain</er>.]</ety> <def>Fain; glad; delighted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawk"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Falconer</er>.]</ety> <def>A falconer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>faon</ets> the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. <ets>faon</ets> a fawn, for <ets>fedon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fetus</ets>. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See <er>Buck</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The young of an animal; a whelp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her <xex>fawns</xex>.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A fawn color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faonner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bring forth a fawn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fawned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fawning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fawnen</ets>, <ets>fainen</ets>, <ets>fagnien</ets>, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. <ets>f&aelig;gnian</ets> to rejoice; akin to Icel. <ets>fagna</ets> to rejoice, welcome. See <er>Fain</er>.]</ety> <def>To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You showed your teeth like apes, and <qex>fawned</qex> like hounds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou with trembling fear,<br/>
Or like a <qex>fawning</qex> parasite, obeyest.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Courtiers who <qex>fawn</qex> on a master while they betray him.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn"-col`ored</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fawns; a sycophant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fawn"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fawning manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Faxed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>feaxede</ets> haired, fr. <ets>feax</ets> hair.  Cf. <er>Paxwax</er>.]</ety> <def>Hairy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>amden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>f&eacute;e</ets>. See <er>Fate</er>, and cf. <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <def>A fairy; an elf.</def> &ldquo;Yellow-skirted <xex>fays</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fei</ets>, F. <ets>foi</ets>. See <er>Faith</er>.]</ety> <def>Faith; <as>as, by my <ex>fay</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>fayed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Faying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feien</ets>, v.t. &amp; i., AS. <ets>f&emacr;gan</ets> to join, unite; akin to OS. <ets>f&omacr;gian</ets>, D. <ets>voegen</ets>, OHG. <ets>fuogen</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;gen</ets>, Sw. <ets>foga</ets>. See <er>Fair</er>, and cf. <er>Fadge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with <xex>in</xex>, <xex>into</xex>, <xex>with</xex>, or <xex>together</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Faying surface</b></col>, <cd>that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay"al*ite</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"&aitalic_;l*&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from the island <etsep>Fayal</etsep>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group.  It is a silicate of iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fa`y*ence"</hw> <pr>(f&auml;`&euptack_;*y&auml;Ns")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fa&iuml;ence</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fay"tour</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;"t&oomacr_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Faitour</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>faze</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed.  A variant form of <er>Feeze</er>.</def> &ldquo;The perpetual need to learn new software doesn't <ex>faze</ex> him.&rdquo;<br/>
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<p><hw>faz"zo*let`</hw> <pr>(f&abreve;z"z&ouptack_;*l&ebreve_;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>fazzoletto</ets>.]</ety> <def>A handkerchief.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Percival.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fea"ber*ry</hw> <pr>(&emacr;"b&etilde_;r*r&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>feabe</ets>, <ets>theabe</ets>, <ets>thape</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A gooseberry.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>feague</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;g)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>fegen</ets> to sweep, Icel. <ets>f&aelig;gja</ets> to cleanse, polish, E. <ets>fair</ets>, <ets>fay</ets>, to fit, <ets>fey</ets> to cleanse.]</ety> <def>To beat or whip; to drive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Otway.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fe"al</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feal</ets>, <ets>feel</ets>, <ets>feeil</ets>, <ets>fedeil</ets>, F. <ets>fid&egrave;le</ets>, L. <ets>fidelis</ets> faithful, fr. <ets>fides</ets> faith.  See <er>Faith</er>.]</ety> <def>Faithful; loyal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fe"al*ty</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"&aitalic_;l*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feaute</ets>, OF. <ets>feaut&eacute;</ets>, <ets>fealt&eacute;</ets>, <ets>feelt&eacute;</ets>, <ets>feelteit</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fidelitas</ets>, fr. <ets>fidelis</ets> faithful. See <er>Feal</er>, and cf. <ets>Fidelity</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality.  It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton (Law Dict.).</au>  <au>Tomlins.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He should maintain <qex>fealty</qex> to God.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps<br/>
The <qex>fealty</qex> of our friends.</q> <rj><qau>tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Swore <qex>fealty</qex> to the new government.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Fealty</ex> is distinguished from <contr>homage</contr>, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while <ex>fealty</ex> implies an oath. See <er>Homage</er>.</note>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A variant of <er>Fere</er>, a mate, a companion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fer</ets>, <ets>feer</ets>, <ets>fere</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;r</ets> a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. <ets>vaar</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&amacr;ra</ets> danger, G. <ets>gefahr</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&amacr;r</ets> harm, mischief, plague, and to E. <ets>fare</ets>, <ets>peril</ets>. See <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- <contr>apprehension</contr>, <ex>fear</ex>, <contr>dread</contr>, <contr>fright</contr>, <contr>terror</contr>.</note><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fear</qex> is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where no hope is left, is left no <qex>fear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will put my <qex>fear</qex> in their hearts.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xxxii. 40.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will teach you the <qex>fear</qex> of the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxxiv. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . <qex>fear</qex> to whom <qex>fear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xiii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There were they in great fear, where no <qex>fear</qex> was.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. liii. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fear</qex> of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>For fear</b></col>, <cd>in apprehension lest.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>For fear</xex> you ne'er see chain nor money more.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feared</conjf> <pr>(f&emacr;rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fearing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feren</ets>, <ets>faeren</ets>, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;ran</ets> to terrify.  See <er>Fear</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will <qex>fear</qex> no evil, for thou art with me.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxiii. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>With subordinate clause.<br/>
<q>I greatly <qex>fear</qex> my money is not safe.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Leave them to God above; him serve and <qex>fear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be anxious or solicitous for;  now replaced by <altname>fear for</altname>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I <qex>fear</qex> you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To suspect; to doubt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Ay what else, <qex>fear</qex> you not her courage?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fear</qex> their people from doing evil.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Tush, tush! <qex>fear</qex> boys with bugs.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I exceedingly <qex>fear</qex> and quake.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xii. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"er</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;r"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fears.</def>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"ful</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;r"f&usdot_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Anxious amidst all their success, and <qex>fearful</qex> amidst all their power.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Warburton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What man is there that is <qex>fearful</qex> and faint-hearted?</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xx. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Indicating, or caused by, fear.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Cold <qex>fearful</qex> drops stand on my trembling flesh.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This glorious and <qex>fearful</qex> name, <sc>The Lord thy God</sc>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxviii. 58.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Death is a <qex>fearful</qex> thing.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In dreams they <qex>fearful</qex> precipices tread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"ful*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fearful manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"ful*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being fearful.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from fear.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Bold; daring; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fear"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fear"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"naught`</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;r"n&asuml_;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fearless person.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fear"some</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;r"s&ubreve;m)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Frightful; causing fear.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark> &ldquo;This <xex>fearsome</xex> wind.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Easily frightened; timid; timorous.</def> &ldquo;A silly <xex>fearsome</xex> thing.&ldquo;  <rj><au>B. Taylor</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"si*bil*ity</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;`z&ibreve_;*b&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Feasibilities</plw> <pr>(f&emacr;`z&ibreve_;*b&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*tiz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[from <er>Feasible</er>]</ety> <def>The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; <as>as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its <ex>feasibility</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for <qex>feasibilities</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"si*ble</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"z&ibreve_;*b'l)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>faisable</ets>, fr. <ets>faire</ets> to make or do, fr. L. <ets>facere</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Always existing before their eyes as a thing <qex>feasible</qex> in practice.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It was not <qex>feasible</qex> to gratify so many ambitions.</q> <rj><qau>Beaconsfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fit to be used or tilled, as land.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>R. Trumbull.</au></rj></p>

<p><wordforms><wf>Fea"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos>  --<wf>Fea"si*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Feast</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feste</ets> festival, holiday, feast, OF. <ets>feste</ets> festival, F. <ets>f&ecirc;te</ets>, fr. L. <ets>festum</ets>, pl. <ets>festa</ets>, fr. <ets>festus</ets> joyful, festal; of uncertain origin.  Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Festal</er>,  <er>F&ecirc;te</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The seventh day shall be a <qex>feast</qex> to the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xiii. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the <qex>feast</qex> of the passover.</q> <rj><qau>Luke ii. 41.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An Ecclesiastical <ex>feast</ex> is called a <stype>immovable feast</stype> when it always occurs on the same day of the year; otherwise it is called a <stype>movable feast</stype>.  Easter is a notable <ex>movable feast</ex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Enough is as good as a <qex>feast</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Old Proverb.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Belshazzar the King made a great <qex>feast</qex> to a thousand of his lords.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. v. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>feast</qex> of reason, and the flow of soul.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feast day</b></col>, <cd>a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Feast</er>, <er>Banquet</er>, <er>Festival</er>, <er>Carousal</er>. A <xex>feast</xex> sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a <xex>banquet</xex> is a luxurious feast; a <xex>festival</xex> is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. <xex>Carousal</xex> is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Feast</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feasted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feasting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>festen</ets>, cf. OF. <ets>fester</ets> to rest from work, F. <ets>f&ecirc;ter</ets> to celebrate a holiday. See <er>Feast</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And his sons went and <qex>feasted</qex> in their houses.</q> <rj><qau>Job. i. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be highly gratified or delighted.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With my love's picture then my eye doth <qex>feast</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feast</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; <as>as, he was <ex>feasted</ex> by the king</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Hayward.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To delight; to gratify; <as>as, to <ex>feast</ex> the soul</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Feast</qex> your ears with the music a while.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feast"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fares deliciously.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who entertains magnificently.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feast"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Feastful</xex> days.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Feast"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fet</ets>, OF. <ets>fet</ets>, <ets>fait</ets>, F. <ets>fait</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>facere</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, to make or do.  Cf. <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feasible</er>, <er>Do</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An act; a deed; an exploit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The warlike <qex>feats</qex> I have done.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; <as>as, <ex>feats</ex> of horsemanship, or of dexterity</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To form; to fashion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To the more mature,<br/>
A glass that <qex>feated</qex> them.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Feater</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Featest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F. <ets>fait</ets> made, shaped, fit, p. p. of <ets>faire</ets> to make or do. See <er>Feat</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Never master had a page . . . so <qex>feat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And look how well my garments sit upon me --<br/>
Much <qex>feater</qex> than before.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat"-bod`ied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a feat or trim body.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat"e*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>faitis</ets>, <ets>faitice</ets>, <ets>fetis</ets>, well made, fine, L. <ets>facticius</ets> made by art.]</ety> <def>Dexterous; neat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Feat"e*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;&thlig_;"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fether</ets>, AS. <ets>fe&eth;er</ets>; akin to D. <ets>veder</ets>, OHG. <ets>fedara</ets>, G. <ets>feder</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj&ouml;&eth;r</ets>, Sw. <ets>fj&auml;der</ets>, Dan. <ets>fj&aelig;der</ets>, Gr. <grk>ptero`n</grk> wing, feather, <grk>pe`tesqai</grk> to fly, Skr. <ets>pattra</ets> wing, feather, <ets>pat</ets> to fly, and prob. to L. <ets>penna</ets> feather, wing. &radic;76, 248.  Cf. <er>Pen</er> a feather.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin&aelig; or barbs, which usually bear barbules, which in turn usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See <er>Down</er>, <er>Quill</er>, <er>Plumage</er>.</note></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, &ldquo;Birds of a feather,&rdquo; that is, of the same species.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I am not of that <qex>feather</qex> to shake off<br/>
My friend when he must need me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mach. &amp; Carp.)</fld> <def>A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Feather</xex> is used adjectively or in combination, meaning <xex>composed of</xex>, or <xex>resembling</xex>, <xex>a feather or feathers</xex>; as, <xex>feather</xex> fan, <xex>feather</xex>-heeled, <xex>feather</xex> duster.</note><br/>
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<p><cs>   <col><b>Feather alum</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also <altname>halotrichite</altname>.</cd> <au>Ure.</au> -- <col><b>Feather bed</b></col>, <cd>a bed filled with feathers.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather driver</b></col>, <cd>one who prepares feathers by beating.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather duster</b></col>, <cd>a dusting brush of feathers.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather flower</b></col>, <cd>an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of grass (<spn>Stipa pennata</spn>) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather maker</b></col>, <cd>one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Feather shot</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Feathered shot</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, <cd>copper granulated by pouring into cold water.</cd> <au>Raymond.</au> -- <col><b>Feather spray</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather star</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Comatula</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather weight</b></col>. <fld>(Racing)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing.</cd> <au>Youatt.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to <contr>light weight</contr>, <contr>middle weight</contr>, and <contr>heavy weight</contr>.</cd> --   <col><b>A feather in the cap</b></col> <cd>an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To be in full feather</b></col>, <cd>to be in full dress or in one's best clothes.</cd> <mark>[Collog.]</mark> -- <col><b>To be in high feather</b></col>, <cd>to be in high spirits.</cd> <mark>[Collog.]</mark> -- <col><b>To cut a feather</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To make one's self conspicuous.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To show the white feather</b></col>, <cd>to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feathered</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feathering.</conjf>]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow <qex>feathered</qex> from her own wing.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A few birches and oaks still <qex>feathered</qex> the narrow ravines.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To render light as a feather; to give wings to.</def><mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The Polonian story perhaps may <qex>feather</qex> some tedious hours.</q> <rj><qau>Loveday.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to <qex>feather</qex> himself.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To tread, as a cock.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To feather one's nest</b></col>, <cd>to provide for one's self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests.</cd> -- <col><b>To feather an oar</b></col> <fld>(Naut)</fld>, <cd>to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke.</cd> -- <col><b>To tar and feather a person</b></col>, <cd>to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with <xex>out</xex>; <as>as, the birds are <ex>feathering</ex> out</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or &ldquo;feathers;&rdquo; <as>as, the cream <ex>feathers</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>feathering</qex> oar returns the gleam.</q> <rj><qau>Tickell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Stopping his sculls in the air to <qex>feather</qex> accurately.</q> <rj><qau>Macmillan's Mag.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A clump of ancient cedars <qex>feathering</qex> in evergreen beauty down to the ground.</q> <rj><qau>Warren.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The ripple <qex>feathering</qex> from her bows.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>featherbed</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a mattress stuffed with feathers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*bone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>feath"er*brained</hw>, <hw>feath"er-brained</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"ered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; <as>as, a <ex>feathered</ex> animal; a <ex>feathered</ex> arrow.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Rise from the ground like <qex>feathered</qex> Mercury.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Nonsense <qex>feathered</qex> with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent.</q> <rj><qau>Dr. J. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; <as>as, land <ex>feathered</ex> with trees</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-edge`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any thin, as on a board or a razor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-edged`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-few`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Feverfew.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-foil`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Feather</ets> + <ets>foil</ets> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic plant (<spn>Hottonia palustris</spn>), having finely divided leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A frivolous or feather-brained person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>H. James.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-head`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giddy; frivolous; foolish.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-heeled`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or condition of being feathery.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Foliation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See <cref>To feather an oar</cref>, under <er>Feather</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A covering of feathers.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feathering float</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the float or paddle of a feathering wheel.</cd> -- <col><b>Feathering screw</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a screw propeller, of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone.</cd> -- <col><b>Feathering wheel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of feathers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like feathers.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-pat"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Feather-headed; frivolous.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*stitch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er-veined`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feath"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; <as>as, <ex>feathery</ex> spray or snow</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ye <qex>feathery</qex> people of mid air.</q> <rj><qau>Barry Cornwall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Feat</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Foot <qex>featly</qex> here and there.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feat"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Skill; adroitness.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feture</ets> form, shape, feature, OF. <ets>faiture</ets> fashion, make, fr. L. <ets>factura</ets> a making, formation, fr. <ets>facere</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, to make. See <er>Feat</er>, <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Facture</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What needeth it his <qex>feature</qex> to descrive?</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Cheated of <qex>feature</qex> by dissembling nature.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) The face, the countenance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is for homely <qex>features</qex> to keep home.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; <as>as, one of the <ex>features</ex> of the landscape</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And to her service bind each living creature<br/>
Through secret understanding of their <qex>feature</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A form; a shape.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So scented the grim <qex>feature</qex>, and upturned<br/>
His nostril wide into the murky air.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"tured</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Shaped; fashioned.</def><br/>
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<p><q>How noble, young, how rarely <qex>featured</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having features; formed into features.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The well-stained canvas or the <qex>featured</qex> stone.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"ture*less</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no distinct or distinctive features.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fea"ture*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Featurely</qex> warriors of Christian chivalry.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feaze</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feazed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feazing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>faseln</ets> to ravel, fr. AS. <ets>f&aelig;s</ets> fringe; akin to G. <ets>fasen</ets> to separate fibers or threads, <ets>fasen</ets>, <ets>faser</ets>, thread, filament, OHG. <ets>faso</ets>.]</ety> <def>To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feaze</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Feese</er>.<!-- now <ets>faze</ets>-->]</ety> <def>To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>insworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feaze</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feaz"ings</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Feaze</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The unlaid or ragged end of a rope.</def>  <rj><au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*bric"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febricitare</ets>, fr. <ets>febris</ets>. See <er>Febrile</er>.]</ety> <def>To have a fever.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*bric"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febriculosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Somewhat feverish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feb`ri*fa"cient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febris</ets> fever + <ets>faciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Febrific.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>That which causes fever.</def> <au>Beddoes.</au></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*brif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febris</ets> fever + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Causing fever; <as>as, a <ex>febriferous</ex> locality</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*brif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febris</ets> fever + <ets>ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>fy</er>-.]</ety> <def>Producing fever.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*brif"u*gal</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Febrifuge</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feb"ri*fuge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>febris</ets> fever + <ets>fugare</ets> to put to flight, from <ets>fugere</ets> to flee: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;brifuge</ets>. see <er>Febrile</er>, <er>Feverfew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Antifebrile.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"brile</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>f&eacute;brile</ets>, from L. <ets>febris</ets> fever. See <er>Fever</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; <as>as, <ex>febrile</ex> symptoms; <ex>febrile</ex> action.</as></def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feb"ru*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Februarius</ets>, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. <ets>februa</ets>, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to <ets>februare</ets> to purify, expiate.]</ety> <def>The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feb`ru*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>februatio</ets>. See <er>february</er>.]</ety> <def>Purification; a sacrifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"cal</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;cal</ets>. See <er>Feces</er>.]</ety> <def>Relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; f&aelig;cal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"che</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>dregs; sediment; excrement. See <er>F&AElig;ces</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fetialis</ets> belonging to the <ets>fetiales</ets>, the Roman priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal declaration of war.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; <as>as, <ex>fecial</ex> law</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ci*fork`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Feces</ets> + <ets>fork</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The anal fork on which the larv&aelig; of certain insects carry their f&aelig;ces.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feck"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Perh. a corruption of <ets>effectless</ets>.]</ety> <def>Spiritless; weak; worthless.</def> <mark>[Scot]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>effect</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Effect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Efficacy; force; value.</def> <mark>[Scot. &amp; Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>Amount; quantity.</def> <mark>[Scot. &amp; Prov. Eng.]</mark></p>

<p><q>He had a <qex>feck</qex> o' books wi' him.</q>  <rj><qau>R. L. Stevenson.</qau></rj></p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>The most feck</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>The feck</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the greater or larger part.</cd> &ldquo;The <xex>feck</xex> o' my life.&rdquo;  <au>Burns.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fecks</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A corruption of the word <altname>faith</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fecul&AElig;</plw></plu> <ety>[L.<ets>faecula</ets> burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of <ets>faex</ets>, <ets>faecis</ets>, sediment, dregs: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;cule</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.</def> <specif>Especially:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also <altname>amylaceous fecula</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"u*lence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faeculentia</ets> dregs, filth: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;culence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"u*len*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Feculence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"u*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faeculentus</ets>, fr. <ets>faecula</ets>: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;culent</ets>. See <er>Fecula</er>.]</ety> <def>Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Both his hands most filthy <qex>feculent</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"und</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fecundus</ets>, from the root of <ets>fetus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;cond</ets>. see <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <def>Fruitful in children; prolific.</def>  <rj><au>Graunt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec"un*date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fecundated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fecundating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>fecundare</ets>, fr. <ets>fecundus</ets>. See <er>Fecund</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fruitful or prolific.</def>  <rj><au>W. Montagu.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; <as>as, in flowers the pollen <ex>fecundates</ex> the ovum through the stigma</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fec`un*da"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;condation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*cun"di*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fecund</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make fruitful; to fecundate.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*cun"di*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fecunditas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;condit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Fecund</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The power of germinating; as in seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; <as>as, the <ex>fecundity</ex> of God's creative power</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;d)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> of <er>Feed</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feodary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fedayee</hw> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>fedayeen</plw></plu>. <ety>[(1950-1955). Ar. <ets>fid&amacr;'&imacr;</ets>, one who sacrifices himself.]</ety> <def>a member of an Arab paramilitary organization, predominantly Palestinian, which performs commando raids, especially against Israel or Israeli targets.  Usually used in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fedelini</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli.</def>  <altsp>[Sometimes spelled <asp>fedellini</asp> or <asp>fedelline</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>foedus</ets> league, treaty, compact; akin to <ets>fides</ets> faith: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;ral</ets>. see <er>Faith</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Romans compelled them, contrary to all <qex>federal</qex> right, . . . to part with Sardinia.</q> <rj><qau>Grew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the <xex>Union</xex> of the United States, or the <xex>Sonderbund</xex> of Switzerland.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Consisting or pertaining to such a government; <as>as, the <ex>Federal</ex> Constitution; a <ex>Federal</ex> officer</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Friendly or devoted to such a government; <as>as, the <ex>Federal</ex> party</as>. see <er>Federalist</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Federal Congress</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Congress</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Federalist</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*al*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;ralisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The principles of Federalists or of federal union.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;raliste</ets>.]</ety> <def>An advocate of confederation; specifically <fld>(Amer. Hist.)</fld>, a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fed"er*al*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Federalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Federalizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;raliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.</def>  <rj><au>Barlow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Federal National Mortgage Association</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages.</def> <mark>[acron.]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> FNMA, Fannie Mae.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fed"er*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Federal</er>.]</ety> <def>A partner; a confederate; an accomplice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>hak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>foederatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>foederare</ets> to establish by treaty or league, fr. <ets>foedus</ets>. See <er>Federal</er>.]</ety> <def>United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; <as>as, <ex>federate</ex> nations</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> federated.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fed"er*at*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <def>United by compact under a central organization, as governments or commercial organizations.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> federate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;ration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of uniting in a league; confederation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"er*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;d&eacute;ratif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>federative</xex> society.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fed"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>foeditas</ets>, fr. <ets>foedus</ets> foul, filthy.]</ety> <def>Turpitude; vileness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fe*do"ra</hw>  <pr>(f&ibreve_;*d&ocirc;r"&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A soft felt hat with a crown creased lengthwise.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fe</ets>, <ets>feh</ets>, <ets>feoh</ets>, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. <ets>feoh</ets> cattle, property, money; the senses of &ldquo;property, money,&rdquo; arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. <ets>fehu</ets> cattle, property, D. <ets>vee</ets> cattle, OHG. <ets>fihu</ets>, <ets>fehu</ets>, G. <ets>vieh</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&emacr;</ets> cattle, property, money, Goth. <ets>fa&iacute;hu</ets>, L. <ets>pecus</ets> cattle, <ets>pecunia</ets> property, money, Skr. <ets>pa&ccedil;u</ets> cattle, perh. orig., &ldquo;a fastened or tethered animal,&rdquo; from a root signifying <ets>to bind</ets>, and perh. akin to E. <ets>fang</ets>, <ets>fair</ets>, a.; cf. OF. <ets>fie</ets>, <ets>flu</ets>, <ets>feu</ets>, <ets>fleu</ets>, <ets>fief</ets>, F. <ets>fief</ets>, from German, of the same origin. the sense <ets>fief</ets> is due to the French. &radic;249.  Cf. <er>Feud</er>, <er>Fief</er>, <er>Fellow</er>, <er>Pecuniary</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>property; possession; tenure.</def> &ldquo;Laden with rich <xex>fee</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Once did she hold the gorgeous East in <qex>fee</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; <as>as, the <ex>fees</ex> of lawyers and physicians; the <ex>fees</ex> of office; clerk's <ex>fees</ex>; sheriff's <ex>fees</ex>; marriage <ex>fees</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>To plead for love deserves more <qex>fee</qex> than hate.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Feud. Law)</fld> <def>A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An <xex>absolute fee</xex>, or <xex>fee simple</xex>, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called <xex>tenants in fee simple</xex>. In modern writers, by <xex>fee</xex> is usually meant <xex>fee simple</xex>. A <xex>limited fee</xex> may be a <xex>qualified</xex> or <xex>base fee</xex>, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a <xex>conditional fee</xex>, or <xex>fee tail</xex>, which is limited to particular heirs.</note>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Amer. Law)</fld> <def>An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fee estate</b></col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee farm</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent.</cd> <au>Blackstone.</au> -- <col><b>Fee farm rent</b></col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee fund</b></col> <fld>(Scot. Law)</fld>, <cd>certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee simple</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.</cd><br/>
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<q>Buy the <qex>fee simple</qex> of my life for an hour and a quarter.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><pbr/>
-- <col><b>Fee tail</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs.</cd> <au>Burill.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feed</conjf> <pr>(f&emacr;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feeing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The patient . . . <qex>fees</qex> the doctor.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There's not a one of them but in his house<br/>
I keep a servant <qex>feed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"ble</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Feebler</adjf> <pr>(-bl&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Feeblest</adjf> <pr>(-bl&ebreve_;st)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feble</ets>, OF. <ets>feble</ets>, <ets>flebe</ets>, <ets>floibe</ets>, <ets>floible</ets>, <ets>foible</ets>, F. <ets>faible</ets>, L. <ets>flebilis</ets> to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. <ets>flere</ets> to weep.  Cf. <er>Foible</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Carried all the <qex>feeble</qex> of them upon asses.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxviii. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; <as>as, a <ex>feeble</ex> color; <ex>feeble</ex> motion.</as></def> &ldquo;A lady's <xex>feeble</xex> voice.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make feble; to enfeeble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Shall that victorious hand be <qex>feebled</qex> here?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"ble-mind"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.</def> &ldquo;comfort the <xex>feeble-minded</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Thess. v. 14.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>fee"ble-mind"ed*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>severe mental deficiency.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> amentia.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That shakes for age and <qex>feebleness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"bly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a feeble manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The restored church . . . contended <qex>feebly</qex>, and with half a heart.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feed</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fed</conjf> <pr>(f&ebreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feeding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&emacr;dan</ets>, fr. <ets>f&omacr;da</ets> food; akin to OS. <ets>f&omacr;dian</ets>, OFries. <ets>f&emacr;da</ets>, <ets>f&omacr;da</ets>, D. <ets>voeden</ets>, OHG. <ets>fuottan</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&aelig;&eth;a</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&ouml;da</ets>, Dan. <ets>f&ouml;de</ets>. &radic;75.  See <er>Food</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If thine enemy hunger, <qex>feed</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xii. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Unreasonable creatures <qex>feed</qex> their young.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will <qex>feed</qex> fat the ancient grudge I bear him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Feeding</qex> him with the hope of liberty.</q> <rj><qau>Knolles.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; <as>as, springs <ex>feed</ex> ponds; the hopper <ex>feeds</ex> the mill; to <ex>feed</ex> a furnace with coal.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt <qex>feed</qex> my people Israel.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. v. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Mightiest powers by deepest calms are <qex>fed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Cornwall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; <as>as, if grain is too forward in autumn, <ex>feed</ex> it with sheep</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Once in three years <qex>feed</qex> your mowing lands.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; <as>as, to <ex>feed</ex> out turnips to the cows; to <ex>feed</ex> water to a steam boiler.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; <as>as, to <ex>feed</ex> paper to a printing press</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feed</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take food; to eat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not <qex>feed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Foe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Leaving thy trunk for crows to <qex>feed</qex> upon.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.</def> &ldquo;He <xex>feeds</xex> upon the cooling shade.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall <qex>feed</qex> in another man's field.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxii. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; <as>as, the best <ex>feed</ex> for sheep</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A grazing or pasture ground.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; <as>as, a <ex>feed</ex> of corn or oats</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A meal, or the act of eating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For such pleasure till that hour<br/>
At <qex>feed</qex> or fountain never had I found.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The water supplied to steam boilers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feed bag</b></col>, <cd>a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed cloth</b></col>, <cd>an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed door</b></col>, <cd>a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed head</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <cd>An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a <altname>riser</altname>, <altname>deadhead</altname>, or simply <altname>feed</altname> or <altname>head</altname></cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Feed heater</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <cd>A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Feed motion</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Feed gear</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed pipe</b></col>, <cd>a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed pump</b></col>, <cd>a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed regulator</b></col>, <cd>a device for graduating the operation of a feeder.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Feed screw</b></col>, <cd>in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed water</b></col>, <cd>water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Feed wheel</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of feeder. See <er>Feeder</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 8.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>feedback</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>response to an inquiry or experiment.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>feedbag</hw>, <hw>feed bag</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse or mule); animal feed such as oats are placed in the bag, and it is fastened at the top of the head, covering the muzzle.  The animal may then eat the contents while thus wearing the feedbag.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nosebag.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Feed"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A couple of friends, his chaplain and <qex>feeder</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>feeder</xex> of my riots.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With eager feeding, food doth choke the <qex>feeder</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One who fattens cattle for slaughter.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically <fld>(Hydraulic Engin.)</fld>, a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.</def> <au>Ure.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.</def> <au>Raymond.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feed"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is eaten; food.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feeding bottle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bottle</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee`-faw`-fum"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.</def> &ldquo;Impudent <xex>fee-faw-fums</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. H. Newman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fee"jee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fijian</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Felt</conjf> <pr>(f&ebreve_;lt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feeling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&emacr;lan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>gif&omacr;lian</ets> to perceive, D. <ets>voelen</ets> to feel, OHG. <ets>fuolen</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;hlen</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&amacr;lma</ets> to grope, and prob. to AS. <ets>folm</ets> palm of the hand, L. <ets>palma</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fumble</er>, <er>Palm</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who <qex>feel</qex><br/>
Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel.</q> <rj><qau>Creecn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; <as>as, <ex>feel</ex> this piece of silk</as>; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with <ex>out</ex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Come near, . . . that I may <qex>feel</qex> thee, my son.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxvii. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He hath this to <qex>feel</qex> my affection to your honor.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive to; <as>as, to <ex>feel</ex> pleasure; to <ex>feel</ex> pain.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Teach me to <qex>feel</qex> another's woe.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whoso keepeth the commandment shall <qex>feel</qex> no evil thing.</q> <rj><qau>Eccl. viii. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He best can paint them who shall <qex>feel</qex> them most.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Mankind have <qex>felt</qex> their strength and made it <qex>felt</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For then, and not till then, he <qex>felt</qex> himself.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To perceive; to observe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To feel the helm</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to obey it.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have the sensibilities moved or affected.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[She] <qex>feels</qex> with the dignity of a Roman matron</q>. <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And mine as man, who <qex>feel</qex> for all mankind.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>feel</ex> assured, grieved, persuaded</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I then did <qex>feel</qex> full sick.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Garlands . . . which I <qex>feel</qex><br/>
I am not worthy yet to wear.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Blind men say black <qex>feels</qex> rough, and white <qex>feels</qex> smooth.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To feel after</b></col>, <cd>to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a person groping in the dark.</cd> &ldquo;If haply they might <xex>feel after</xex> him, and find him.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Acts xvii. 27.</au></rj><pbr/>
 -- <col><b>To feel of</b></col>, <cd>to examine by touching.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Feeling; perception.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To intercept and have a more kindly <qex>feel</qex> of its genial warmth.</q> <rj><qau>Hazlitt.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; <as>as, this leather has a greasy <ex>feel</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the <qex>feel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>S. Sharp.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, feels.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their <qex>feelers</qex> or antenn&aelig;.</q> <rj><qau>Derham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; <as>as, a <ex>feeling</ex> heart</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; <as>as, he made a <ex>feeling</ex> representation of his wrongs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Why was the sight<br/>
To such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . . <br/>
And not, as <qex>feeling</qex>, through all parts diffused?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The apprehension of the good<br/>
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; <as>as, a man of <ex>feeling</ex>; a man destitute of <ex>feeling</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; <as>as, a right or a wrong <ex>feeling</ex> in the heart; our angry or kindly <ex>feelings</ex>; a <ex>feeling</ex> of pride or of humility.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>A fellow <qex>feeling</qex> makes one wondrous kind.</q> <rj><qau>Garrick.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Tenderness for the <qex>feelings</qex> of others.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Sensation; emotion; passion; sentiment; agitation; opinion. See <er>Emotion</er>, <er>Passion</er>, <er>Sentiment</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Feel"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fere</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feese</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>fesien</ets> to put to flight, AS. <ets>f&emacr;sian</ets>, <ets>f&ymacr_;sian</ets>, <ets>f&ymacr_;san</ets>, fr. <ets>f&umacr;s</ets>, prompt, willing.]</ety> <def>The short run before a leap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Foot</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Feat</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Fact; performance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Feet"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of feet; <as>as, <ex>feetless</ex> birds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feeze</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[For sense 1, cf. F. <ets>visser</ets> to screw, <ets>vis</ets> screw, or 1st E. <ets>feaze</ets>, v.t.: for sense 2, see <er>Feese</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To turn, as a screw.</def> <mark>[Scot]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feaze</asp>, <asp>feize</asp>, <asp>pheese</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To feeze up</b></col>, <cd>to work into a passion.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feeze</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fretful excitement. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Feaze</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Feh"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Fehling's solution</cref>, under <er>Solution</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>&Verbar;Fehm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>&Verbar;Fehm"ge*richt`</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Vehm</er>, <er>Vehmgericht</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feh"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Vehmic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feign</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feigned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feigning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feinen</ets>, F. <ets>feindre</ets> (p. pr. <ets>feignant</ets>), fr. L. <ets>fingere</ets>; akin to L. <ets>figura</ets> figure,and E. <ets>dough</ets>. See <er>Dough</er>, and cf. <er>Figure</er>, <er>Faint</er>, <er>Effigy</er>, <er>Fiction</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou <qex>feignest</qex> them out of thine own heart.</q> <rj><qau>Neh. vi. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The poet<br/>
Did <qex>feign</qex> that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; <as>as, to <ex>feign</ex> a sickness</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To dissemble; to conceal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feigned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>feigned</xex> friend.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of <qex>feigned</qex> lips.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xvii. 1.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Feign"ed*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Feign"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but <qex>feignedly</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. iii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feigned issue</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause.</cd> <au>Burill.</au>  <au>Bouvier.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Feign"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who feigns or pretends.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feign"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.</def></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Feign"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Feine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To feign.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>feindre</ets> to feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>Feigned; counterfeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Dressed up into any <qex>feint</qex> appearance of it.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feint</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feinte</ets>, fr. <ets>feint</ets>. See <er>Feint</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Courtley's letter is but a <qex>feint</qex> to get off.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feint</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a feint, or mock attack.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fei`tsui"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See <er>Jade</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Feeze</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"an*ders</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Filanders</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Feld"spar`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Feld"spath`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>feldspath</ets>; <ets>feld</ets> field + <ets>spath</ets> spar.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The group includes the monoclinic (<xex>orthoclastic</xex>) species <xex>orthoclase</xex> or common potash feldspar, and the rare <xex>hyalophane</xex> or baryta feldspar; also the triclinic species (called in general <xex>plagioclase</xex>) <xex>microcline</xex>, like orthoclase a potash feldspar; <xex>anorthite</xex> or lime feldspar; <xex>albite</xex> or soda feldspar; also intermediate between the last two species, <xex>labradorite</xex>, <xex>andesine</xex>, <xex>oligoclase</xex>, containing both lime and soda in varying amounts. The feldspars are essential constituents of nearly all crystalline rocks, as granite, gneiss, mica, slate, most kinds of basalt and trachyte, etc. The decomposition of feldspar has yielded a large part of the clay of the soil, also the mineral kaolin, an essential material in the making of fine pottery. Common feldspar is itself largely used for the same purpose.</note></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Feld*spath"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Feld*spath"ose</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fele</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fela</ets>, <ets>feola</ets>; akin to G. <ets>viel</ets>, gr. &unr_;. See <er>Full</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Many.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic"ify</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>felix</ets> happy + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make happy; to felicitate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Quarles.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>felicitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>felicitare</ets> to felicitate, fr. <ets>felix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, happy. See <er>felicity</er>.]</ety> <def>Made very happy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I am alone <qex>felicitate</qex><br/>
In your dear highness' love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Felicitated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>felicitating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;liciter</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make very happy; to delight.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and <qex>felicitate</qex> his spirit.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every true heart must <qex>felicitate</qex> itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom.</q> <rj><qau>W. Howitt.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Congratulate</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;licitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic"i*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Felicitous</qex> words and images.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fe*lic"i*tous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fe*lic"i*tous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>fe*lic"i*tous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a pleasing and appropriate manner or style, especially of expression.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> felicity.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lic"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Felicities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>felicite</ets>, F. <ets>f&eacute;licit&eacute;</ets>, fr. L. <ets>felicitas</ets>, fr. <ets>felix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, happy, fruitful; akin to <ets>fetus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our own <qex>felicity</qex> we make or find.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and <qex>felicity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Book of Common Prayer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing.</def><br/>
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<p><q>the <qex>felicities</qex> of her wonderful reign.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; <as>as, <ex>felicity</ex> in painting portraits, or in writing or talking</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Felicity</xex> of expression.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Warburton.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See <er>Happiness</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>felid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws; a member of the <fam>Felidae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> feline.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Felidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family of lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, including the cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Felidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>felinus</ets>, fr. <ets>feles</ets>, <ets>felis</ets>, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;lin</ets>. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus <gen>Felis</gen>, or family <fam>Felid&aelig;</fam>; <as>as, the <ex>feline</ex> race; <ex>feline</ex> voracity.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; <as>as, a <ex>feline</ex> nature; <ex>feline</ex> manners.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe"lis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., cat.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Fall</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fel</ets>, OF. <ets>fel</ets> cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. <ets>fel</ets> (only in comp.) OF. <ets>fel</ets>, as a noun also accus. <ets>felon</ets>, is fr. LL. <ets>felo</ets>, of unknown origin; cf. Arm <ets>fall</ets> evil, Ir. <ets>feal</ets>, Arm. <ets>falloni</ets> treachery, Ir. &amp; Gael. <ets>feall</ets> to betray; or cf. OHG. <ets>fillan</ets> to flay, torment, akin to E. <ets>fell</ets> skin.  Cf. <er>Felon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>While we devise <qex>fell</qex> tortures for thy faults.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Eager; earnest; intent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I am so <qex>fell</qex> to my business.</q> <rj><qau>Pepys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>fel</ets> gall, bile, or E. <ets>fell</ets>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Gall; anger; melancholy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Untroubled of vile fear or bitter <qex>fell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fell</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vel</ets>, OHG. <ets>fel</ets>, G. <ets>fell</ets>, Icel. <ets>fell</ets> (in comp.), Goth <ets>fill</ets> in &thorn;ruts<ets>fill</ets> leprosy, L. <ets>pellis</ets> skin, G. &unr_;.  Cf. <er>Film</er>, <er>Peel</er>, <er>Pell</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as wool<xex>fell</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We are still handling our ewes, and their <qex>fells</qex>, you know, are greasy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>fell</ets>, <ets>fjally</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>fj&auml;ll</ets> a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. <ets>fjeld</ets> mountain, rock and prob. to G. <ets>fels</ets> rock, or perh. to <ets>feld</ets> field, E. <ets>field</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A barren or rocky hill.</def>  <rj><au>T. Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A wild field; a moor.</def>  <rj><au>Dryton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Felled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Felling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>fellan</ets>, a causative verb fr. <ets>feallan</ets> to fall; akin to D. <ets>vellen</ets>, G. <ets>f&auml;llen</ets>, Icel. <ets>fella</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&auml;lla</ets>, Dan. <ets>f&aelig;lde</ets>. See <er>Fall</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Stand, or I'll <qex>fell</qex> thee down.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>fill</ets> to fold, plait, Sw. <ets>f&aring;ll</ets> a hem.]</ety> <def>To sew or hem; -- said of seams.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Sewing)</fld> <def>A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fit to be felled.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fel"lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> Ar. <plw>Fellahin</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Fellahs</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <def>A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc.</def>  <rj><au>W. M. Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fel*la"ti*o</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;l*l&amacr;"sh&emacr;*&ouptack_;; f&ebreve_;l*l&amacr;"t&emacr;*&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a form of sexual activity between two persons in which the penis of one is stimulated by the other's mouth, especially until orgasm is achieved.  It is a form of <isa>oral sex</isa>.  Compare <contr>cunnilingus</contr>.  The act is also called by the slang term <altname>blow job</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>fealafor</ets>, and E. <ets>fieldfare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The fieldfare.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel*lif"lu*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fellifuus</ets>; <ets>fel</ets> gall + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow.]</ety> <def>Flowing with gall.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel*lin"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fel</ets>, <ets>fellis</ets>, gall.]</ety> <def>Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; <as>as, <ex>fellinic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fell"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fell</er> cruel.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"loe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Felly</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Variant of <er>Felon</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Those two were foes the <qex>fellonest</qex> on ground.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>felawe</ets>, <ets>felaghe</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&emacr;lagi</ets>, fr. <ets>f&emacr;lag</ets> companionship, prop., a laying together of property; <ets>f&emacr;</ets> property + <ets>lag</ets> a laying, pl. <ets>l&ouml;g</ets> law, akin to <ets>liggja</ets> to lie. See <er>Fee</er>, and <er>Law</er>, <er>Lie</er> to be low.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fellows</qex> of his crime.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We are <qex>fellows</qex> still,<br/>
Serving alike in sorrow.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That enormous engine was flanked by two <qex>fellows</qex> almost of equal magnitude.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women.</note>  <rj><au>Judges xi. 37.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Worth makes the man, and want of it, the <qex>fellow</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An equal in power, rank, character, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is impossible that ever Rome<br/>
Should breed thy <qex>fellow</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the <qex>fellow</qex> and breed.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This was my glove; here is the <qex>fellow</qex> of it.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A person; an individual.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She seemed to be a good sort of <qex>fellow</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a <xex>fellowship</xex>, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A member of a literary or scientific society; <as>as, a <ex>Fellow</ex> of the Royal Society</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Fellow</xex> is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying <xex>associate</xex>, <xex>companion</xex>, or sometimes <xex>equal</xex>. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, <xex>fellow</xex>-citizen, or <xex>fellow</xex> citizen; <xex>fellow</xex>-student, or <xex>fellow</xex> student; <xex>fellow</xex>-workman, or <xex>fellow</xex> workman; <xex>fellow</xex>-mortal, or <xex>fellow</xex> mortal; <xex>fellow</xex>-sufferer; bed<xex>fellow</xex>; play<xex>fellow</xex>; work<xex>fellow</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up<br/>
My head to <qex>fellow</qex> pomp amongst his nobles.</q> <rj><qau>Ford.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To suit with; to pair with; to match.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low-com"mon*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A student at Cambridge University, England, who <xex>commons</xex>, or dines, at the Fellow's table.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low-crea"ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Reason, by which we are raised above our <qex>fellow-creatures</qex>, the brutes.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*feel"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To share through sympathy; to participate in.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>D. Rodgers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low-feel"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sympathy; a like feeling.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Joint interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without fellow or equal; peerless.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose well-built walls are rare and <qex>fellowless</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Udall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fellowlike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Fellow + -ship.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or relation of being or associate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that <qex>fellowship</qex> which is in less neighborhods.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Men are made for society and mutual <qex>fellowship</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Calamy.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The great contention of the sea and skies<br/>
Parted our <qex>fellowship</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fellowship</qex> in pain divides not smart</q>. <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fellowship</qex> in woe doth woe assuage</q>. <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The goodliest <qex>fellowship</qex> of famous knights,<br/>
Whereof this world holds record.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The sorrow of Noah with his <qex>fellowship</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With that a joyous <qex>fellowship</qex> issued<br/>
Of minstrels.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Eng. &amp; Amer. Universities)</fld> <def>A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.</def>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Arith.)</fld> <def>The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Good fellowship</b></col>, <cd>companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades.</cd><br/>
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<q>There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good <qex>fellowship</qex> in thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"low*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fellowshiped</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos>. <conjf>Fellowshiping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"ly</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fellies</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>feli</ets>, <ets>felwe</ets>, <ets>felow</ets>, AS. <ets>felg</ets>, <ets>felge</ets>; akin to D. <ets>velg</ets>, G. <ets>felge</ets>, OHG. <ets>felga</ets> felly (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. <ets>felge</ets>.]</ety> <def>The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>felloe</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Break all the spokes and <qex>fellies</qex> from her wheel.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe"lo-de-se`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Felos-de-se</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[LL. <ets>felo</ets>, E. <ets>felon</ets> + <ets>de</ets> of, concerning + <ets>se</ets> self.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE., adj., cruel, <pos>n.</pos>, villain, ruffian, traitor, whitlow, F. <ets>f&eacute;lon</ets> traitor, in OF. also, villain, fr. LL. <ets>felo</ets>. See Fell, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person who has committed a felony.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"on</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*lo"ni*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; <as>as, <ex>felonious</ex> homicide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O thievish Night,<br/>
Why should'st thou, but for some <qex>felonious</qex> end,<br/>
In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

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<p><hw>Fel"o*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>feloneus</ets>.  Cf. <er>Felonious</er>.]</ety> <def>Wicked; felonious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"on*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony.</def>  <rj><au>Howitt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"on*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bittersweet nightshade (<spn>Solanum Dulcamara</spn>). See <er>Bittersweet</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Felonies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>felonie</ets> cruelty, OF. <ets>felonie</ets>, F. <ets>f&eacute;lonie</ets> treachery, malice. See <er>Felon</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(O.Eng.Law)</fld> <def>An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Forfeiture for crime having been generally abolished in the United States, the term <xex>felony</xex>, in American law, has lost this point of distinction; and its meaning, where not fixed by statute, is somewhat vague and undefined; generally, however, it is used to denote an offense of a high grade, punishable either capitally or by a term of imprisonment. In Massachusetts, by statute, any crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison, and no other, is a <xex>felony</xex>; so in New York.  the tendency now is to obliterate the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors; and this has been done partially in England, and completely in some of the States of the Union. The distinction is purely arbitrary, and its entire abolition is only a question of time.</note><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; There is no lawyer who would undertake to tell what a <xex>felony</xex> is, otherwise than by enumerating the various kinds of offenses which are so called. originally, the word <xex>felony</xex> had a meaning: it denoted all offenses the penalty of which included forfeiture of goods; but subsequent acts of Parliament have declared various offenses to be felonies, without enjoining that penalty, and have taken away the penalty from others, which continue, nevertheless, to be called <xex>felonies</xex>, insomuch that the acts so called have now no property whatever in common, save that of being unlawful and purnishable.</note>  <rj><au>J. S. Mill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col>To compound a felony</col>. <cd>See under <er>Compound</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"site</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Feldspar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel*sit"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fel"spar`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fel"spath`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Feldspar</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel*spath"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Feldspathic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From G. <ets>feldstein</ets>, in analogy with E. <ets>fel</ets>spar.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Felsite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Felt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. &amp; p. p. <i>or</i> a.</pos> from <er>Feel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Felt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>felt</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vilt</ets>, G. <ets>filz</ets>, and possibly to Gr. &unr_; hair or wool wrought into felt, L. <ets>pilus</ets> hair, <ets>pileus</ets> a felt cap or hat.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It were a delicate stratagem to shoe<br/>
A troop of horse with felt.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hat made of felt.</def>  <rj><au>Thynne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the <qex>felt</qex> be loose.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col>Felt grain</col>, <cd>the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber.</cd>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Felt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Felted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Felting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.</def>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with, or as with, felt; <as>as, to <ex>felt</ex> the cylinder of a steam engine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Felt"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clot or mat together like felt.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>feltered</qex> locks that on his bosom fell.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Felt"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feltre</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Felt</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*luc"ca</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>feluca</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>faluca</ets>, Pg. <ets>falua</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>fulk</ets> ship, or <ets>harr&amacr;qah</ets> a sort of ship.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.</def> <note>Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fel"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably a corruption of <ets>fieldwort</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European herb (<spn>Swertia perennis</spn>) of the Gentian family.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"male</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>femel</ets>, <ets>femal</ets>, F. <ets>femelle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>femella</ets>, dim. of <ets>femina</ets> woman. See <er>Feminine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The male and <qex>female</qex> of each living thing.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"male</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As patient as the <qex>female</qex> dove<br/>
When that her golden couplets are disclosed.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; <as>as, <ex>female</ex> tenderness</as>.</def> &ldquo;<qex>Female</qex> usurpation.'b8  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To the generous decision of a <qex>female</qex> mind, we owe the discovery of America.</q> <rj><qau>Belknap.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col>Female rhymes</col> <fld>(Pros.)</fld>, <cd>double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French <xex>feminine</xex> rhymes because they end in <xex>e</xex> weak, or <xex>feminine</xex>) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.</cd><br/>
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<note>&hand_; A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (<xex>strain</xex>, <xex>complain</xex>) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last being short (<xex>motion</xex>, <xex>ocean</xex>), is called <xex>female</xex>.</note>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><pbr/>
-- <col>Female screw</col>, <cd>the spiral-threaded cavity into which another, or male, screw turns.</cd>  <au>Nicholson.</au> -- <col>Female fern</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (<spn>Asplenium Filixf&aelig;mina</spn>), growing in many countries; lady fern.</cd><br/>
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<note>&hand_; The names <xex>male fern</xex> and <xex>female fern</xex> were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character.</note></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Female</er>, <er>Feminine</er>.</syn>  <usage>We apply <xex>female</xex> to the sex or individual, as opposed to <xex>male</xex>; also, to the distinctive belongings of women; as, <xex>female</xex> dress, <xex>female</xex> form, <xex>female</xex> character, etc.; <xex>feminine</xex>, to things appropriate to, or affected by, women; as, <xex>feminine</xex> studies, employments, accomplishments, etc. &ldquo;<xex>Female</xex> applies to sex rather than gender, and is a physiological rather than a grammatical term. <xex>Feminine</xex> applies to gender rather than sex, and is grammatical rather than physiological.&rdquo;</usage>  <rj><au>Latham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"mal*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gallant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Courting her smoothly like a <qex>femalist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"mal*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make, or to describe as, female or feminine.</def>  <rj><au>Shaftesbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Feme</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;m <it>or</it> f&abreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feme</ets>, F. <ets>femme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>A woman.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Feme covert</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a married woman.  See <er>Covert</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Feme sole</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Feme sole trader</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Feme sole merchant</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Femerell</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"er*ell</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fumeraille</ets> part of a chimney. See <er>Fume</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Feminine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>West.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem`i*nal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Feminity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feminatus</ets> effeminate.]</ety> <def>Feminine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem`i*ne"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>femineus</ets> womanly.]</ety> <def>Womanliness; femininity.</def>  <rj><au>C. Reade.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>femininus</ets>, fr. <ets>femina</ets> woman; prob. akin to L. <ets>fetus</ets>, or to Gr. <grk>qh^sqai</grk> to suck, <grk>qh^sai</grk> to suckle, Skr. <ets>dh&amacr;</ets> to suck; cf. AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;mme</ets> woman, maid: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;minin</ets>. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her letters are remarkably deficient in <qex>feminine</qex> ease and grace.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her heavenly form<br/>
Angelic, but more soft and <qex>feminine</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether <qex>feminine</qex>, and subject to ease and delicacy.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col>Feminine rhyme</col>. <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Female rhyme</cref>, under <er>Female</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Female</er>, <pos>a.</pos></syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nine</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They guide the <qex>feminines</qex> toward the palace.</q> <rj><qau>Hakluyt.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, <examp>actress</examp>, <examp>songstress</examp>, <examp>abbess</examp>, <examp>executrix</examp>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There are but few true <qex>feminines</qex> in English.</q> <rj><qau>Latham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nine*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a feminine manner.</def>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nine*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem`i*nin"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The female form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>O serpent under <qex>femininitee</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*min"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Womanliness; femininity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Trained up in true <qex>feminity</qex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem`i*ni*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;miniser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make womanish or effeminate.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"i*nye</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>femenie</ets>, <ets>feminie</ets>, the female sex, realm of women.]</ety> <def>The people called Amazons.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  &ldquo;[The reign of] <xex>feminye</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Chaucer.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Femme</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A woman. See <er>Feme</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Femme de chambre</b></col> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <cd>A lady's maid; a chambermaid.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fem"o*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>femur</ets>, <ets>femoris</ets>, thigh: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;moral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the femur or thigh; <as>as, the <ex>femoral</ex> artery</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Femoral</xex> habiliments.&rdquo; <au>Sir W. Scott.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>femoris</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The thigh bone; same as <er>femur</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> femur, thighbone.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe"mur</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"m&ubreve;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Femora</plw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;m"&ouptack_;*r&adot_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. thigh.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The thigh bone; -- it is the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton, which extends from the pelvis to the knee.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See <er>Coxa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fen</ets>, <ets>fenn</ets>, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. <ets>veen</ets>, OFries. <ets>fenne</ets>, <ets>fene</ets>, OHG. <ets>fenna</ets>, G. <ets>fenn</ets>, Icel. <ets>fen</ets>, Goth. <ets>fani</ets> mud.]</ety> <def>Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'Mid reedy <qex>fens</qex> wide spread.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Fen</xex> is used adjectively with the sense of <xex>belonging to</xex>, or <xex>of the nature of</xex>, <xex>a fen</xex> or <xex>fens</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fen boat</b></col>, <cd>a boat of light draught used in marshes.</cd> -- <col><b>Fen duck</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fen fowl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any water fowl that frequent fens.</cd> -- <col><b>Fen goose</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the graylag goose of Europe.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fen land</b></col>, <cd>swamp land.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fence</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. from <ets>defence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let us be backed with God and with the seas,<br/>
Which he hath given for <qex>fence</qex> impregnable.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>fence</qex> betwixt us and the victor's wrath.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Leaps o'er the <qex>fence</qex> with ease into the fold.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a <xex>fence</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Locks)</fld> <def>A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See <er>Fencing</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric,<br/>
That hath so well been taught her dazzing <qex>fence</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in <qex>fence</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>Mayhew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fence month</b></col> <fld>(Forest Law)</fld>, <cd>the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited.</cd> <au>Bullokar.</au> -- <col><b>Fence roof</b></col>, <cd>a covering for defense.</cd> &ldquo;They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a <xex>fence roof</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Holland.</au> -- <col><b>Fence time</b></col>, <cd>the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed.</cd> -- <col><b>Rail fence</b></col>, <cd>a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring fence</b></col>, <cd>a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure.</cd> -- <col><b>Worm fence</b></col>, <cd>a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also <altname>snake fence</altname>, or <altname>Virginia rail fence</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>To be on the fence</b></col>, <cd>to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fence</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fenced</conjf> <pr>(f&ebreve_;nst)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fencing</conjf> <pr>(f&ebreve_;n"s&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>fence</qex> my ear against thy sorceries.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth,<br/>
And <qex>fence</qex> not Athens.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A sheepcote <qex>fenced</qex> about with olive trees.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fence the tables</b></col> <fld>(Scot. Church)</fld>, <cd>to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table.</cd> <au>McCheyne.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first place, to be <qex>fenced</qex> against.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He will <qex>fence</qex> with his own shadow.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>fence</qex> and push, and, pushing, loudly roar;<br/>
Their dewlaps and their sides are bat&unr_;ed in gore.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>As when a billow, blown against,<br/>
Falls back, the voice with which I <qex>fenced</qex><br/>
A little ceased, but recommenced.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fence"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affording defense; defensive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Congreve.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fence"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As blunt as the <qex>fencer's</qex> foils.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"ci*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>No fort so <qex>fencible</qex>, nor walls so strong.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"ci*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"cing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See <er>Fence</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The materials used for building fences.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The act of building a fence.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; <as>as, the <ex>fencing</ex> of a farm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen" crick`et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The mole cricket.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fiend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fended</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fending</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>defend</ets>.]</ety> <def>To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with <xex>off</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>fend</ex> off blows</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With fern beneath to <qex>fend</qex> the bitter cold.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To fend off a boat</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To fend off a vessel</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fend</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The dexterous management of terms, and being able to <qex>fend</qex> . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fend</er>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos>, cf. <er>Defender</er>.]</ety> <def>One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fend"liche</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fiendlike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faeneratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>faenerari</ets> lend on interest, fr. <ets>faenus</ets> interest.]</ety> <def>To put money to usury; to lend on interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faeneratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of fenerating; interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fen`es-tel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>fenestra</ets> &unr_; window.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe*nes"tra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fenestr&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a window.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*nes"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestra</ets> a window.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a window or to windows.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a fenestra.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*nes"tral</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.</def>  <rj><au>Weale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*nes"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fenestrare</ets> to furnish with openings and windows.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; <as>as, <ex>fenestrate</ex> membranes; <ex>fenestrate</ex> fronds.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*nes"tra*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having windows; characterized by windows.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Same as <er>Fenestrate</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen`es*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The state or condition of being fenestrated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*nes"trule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fenestrula</ets> a little window, dim. of <ets>fenestra</ets> a window.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>F&ecirc;ng"-hwang`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>feng</ets> + <ets>&lsquo;huang</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chinese Myth.)</fld> <def>A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"gite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>F&ecirc;ng"-shu`i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>feng</ets> wind + <ets>shiu</ets> water.]</ety> <def>A system of spirit influences for good and evil believed by the Chinese to attend the natural features of landscape; also, a kind of geomancy dealing with these influences, used in determining sites for graves, houses, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the <ets>Finians</ets> or <ets>Fenii</ets>, the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from <ets>Fin</ets> or <ets>Finn</ets>, <ets>Fionn</ets>, or <ets>Fingal</ets>, a popular hero of Irish traditional history.]</ety> <def>A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishmen, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in Ireland.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ni*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fenks</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;&nsmacr_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"nec</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;n"n&ebreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>fanek</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small, African, foxlike animal (<spn>Vulpes zerda</spn>) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"nel</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;n"n&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fenol</ets>, <ets>finol</ets>, from L. <ets>feniculum</ets>, <ets>faeniculum</ets>, dim. of <ets>fenum</ets>, <ets>faenum</ets>, hay: cf. F. <ets>fenouil</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fenugreek</er>. <er>Finochio</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial plant of the genus <gen>F&aelig;niculum</gen> (<spn>F&aelig;niculum vulgare</spn>), having very finely divided leaves.  It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Smell of sweetest <qex>fennel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A sprig of <qex>fennel</qex> was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex.</q> <rj><qau>S. G. Goodrich.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Azorean fennel</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Sweet fennel</b></col></mcol>, <cd>(<spn>F&aelig;niculum dulce</spn>).  It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.</cd> -- <col><b>Dog's fennel</b></col> <cd>(<spn>Anthemis Cotula</spn>), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also <altname>mayweed</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fennel flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an herb (<gen>Nigella</gen>) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. <spn>Nigella Damascena</spn> is common in gardens.  <spn>Nigella sativa</spn> furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India.  These seeds are the &ldquo;fitches&rdquo; mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25).</cd> -- <col><b>Fennel water</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the distilled water of fennel seed.  It is stimulant and carminative.</cd> -- <col><b>Giant fennel</b></col> <cd>(<spn>Ferula communis</spn>), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.</cd> -- <col><b>Hog's fennel</b></col>, <cd>a European plant (<spn>Peucedanum officinale</spn>) looking something like fennel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"nish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding in fens; fenny.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fennig</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Fenny</xex> snake.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"owed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fynig</ets> musty, <ets>fynegean</ets> to become musty or filthy: cf. <ets>fennig</ets> fenny, muddy, dirty, fr. <ets>fen</ets> fen.  Cf. <er>Finew</er>.]</ety> <def>Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See <er>Vinnewed</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. Favour.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"si-ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fencible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"-sucked`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sucked out of marches.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Fen-sucked</xex> fogs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fen"u*greek</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faenum Graecum</ets>, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. <ets>fenugrec</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fennel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>trigonella F&oelig;num Gr&aelig;cum</spn>) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are</def> &ldquo;now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay.&rdquo; <rj><au>J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feud. See 2d <er>Feud</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feod"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Feudal. See <er>Feudal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feo*dal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See <er>Feudality</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feod"a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An accomplice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Art thou a <qex>feodary</qex> for this act?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An ancient officer of the court of wards.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feod"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Feudatory</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feoff</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feoffed</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos>. <conjf>Feoffing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>feffen</ets>, OF. <ets>feffer</ets>, <ets>fieffer</ets>, F. <ets>fieffer</ets>, fr. <ets>fief</ets> fief; cf. LL. <ets>feoffare</ets>, <ets>fefare</ets>. See <er>Fief</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feoff</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A fief. See <er>Fief</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feof*fee"</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoff&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feoff"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoffement</ets>, <ets>fieffement</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>feoffamentum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The grant of a feud or fee.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj></p>

<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.</def> <mark>[Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]</mark></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Feo"for</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Feof"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoour</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>Far.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*ra"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, fr. <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Fruitful; producing abundantly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*rac"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feracitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being feracious or fruitful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beattie.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe"r&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., wild animals, fem. pl. of <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.</def></p>

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<hw>&Verbar;Fe"r&aelig; na*tu"r&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferus</ets>. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.</def>
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<p><hw>Fe"ral</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feralis</ets>, belonging to the dead.]</ety> <def>Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Feral</xex> accidents.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ferde</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Fare</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fer`-de-lance"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., the iron of a lance, lance head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large, venomous serpent (<spn>Trigonocephalus lanceolatus</spn><!-- now Bothrops atrox-->) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.</def>
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<p><hw>Fer"ding</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Farthing</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ferd"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferd</ets> fear. See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>Fearfulness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fere</ets> companion, AS. <ets>gef&emacr;ra</ets>, from <ets>f&emacr;ran</ets> to go, travel, <ets>faran</ets> to travel. &radic;78. See <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <def>A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fear</asp> and <asp>feere</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And Cambel took Cambrina to his <qex>fere</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In fere</b></col>, <cd>together; in company.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fere</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <def>Fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fere</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fire</er>.]</ety> <def>Fire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fere</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>Fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fere</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`e*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feretrum</ets> bier, Gr. &unr_;, fr. <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear, akin to L. <ets>ferre</ets>, E. <ets>bear</ets> to support.]</ety> <def>A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.</def>  <rj><au>Mollett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"forth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Far forth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>As ferforth as</b></col>, <cd>as far as.</cd> -- <col><b>So ferforth</b></col>, <cd>to such a degree.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"forth`ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Ferforth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"gu*son*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert <ets>Ferguson</ets>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fe"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Feri&aelig;</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Feria</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ri*al</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>ferialis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ferie</ets> holidays: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;rial</ets>. See 5th <er>Fair</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to holidays.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe`ri*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feriari</ets> to keep holiday, fr. <ets>ferie</ets> holidays.]</ety> <def>The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"rie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>ferie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ferie</ets> holidays. See 5th <er>Fair</er>.]</ety> <def>A holiday.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bullokar.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ri*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <def><pos>compar.</pos> of <er>Fere</er>, fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Rhenus <qex>ferier</qex> than the cataract.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferinus</ets>, fr. <ets>ferus</ets> wild. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <def>Wild; untamed; savage; <as>as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are <ex>ferine</ex> beasts</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A wild beast; a beast of prey.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fe"rine*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fe"rine*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fer*in"gee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. <ets>Farang&imacr;</ets>, or Ar. <ets>Firanj&imacr;</ets>, properly, a Frank.]</ety> <def>The name given to Europeans by the Hindos.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Feringhee</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>feritas</ets>, from <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <def>Wildness; savageness; fierceness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Woodward.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&unr_;rlic</ets> sudden, unexpected. See <er>Fear</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A wonder; a marvel.</def></def2> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Who hearkened ever such a <qex>ferly</qex> thing.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ferm</hw>, <hw>Ferme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw><ety>[See <er>Farm</er>.]</ety> <def>Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence; <as>as, he let his land to <ex>ferm</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Out of her fleshy <qex>ferme</qex> fled to the place of pain.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ma*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. See <er>Pharmacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Medicine; pharmacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><hw>Fer"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fermentum</ets> ferment (in senses 1 &amp; 2), perh. for <ets>fervimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>fervere</ets> to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. <ets>ferment</ets>.  Cf. 1st <er>Barm</er>, <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Ferments are of two kinds: (<stype>a</stype>) Formed or organized ferments. (<stype>b</stype>) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are now called <stype>enzymes</stype> and were formerly called <stype>soluble ferments</stype> or <stype>chemical ferments</stype>. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the <stype>acetic ferment</stype>, the <stype>butyric ferment</stype>, etc. See <er>Fermentation</er>. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances; as a rule they are proteins soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt.  Before 1960 the term "ferment" to mean "enzyme" fell out of use.  Enzymes are now known to be <er>globular protein</er>s, capable of catalyzing a wide variety of chemical reactions, not merely hydrolytic.  The full set of enzymes causing production of ethyl alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually purified and studied.  See <er>enzyme</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Subdue and cool the <qex>ferment</qex> of desire.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>the nation is in a <qex>ferment</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Down to the lowest lees the <qex>ferment</qex> ran.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>ferment oils</b></col>, <cd>volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the <xex>quintessences</xex> of the alchemists.</cd>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fermented</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fermenting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>fermentare</ets>, <ets>fermentatum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fermenter</ets>. See <er>Ferment</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ye vigorous swains! while youth <qex>ferments</qex> your blood.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But finding no redress, <qex>ferment</qex> and rage.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The intellect of the age was a <qex>fermenting</qex> intellect.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Capability of fermentation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fermentable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of fermentation; <as>as, cider and other vegetable liquors are <ex>fermentable</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fermentative.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`men*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;r`m&ebreve_;n*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fermentation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast;</def> <specif>in a wider sense</specif> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld>, <def>the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a <er>ferment{1}</er>, whether in the form of living organisms or enzymes. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.</def>  <note>In industrial microbiology <ex>fermentation</ex> usually refers to the production of chemical substances by use of microorganisms.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It puts the soul to <qex>fermentation</qex> and activity.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A univesal <qex>fermentation</qex> of human thought and faith.</q> <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Acetous fermentation</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Acetic fermentation</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus (<spn>Mycoderma aceti</spn>) or series of enzymes. The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, acetaldehyde, is formed in the first process.</cd><pbr/>
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<chreact>C2H6O  +  O &rarr;  H2O  +  C2H4O</chreact>
<note>   Alcohol.           Water.   Acetaldehyde.</note><pbr/>
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<chreact>C2H4O   +  O &rarr;  C2H4O2</chreact>
<note> Acetaldehyde.        Acetic acid.</note><pbr/>
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<chreact>CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3</chreact>
<note>    Urea.  Water.   Ammonium carbonate.</note><br/>
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<note>Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation.</note> -- <col><b>Butyric fermentation</b></col>, <cd>the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See <cref>Lactic fermentation</cref>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>enzymatic fermentation</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Fermentation by an unorganized ferment</b></col></mcol>. <cd>Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the enzyme acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice.</cd> -- <col><b>Fermentation theory of disease</b></col> <fld>(Biol. &amp; Med.)</fld>, <cd>the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See <er>Germ theory</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Glycerin fermentation</b></col>, <cd>the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium (<spn>Bacillus subtilis</spn>) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed.</cd> -- <col><b>Lactic fermentation</b></col>, <cd>the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium (<spn>Bacterium lactis</spn> of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose.</cd><pbr/>
<chreact>C12H22O11.H2O     -->     4C3H6O3</chreact>
<note> Hydrated milk sugar.         Lactic acid.</note><br/>
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<note>In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: <chreact>2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) --> C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas).</chreact></note> -- <col><b>Putrefactive fermentation</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Putrefaction</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`men*ta"tion tank</hw>. <def>a tank in which fermentations are carried out.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fermentatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; <as>as, a <ex>fermentative</ex> process</as>.</def></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fer*ment"a*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fer*ment"a*tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ment"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an apparatus for carrying out <er>fermentation</er> by a liquid suspension of microorganisms; a fermentation tank; <as>as, an industrial <ex>fermenter</ex></as>.</def> <note>Laboratiory and industrial <ex>fermenters</ex> are usually equipped with a means of stirring the contained liquid so as to avoid settling of the fermenting organisms, and often have other, sometimes elaborate, mechanisms to control conditions of the fermentation, such as temperature, degree of aeration, or pH.  The main structures of large industrial fermenters are typically made of steel.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"mer*ere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>enfermerier</ets>, fr. <ets>enfermerie</ets> infirmary. See <er>Infirmary</er>.]</ety> <def>The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"me*ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>fermer</ets> to close.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"mil*let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., dim. of <ets>fermeil</ets>, <ets>fermail</ets>, clasp, prob. fr. OF. &amp; F. <ets>fermer</ets> to make fast, fr. <ets>ferme</ets> fast. See <er>Firm</er>.]</ety> <def>A buckle or clasp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fermion</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistcs and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fermium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the transuranic element of atomic number 100;  symbol Fm.  The atomic weight of the most stable isotope, having a half-life of about 80 days, is 257.  The first isotope, Fm<sup>255</sup> was discovered in 1952 in the debris of a thermonuclear explosion.  Other istopes have been produced in nuclear reactors and by decay of other transuranic elements.</def> <au>Handb. Ch. Phys. 61.</au><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Fm.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Long ago.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fyrn</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ancient; old. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Pilgrimages to . . . <xex>ferne</xex> halwes.&rdquo; [saints].</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fearn</ets>; akin to D. <ets>varen</ets>, G. <ets>farn</ets>, <ets>farn</ets>kraut; cf. Skr. <ets>par&nsdot_;a</ets> wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. <ets>papartis</ets> fern.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An order of cryptogamous plants, the <ord>Filices</ord>, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction.  The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Christmas fern</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Christmas</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Climbing fern</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a delicate North American fern (<spn>Lygodium palmatum</spn>), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fern owl</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The European goatsucker.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The short-eared owl.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fern shaw</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a fern thicket.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>R. Browning.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>ferned</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>abounding in or covered with ferns.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>braky </stype>] <ant>fernless</ant><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ferny.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place for rearing ferns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fernless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>devoid of ferns.  Opposite of <ant>ferned</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fernlike</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>resembling ferns especially in leaf shape; <as>as, the <ex>fernlike</ex> shadows of locust leaves</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ferny.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern"ti*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fern"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Abounding in ferns.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>resembling a fern; fernlike.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ferocactus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and Southwestern U. S., including some of the barrel cacti.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Ferocactus</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*ro"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferox</ets>, <ets>-ocis</ets>, fierce: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;roce</ets>. See <er>Ferocity</er>.]</ety> <def>Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; <as>as, <ex>ferocious</ex> look or features; a <ex>ferocious</ex> lion.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The humbled power of a <qex>ferocious</qex> enemy.</q> <rj><qau>Lowth.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Ferocious</er>, <er>Fierce</er>, <er>Savage</er>, <er>Barbarous</er>.</syn>  <usage>When these words are applied to human feelings or conduct, <xex>ferocious</xex> describes the disposition; <xex>fierce</xex>, the haste and violence of an act; <xex>barbarous</xex>, the coarseness and brutality by which it was marked; <xex>savage</xex>, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it showed. A man is <xex>ferocious</xex> in his temper, <xex>fierce</xex> in his actions, <xex>barbarous</xex> in the manner of carrying out his purposes, <xex>savage</xex> in the spirit and feelings expressed in his words or deeds.</usage></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fe*ro"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fe*ro"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>ferociousness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the trait of extreme cruelty.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> brutality, viciousness, savageness, savagery.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>It [Christianity] has adapted the <qex>ferociousness</qex> of war.</q> <rj><qau>Blair.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*roc"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferocitas</ets>, fr. <ets>ferox</ets>, <ets>-ocis</ets>, fierce, kin to <ets>ferus</ets> wild: cf. F. <ets>ferocit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <def>Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; <as>as, <ex>ferocity</ex> of countenance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The pride and <qex>ferocity</qex> of a Highland chief.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fer*o"her</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch&aelig;ol.)</fld> <def>A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferus</ets>. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <def>Wild; savage.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Arthur Wilson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>-fer*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>-fer</ets>. fr. ferre to bear. See <er>Bear</er> to support.]</ety> <def>A suffix signifying <sig>bearing</sig>, <sig>producing</sig>, <sig>yielding</sig>; <as>as, auri<ex>ferous</ex>, yielding gold; chyli<ex>ferous</ex>, producing chyle.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ran"dine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.; cf. OF. <ets>ferrant</ets> iron-gray, from L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <def>A stuff made of silk and wool.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I did buy a colored silk <qex>ferrandine</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pepys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fer*ran"ti ca"bles</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fer*ran"ti mains"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A form of conductor, designed by <etsep>Ferranti</etsep>, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ran"ti phe*nom"e*non</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ra"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ra*rese"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.</def> -- <def2><pos>n., sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <def>A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ra"ro</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def><person>Geraldine Anne Ferraro</person>, a United States politician.  Born in 1935, she was a congresswoman from New York in the United States Congress from 1978 to 1984, and ran unsuccessfully in 1984 a candidate for Vice President of the United States, with <person>Walter Mondale</person> as the Presidential candidate.  She was the first woman to be nominated by a major U. S. political party for the office of Vice President.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ra*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferraria</ets> iron works. See <er>Ferreous</er>.]</ety> <def>The art of working in iron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of ferric acid.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fer"re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fer"rer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> }</mhw> <mark>Obs.</mark> <def><pos>compar.</pos> of <er>Fer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"re*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferreus</ets>, fr. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.  Cf. <er>Farrier</er>, <er>Ferrous</er>.]</ety> <def>Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"rest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <mark>Obs.</mark> <def><pos>superl.</pos> of <er>Fer</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>furet</ets>, cf. LL. <ets>furo</ets>; prob. fr. L. <ets>fur</ets> thief (cf. <er>Furtive</er>); cf. Arm. <ets>fur</ets> wise, sly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An animal of the Weasel family (<spn>Mustela furo</spn> syn. <spn>Putorius furo</spn>), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes.  It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe.  Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.  They are sometimes kept as pets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ferreted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ferreting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fureter</ets>. See <er>Ferret</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>ferret</ex> out a secret</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and <qex>ferret</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ital. <ets>foretto</ets>, dim. of <ets>fiore</ets> flower; or F. <ets>fleuret</ets>.  Cf. <er>Floret</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also <altname>ferreting</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feret</ets>, dim. or <ets>fer</ets> iron, L. <ets>ferrum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who ferrets.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ret-eye`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ret"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>ferretto</ets> di Spagna, dim. of <ets>ferro</ets> iron, fr. L. <ets>ferrum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Copper sulphide, used to color glass.</def>  <rj><au>Hebert.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ri-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form indicating <sig>ferric iron</sig> as an ingredient; <as>as, <ex>ferri</ex>cyanide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ri*age</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Ferry</er>.]</ety> <def>The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron: cf. F. <ets>ferrique</ets>. See <er>Ferrous</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the <xex>ferrous</xex> compounds; <as>as, <ex>ferric</ex> oxide; <ex>ferric</ex> acid.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ferric acid</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an acid, <chform>H2FeO4</chform>, which is not known in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to the chromates and sulphates.</cd> -- <col><b>Ferric oxide</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>sesquioxide of iron, <chform>Fe2O3</chform>; hematite. See <er>Hematite</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ri*cy"a*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ri*cy*an"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ferricyanic acid</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a brown crystalline substance, <chform>H6(CN)12Fe2</chform>, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also <altname>hydro-ferricyanic acid</altname>, <altname>hydrogen ferricyanide</altname>, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ri*cy"a*nide</hw> <pr>(?; 104)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Potassium ferricyanide</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, <chform>K6(CN)12Fe2</chform>, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron.  From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, <xex>Turnbull's blue</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ri*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A ferryman.</def>  <rj><au>Calthrop.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*rif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ferrif&egrave;re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing or yielding iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ri*prus"si*ate</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; see <er>Prussiate</er>, 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>prussiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ri*prus"sic</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; see <er>Prussik</er>, 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>prussic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Ferricyanic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ris wheel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven vertically oriented steel wheel, revolvable on its horizontal stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars or open seats around its rim; the seats are suspended so as to remain horizontal as the wheel rotates, and, depending on the size of the wheel, the passengers when they reach the top may have a grand vista of the surrounding area; -- so called after <person>G. W. G. Ferris</person>, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.</def> <note>Ferris wheels are often found at traveling fairs and at permanent amusement parks.  The <stype>Reisenrad</stype> in Vienna is one of the world's largest and most famous Ferris wheels.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ro-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A prefix, or combining form, indicating <xex>ferrous iron</xex> as an ingredient; <as>as, <ex>ferro</ex>cyanide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*cal"cite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>calcite</ets>.]</ety> <def>Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ro-con"crete</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch. &amp; Engin.)</fld> <def>Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also <altname>armored concrete steel</altname>, and most commonly <altname>reenforced concrete</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*cy"a*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>cyanate</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ferrocyanate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*cy*an"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>cyanic</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ferrocyanique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>ferrocyanic acid</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white crystalline substance, <chform>H4(CN)6Fe</chform>, of strong acid properties, obtained from potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferrocyanides; -- called also <altname>hydro-ferrocyanic acid</altname>, <altname>hydrogen ferrocyanide</altname>. etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*cy"a*nide</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 104)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>cyanide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Potassium ferrocyanide</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, <chform>K4(CN)6Fe</chform>, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, <xex>prussian blue</xex>. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*prus"si*ate</hw> <pr>(&unr_; <i>or</i> &unr_; <i>or</i> &unr_;; see <er>Prussiate</er>, 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>prussiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ro*prus"sic</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; see <er>Prussic</er>, 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ferro-</ets> + <ets>prussic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Ferrocyanic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ro"so-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ferro-</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ro*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <def>A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called <xex>tintype</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ferreux</ets>. See <er>Ferreous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence of two; <as>as, <ex>ferrous</ex> sulphate</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ru"gi*na`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ferrugo</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ru*gin"e*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ferruginous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ru"gi*nous</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;r*r&usuml_;"j&ibreve_;*n&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferruginus</ets>, <ets>ferrugineus</ets>, fr. <ets>ferrugo</ets>, <ets>-ginis</ets>, iron rust: cf. F. <ets>ferrugineux</ets>. See <er>Ferrugo</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fer*ru"go</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;r*r&usuml_;"g&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., iron rust, fr. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <def>A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the <altname>rust</altname>, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"rule</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;r"r&ibreve_;l <it>or</it> f&ebreve_;r"r&usdot_;l; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly <ets>verrel</ets>, F. <ets>virole</ets>, fr. L. <ets>viriola</ets> little bracelet, dim. of <ets>viriae</ets>, pl., bracelets; prob. akin to <ets>viere</ets> to twist, weave, and E. <ets>withe</ets>. The spelling with <it>f</it> is due to confusion with L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <altsp>[Sometimes spelled <asp>ferule</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Machinery)</fld> <def>Any of various circular or cylindrical metal objects used at joints in a tube, pipe, or rod, especially to assist making a tight seal at a joint.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld> <def>A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Chemistry)</fld> <def>A bushing used at the joints of metal tubing in HPLC equipment to make a tight seal.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Fishing)</fld> <def>One of several small rings at the top of a casting rod which holds the fishing line.</def> <au>RHUD</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ru"mi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferruminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ferruminare</ets> to cement, solder, fr. <ets>ferrumen</ets> cement, fr. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <def>To solder or unite, as metals.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ru`mi*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferruminatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ferrumination</ets>.]</ety> <def>The soldering or uniting of metals.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ry</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;r"r&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ferried</conjf> <pr>(-r&ibreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ferrying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferien</ets> to convey, AS. <ets>ferian</ets>, from <ets>faran</ets> to go; akin to Icel. <ets>ferja</ets> to ferry, Goth. <ets>farjan</ets> to sail. See <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; <as>as, part of her day was spent <ex>ferrying</ex> the kids to and from school</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ry</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>ferry</qex> over this Lethean sound<br/>
Both to and fro.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ferries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>feri</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>ferja</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&auml;rja</ets>, Dan. <ets>f&aelig;rge</ets>, G. <ets>f&auml;hre</ets>. See <er>Ferry</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It can pass the <qex>ferry</qex> backward into light.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To row me o'er the <qex>ferry</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Campbell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ferry bridge</b></col>, <cd>a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.</cd> -- <col><b>Ferry railway</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Railway</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ry*boat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ry*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ferrymen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who maintains or attends a ferry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fers</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ferthe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fourth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"tile</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fertilis</ets>, fr. <ets>ferre</ets> to bear, produce: cf. F. <ets>fertile</ets>. <ets>See</ets> <er>Bear</er> to support.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; <as>as, <ex>fertile</ex> land or fields; a <ex>fertile</ex> mind or imagination.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Though he in a <qex>fertile</qex> climate dwell.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; <as>as, <ex>fertile</ex> flowers</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Henceforth, my early care . . . <br/>
Shall tend thee, and the <qex>fertile</qex> burden ease<br/>
Of thy full branches.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Fertile</er>, <er>Fruitful</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Fertile</xex> implies the inherent power of production; <xex>fruitful</xex>, the act. The prairies of the West are <xex>fertile</xex> by nature, and are turned by cultivation into <xex>fruitful</xex> fields. The same distinction prevails when these words are used figuratively. A man of <xex>fertile</xex> genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one whose mind is <xex>fruitful</xex> has resources of thought and a readiness of application which enable him to think and act effectively.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"tile*ly</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fertile or fruitful manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fer"tile*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fertility.</def>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*til"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To fertilize; to fecundate.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*til"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fertilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fertilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; <as>as, the <ex>fertility</ex> of soil, or of imagination</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>fertility</xex> of resource.&rdquo;  <rj><au>E. Everett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps<br/>
Corrupting in its own <qex>fertility</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste<br/>
More rich than other climes' <qex>fertility</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`ti*li*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of rendering fertile.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Close fertilization</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.</cd> -- <col><b>Cross fertilization</b></col>, <cd>fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under <er>Cross</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ti*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fertilized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fertilizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fertiliser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; <as>as, to <ex>fertilize</ex> land, soil, ground, and meadows</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>fertilize</qex> the field that each pretends to gain.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fecundate; <as>as, to <ex>fertilize</ex> flower</as>.</def>  <rj><au>A. R. Wallace.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fertilized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> impregnated, inseminated.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>made more suitable for growth of crops by addition of fertilizer{2}; -- of soil.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> enriched.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ti*lizer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.</def>  <rj><au>A. R. Wallace.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial substances which make plants grow better, as manure, guano, phosphate of lime, ammonium nitrate, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fer"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferula</ets> giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. <ets>ferire</ets> to strike; akin to OHG. <ets>berjan</ets>, Icel. <ets>berja</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ferule</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A ferule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer`u*la"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferulaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>ferula</ets> rod: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;rulac&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; <as>as, <ex>ferulaceous</ex> plants</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A ferule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ule</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ferula</ets>: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;rule</ets>. See <er>Ferula</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A <er>ferrule</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feruled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feruling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To punish with a ferule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*ru"lic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (<spn>Ferula asaf&oelig;tida</spn>); <as>as, <ex>ferulic</ex> acid</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ferulaic</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"vence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Heat; fervency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"ven*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>fervence</ets>. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When you pray, let it be with attention, with <qex>fervency</qex>, and with perseverance.</q> <rj><qau>Wake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"vent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fervent</ets>, L. <ets>fervens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>. p. pr. of <ets>fervere</ets> o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; <as>as, a <ex>fervent</ex> summer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The elements shall melt with <qex>fervent</qex> heat.</q> <rj><qau>2 Pet. iii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not slothful in business; <qex>fervent</qex> in spirit.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. iii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So spake the <qex>fervent</qex> angel.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>fervent</qex> desire to promote the happiness of mankind.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fer"vent*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fer"vent*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>Laboring <qex>fervently</qex> for you in prayers.</q> <rj><qau>Col. iv. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer*ves"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fervescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>fervescere</ets> to become boiling hot, incho., fr. <ets>fervere</ets>. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <def>Growing hot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"vid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fervidus</ets>, fr. <ets>fervere</ets>. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Very hot; burning; boiling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The mounted sun<br/>
Shot down direct his <qex>fervid</qex> rays.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ardent; vehement; zealous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fervid</qex> wishes, holy fires.</q> <rj><qau>Parnell.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fer"vid*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fer"vid*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fer"vor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fervour</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[OF. <ets>fervor</ets>, <ets>fervour</ets>, F. <ets>ferveur</ets>, L. <ets>fervor</ets>, fr. <ets>fervere</ets>. See <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Heat; excessive warmth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fevor</qex> of ensuing day.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.</def>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Winged with <qex>fervor</qex> of her love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Fervor</er>, <er>Ardor</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Fervor</xex> is a boiling heat, and <xex>ardor</xex> is a burning heat. Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use <xex>fervor</xex> and its derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions under the image of ebullition, or as pouring themselves forth. Thus we speak of the <xex>fervor</xex> of passion, <xex>fervid</xex> declamation, <xex>fervid</xex> importunity, <xex>fervent</xex> supplication, <xex>fervent</xex> desires, etc. <xex>Ardent</xex> is used when we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as, <xex>ardent</xex> friendship, <xex>ardent</xex> zeal, <xex>ardent</xex> devotedness; burning with <xex>ardor</xex> for the fight.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"cen*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Fescenninus</ets>, fr. <etsep>Fescennia</etsep>, a city of Etruria.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"cue</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;s"k&uuptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>festu</ets>, OF. <ets>festu</ets>, F. <ets>f&eacute;tu</ets>, fr. L. <ets>festuca</ets> stalk, straw.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.</def> &ldquo;Pedantic <xex>fescue</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sterne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To come under the <qex>fescue</qex> of an imprimatur.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The style of a dial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A grass of the genus <gen>Festuca</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fescue grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a genus of grasses (<gen>Festuca</gen>) containing several species of importance in agriculture. <spn>Festuca ovina</spn> is <stype>sheep's fescue</stype>; <spn>F. elatior</spn> is <stype>meadow fescue</stype>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"cue</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;s"k&uuptack_;)</pr>, <pos>v. i. &amp; t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fescued</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fescuing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"els</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>fasels</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Phasel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>May (Georgics).</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fess</hw>, <hw>Fesse</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fesse</ets>, <ets>faisse</ets>, F. <ets>fasce</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fascia</ets> band. See <er>Fascia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fess point</b></col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>the exact center of the escutcheon. See <er>Escutcheon</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"si*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fessus</ets> wearied, fatigued.]</ety> <def>Weariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fess"wise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of fess.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fist</er>.]</ety> <def>The fist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fest</hw>, <hw>Fes"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw> <def>A feast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>festum</ets> holiday, feast. See <er>feast</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You bless with choicer wine the <qex>festal</qex> day.</q> <rj><qau>Francis.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"tal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Joyously; festively; mirthfully.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ten*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fescennine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Festered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Festering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>festern</ets>, fr. <ets>fester</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>; <ets>or fr</ets>. <ets>OF</ets>. <ets>festrir</ets>, fr. <ets>festre</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> See <er>Fester</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; <as>as, a sore or a wound <ex>festers</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wounds immedicable<br/>
Rankle, and <qex>fester</qex>, and gangrene.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it <qex>fester</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Hatred . . . <qex>festered</qex> in the hearts of the children of the soil.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes`ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to fester or rankle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,<br/>
And <qex>festered</qex> ranking malice in my breast.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>festre</ets>, L. <ets>fistula</ets> a sort of ulcer.  Cf. <er>Fistula</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A festering or rankling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fester</qex> of the chain their necks.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ter*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A festering.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chalmers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fest"eye</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>festier</ets>, <ets>festeer</ets>, F. <ets>festoyer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To feast; to entertain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ti*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>festinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>festinare</ets> to hasten.]</ety> <def>Hasty; hurried.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Fes"ti*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes`ti*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>festinatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Haste; hurry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ti*val</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>festival</ets>, fr. L. <ets>festivum</ets> festive jollity, fr. <ets>festivus</ets> festive, gay. See <er>Festive</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I cannot woo in <qex>festival</qex> terms.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ti-val</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The morning trumpets <qex>festival</qex> proclaimed.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Feast; banquet; carousal. See <er>Feast</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>festivus</ets>, fr. <ets>festum</ets> holiday, feast. See <er>feast</er>, and cf. <er>Festivous</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fes"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>The glad circle round them yield their souls<br/>
To <qex>festive</qex> mirth and wit that knows no gall.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes*tiv"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Festivities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>festivitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>festivit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The unrestrained <qex>festivity</qex> of the rustic youth.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hurd.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A festival; a festive celebration.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"ti*vous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Festive</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a feast; festive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fest"lich</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Feast</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Festive; fond of festive occasions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A <xex>festlich</xex> man.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes*toon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feston</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>feston</ets>, It. <ets>festone</ets>), prob. fr. L. <ets>festum</ets> festival. See <er>Feast</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch. &amp; Sculp.)</fld> <def>A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bucranium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes*toon"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Festooned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Festooning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes*toon"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Herschel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes*tu*cine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>festula</ets> stalk, straw.  Cf. <er>Fescue</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a straw color; greenish yellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A little insect of a <qex>festucine</qex> or pale green.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"tu*cous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed or consisting of straw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fes"tue</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fescue</er>.]</ety> <def>A straw; a fescue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <ets>feat</ets>, F. <ets>fait</ets>, and It. <ets>fett&unr_;</ets> slice, G. <ets>fetzen</ets> rag, Icel. <ets>fat</ets> garment.]</ety> <def>A piece.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fetten</ets>, <ets>feten</ets>, AS. <ets>fetian</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>f&aelig;t</ets> a journey, and to E. <ets>foot</ets>; cf. G. <ets>fassen</ets> to seize. &radic; 77. See <er>Foot</er>, and cf. <er>Fetch</er>.]</ety> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And from the other fifty soon the prisoner <qex>fet</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet</hw>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <mord>of <er>Fette</er></mord>. <def>Fetched.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; <as>as, <ex>fetal circulation</ex>; <ex>fetal</ex> membranes.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fetch</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;ch; 224)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fetched</conjf> 2; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos>. <conjf>Fetching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fecchen</ets>, AS. <ets>feccan</ets>, perh. the same word as <ets>fetian</ets>; or cf. <ets>facian</ets> to wish to get, OFries. <ets>faka</ets> to prepare. &radic;77.  Cf. <er>Fet</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Time will run back and <qex>fetch</qex> the age of gold.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He called to her, and said, <qex>Fetch</qex> me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to <qex>fetch</qex> it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our native horses were held in small esteem, and <qex>fetched</qex> low prices.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with <xex>to</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>fetch</ex> a man to</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fetching</qex> men again when they swoon.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To reduce; to throw.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The sudden trip in wrestling that <qex>fetches</qex> a man to the ground.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; <as>as, to <ex>fetch</ex> a compass; to <ex>fetch</ex> a leap; to <ex>fetch</ex> a sigh.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I'll <qex>fetch</qex> a turn about the garden.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>fetches</qex> his blow quick and sure.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Meantine flew our ships, and straight we <qex>fetched</qex><br/>
The siren's isle.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They could n't <qex>fetch</qex> the butter in the churn.</q> <rj><qau>W. Barnes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fetch a compass</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place.</cd> -- <col><b>To fetch a pump</b></col>, <cd>to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To fetch headway</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To fetch sternway</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to move ahead or astern.</cd> -- <col><b>To fetch out</b></col>, <cd>to develop.</cd> &ldquo;The skill of the polisher <xex>fetches out</xex> the colors [of marble]&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au>  -- <col><b>To fetch up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To overtake.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Says [the hare], I can <xex>fetch up</xex> the tortoise when I please.&rdquo; <au>L'Estrange.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To stop suddenly.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fetch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; <as>as, to <ex>fetch</ex> about; to <ex>fetch</ex> to windward.</as></def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fetch away</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward.</cd> -- <col><b>To fetch and carry</b></col>, <cd>to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fetch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every little <qex>fetch</qex> of wit and criticism.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The apparation of a living person; a wraith.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The very <qex>fetch</qex> and ghost of Mrs. Gamp.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>The length of such a region.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fetch candle</b></col>, <cd>a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fetch"er</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;ch"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fetches or brings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fetching</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>drawing favorable attention; <as>as, a <ex>fetching</ex> new hat</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> appealing, taking, winning.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fete</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>feat</er>.]</ety> <def>A feat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fete</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <def>Feet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;F&ecirc;te</hw> <pr>(f&auptack_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Feast</er>.]</ety> <def>A festival.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>F&ecirc;te champ&ecirc;tre</b></col> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr> <ety>[F.]</ety>, <cd>a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>F&ecirc;te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>F&ecirc;ted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>F&ecirc;ting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&ecirc;ter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To feast; to honor with a festival.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fe"tich</hw>, <hw>Fe"tish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw><ety>[F. <ets>f&eacute;tiche</ets>, from Pg. <ets>feiti&unr_;o</ets>, adj., <pos>n.</pos>, sorcery, charm, fr. L. <ets>facticius</ets> made by art, artifical, factitious. See <er>Factitious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any object to which one is excessively devoted.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>fe"tich*ism</hw>, <hw>Fe"tish*ism</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>; 277), <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw><ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;tichisme</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feticism</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to <qex>fetichism</qex>, the second to polytheism proper.</q> <rj><qau>Tylor.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fe"tich*ist</hw>, <hw>Fe"tish*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw> <def>A believer in fetiches.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He was by nature a <qex>fetichist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H. Holbeach.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fe`tich*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fe`tish*is"tic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>}</mhw> <def>Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and <qex>fetichistic</qex> dread.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ti*cide</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>f&oelig;ticide</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[<ets>Fetus</ets> + L. <ets>caedere</ets> to kill.]</ety> <fld>(Med. &amp; Law)</fld> <def>The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fetichism</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"id</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fetidus</ets>, <ets>foetidus</ets>, fr. <ets>fetere</ets>, <ets>foetere</ets>, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;tide</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having an offensive smell; stinking.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Most putrefactions . . . smell either <qex>fetid</qex> or moldy.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet*id"i*ty</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fetidness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"id*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being fetid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe*tif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fetus</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing young, as animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fetis</ets>, <ets>faitis</ets>.  Cf. <er>Factitious</er>.]</ety> <def>Neat; pretty; well made; graceful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Full <qex>fetis</qex> was her cloak, as I was ware.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"tise*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Neatly; gracefully; properly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></p>

<p><mhw><hw>Fe"tish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Fe"tish*ism</hw> <pr>(&unr_; <i>or</i> &unr_;; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Fe`tish*is"tic</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></mhw> <def>See <er>Fetich</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Fetichism</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Fetichistic</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"lock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fetlak</ets>, <ets>fitlock</ets>, cf. Icel. <ets>fet</ets> pace, step, <ets>fit</ets> webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. <ets>foot</ets>. &radic; 77. See <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <def>The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Their wounded steeds<br/>
Fret <qex>fetlock</qex> deep in gore.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fetor</ets>, <ets>foetor</ets>. See <er>Fetid</er>.]</ety> <def>A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"te</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Fette</conjf>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fet</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Fet</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"ter</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;t"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fetor</ets>, <ets>feter</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>feter&omacr;s</ets>, pl., OD. <ets>veter</ets>, OHG. <ets>fezzera</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj&ouml;turr</ets>, L. <ets>pedica</ets>, Gr. <grk>pe`dh</grk>, and to E. <ets>foot</ets>. &radic; 77. See <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <mark>[Chiefly used in the plural, <plw>fetters</plw>.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[They] bound him with <qex>fetters</qex> of brass.</q> <rj><qau>Judg. xvi. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Passion's too fierce to be in <qex>fetters</qex> bound.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <er>Fettered</er> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <er>Fettering</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My heels are <qex>fettered</qex>, but my fist is free.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; <as>as, <ex>fettered</ex> by obligations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My conscience! thou art <qex>fettered</qex><br/>
More than my shanks and wrists.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fet"ter*bush`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ornamental evergreen shrub (<spn>Pieris floribunda</spn>) of the Southeastern U. S. having small white bell-shaped flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, <spn>Pieris floribunda</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A showy evergreen shrub (<spn>Lyonia lucida</spn>) of the Southeastern U. S. with shiny leaves and angled branches and umbel-like clusters of pink to reddish flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fetter bush, shiny lyonia, <spn>Lyonia lucida</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"tered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"ter*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fetters.</def>  <rj><au>Landor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"ter*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from fetters.</def>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. &amp; Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), <ets>fettle</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>, order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. <ets>fit</ets>. See <er>Fit</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To repair; to prepare; to put in order.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"tle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of fettling.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In fine fettle</b></col>, <cd>in good spirits.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"tling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <note>[It is commonly called <altname>fix</altname> in the United States.]</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Pottery)</fld> <def>The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fet"u*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Neat; feat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Herrick.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"tus</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"t&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fetuses</plw> <pr>(f&emacr;"t&ubreve;s*&ebreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>fetus</ets>, <ets>foetus</ets>, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. <ets>fetus</ets> fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. <ets>fawn</ets> a deer, <ets>fecundity</ets>, <ets>felicity</ets>, <ets>feminine</ets>, <ets>female</ets>, and prob. to <ets>do</ets>, or according to others, to <ets>be</ets>.]</ety> <def>The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal, <contr>embryo</contr> being applied to the earlier stages.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>f&oelig;tus</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fet"wah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <def>A written decision of a Turkish mufti some point of law; also applied to opinions by certain other Islamic religious authorities on points of Islamic law, such as in Iran.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>fatwah</asp> and <asp>fatwa</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Whitworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 2d <er>Feud</er>, and <er>Fee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"ar</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Feu.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>One who holds a feu.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feud</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feide</ets>, AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;h&eth;</ets>, fr. <ets>f&amacr;h</ets> hostile; akin to OHG. <ets>f&emacr;hida</ets>, G. <ets>fehde</ets>, Sw. <ets>fejd</ets>, D. <ets>feide</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>fiend</ets>. See Foe.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mutual <qex>feuds</qex> and battles betwixt their several tribes and kindreds.</q> <rj><qau>Purchas.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Affray; fray; broil; contest; dispute; strife.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Feud</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>feudum</ets>, <ets>feodum</ets> prob. of same origin as E. <ets>fief</ets>. See <er>Fief</er>, <er>Fee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A stipendiary estate in land, held of a superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profits thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>feu"dal</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;"d&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>f&eacute;odal</ets>, or LL. <ets>feudalis</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; <as>as, <ex>feudal</ex> rights or services; <ex>feudal</ex> tenures.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; <as>as, the <ex>feudal</ex> system</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"dal*ism</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;"d&aitalic_;l*&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;odalisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>feu"dal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An upholder of feudalism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu*dal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f&eacute;odalit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu`dal*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of reducing to feudal tenure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"dal*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Feudalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Feudalizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"dal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a feudal manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"da*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>feudarius</ets>, fr. <ets>feudum</ets>. See 2d <er>Feud</er>.]</ety> <def>Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"da*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.</def>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A feodary. See <er>Feodary</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"da*ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>feudatarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>feudataire</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Feudatory</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"da*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Feudatories</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The grantee . . . was styled the <qex>feudatory</qex> or vassal.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[He] had for <qex>feudatories</qex> great princes.</q> <rj><qau>J. H. Newman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"da*to*ry</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Held from another on some conditional tenure; <as>as, a <ex>feudatory</ex> title</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj></p>

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<hw>&Verbar;Feu` de joie"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F., lit., fire of joy.]</ety> <def>A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feud"ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>feudiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Feu`illants"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at <xex>Feuillans</xex>, near Toulouse, in France.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feuille"mort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feuille morte</ets> a dead leaf.]</ety> <def>Having the color of a faded leaf.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Feu`ille*ton"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from <ets>feulle</ets> leaf.]</ety> <def>A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Feuill"ton*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>feuilletoniste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writer of feuilletons.</def>  <rj><au>F. Harrison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>feu"ter</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feutre</ets> rest for a lance, OF. <ets>feutre</ets>, <ets>fautre</ets>, <ets>feltre</ets>, felt, cushion, rest for a lance, fr. LL. <ets>filtrum</ets>, <ets>feltrum</ets>; of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>felt</ets>. See <er>Felt</er>, and cf. <er>Filter</er>.]</ety> <def>To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feu"ter*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Either fr. G. <ets>f&uuml;tterer</ets> feeder, or corrupted fr. OF. <ets>vautrier</ets>, <ets>vaultrier</ets>; fr. vaultre, viautre, a kind of hound, fr. L. <ets>vertragus</ets>, <ets>vertraga</ets>, a greyhound. The last is of Celtic origin.]</ety> <def>A dog keeper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"v&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fever</ets>, <ets>fefer</ets>, AS. <ets>fefer</ets>, <ets>fefor</ets>, L. <ets>febris</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fi&egrave;vre</ets>.  Cf. <er>Febrile</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite.  Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated <xex>fevers</xex>; <as>as, typhoid <ex>fever</ex>; yellow <ex>fever</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Remitting</xex> fevers subside or abate at intervals; <xex>intermitting</xex> fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; <xex>continued</xex> or <xex>continual</xex> fevers neither remit nor intermit.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; <as>as, this quarrel has set my blood in a <ex>fever</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An envious <qex>fever</qex><br/>
Of pale and bloodless emulation.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>After life's fitful <qex>fever</qex> he sleeps well.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Brain fever</b></col>, <col><b>Continued fever</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Brain</er>, <er>Continued</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever and ague</b></col>, <cd>a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever blister</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever bush</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the wild allspice or spice bush. See <er>Spicewood</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever powder</b></col>. <cd>Same as <er>Jame's powder</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever root</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American herb of the genus <gen>Triosteum</gen> (<spn>Triosteum perfoliatum</spn>); -- called also <altname>feverwort</altname> and <altname>horse gentian</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fever sore</b></col>, <cd>a carious ulcer or necrosis.</cd> <au>Miner.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fevered</conjf> <pr>(f&emacr;"v&etilde_;rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fevering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To put into a fever; to affect with fever; <as>as, a <ex>fevered</ex> lip</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The white hand of a lady <qex>fever</qex> thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fevered</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Highly excited; <as>as, a <ex>fevered</ex> imagination</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> feverish.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*et</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"v&etilde_;r*&ebreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slight fever.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*few</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"v&etilde_;r*f&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>feferfuge</ets>, fr. L. <ets>febrifugia</ets>. See <er>fever</er>, <er>Fugitive</er>, and cf. <er>Febrifuge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial plant (<spn>Pyrethrum Parthenium</spn>, or <spn>Chrysanthemum Parthenium</spn>) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; <as>as, the patient is <ex>feverish</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; <as>as, <ex>feverish</ex> symptoms</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hot; sultry.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>feverish</xex> north.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; <as>as, the <ex>feverish</ex> condition of the commercial world</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fevered.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>Strive to keep up a frail and <qex>feverish</qex> being.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fe"ver*ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fe"ver*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>fi&eacute;vreux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affected with fever or ague; feverish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His heart, love's <qex>feverous</qex> citadel.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; <as>as, a <ex>feverous</ex> pulse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All maladies . . . all <qex>feverous</qex> kinds.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having the tendency to produce fever; <as>as, a <ex>feverous</ex> disposition of the year</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Feverishly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>Fever root</cref>, under <er>Fever</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"ver*y</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;"v&etilde_;r*&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Feverish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Few</hw> <pr>(f&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fewer</adjf> <pr>(f&umacr;"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fewest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fewe</ets>, <ets>feawe</ets>, AS. <ets>fe&aacute;</ets>, pl. <ets>fe&aacute;we</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>f&amacr;h</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&omacr;</ets> <ets>fao</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&amacr;r</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&aring;</ets>, pl., Dan. <ets>faa</ets>, pl., Goth. <ets>faus</ets>, L. <ets>paucus</ets>, cf. Gr. <grk>pay^ros</grk>.  Cf. <er>Paucity</er>.]</ety> <def>Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.</def> &ldquo;Are not my days <xex>few</xex>?&rdquo;  <rj><au>Job x. 20.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Few</qex> know and <qex>fewer</qex> care.</q> <rj><qau>Proverb.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Few</xex> is often used partitively; as, <xex>few</xex> of them.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>A few</b></col>, <cd>a small number.</cd> -- <col><b>In few</b></col>, <cd>in a few words; briefly.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><pbr/>
-- <col><b>No few</b></col>, <cd>not few; more than a few; many.</cd>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><pbr/>
-- <col><b>The few</b></col>, <cd>the minority; -- opposed to <xex>the many</xex> or <xex>the majority</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fe"wel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fuel</er>.]</ety> <def>Fuel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Few"met</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fumet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Few"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brevity; conciseness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fey</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&aemacr_;ga</ets>, Icel. <ets>feigr</ets>, OHG. <ets>feigi</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fated; doomed.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fey</hw> <pr>(f&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fay</er> faith.]</ety> <def>Faith.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Feague</er>.]</ety> <def>To cleanse; to clean out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feyne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To feign.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Feyre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fair or market.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fez</hw> <pr>(f&ebreve_;z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. the town of <etsep>Fez</etsep> in Morocco.]</ety> <def>A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See <er>Tarboosh</er>.</def>  <rj><au>B. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>FHLMC</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[acronym from <ets>F</ets>ederal <ets>H</ets>ome <ets>L</ets>oan <ets>M</ets>ortgage <ets>C</ets>orporation.]</ety> <def>a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.  It is called <altname>Freddie Mac</altname> in the jargon of the finance industry.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fia"cre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of French hackney coach.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fiancer</ets>. See <er>Affiance</er>.]</ety> <def>To betroth; to affiance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Harmar.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`an`c&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A betrothed man.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`an`c&eacute;e"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A betrothed woman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"ants</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fiente</ets> dung.]</ety> <def>The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"ar</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Feuar</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I am <qex>fiar</qex> of the lands; she a life renter.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*as"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fiascoes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"at</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. <ets>fieri</ets>, used as pass. of <ets>facere</ets> to make.  Cf. <er>Be</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>fiat</qex> laid the corner stone.</q> <rj><qau>Willis.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A warrant of a judge for certain processes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiat money</b></col>, <cd>irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*aunt"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Commission; fiat; order; decree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>fable</ets>; cf. Prov. E. <ets>fibble-fabble</ets> nonsense.]</ety> <def>A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They are very serious; they don't tell <qex>fibs</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H. James.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fibbed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fibbing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To speak falsely.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To tell a fib to.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tells fibs.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fi"ber</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre</hw>  }</mhw>, <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fibre</ets>, L. <ets>fibra</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; <as>as, the <ex>fiber</ex> of flax or of muscle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; <as>as, a <ex>fiber</ex> of spun glass</as>; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>the inherent complex of attributes that determine a person's moral and ethical actions and reactions; sinew; strength; toughness; <as>as, a man of real <ex>fiber</ex></as>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> character, fibre.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>Yet had no <qex>fibers</qex> in him, nor no force.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Nutrition)</fld> <def>that portion of food composed of carbohydrates which are completely or partly indigestible, such as cellulose or pectin; it may be in an insoluble or a soluble form.  It provides bulk to the solid waste and stimulates peristalsis in the intestine.  It is found especially in grains, fruits, and vegetables.  There is some medical evidence which indicates that diets high in fiber reduce the risk of colon cancer and reduce cholesterol levels in the blood.  It is also called <altname>dietary fiber</altname>, <altname>roughage</altname>, or <altname>bulk</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fibre, vulcanized fiber.</syn><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiber gun</b></col>, <cd>a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.</cd> -- <col><b>Fiber plants</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.</cd></cs></p>

<p><hw>fiberboard</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a type of wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets, calle also <altname>particle board</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fibreboard, particle board.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fi"bered</hw>, <hw>Fi"bred</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having fibers; made up of fibers.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fi"ber-faced`</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre-faced`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>fiberglass</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a material made of fine glass fibers woven into a fabric-like form, and used in applications requiring heat resistance; it is also embedded in resins to make a pliable but strong composite material used as the main component of fishing rods and boat hulls, and replacing the sheet metal in some automobile bodies.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>fibreglass</asp>, mostly British in usage.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fi"ber*less</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre*less</hw>  }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"ber op`tics</hw>, <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>that branch of optics which studies the transmission of light through thin transparent fibers.</def> <note>Light transmission through optical fibers has become an important means of data and telephone signal transmission, in some areas superseding the carrying of vioce and data signals through electrical pulses over copper wire.  It is also used for directly carrying images from otherwise inaccessible locations, as from inside the body, for medical procedures.  Light transmission via fiber optics for data transmission uses an <er>optical fiber</er> made of specially purified glass with low light absorption characteristics.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>fi"ber*scope</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>an instrument used to examine internal organs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fibre</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>fiber</er>.</def> <mark>[Mostly British usage]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>fibreboard</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>fiberboard</er>.</def> <mark>[mostly British usage]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>fibreglass</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>fiberglass</er>.</def> <mark>[mostly British usage]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bri*form</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bril</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fibrille</ets>, dim. of <ets>fibre</ets>, L. <ets>fibra</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.</def>  <rj><au>Cheyne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*bril"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fibrill&AElig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Fibril</er>.]</ety> <def>A minute thread or fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bril*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; <as>as, <ex>fibrillar</ex> twitchings</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bril*la*ry</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of of pertaining to fibrils.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bril*la`ted</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with fibrils; fringed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bril*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being reduced to fibers.</def>  <rj><au>Carpenter.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*bril"lose</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; <as>as, <ex>fibrillose</ex> appendages</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*bril"lous</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fibraleux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"brin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fibrine</ets>. See <er>Fiber</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fibrin factors</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the albuminous bodies, paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in coagulation.</cd> -- <col><b>Fibrin ferment</b></col> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bri*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"brine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to the fibers of plants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*brin"o*gen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fibrin</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bri*nog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bri*no*plas"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.Chem.)</fld> <def>Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bri*no*plas"tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fibrin</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.Chem.)</fld> <def>An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also <altname>paraglobulin</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bri*nous</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; <as>as, <ex>fibrious</ex> exudation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bro*car"ti*lage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + E. <ets>cartilage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bro*chon*dros"te*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + gr. &unr_; cartilage + &unr_; bone.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous.</def>  <rj><au>St. George Mivart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"broid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; <as>as, <ex>fibroid</ex> tumors</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fibroid degeneration</b></col>, <cd>a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue.</cd> -- <col><b>Fibroid phthists</b></col>, <cd>a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bro*in</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"bro*lite</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fibrolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also <altname>sillimanite</altname>, and <altname>bucholizite</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*bro"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Fiber</er>, and <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`bro*spon"gi*&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + <ets>spongia</ets> a sponge.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"brous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fibreux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing, or consisting of, fibers; <as>as, the <ex>fibrous</ex> coat of the cocoanut; the <ex>fibrous</ex> roots of grasses.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fi"brous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`bro*vas"cu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + E. <ets>vascular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to <xex>cellular</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tells fibs.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fib"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fibul&AElig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., clasp, buckle.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A brooch, clasp, or buckle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mere <qex>fibul&aelig;</qex>, without a robe to clasp.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A needle for sewing up wounds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fib"u-lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to the fibula.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fib`u*la"re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fibularia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Fibula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small dog; -- written also <asp>fise</asp>, <asp>fyce</asp>, <asp>fiste</asp>, etc.</def> <mark>[Southern U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*ch&eacute;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fitch&Eacute;</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fich"tel*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fich"u</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., neckerchief.]</ety> <def>A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fikel</ets> untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. <ets>ficol</ets>, fr. <ets>fic</ets>, <ets>gefic</ets>, fraud, deceit; cf. <ets>f&amacr;cen</ets> deceit, OS. <ets>f&unr_;kn</ets>, OHG. <ets>feichan</ets>, Icel. <ets>feikn</ets> portent.  Cf. <er>Fidget</er>.]</ety> <def>Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; <as>as, Fortune's <ex>fickle</ex> wheel</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They know how <qex>fickle</qex> common lovers are.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"kle*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"kly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fickle manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Pepys.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ficoes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It., a fig, fr. L.<ets>ficus</ets>. See <er>Fig</er>.]</ety> <def>A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. <xex>A fig for you</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Steal! foh, a <qex>fico</qex> for the phrase.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fictilis</ets>. See <er>Fiction</er>.]</ety> <def>Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fictile</qex> earth is more fragile than crude earth.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The earliest specimens of Italian <qex>fictile</qex> art.</q> <rj><qau>C. Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fictile ware</b></col>, <cd>ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort.</cd></cs></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fic"tile*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Fic*til"i*ty</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fiction</ets>, L. <ets>fictio</ets>, fr. <ets>fingere</ets>, <ets>fictum</ets> to form, shape, invent, feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; <as>as, by a mere <ex>fiction</ex> of the mind</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfleet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to <xex>fact</xex>, or <xex>reality</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fiction</qex> of those golden apples kept by a dragon.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When it could no longer be denied that her flight had been voluntary, numerous <qex>fictions</qex> were invented to account for it.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The office of <qex>fiction</qex> as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators.</q> <rj><qau>Dict. of Education.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Fiction</er>, <er>Fabrication</er>. <xex>Fiction</xex> is opposed to what is real; <xex>fabrication</xex> to what is true. <xex>Fiction</xex> is designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct; a <xex>fabrication</xex> is always intended to mislead and deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have <xex>fiction</xex> of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so called, were chiefly <xex>fabrications</xex> by Macpherson.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.</def>&ldquo;<xex>Fictional</xex> rather than historical.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Latham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of fiction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fictitious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic*ti"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fictitius</ets>. See <er>Fiction</er>.]</ety> <def>Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; <as>as, <ex>fictitious</ex> fame</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The human persons are as <qex>fictitious</qex> as the airy ones.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fic*ti"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fic*ti"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fictif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Feigned; counterfeit.</def> &ldquo;The fount of <xex>fictive</xex> tears.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fic"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Elmes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a fig.]</ety> <def>A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (<spn>F. Carica</spn>) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <spn>Ficus Indica</spn> is the banyan tree; <spn>F. religiosa</spn>, the peepul tree; <spn>F. elastica</spn>, the India-rubber tree.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>fid</ets> a small, thick lump.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; There are <xex>hand fids</xex> and <xex>standing fids</xex> (which are larger than the others, and stand upon a flat base). An iron implement for this purpose is called a <xex>marline spike</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*dal"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. See <er>Hidalgo</er>.]</ety> <def>The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of <xex>Hidalgo</xex> in Spain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;d"d'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fidele</ets>, <ets>fithele</ets>, AS. <ets>fi&eth;ele</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vedel</ets>, OHG. <ets>fidula</ets>, G. <ets>fiedel</ets>, Icel. <ets>fi&eth;la</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>viol</ets>.  Cf. <er>Viol</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of dock (<spn>Rumex pulcher</spn>) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also <altname>fiddle dock</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.</def>  <rj><au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiddle beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a Japanese carabid beetle (<spn>Damaster blaptoides</spn>); -- so called from the form of the body.</cd> -- <col><b>Fiddle block</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Fiddle bow</b></col>, <cd>fiddlestick.</cd> -- <col><b>Fiddle fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the angel fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Fiddle head</b></col>, <cd>See <er>fiddle head</er> in the vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Fiddle pattern</b></col>, <cd>a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin.</cd> -- <col><b>Scotch fiddle</b></col>, the itch. (<mark>Low</mark>) -- <mcol><col><b>To play first fiddle</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>To play second fiddle</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to take a leading or a subordinate part.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fiddled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fiddling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To play on a fiddle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Themistocles . . . said he could not <qex>fiddle</qex>, but he could make a small town a great city.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Talking, and <qex>fiddling</qex> with their hats and feathers.</q> <rj><qau>Pepys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To play (a tune) on a fiddle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fid"dle*dee*dee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to <altname>nonsense</altname>!</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fm</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>the symbol for the element <er>Fermium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fid"dle-fad`dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spectator.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fid"dle-fad`dle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To talk nonsense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fid"dle*head`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, <spn>Matteuccia struthiopteris</spn>, <spn>Pteretis struthiopteris</spn>, <spn>Onoclea struthiopteris</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>New World fern (<spn>Osmunda cinnamonea</spn>) having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds, called also <altname>fiddlehead fern</altname>; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, <spn>Osmunda cinnamonea</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin.  Sometimes it serves the function of a <er>billhead</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fiddleneck</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>hairy annual plant (<spn>Phacelia tanacetifolia</spn>) of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Phacelia tanacetifolia</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fiddle-shaped</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf shape.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pandurate, panduriform.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fi&eth;elere</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who plays on a fiddle or violin.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A burrowing crab of the genus <gen>Gelasimus</gen>, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also <altname>fiddler crab</altname>, <altname>calling crab</altname>, <altname>soldier crab</altname>, and <altname>fighting crab</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common European sandpiper (<spn>Tringoides hypoleucus</spn>); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiddler crab</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Fiddler</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle-shaped`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle*stick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle*string`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fid"dle*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. bois-<ets>fid&egrave;le</ets>, lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.]</ety> <def>The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus <gen>Citharexylum</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`de*jus"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fidejussio</ets>, from <ets>fidejubere</ets> to be surety or bail; <ets>fides</ets> faith + <ets>jubere</ets> to order: cf. F. <ets>fid&eacute;jussion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`de*jus"sor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>fid&eacute;jusseur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*del"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fidelitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fid&eacute;lit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Fealty</er>.]</ety> <def>Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.</def> Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose courageous <qex>fidelity</qex> was proof to all danger.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The best security for the <qex>fidelity</qex> of men is to make interest coincide with duty.</q> <rj><qau>A. Hamilton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Adherence to the marriage contract.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The principal thing required in a witness is <qex>fidelity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"des</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., faith.]</ety> <fld>(Roman Muth.)</fld> <def>Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fidge</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;j)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Fidget</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fidg"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fidgeted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fodgeting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Fidge</er>; cf. OE. <ets>fiken</ets> to fidget, to flatter, Icel. <ets>fika</ets> to hasten, Sw. <ets>fika</ets> to hunt after, AS. <ets>befician</ets> to deceive.  Cf. <er>Fickle</er>.]</ety> <def>To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.</def>  <rj><au>Moore.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fidg"et</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Uneasiness; restlessness.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fidg"et*i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being fidgety.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fidg"et*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Restless; uneasy.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fid"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., prob. fr. L. <ets>fidus</ets> trusty.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, <spn>F. longipes</spn>) is very injurious to vines in America.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*dic"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fidicinus</ets>, fr. <ets>fidicen</ets>, <ets>-inis</ets>, a lute player.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*du"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fiducia</ets> trust, confidence; akin to <ets>fides</ets> faith. See <er>Faith</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Fiducial</xex> reliance on the promises of God.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; <as>as, <ex>fiducial</ex> power</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiducial edge</b></col> <fld>(Astron. &amp; Surv.)</fld>, <cd>the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fiducial line</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Fiducial point</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Math. &amp; Physics.)</fld>, <cd>a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*du"cial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With confidence.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj></p>

<p><hw>Fi*du"ci*a*ry</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fiduciarus</ets>, fr. <ets>fiducia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fiduciaire</ets>. See <er>Fiducial</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; <as>as, in a <ex>fiduciary</ex> capacity</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Fiduciary</xex> obedience.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Holding, held, or founded, in trust.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*du"ci*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose <qex>fiduciaries</qex> they are.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian.</def>  <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fi</ets>; cf. D. <ets>fif</ets>. G. <ets>pfui</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&unr_;</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>fy</ets>, F. <ets>fi</ets>, L. <ets>fi</ets>, <ets>phy</ets>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See <er>Fy</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fief</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fief</ets>; of German origin, and the same word as E. <ets>fee</ets>. See <er>Fee</er>, and cf. <er>Feud</er>, a tief.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under <er>Benefice</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field</hw> <pr>(f&emacr;ld)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feld</ets>, <ets>fild</ets>, AS. <ets>feld</ets>; akin to D. <ets>veld</ets>, G. <ets>feld</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&auml;lt</ets>, Dan. <ets>felt</ets>, Icel. <ets>fold</ets> field of grass, AS. <ets>folde</ets> earth, land, ground, OS. <ets>folda</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fields</qex> which promise corn and wine.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In this glorious and well-foughten <qex>field</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What though the <qex>field</qex> be lost?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An open space; an extent; an expanse.</def>  Esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Without covering, save yon <qex>field</qex> of stars.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ask of yonder argent <qex>fields</qex> above.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Fess</er>, where the <xex>field</xex> is represented as gules (red), while the <xex>fess</xex> is argent (silver).</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Afforded a clear <qex>field</qex> for moral experiments.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also <altname>outfield</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Field</xex> is often used adjectively in the sense of <xex>belonging to</xex>, or <xex>used in</xex>, <xex>the fields</xex>; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, <xex>field</xex> battery; <xex>field</xex> fortification; <xex>field</xex> gun; <xex>field</xex> hospital, etc.  A <xex>field</xex> geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors.  A survey uses a <xex>field</xex> book for recording <xex>field</xex> notes, <it>i.e.</it>, measurment, observations, etc., made in <xex>field</xex> work (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs <xex>field</xex> hands, and may use a <xex>field</xex> roller or a <xex>field</xex> derrick. <xex>Field</xex> sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Coal field</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Coal</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Field artillery</b></col>, <cd>light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army.</cd> -- <col><b>Field basil</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the Mint family (<spn>Calamintha Acinos</spn>); -- called also <altname>basil thyme</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Field colors</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.</cd> -- <col><b>Field cricket</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a large European cricket (<spn>Gryllus campestric</spn>), remarkable for its loud notes.</cd> -- <col><b>Field day</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A day in the fields.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.</cd> -- <col><b>Field driver</b></col>, <cd>in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound.</cd> -- <col><b>Field duck</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the little bustard (<spn>Otis tetrax</spn>), found in Southern Europe.</cd> -- <col><b>Field glass</b></col>. <fld>(Optics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>See <cref>Field lens</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Field lark</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The skylark.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The tree pipit.</cd> -- <col><b>Field lens</b></col> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <cd>that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also <altname>field glass</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Field madder</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Sherardia arvensis</spn>) used in dyeing.</cd> -- <col><b>Field marshal</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies.</cd> -- <col><b>Field officer</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general.</cd> -- <col><b>Field officer's court</b></col> <fld>(U.S.Army)</fld>, <cd>a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au>  -- <col><b>Field plover</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the black-bellied plover (<spn>Charadrius squatarola</spn>); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper (<spn>Bartramia longicauda</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Field spaniel</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small spaniel used in hunting small game.</cd> -- <col><b>Field sparrow</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A small American sparrow (<spn>Spizella pusilla</spn>).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The hedge sparrow.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Field staff</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.</cd> -- <col><b>Field vole</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the European meadow mouse.</cd> -- <col><b>Field of ice</b></col>, <cd>a large body of floating ice; a pack.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Field</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Field of view</b></col></mcol>, <cd>in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen.</cd> -- <col><b>Field magnet</b></col>. <cd>see under <er>Magnet</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Magnetic field</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Magnetic</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To back the field</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To bet on the field</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Back</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep the field</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>To continue a campaign.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To maintain one's ground against all comers.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To lay against the field</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To back against the field</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the field</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to enter upon a campaign.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Field</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fielded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fielding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take the field.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Ball Playing)</fld> <def>To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Ball Playing)</fld> <def>To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Engaged in the field; encamped.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To help <qex>fielded</qex> friends.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of fields.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fielden</qex> country also and plains.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ball Playing)</fld> <def>A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"fare`</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>feldfare</ets>, AS. <ets>feldfare</ets>; field + <ets>faran</ets> to travel.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a small thrush (<spn>Turdus pilaris</spn>) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also <altname>fellfare</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ball Playing)</fld> <def>The act of playing as a fielder.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fieldmouse</hw>, <hw>field mouse</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus <gen>Apodemus</gen> inhabing woods and fields and gardens.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>any mouse inhabiting fields, as the <stype>campagnol</stype> and the <stype>deer mouse</stype>. See <er>Campagnol</er>, and <er>Deer mouse</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"piece`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also <altname>field gun</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fields"man</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fielder.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>field-test</hw>, <hw>field test</hw></mhw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to test something in the field, <it>i. e.</it> under the actual conditions under which it will be used; <as>as, The Army <ex>field-tested</ex> the new tanks</as>.  Used in contrast with testing in a laboratory or under controlled conditions.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> field test.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All works which do not come under the head of permanent fortification are called <qex>fieldworks</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wilhelm.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Field"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Open, like a field.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fiend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fend</ets>, <ets>find</ets>, <ets>fiend</ets>, <ets>feond</ets>, fiend, foe, AS. <ets>fe&oacute;nd</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>f&imacr;ond</ets>, D. <ets>vijand</ets> enemy, OHG. <ets>f&imacr;ant</ets>, G. <ets>feind</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj&amacr;nd</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>fiende</ets>, Goth. <ets>fijands</ets>; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning <ets>to hate</ets>, AS. <ets>fe&oacute;n</ets>, <ets>fe&oacute;gan</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&imacr;&unr_;n</ets>, Goth. <ets>fijan</ets>, Skr. <ets>p&imacr;y</ets> to scorn; prob. akin to E. <ets>feud</ets> a quarrel. &radic;81.  Cf. <er>Foe</er>, <er>Friend</er>.]</ety> <def>An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Into this wild abyss the wary <qex>fiend</qex><br/>
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind<br/>
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler <qex>fiend</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fiend"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of fiendish spirit or arts.</def>  <rj><au>Marlowe.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fiend"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fiend"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fiend"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fiend"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fiend"like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fiendish; diabolical.</def>  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fiend"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fe&oacute;ndlic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`e*ras"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fierce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fiercer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fiercest</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fers</ets>, <ets>fiers</ets>, OF. <ets>fier</ets>, nom. <ets>fiers</ets>, fierce, savage, cruel, F. <ets>fier</ets> proud, from L. <ets>ferus</ets> wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. <ets>bear</ets> the animal.  Cf. <er>Feral</er>, <er>Ferocity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; <as>as, a <ex>fierce</ex> wind</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>fierce</qex> thunder drove us to the deep.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>fierce</xex> whisper.&rdquo; <au>Dickens.</au> &ldquo;A <xex>fierce</xex> tyrant.&rdquo; <au>Pope.</au><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fierce</qex> foe hung upon our broken rear.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou huntest me as a <qex>fierce</qex> lion.</q> <rj><qau>Job. x. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See <er>Ferocious</er>.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fierce"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fierce"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>fierceness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the quality of being fierce; ferocity; fury; vehemence.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ferocity, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness, strength.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"e*ri fa"ci*as</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., cause it to be done.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone. Cowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"er*i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; <as>as, a <ex>fieriness</ex> of temper</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"er*y</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Formerly written <ets>firy</ets>, fr. <ets>fire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; <as>as, the <ex>fiery</ex> gulf of Etna; a <ex>fiery</ex> appearance.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>fiery</qex> billows roll below.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Hath thy <qex>fiery</qex> heart so parched thine entrails?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fiery</qex> spirit of his forefathers.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irwing.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You know the <qex>fiery</qex> quality of the duke.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One curbed the <qex>fiery</qex> steed.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The sword which is made <qex>fiery</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fiery cross</b></col>, <cd>a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms.</cd>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fies"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. See <er>Feast</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.</def></p>

<p><q>Even . . . a bullfight is a <qex>fiesta</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>Am. Dialect Notes.</qau></rj></p>

<p><q>Some <qex>fiesta</qex>, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.</q>  <rj><qau>The Century.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an organized series of acts and performances.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> festival, feast, fete.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fife</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fifre</ets>, OHG. <ets>pf&imacr;fa</ets>, LL. <ets>pipa</ets> pipe, <ets>pipare</ets> to play on the pipe, fr. L. <ets>pipire</ets>, <ets>pipare</ets>, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See <er>Pipe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fife major</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.</cd> -- <col><b>Fife rail</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A railing around the break of a poop deck.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fife</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fifed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>fifing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To play on a fife.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"er</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;f"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who plays on a fife.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>FIFO</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;"f&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[acronym, <ets>F</ets>irst <ets>I</ets>n <ets>F</ets>irst <ets>O</ets>ut.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(accounting)</fld> <def>an accounting method in which goods in inventory are valued at the price of the most recent acquisition of each type of goods, and those used up from inventory are valued at the cost of those first acquired.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"teen`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fiftene</ets>, AS. <ets>f&imacr;ft&ymacr_;ne</ets>, <ets>f&imacr;ft&emacr;ne</ets>. See <er>Five</er>, and <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Fifty</er>.]</ety> <def>Five and ten; one more than fourteen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"teen`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"teenth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fiftenthe</ets>; cf. <ets>fiftethe</ets>, AS. <ets>f&imacr;fte&omacr;&eth;a</ets>. See <er>Fifteen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"teenth`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An interval consisting of two octaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fifth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fifte</ets>, <ets>fifthe</ets>, AS. <ets>f&imacr;fta</ets>. See <er>Five</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fifth monarchy men</b></col> <fld>(Hist.)</fld>, <cd>a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years.</cd> -- <col><b>Fifth wheel</b></col>, <cd>a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.</cd></cs><!-- something superfluous, as an unwanted person. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Fifth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.</def><!-- a fifth of whiskey = a fifth of a gallon --><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fifth` col"umn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from a statement during the Spanish Civil War (1936) that the Falange had four columns of soldiers marching on the city, and a fifth column &ldquo;already there&rdquo; (i.e. sympathizers inside the Republican lines).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a group of persons inside the battle lines of a territory engaged in a conflict, who secretly sympathize with the enemy, and who engage in espionage or sabotage; -- sometimes also referred to as a <altname>trojan horse</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, any faction of persons within a group who secretly sympathize with an enemy, especially those who engage in activities harmful to the group; an enemy in one's midst; a group of traitors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fifth"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the fifth place; as the fifth in order.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fifties</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the decade from 1950 to 1959.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the time of life between 50 and 60.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mid-fifties.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"ti*eth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&imacr;ftigo&eth;a</ets>. See <er>Fifty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"ti*eth</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&imacr;ftig</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>finfzug</ets>, <ets>fimfzuc</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;nfzig</ets>, <ets>funfzig</ets>, Goth. <ets>fimftigjus</ets>. See <er>Five</er>, and <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Fifteen</er>.]</ety> <def>Five times ten; <as>as, <ex>fifty</ex> men</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fif"ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fifties</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fifty-fifty</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>equally large; -- of probabilities.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fifty-fifty</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a lottery in which the organizers retain fifty percent of the money wagered, and distribute fifty percent of the wagered money to the winner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>figue</ets> the fruit of the tree, Pr. <ets>figa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ficus</ets> fig tree, fig.  Cf. <er>Fico</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small fruit tree (<spn>Ficus Carica</spn>) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See <er>Caprification</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small piece of tobacco.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>fig</xex> for Peter.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Cochineal fig</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Conchineal fig</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fig dust</b></col>, <cd>a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.</cd> -- <col><b>Fig faun</b></col>, <cd>one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs.</cd> &ldquo;Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the <xex>fig fauns</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).</au> -- <col><b>Fig gnat</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small fly said to be injurious to figs.</cd> -- <col><b>Fig leaf</b></col>, <cd>the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.</cd> -- <col><b>Fig marigold</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the name of several plants of the genus <gen>Mesembryanthemum</gen>, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.</cd> -- <col><b>Fig tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any tree of the genus <gen>Ficus</gen>, but especially <spn>F. Carica</spn> which produces the fig of commerce.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fico</er>, <er>Fig</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See <er>Fico</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>When Pistol lies, do this, and <qex>fig</qex> me like<br/>
The bragging Spaniard.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put into the head of, as something useless o&unr_; contemptible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Figure; dress; array.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Were they all in full <qex>fig</qex>, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras?</q> <rj><qau>Prof. Wilson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`ga`ro"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' &ldquo;Barber of Seville.&rdquo;]</ety> <def>An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>vagary</ets>.]</ety> <def>A frolic; a vagary; a whim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"eat`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large beetle (<spn>Allorhina nitida</spn>) which in the Southern United States destroys figs.  The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bird. See <er>Figpecker</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fidgety; restless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Such a little <qex>figent</qex> thing.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fig leaf</hw> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The leaf from a fig tree.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An ornamental design shaped like the leaf of a fig tree, used in architecture; also, a design shaped like a fig leaf to cover genitalia in sculpture or paintings -- in reference to the biblical story in Genesis of Adam and Eve, who covered their privates with fig leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>[figurative]</mark> <def>Anything used to conceal what is considered embarrassing or indecent.  See sense 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A juggler's trick; conjuring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The devil is the author of wicked <qex>figgum</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fought</conjf> <pr>(f&asuml_;t)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fighting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fihten</ets>, <ets>fehten</ets>, AS. <ets>feohtan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vechten</ets>, OHG. <ets>fehtan</ets>, G. <ets>fechten</ets>, Sw. <ets>f&auml;kta</ets>, Dan. <ets>fegte</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>fist</ets>; cf. L. <ets>pugnare</ets> to fight, <ets>pugnus</ets> fist.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by <xex>with</xex> or <xex>against</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You do <qex>fight</qex> against your country's foes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>fight</qex> with thee no man of arms will deign.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fight shy</b></col>, <cd>to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had to <qex>fight</qex> his way through the world.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have <qex>fought</qex> a good fight.</q> <rj><qau>2 Tim. iv. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To contend with in battle; to war against; <as>as, they <ex>fought</ex> the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop <ex>fought</ex> the frigate for three hours.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; <as>as, to <ex>fight</ex> cocks; to <ex>fight</ex> one's ship.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fight it out</b></col>, <cd>to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fight</ets>, <ets>feht</ets>, AS. <ets>feoht</ets>. See <er>Fight</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who now defies thee thrice to single <qex>fight</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A struggle or contest of any kind.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; <as>as, he has a great deal of <ex>fight</ex> in him</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A screen for the combatants in ships.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Up with your <qex>fights</qex>, and your nettings prepare.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Running fight</b></col>, <cd>a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See <er>Battle</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight"er</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;t"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>feohtere</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A boxer; a pugilist.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A person with the determination and will to persist through great difficulty to achieve a goal; one with the courage to fight and resist an opponent, and to struggle with all one's powers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A military aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft; it is usually smaller and more maneuvarable than aircraft designed specifically for bombing.  However, hybrid <contr>fighter-bomber</contr> aircraft that perform both functions also are used.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Qualified for war; fit for battle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An host of <qex>fighting</qex> men.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxvi. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; <as>as, a <ex>fighting</ex> field</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>A fighting chance</b></col>, <cd>one dependent upon the issue of a struggle.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fighting crab</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the fiddler crab.</cd> -- <col><b>Fighting fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (<spn>Betta pugnax</spn>), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Pugnaciously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fight"wite`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fight</ets> + <ets>wite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O.Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figmentum</ets>, fr. <ets>fingere</ets> to form, shape, invent, feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Social <qex>figments</qex>, feints, and formalism.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It carried rather an appearance of <qex>figment</qex> and invention . . . than of truth and reality.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"peck`er</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;g"p&ebreve_;k`&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European garden warbler (<spn>Sylvia hortensis</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Currica, hortensis</spn>); -- called also <altname>beccafico</altname> and <altname>greater pettychaps</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"-shell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A marine univalve shell of the genus <gen>Pyrula</gen>, or <gen>Ficula</gen>, resembling a fig in form.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fig"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fig"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>figulare</ets> to shape, fr. <ets>figulus</ets> potter, fr. <ets>fingere</ets> to shape.]</ety> <def>Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"u*line</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>figulina</ets> pottery, fr. <ets>figulus</ets>. See <er>Figulate</er>.]</ety> <def>A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose <qex>figulines</qex> and rustic wares<br/>
Scarce find him bread from day to day.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"u*line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figulinus</ets>. See <er>Figulate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of clay.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Made of clay, as by the potter; -- said of vessels, ornamental figures, or the like; <as>as, <ex>figuline</ex> ware</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig`ur*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>figurabilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being figurable.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig`ur*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figurare</ets> to form, shape, fr. <ets>figura</ets> figure: cf. F. <ets>figurable</ets>. See <er>Figure</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lead is <qex>figurable</qex>, but water is not.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Figure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; <as>as, <ex>figural</ex> ornaments</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Figurate. See <er>Figurate</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Figural numbers</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Figurate numbers</cref>, under <er>Figurate</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"u*rant`</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n. masc.</pos> <ety>[F., prop. p. pr. of <ets>figurer</ets> figure, represent, make a figure.]</ety> <def>One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"u*rante`</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n. fem.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figuratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>figurare</ets>. See <er>Figure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of a definite form or figure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Plants are all <qex>figurate</qex> and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Figurative; metaphorical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; <as>as, <ex>figurate</ex> counterpoint or descant</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Figurate counterpoint</b></col>  <it>or</it> <col><b>Figurate descant</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  with the harmony; -- called also <altname>figural</altname>, <altname>figurative</altname>, and <altname>figured counterpoint</altname> or <altname>descant</altname> (although the term <xex>figured</xex> is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony).</cd> -- <col><b>Figurate numbers</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.</cd> <note>In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of <xex>figurate numbers</xex>, those in the second line being <xex>triangular</xex>, and represented thus: --<pbr/>
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                        .              1, 2,  3,  4, etc.
              .        . .             1, 3,  6, 10, etc.
      .      . .     . . . .   etc.    1, 4, 10, 20, etc
 .   . .   . . . .  . . . . .</tt><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a determinate form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*ate*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a figurate manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig`u*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figuratio</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Mixture of concords and discords.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>figurativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>figuratif</ets>. See <er>Figurative</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This, they will say, was <qex>figurative</qex>, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; <as>as, a highly <ex>figurative</ex> description</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See <er>Figure</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They belonged to a nation dedicated to the <qex>figurative</qex> arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.</q> <rj><qau>J. A. Symonds.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Figurative counterpoint</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Figurative descant</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Figurate</er>.</cd></cs></p>

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<p><hw>Fig"ure</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;g"&uuptack_;r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., <ets>figure</ets>, L. <ets>figura</ets>; akin to <ets>fingere</ets> to form, shape, feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Flowers have all exquisite <qex>figures</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; <as>as, a <ex>figure</ex> in bronze; a <ex>figure</ex> cut in marble.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>A coin that bears the <qex>figure</qex> of an angel.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; <as>as, the muslin was of a pretty <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A diagram or drawing, made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called <xex>superficial</xex> when inclosed by lines, and <xex>solid</xex> when inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person; <as>as, a sorry <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I made some <qex>figure</qex> there.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Gentlemen of the best <qex>figure</qex> in the county.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That he may live in <qex>figure</qex> and indulgence.</q> <rj><qau>Law.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Value, as expressed in numbers; price; <as>as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest <qex>figure</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who is the <qex>figure</qex> of Him that was to come.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. v. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.  Also called a <altname>figure of speech</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To represent the imagination under the <qex>figure</qex> of a wing.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Dancing)</fld> <def>Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Music)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.</def>  <rj><au>Grove.</au></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a florid embellishment.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, <musfig>2/4</musfig> signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: --
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<musfig>2/2</musfig><musfig>2/4</musfig><musfig>2/8</musfig> <musfig>4/2</musfig><musfig>2/4</musfig><musfig>4/8</musfig> <musfig>3/2</musfig><musfig>3/4</musfig><musfig>3/8</musfig> <musfig>6/4</musfig><musfig>6/4</musfig><musfig>6/8</musfig>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Academy figure</b></col>, <col><b>Canceled figures</b></col>, <col><b>Lay figure</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Academy</er>, <er>Cancel</er>, <er>Lay</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Figure caster</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Figure flinger</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an astrologer.</cd> &ldquo;This <xex>figure caster</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>Figure flinging</b></col>, <cd>the practice of astrology.</cd> -- <col><b>Figure-of-eight knot</b></col>, <cd>a knot shaped like the figure 8. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Knot</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Figure painting</b></col>, <cd>a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure.</cd> -- <col><b>Figure stone</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>agalmatolite.</cd> -- <col><b>Figure weaving</b></col>, <cd>the art or process of weaving figured fabrics.</cd> -- <col><b>To cut a figure</b></col>, <cd>to make a display.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <au>Sir W. Scott.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ure</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Figured</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Figuring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>figurer</ets>, L. <ets>figurare</ets>, fr. <ets>figura</ets>. See <er>Figure</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If love, alas! be pain I bear,</q><br/>
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<p><q>No thought can <qex>figure</qex>, and no tongue declare.Prior.</q><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The vaulty top of heaven<br/>
<qex>Figured</qex> quite o'er with burning meteors.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As through a crystal glass the <qex>figured</qex> hours are seen.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose white vestments <qex>figure</qex> innocence.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To prefigure; to foreshow.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In this the heaven <qex>figures</qex> some event.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To embellish.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To figure out</b></col>, <cd>to solve; to compute or find the result of.</cd> -- <col><b>To figure up</b></col>, <cd>to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ure</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; <as>as, the envoy <ex>figured</ex> at court</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, <qex>figuring</qex> away brilliantly.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; <as>as, he is <ex>figuring</ex> to secure the nomination</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>go figure</b></col> <cd>a phrase used by itself as an interjection to mean &ldquo;How can one explain that?&rdquo;, or to express puzzlement over some seeming contradiction.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ured</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Adorned with figures; marked with figures; <as>as, <ex>figured</ex> muslin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not literal; figurative.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Free and florid; <as>as, a <ex>figured</ex> descant</as>. See <er>Figurate</er>, 3.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Indicated or noted by figures.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Figured bass</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Continued bass</cref>, under <er>Continued</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ure*head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*gu"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Represented by figure or delineation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi`gu`rine"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., <ets>dim</ets>. <ets>of figure</ets>.]</ety> <def>A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from <contr>statuette</contr>, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"ur*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.</def>  <rj><au>Waterland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fig"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbaceous plants (<gen>Scrophularia</gen>), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See <er>Brownwort</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"ji*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native of the Fiji islands.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Feejeean</asp>, <asp>Feejee</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fike</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fyke</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Fall</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> Fell.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*la"ceous</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <def>Composed of threads.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"a*cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>filace</ets> a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. <ets>filasse</ets> tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he <xex>filed</xex> the writs on which he made out process.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"a*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>filament</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread. See <er>File</er> a row.]</ety> <def>A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber;</def> <specif>esp.</specif> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <def>the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`a*men"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"a*men*toid`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Filament</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a filament.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`a*men"tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filamenteux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"an*der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of kangaroo (<spn>Macropus Brunii</spn>), inhabiting New Guinea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"an*ders</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>filandres</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also <altname>backworm</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; <as>as, a <ex>filar</ex> microscope; a <ex>filar</ex> micrometer.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>filariae</plw>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a small, slender nematode worm of the family <fam>Onchocercidae</fam> (<fam>Filariidae</fam>) of many species, parasitic when adult in various animals, including man.  They may live within the blood, or in other bodily fluids, or within tissues or cavities of the body.  Infection with such organisms may be transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a former genus comprised of certain nematodes, now classed as belonging to several genera within the family <fam>Onchocercidae</fam>.   See <er>Onchocerca</er> and <er>Guinea worm</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*la"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filari&aelig; and allied parasitic worms.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Straight, as if in a line; <as>as, the <ex>filarial</ex> flight of birds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`a*ri"a*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l., Med.)</fld> <def>the presence of filariae within the body of an organism; infection with filariae. It is mostly found in tropical and subtropical regions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels.  Death of the adult worms may lead to inflammation and permanent fibrosis; the condition may lead to serious symptoms, such as elephantiasis or blindness.  See <er>river blindness</er></def><br/>
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<p><hw>filariid</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to family <fam>Filariidae</fam>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filariidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family consisting of threadlike roundworms, called <er>filariae</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Filariidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*lasse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>fil</ets> thread, L. <ets>filum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>filatorium</ets> place for spinning, fr. <ets>filare</ets> to spin, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>A machine for forming threads.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>W. Tooke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"a*ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>filatura</ets>, fr. <ets>filare</ets> to spin: cf. F. <ets>filature</ets>. See <er>Filatory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fil"bert</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. fr. <ets>fill + bread</ets>, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. <ets>bartnuss</ets> (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St.<ets>Philibert</ets>, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of the <spn>Corylus Avellana</spn> or <spn>Corylus maxima</spn>, also called the hazel; the hazelnut.  It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In England <xex>filberts</xex> are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees.  The American hazelnuts are of two other species, <spn>Corylus Americana</spn> and <spn>Corylus cornuta</spn>, and are also sometimes called <ex>filberts</ex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Filbert gall</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines.  It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (<gen>Cecidomyia</gen>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Filch</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;lch)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filched</conjf> <pr>(f&ibreve_;lcht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>feolan</ets> to stick to, OHG. <ets>felhan</ets>, <ets>felahan</ets>, to hide, Icel. <ets>fela</ets>, Goth. <ets>filhan</ets> to hide, bury, Prov. E. <ets>feal</ets> to hide slyly, OE. <ets>felen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fain would they <qex>filch</qex> that little food away.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But he that <qex>filches</qex> from me my good name,<br/>
Robs me of that which not enriches him,<br/>
And makes me poor indeed.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Filch"er</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;lch"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who filches; a thief.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filch"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By pilfering or petty stealing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>file</ets> row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., &amp; It. <ets>fila</ets>), LL. <ets>fila</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.  Cf. <er>Enfilade</er>, <er>Filament</er>, <er>Fillet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An orderly succession; a line; a row</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <sd>(Mil.)</sd> <def>A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to <contr>rank</contr>, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The number of <xex>files</xex> in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in &ldquo;fours deep&rdquo; would be spoken of as 25 <xex>files</xex> in 4 ranks.  <rj><au>Farrow.</au></rj>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, <xex>files</xex> of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English <xex>files</xex> to the 15th instant.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is upon a <qex>file</qex> with the duke's other letters.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>A roll or list.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>file</xex> of all the gentry.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Course of thought; thread of narration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Let me resume the <qex>file</qex> of my narration.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(computers)</fld> <def>a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a <ex>file</ex> is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name.  The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded  data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>File firing</b></col>, <cd>the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others.</cd> -- <col><b>File leader</b></col>, <cd>the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him.</cd> -- <col><b>File marching</b></col>, <cd>the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side.</cd> <au>Brande &amp; C.</au>  --<mcol><col><b>Indian file</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Single file</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a line of people marching one behind another; a single row.  Also used adverbially; as, to march <ex>Indian file</ex>.</cd> -- <col><b>On file</b></col>, <cd>preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in some database.</cd> -- <col><b>Rank and file</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army, including corporals and privates.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I would have my several courses and my dishes well <qex>filed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; <as>as, to <ex>file</ex> a petition or bill</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>file</qex> a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To <qex>file</qex>, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern.</q> <rj><qau>Burrill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with <xex>off</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To file with</b></col>, <cd>to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>My endeavors<br/>
Have ever come too short of my desires,<br/>
Yet <qex>filed with</qex> my abilities.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fe&oacute;l</ets>; akin to D. <ets>viji</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&imacr;la</ets>, <ets>f&imacr;hala</ets>, G. <ets>feile</ets>, Sw. <ets>fil</ets>, Dan. <ets>fiil</ets>, cf. Icel. <ets>&thorn;&emacr;l</ets>, Russ. <ets>pila</ets>, and Skr. <ets>pi&ccedil;</ets> to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. <ets>paint</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A <xex>file</xex> differs from a <xex>rasp</xex> in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mock the nice touches of the critic's <qex>file</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Akenside.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A shrewd or artful person.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>Fielding.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Will is an old <qex>file</qex> in spite of his smooth face.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Bastard file</b></col>, <col><b>Cross file</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bastard</er>, <er>Cross</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Cross-cut file</b></col>, <cd>a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely.</cd> -- <col><b>File blank</b></col>, <cd>a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file.</cd> -- <col><b>File cutter</b></col>, <cd>a maker of files.</cd> -- <col><b>Second-cut file</b></col>, <cd>a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard.</cd> -- <col><b>Single-cut file</b></col>, <cd>a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float.</cd> -- <col><b>Smooth file</b></col>, <cd>a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; <as>as, to <ex>file</ex> a saw or a tooth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To smooth or polish as with a file.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>File</qex> your tongue to a little more courtesy.</q>  <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>File</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fulen</ets>, <ets>filen</ets>, <ets>foulen</ets>, AS. <ets>f&unr_;lan</ets>, fr. f&unr_;l foul. See <er>Foul</er>, and cf. <er>Defile</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To make foul; to defile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>All his hairy breast with blood was <qex>filed</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>For Banquo's issue have I <qex>filed</qex> my mind.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>File" clos`er</hw>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>File"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any plectognath fish of the genera <gen>Monacanthus</gen>, <gen>Alutera</gen>, <gen>balistes</gen>, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"e*mot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Feullemort</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who works with a file.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filialis</ets>, fr. <ets>filius</ets> son, <ets>filia</ets> daughter; akin to e. <ets>female</ets>, <ets>feminine</ets>.  Cf. <er>Fitz</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; <as>as, <ex>filial</ex> obedience</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Bearing the relation of a child.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And thus the <qex>filial</qex> Godhead answering spoke.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ial*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a filial manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`i*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>filiatio</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filius</ets> son: cf. F. <ets>filiation</ets>. See <er>Filial</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The relation of paternity and <qex>filiation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; <as>as, to determine the <ex>filiation</ex> of a language</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; <as>as, the <ex>filiations</ex> are from a common stock</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*beg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gael. <ets>feileadhbeag</ets>, <it>i. e.</it>, little kilt; <ets>feileadh</ets> kilt + <ets>beag</ets> little, small; cf. <ets>filleadh</ets> a plait, fold.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Kilt</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>philibeg</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*bus`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>flibuster</ets>, <ets>flibustero</ets>, corrupted fr. E. <ets>freebooter</ets>. See <er>Freebooter</er>.]</ety> <def>A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of <persfn>Lopez</persfn> in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of <persfn>Walker</persfn> in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*bus*ter</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fillibustered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filibustering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.</def>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.</def> <mark>[political cant or slang, U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*bus`ter*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.</def>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to the <xex>Filices</xex>, r ferns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*lic"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, a fern.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; <as>as, <ex>filicic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*cide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filius</ets> son, <ets>filia</ets> daughter + <ets>caedere</ets> to kill.]</ety> <def>The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*lic"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, fern + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>filiciforme</ets>]</ety> <def>Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*coid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, fern + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>filicoi&iuml;de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*coid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fernlike plant.</def>  <rj><au>Lindley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*li"e*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filietas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of <xex>paternity</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>J. S. Mill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*lif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing threads.</def>  <rj><au>Carpenter.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> thread + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>filiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the shape of a thread or filament; <as>as, the <ex>filiform</ex> papill&aelig; of the tongue; a <ex>filiform</ex> style or peduncle.</as>  See <ex>Illust</ex>. of <er>Antenn&AElig;</er>.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fil"i*grain</hw>, <hw>Fil"i*grane</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>filigrana</ets> (cf. It. <ets>filigrana</ets>, E. <ets>filigrane</ets>), fr. L. <ets>filum</ets>a thread + <ets>granum</ets> grain. See <er>File</er> a row, and <er>Grain</er>, and cf. <er>Filigree</er>.]</ety> <def>Filigree.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>With her head . . . touches the crown of <qex>filigrane</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*graned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Filigreed</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*gree</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>filigrane</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*gree</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; <as>as, a <ex>filigree</ex> basket</as>. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You ask for reality, not fiction and <qex>filigree</qex> work.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"i*greed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Adorned with filigree.</def>  <rj><au>Tatler.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; <as>as, iron <ex>filings</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fil`i*o"que</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The Latin for, &ldquo;and from the Son,&rdquo; equivalent to <xex>et filio</xex>, inserted by the third council of Toledo (<sc>a. d.</sc> 589) in the clause <xex>qui ex Patre procedit</xex> (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (<sc>a. d.</sc> 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`i*pen"du*lous</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread + <ets>pendulus</ets> hanging, fr. <ets>pend&emacr;re</ets> to hang.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filipino</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Philippine.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or relating to the language of the Philippines.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Tagalog.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`i*pi"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Filipinos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns></p>

<p><q>Then there are <qex>Filipinos</qex>, -- &ldquo;children of the country,&rdquo; they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.</q>  <rj><qau>The Century.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.  It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Philippine.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Thill</er>.]</ety> <def>One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.</def>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fill horse</b></col>, <cd>a thill horse.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fillen</ets>, <ets>fullen</ets>, AS. <ets>fyllan</ets>, fr. <ets>full</ets> full; akin to D. <ets>vullen</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;llen</ets>, Icel. <ets>fylla</ets>, Sw. <ets>fylla</ets>, Dan. <ets>fylde</ets>, Goth. <ets>fulljan</ets>. See <er>Full</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The rain also <qex>filleth</qex> the pools.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lxxxiv. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Jesus saith unto them, <qex>Fill</qex> the waterpots with water. Anf they <qex>filled</qex> them up to the brim.</q> <rj><qau>John ii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and <qex>fill</qex> the waters in the seas.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Syrians <qex>filled</qex> the country.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xx. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to <qex>fill</qex>so great a multitude?</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xv. 33.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Things that are sweet and fat are more <qex>filling</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; <as>as, a king <ex>fills</ex> a throne; the president <ex>fills</ex> the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House <ex>fills</ex> the chair.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To supply with an incumbent; <as>as, to <ex>fill</ex> an office or a vacancy</as>.</def>  <rj><au>A. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To press and dilate, as a sail; <as>as, the wind <ex>filled</ex> the sails</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Civil Engineering)</fld> <def>To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fill in</b></col>, <cd>to insert; as, he <xex>filled in</xex> the figures.</cd> -- <col><b>To fill out</b></col>, <cd>to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to <xex>fill out</xex> a bill.</cd> -- <col><b>To fill up</b></col>, <cd>to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete.</cd> &ldquo;The bliss that <xex>fills up</xex> all the mind.&rdquo; <au>Pope.</au>  &ldquo;And <xex>fill up</xex> that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.&rdquo;  <au>Col. i. 24.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; <as>as, corn <ex>fills</ex> well in a warm season; the sail <ex>fills</ex> with the wind.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fill a cup or glass for drinking.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Give me some wine; <qex>fill</qex> full.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To back and fill</b></col>. See under <er>Back</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> -- <col><b>To fill up</b></col>, <cd>to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river <xex>fills up</xex> with sand.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fyllo</ets>. See <er>Fill</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.</def> &ldquo;Ye shall eat your <xex>fill</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Lev. xxv. 19.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my <qex>fill</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filled cheese</hw>. <def>An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty &ldquo;filling,&rdquo; such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fillagree</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>variant spelling of <er>filigree</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> filigree, filagree.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fille</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a young unmarried woman.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> girl, filly, miss, missy, gal, young lady, young woman.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>filled</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; <as>as, <ex>filled</ex> to overflowing</as>.  Opposite of <ant>empty</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate)</stype>; <stype>brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate)</stype>; <stype>chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full</stype>; <stype>congested, engorged</stype>; <stype>crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate)</stype>; <stype>flooded, inundated, swamped </stype>; <stype>glutted, overfull</stype>; <stype>heavy with(predicate) </stype>; <stype>laden, loaded </stype>; <stype>overladen, overloaded </stype>; <stype>stuffed </stype>; <stype>stuffed</stype>; <stype>well-lined </stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> full.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>entirely of one substance with no holes inside.  Opposite of <ant>hollow</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> solid.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; <as>as, My calendar is <ex>filled</ex> for the week</as>.  Opposite of <ant>unoccupied</ant> and <ant>free</ant></def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> occupied.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'T is mere <qex>filler</qex>, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They have six diggers to four <qex>fillers</qex>, so as to keep the <qex>fillers</qex> always at work.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <fld>(Forestry)</fld> <def>Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as <membof>coppice under standards</membof>.  Chiefly used in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From 1st <er>Fill</er>.]</ety> <def>A thill horse.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>filet</ets>, <ets>felet</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>filet</ets> thread, fillet of meat, dim. of <ets>fil</ets> a thread, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets>. See <er>Fille</er> a row.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A belt her waist, a <qex>fillet</qex> binds her hair.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Cooking)</fld> <def>A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A <xex>fillet</xex> of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called <xex>tenderloin</xex>. A <xex>fillet</xex> of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A <xex>fillet</xex> of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. &ldquo;<xex>Fillet</xex> of a fenny snake.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> A strip of metal from which coins are punched. <sd>(b)</sd> A strip of card clothing. <sd>(c)</sd> A thin projecting band or strip.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A concave filling in of a re&euml;ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Base</er>, and <er>Column</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The thread of a screw.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Any scantling smaller than a batten.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Arris fillet</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Arris</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"let</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filleted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filleting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"let*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where <xex>flashing</xex> is employed in better work.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"li*beg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kilt. See <er>Filibeg</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"li*bus`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Filibuster</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fill"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; <as>as, <ex>filling</ex> for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The woof in woven fabrics.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <def>Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Back filling</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Back</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"lip</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;l"l&ibreve_;p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filliped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filliping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[For <ets>filp</ets>, <ets>flip</ets>.  Cf. <er>Flippant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger.</def> &ldquo;You <xex>fillip</xex> me o' the head.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To snap; to project quickly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The use of the elastic switch to <qex>fillip</qex> small missiles with.</q> <rj><qau>Tylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"lip</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something serving to rouse or excite.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I take a glass of grog for a <qex>filip</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"li*peen`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Philopena</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"lis*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A plane for making a rabbet.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fillister screw had</b></col>, <cd>a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fillies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>fylia</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>foli</ets> foal. See <er>Foal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A female foal or colt; a young mare.  Cf. <er>Colt</er>, <er>Foal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Neighing in likeness of a <qex>filly</qex> foal.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lively, spirited young girl.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Film</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>film</ets> skin, fr. <ets>fell</ets> skin; akin to <ets>fylmen</ets> membrane, OFries. <ets>filmene</ets> skin. See <er>Fell</er> skin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He from thick <qex>films</qex> shall purge the visual ray.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>hence, any thin layer covering a surface.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of <qex>film</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography.  It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>a motion picture.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>the art of making motion pictures; -- used mostly in the phrase <it>the film</it>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; <as>as, polyethylene <ex>film</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Celluloid film</b></col> <fld>(Photog.)</fld>, <cd>a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates.</cd> -- <col><b>Cut film</b></col> <fld>(Photog.)</fld>, <cd>a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Film</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It will but skin and <qex>film</qex> the ulcerous place.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; <as>as, to <ex>film</ex> the inauguration ceremony; to <ex>film</ex> Dostoevsky's War and Peace</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>filmable</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>readily adaptable to motion picture form; -- of books, plays, and other works of literature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>filmed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>recorded on film.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> canned, taped, tape-recorded, transcribed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Film"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being filmy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>filmmake</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>to make films; be a film maker.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> film-make.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Film"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Composed of film or films.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose <qex>filmy</qex> cord should bind the struggling fly.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`o*plu*ma"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the structure of a filoplume.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"o*plume</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread &unr_; <ets>pluma</ets> a soft feather.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>Terminating in a threadlike process.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil`o*selle"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., floss silk.]</ety> <def>A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fils</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>filius</ets>. See <er>Filial</er>.]</ety> <def>Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, <as>as, Alexandre Dumas, <ex>fils</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>filtre</ets>, the same word as <ets>feutre</ets> felt, LL. <ets>filtrum</ets>, <ets>feltrum</ets>, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See <er>Feuter</er>.]</ety> <def>Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Filter bed</b></col>, <cd>a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel.</cd> -- <col><b>Filter gallery</b></col>, <cd>an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also <altname>infiltration gallery</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filtered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filtering</conjf>]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filter</ets>. See <er>Filter</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Filtrate</er>.]</ety> <def>To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Filtering paper</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Filter paper</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a porous unsized paper, for filtering.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pass through a filter; to percolate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Philter</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>filter-tipped</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having a tip designed to filter the smoke; -- of a cigarette or cigar; <as>as, <ex>filter-tipped</ex> cigarettes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filth</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;lth)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>filthe</ets>, <ets>ful&eth;e</ets>, AS. <ets>f&ymacr_;l&eth;</ets>, fr. <ets>f&umacr;l</ets> foul; akin to OHG. <ets>f&umacr;lida</ets>. See <er>Foul</er>, and cf. <er>File</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To purify the soul from the dross and <qex>filth</qex> of sensual delights.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Filth disease</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Filth"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a filthy manner; foully.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Filth"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being filthy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let us cleanse ourselves from all <qex>filthiness</qex> of the flesh and spirit.</q> <rj><qau>2 Cor. vii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Carry forth the <qex>filthiness</qex> out of the holy place.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxix. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Filth"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Filthier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Filthiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <def>Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.</def> &ldquo;In the <xex>filthy</xex>-mantled pool.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He which is <qex>filthy</qex> let him be <qex>filthy</qex> still.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xxii. 11.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nasty; foul; dirty; squalid; unclean; sluttish; gross; vulgar; licentious. See <er>Nasty</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Filtrated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Filtrating</conjf>. <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>filtrare</ets>. See <er>Filter</er>.]</ety> <def>To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.  Contrasted with <contr>retentate</contr>, the material remaining on the filter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fil*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filtration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fim"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <it>or</it> <hw>Fim"ble hemp`</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;m"b'l h&ebreve_;mp`)</pr>. }</mhw><ety>[Corrupted from <ets>female hemp</ets>.]</ety> <def>Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fim"bri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fimbri&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fringe. See <er>Fringle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A fringe, or fringed border.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fim"bri*al</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fim*bri*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fimbriatus</ets> fibrous, fringed, fr. <ets>fimbria</ets> fiber, fringe. See <er>Fringe</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; <as>as, the <ex>fimbriate</ex> petals of the pink; the <ex>fimbriate</ex> end of the Fallopian tube.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fim"bri*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fimbriated</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fimbriating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To hem; to fringe.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fim"bri*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a fringed border; fimbriate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fim"bri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antenn&aelig; of certain insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Finned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Finning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fin</er> of a fish.]</ety> <def>To carve or cut up, as a chub.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fine</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>End; conclusion; object.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;She knew eke the <xex>fin</xex> of his intent.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos><ety>[OE. <ets>finne</ets>, <ets>fin</ets>, AS. <ets>finn</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vin</ets>, G. &amp; Dan. <ets>finne</ets>, Sw. <ets>fena</ets>, L. <ets>pinna</ets>, <ets>penna</ets>, a wing, feather.  Cf. <er>pen</er> a feather.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin</def>, as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The hand.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A blade of whalebone.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.</def>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj></p>

<p><sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A feather; a spline.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(A&euml;ronautics)</fld> <def>A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Apidose fin</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Adipose</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Fin ray</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes.</cd> -- <col><b>Fin whale</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a finback.</cd> -- <col><b>Paired fins</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Unpaired fins</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Median fins</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>.]</ety> <def>Liable or subject to a fine; <as>as, a <ex>finable</ex> person or offense</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>finagle</hw> <pos>v. i. &amp; t.</pos> <def>to achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> wangle, manage.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nal</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;"n&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>finalis</ets>, fr. finis boundary, limit, end. See <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; <as>as, the <ex>final</ex> day of a school term</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Yet despair not of his <qex>final</qex> pardon.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Conclusive; decisive; <as>as, a <ex>final</ex> judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a <ex>final</ex> issue.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Final cause</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Cause</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Final</er>, <er>Conclusive</er>, <er>Ultimate</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Final</xex> is now appropriated to that which brings with it an end; as, a <xex>final</xex> adjustment; the <xex>final</xex> judgment, etc. <xex>Conclusive</xex> implies the closing of all discussion, negotiation, etc.; as, a <xex>conclusive</xex> argument or fact; a <xex>conclusive</xex> arrangement. In using <xex>ultimate</xex>, we have always reference to something earlier or proceeding; as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an <xex>ultimate</xex> triumph. The statements which a man <xex>finally</xex> makes at the close of a negotiation are usually <xex>conclusive</xex> as to his <xex>ultimate</xex> intentions and designs.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*na"le</hw> <pr>(f&euptack_;*n&auml;"l&auptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Final</er>.]</ety> <def>Close; termination</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The last composition performed in any act of an opera.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>finalisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>finalization</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> finalization.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nal*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Sports)</fld> <def>Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Finalities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>finalitas</ets> the being last.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement.</def>  <rj><au>Baxter.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The relation of end or purpose to its means.</def>  <rj><au>Janet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>finalization</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the act of finalizing.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> finalisation.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>finalize</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>finalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>finalizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>to put the last touches on; put into final form.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> make final, settle, nail down.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nal*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; <as>as, the contest was long, but the Romans <ex>finally</ex> conquered</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whom patience <qex>finally</qex> must crown.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Completely; beyond recovery.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or <qex>finally</qex> rooted out.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nance"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>financia</ets> payment of money, money, fr. <ets>finare</ets> to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. <ets>finer</ets> to finish, pay), fr. L. <ets>finis</ets> end. See <er>Fine</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the <qex>finances</qex> or revenues of the imperial crown.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The science of raising and expending the public revenue.</def> &ldquo;Versed in the details of <xex>finance</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nance"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Financed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Financing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.</def></p>

<p><q>Securing foreign capital to <qex>finance</qex> multitudinous undertakings.</q>  <rj><qau>B. H. Chamberlain.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>finances</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>assets in the form of money.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> funds, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nan"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to finance.</def> &ldquo;Our <xex>financial</xex> and commercial system.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nan"cial*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A financier.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nan"cial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a financial manner.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin`an*cier"</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>financier</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin`an*cier"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Financiered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Financiering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To conduct financial operations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>See <er>Finery</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"na*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Greene (1593).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any whale of the genera <gen>Sibbaldius</gen>, <gen>Bal&aelig;noptera</gen>, and allied genera, of the family <fam>Bal&aelig;nopterid&aelig;</fam>, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are <spn>Sibbaldius tectirostris</spn> and <spn>S. tuberosus</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"bat kite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>same as <er>Eddy kite</er>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Finch</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;nch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Finches</plw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;nch"&ebreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>finc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vink</ets>, OHG. <ets>fincho</ets>, G. <ets>fink</ets>; cf. W. <ets>pinc</ets> a finch; also E. <ets>spink</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family <fam>Fringillid&aelig;</fam>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The word is often used in composition, as in chaf<xex>finch</xex>, gold<xex>finch</xex>, grass<xex>finch</xex>, pine<xex>finch</xex>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bramble finch</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Brambling</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Canary finch</b></col>, <cd>the canary bird.</cd> -- <col><b>Copper finch</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Chaffinch</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Diamond finch</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Diamond</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Finch falcon</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus <gen>Hierax</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>To pull a finch</b></col>, <cd>to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Privily a <xex>finch</xex> eke could he <xex>pull</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Finch"backed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Finched</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Finchbacked</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Find</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;nd)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Found</conjf> <pr>(found)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Finding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>findan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vinden</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>findan</ets>, G. <ets>finden</ets>, Dan. <ets>finde</ets>, icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>finna</ets>, Goth. <ets>fin&thorn;an</ets>; and perh. to L. <ets>petere</ets> to seek, Gr. <grk>pi`ptein</grk> to fall, Skr. <ets>pat</ets> to fall, fly, E. <ets>petition</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Searching the window for a flint, I <qex>found</qex><br/>
This paper, thus sealed up.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In woods and forests thou art <qex>found</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cowley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.</def> &ldquo;I <xex>find</xex> you passing gentle.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The torrid zone is now <qex>found</qex> habitable.</q> <rj><qau>Cowley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To come upon by seeking; <as>as, to <ex>find</ex> something lost</as>.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To discover by sounding; <as>as, to <ex>find</ex> bottom</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; <as>as, water is <ex>found</ex> to be a compound substance</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To gain, as the object of desire or effort; <as>as, to <ex>find</ex> leisure; to <ex>find</ex> means</as>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Seek, and ye shall <qex>find</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Every mountain now hath <qex>found</qex> a tongue.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To provide for; to supply; to furnish; <as>as, to <ex>find</ex> food for workemen; he <ex>finds</ex> his nephew in money.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Wages &pound;14 and all <qex>found</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>London Times.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Nothing a day and <qex>find</qex> yourself.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; <as>as, to <ex>find</ex> a verdict; to <ex>find</ex> a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>find</qex> his title with some shows of truth.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To find out</b></col>, <cd>to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand.</cd>  &ldquo;Canst thou by searching <xex>find out</xex> God?&rdquo;  <au>Job. xi. 7.</au>  &ldquo;We do hope <xex>to find out</xex> all your tricks.&rdquo;  <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>To find fault with</b></col>, <cd>to blame; to censure.</cd> -- <col><b>To find one's self</b></col>, <cd>to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; <as>as, how do you <ex>find yourself</ex> this morning?</as></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Find</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; <as>as, the jury <ex>find</ex> for the plaintiff</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Find</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch&aelig;ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Find"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being found; discoverable.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Find"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, finds;</def> <specif>specifically</specif> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <def>a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily, called also a <altname>finder telescope</altname> or <altname>finder scope</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Micros.)</fld> <def>A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fin` de si&egrave;"cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century.  At that time the phrase was also intended to imply &ldquo;modern&rdquo; or &ldquo;up-to-date;&rdquo; <as>as, <ex>fin-de-si&egrave;cle</ex> ideas</as>.</def> <note>As the twentieth century comes to a close, the meaning may change.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Find"fault`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A censurer or caviler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Find"fault`ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Whitlock.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Find"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (<pluf>pl.</pluf>), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his <qex>findings</qex> in all their equipage.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; <as>as, the <ex>finding</ex> of a jury</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>After his friends <qex>finding</qex> and his rent.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fin"dy</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;n"d&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>finding</ets> heavy; cf. Dan. <ets>fyndig</ets> strong, energetical, <ets>fynd</ets> strength, energy, emphasis.]</ety> <def>Full; heavy; firm; solid; substantial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A cold May and a windy<br/>
Makes the barn fat and <qex>findy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Old Proverb.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fine</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>finer</adjf> <pr>(f&imacr;n"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>finest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F. <ets>fin</ets>, LL. <ets>finus</ets> fine, pure, fr. L. <ets>finire</ets> to finish; cf. <ets>finitus</ets>, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense <ets>accomplished</ets>, <ets>perfect</ets>.) See <er>Finish</er>, and cf. <er>Finite</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The gain thereof [is better] than <qex>fine</qex> gold.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. iii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A cup of wine that's brisk and <qex>fine</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Not only the <qex>finest</qex> gentleman of his time, but one of the <qex>finest</qex> scholars.</q> <rj><qau>Felton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To soothe the sick bed of so <qex>fine</qex> a being [Keats].</q> <rj><qau>Leigh Hunt.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He gratified them with occasional . . . <qex>fine</qex> writing.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The spider's touch, how exquisitely <qex>fine</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in <qex>fine</qex> raillery.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He has as <qex>fine</qex> a hand at picking a pocket as a woman.</q> <rj><qau>T. Gray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not coarse, gross, or heavy</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The eye standeth in the <qex>finer</qex> medium and the object in the grosser.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; <as>as, <ex>fine</ex> sand or flour</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; <as>as, a <ex>fine</ex> thread</as>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Thin; attenuate; keen; <as>as, a <ex>fine</ex> edge</as>.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>Made of fine materials; light; delicate; <as>as, <ex>fine</ex> linen or silk</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; <as>as, coins nine tenths <ex>fine</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>(Used ironically.)</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ye have made a <qex>fine</qex> hand, fellows.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Fine</ex> is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, <ex>fine</ex>-drawn, <ex>fine</ex>-featured, <ex>fine</ex>-grained, <ex>fine</ex>-spoken, <ex>fine</ex>-spun, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fine arch</b></col> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld>, <cd>the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Fine arts</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Art</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fine cut</b></col>, <cd>fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds.</cd> -- <col><b>Fine goods</b></col>, <cd>woven fabrics of fine texture and quality.</cd> <au>McElrath.</au> -- <col><b>Fine stuff</b></col>, <cd>lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering.</cd> -- <col><b>To sail fine</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to sail as close to the wind as possible.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Fine</er>, <er>Beautiful</er>.</syn> <usage> When used as a word of praise, <xex>fine</xex> (being opposed to <xex>coarse</xex>) denotes no &ldquo;ordinary thing of its kind.&rdquo; It is not as strong as <xex>beautiful</xex>, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a <xex>fine</xex> woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a <xex>fine</xex> garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fined</conjf> <pr>(f&imacr;nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fining</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; <as>as, to <ex>fine</ex> gold</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It hath been <qex>fined</qex> and refined by . . . learned men.</q> <rj><qau>Hobbes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to <xex>fine</xex> the soil.</def>  <rj><au>L. H. Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To change by fine gradations; as <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, to <xex>fine</xex> down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I often sate at home<br/>
On evenings, watching how they <qex>fined</qex> themselves<br/>
With gradual conscience to a perfect night.</q> <rj><qau>Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fin</ets>, L. <ets>finis</ets> end, also in LL., a <ets>final</ets> agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the <ets>end</ets>, so as to make an <ets>end</ets> of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. <ets>fin</ets> end, settlement, F. <ets>fin</ets> end. See <er>Finish</er>, and cf. <er>Finance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>End; conclusion; termination; extinction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;To see their fatal <xex>fine</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Is this the <qex>fine</qex> of his fines?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fine for alienation</b></col> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld>, <cd>a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another.</cd> <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>Fine of lands</b></col>, <cd>a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party.</cd> <au>Burrill.</au> See <er>Concord</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4. -- <col><b>In fine</b></col>, <cd>in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; <as>as, the trespassers were <ex>fined</ex> ten dollars</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To pay a fine. See <er>Fine</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Men <qex>fined</qex> for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women <qex>fined</qex> for leave to marry.</q> <rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>finer</ets>, F. <ets>finir</ets>. See <er>Finish</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;n)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.</def> <mark>[Obs., Dial., or Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Billiards &amp; Pool)</fld> <def>In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become fine (in any one of various senses); <as>as, the ale will <ex>fine</ex>; the weather <ex>fined</ex></as>.</def></p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To fine</b></col> <col><b>away, down, off</b></col></mcol>, <cd>gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle.</cd><pbr/>
<q>I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually <qex>fining</qex> down in the westward until I lost of her hull.</q>  <rj><qau>W. C. Russel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fineable</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>liable to a fine.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> finable.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fined</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>subjected to punishment by a fine.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mulcted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"draw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Finedrawn</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Finedrawing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.</def>  <rj><au>Marryat.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"draw`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who finedraws.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"drawn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; <as>as, <ex>finedrawn</ex> speculations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*neer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To run in debt by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*neer"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To veneer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fine-grained</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>consisting of fine particles.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> close-grained.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>involving careful consideration of details and fine distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; <as>as, <ex>fine-grained</ex> distinctions</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> detailed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets> end + <ets>-less</ets>.]</ety> <def>Endless; boundless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fine-looking</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; <as>as, a <ex>fine-looking</ex> woman</as>.</def>[Narrower terms: <stype>beautiful (vs. ugly) </stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fine or finished manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or condition of being fine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; <as>as, the <ex>fineness</ex> of liquor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fineness</qex> of the gold, and chargeful fashion.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The fineness of United States coin is nine tenths, that of English gold coin is eleven twelfths, and that of English silver coin is <frac>925/1000</frac>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Keenness or sharpness; <as>as, the <ex>fineness</ex> of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fines or purifies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fineness; beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Don't choose your place of study by the <qex>finery</qex> of the prospects.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her mistress' cast-off <qex>finery</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>F. W. Robertson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[Cf. <er>Refinery</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"spun`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; <as>as, <ex>finespun</ex> theories</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi`nesse"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>fin</ets> fine. See <er>Fine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This is the artificialest piece of <qex>finesse</qex> to persuade men into slavery.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Whist Playing)</fld> <def>The act of finessing. See <er>Finesse</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nesse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Finessed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Finessing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To use artifice or stratagem.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Whist Playing)</fld> <def>To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"still`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fine"still`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who finestills.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fine-tooth</hw> <hw>fine-toothed</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having fine teeth set close together; <as>as, a <ex>fine-tooth</ex> comb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fine-tune</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to adjust carefully and precisely so as to achieve optimum performance or efficiency; <as>as, The mechanic <ex>fine-tuned</ex> the engine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fenowed</er>.]</ety> <def>Moldiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A finback whale.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) <def>True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"foot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird (<spn>Heliornis fulica</spn>) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus <gen>Podica</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"-foot`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having palmate feet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;&nsmacr_;"g&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>finger</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vinger</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>fingar</ets>, G. <ets>finger</ets>, Icel. <ets>fingr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>finger</ets>, Goth. <ets>figgrs</ets>; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. <ets>fang</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine;</def> <specif>especially</specif> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A piece of steel three <qex>fingers</qex> thick.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Wilkins.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She has a good <qex>finger</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Busby.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ear finger</b></col>, <cd>the little finger.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger alphabet</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Dactylology</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger bar</b></col>, <cd>the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger board</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Finger bowl</b></col> <col><b>Finger glass</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the foxglove.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of grass (<spn>Panicum sanguinale</spn>) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See <cref>Crab grass</cref>, under <er>Crab</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger nut</b></col>, <cd>a fly nut or thumb nut.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger plate</b></col>, <cd>a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger post</b></col>, <cd>a guide post bearing an index finger.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger reading</b></col>, <cd>reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger shell</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a marine shell (<spn>Pholas dactylus</spn>) resembling a finger in form.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger sponge</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger stall</b></col>, <cd>a cover or shield for a finger.</cd> -- <col><b>Finger steel</b></col>, <cd>a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To burn one's fingers</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Burn</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To have a finger in</b></col>, <cd>to be concerned in.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To have at one's fingers' ends</b></col>, <cd>to be thoroughly familiar with.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fingered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fingering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let the papers lie;<br/>
You would be <qex>fingering</qex> them to anger me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To touch lightly; to toy with.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To perform on an instrument of music.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To execute, as any delicate work.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.</def>  <rj><au>Busby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerboard</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fingerpost.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a bank of keys on a musical instrument.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> piano keyboard, clavier.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerbreadth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the length or breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> finger, finger's breadth, digit.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>finger cot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a close-fitting sheath worn at the end of a finger, for protection of the finger or to avoid soiling the object touched.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fingerstall, cot{3}.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"gered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fingers; a pilferer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The mere sight and <qex>fingering</qex> of money.</q> <rj><qau>Grew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Delicate work made with the fingers.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger*ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Finger</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A young salmon. See <er>Parr</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fingerpaint</hw>, <hw>finger paint</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A type of paint having the consistency of a thin paste or jelly, which is applied to a surface by dipping fingers into the paint and smearing the paint on the surface, usually in artistic patterns.  It is used primarily by children.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>finger-paint</hw>, <hw>fingerpaint</hw></mhw> <pos>v. i. &amp; t.</pos> <def>To paint{1} with fingerpaint.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> use fingerpaint.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>finger painting</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Creating pictures using finger paint.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerpost</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fingerboard.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ger*print</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Finger</ets> + <ets>print</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a person has touched the surface.</def>  <note><ex>Fingerprints</ex> left by persons who have committed crimes are considered as reliable <isa>physical evidence</isa> linking an individual with a crime, because each person's fingerprints are distinctively different from those of others, allowing identification of a person with high confidence.</note> <br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a fingerprint{1} made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties of an object which can serve to identify that object; <as>as, the distinctive <ex>fingerprint</ex> of eugenol in the mass spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the sample</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>a smudge made by a (dirty) finger.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fingermark.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fin"ger*print</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); <as>as, to <ex>fingerprint</ex> applicants for a gun permit</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerprinting</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>finger-roll</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Basketball)</fld> <def>A shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerroot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>tall leafy European biennial or perennial (<spn>Digitalis purpurea</spn>) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; -- its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, <spn>Digitalis purpurea</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fingerstall</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a sheath worn to protect a finger.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cot.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fingertip</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the end (tip) of a finger.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"gle-fan`gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>fangle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A trifle.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark>  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fin"gri*go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fingrigos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[So called in Jamaica.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus <gen>Pisonia</gen>. The fruit is a kind of berry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>finire</ets> to finish, end. See <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Finical</xex> taste.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Wordsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The gross style consists in giving no detail, the <qex>finical</qex> in giving nothing else.</q> <rj><qau>Hazlitt.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Finical</er>, <er>Spruce</er>, <er>Foppish</er>.</syn> <usage> These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is <xex>spruce</xex> is elaborately nice in dress; one who is <xex>finical</xex> shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is <xex>foppish</xex> distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. &ldquo;A <xex>finical</xex> gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a <xex>spruce</xex> gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a <xex>foppish</xex> gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery.&rdquo;</usage>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fin"i*cal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fin"i*cal*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being finical; finicalness.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fin"ick*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fin"ick*y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> }</mhw> <def>Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor details.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*nif"ic</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>finis</ets> end + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>A limiting element or quality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The essential <qex>finific</qex> in the form of the finite.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"i*fy</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets>, <pos>a.</pos> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make fine; to dress finically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Hath so pared and <qex>finified</qex> them [his feet.]</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"i*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets>, <pos>a.</pos> + <ets>-kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Precise in trifles; idly busy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of imposing a fin&unr_;.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The process of fining or refining; clarification; also <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fining pot</b></col>, <cd>a vessel in which metals are refined.</cd> <rj><au>Prov. xvii. 3.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"nis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Finished</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Finishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>finir</ets> (with a stem <ets>finiss-</ets> in several forms, whence E. <ets>-ish</ets>: see <ets>-ish</ets>.),fr. L. <ets>finire</ets> to limit, finish, end, fr. <ets>finis</ets> boundary, limit, end; perh. for <ets>fidnis</ets>, and akin <ets>findere</ets> to cleave, E. <ets>fissure</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And heroically hath <qex>finished</qex><br/>
A life heroic.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To come to an end; to terminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His days may <qex>finish</qex> ere that hapless time.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To end; to die.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which finishes, puts an end to&unr_; or perfects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See <cref>Inside finish</cref>, and <cref>Outside finish</cref>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>See <cref>Finishing coat</cref>, under <er>Finishing</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; <as>as, a rough, dead, or glossy <ex>finish</ex> given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Completion; -- opposed to <ant>start</ant>, or <ant>beginning</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ished</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; <as>as, a <ex>finished</ex> poem; a <ex>finished</ex> education.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Finished work</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O prophet of glad tidings, <qex>finisher</qex><br/>
Of utmost hope!</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ish*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Finishing coat</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Plastering)</fld> <cd>the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <cd>The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.</cd> -- <col><b>Finishing press</b></col>, <cd>a machine for pressing fabrics.</cd> -- <col><b>Finishing rolls</b></col> <fld>(Iron Working)</fld>, <cd>the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.</cd>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>finitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>finire</ets>. See <er>Finish</er>, and cf. <er>Fine</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to <xex>infinite</xex>; <as>as, <ex>finite</ex> number; <ex>finite</ex> existence; a <ex>finite</ex> being; a <ex>finite</ex> mind; <ex>finite</ex> duration.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nite*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Infinite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nite*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a finite manner or degree.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"nite*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being finite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"i*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>finire</ets>. See <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <def>Limitation.</def>  <rj><au>Cheyne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin*jan"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Also <ets>fingan</ets>, <ets>findjan</ets>, <ets>fingian</ets>, etc.]</ety> <ety>[Ar. <ets>finj&amacr;n</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called a <er>zarf</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin keel</hw>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb of lead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance to lateral motion through the water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"land*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Finland.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>destitute of fins.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fin</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling a fin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Finn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>A native of Finland; one of the Finn&unr_; in the ethnological sense. See <er>Finns</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"nan had"die</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[See <er>Haddock</er>.]</ety> <def>Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f&ibreve_;n"<it>a</it>n), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>finnan haddock</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Finned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin.</def>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A finback whale.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Finn"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Finns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ni*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>finikin</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Finn"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Finns</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Finn</singw></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Natives of Finland; Finlanders.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Fins</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Abounding in fishes.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With patient angle trolls the <qex>finny</qex> deep.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmoth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi*no"chi*o</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>finocchio</ets> fennel, LL. <ets>fenuclum</ets>. See <er>Fennel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant (<spn>F&oelig;niculum dulce</spn>) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fi"nos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Sp., pl., fr. <ets>fino</ets> fine.]</ety> <def>Second best wool from Merino sheep.</def>  <rj><au>Gardner.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"pike`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The bichir. See <er>Crossopterygii</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"sen light</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[After Prof. Niels R. <etsep>Finsen</etsep> (b. 1860), Danish physician.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous affections.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>3d pers. sing. pr.</pos> of <er>Find</er>, for <xex>findeth</xex>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fin"-toed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fiord</hw> <pr>(fy&unr_;rd; <it>i</it> or <it>y</it> consonant, &sect; 272)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dan. &amp; Norw. <ets>fiord</ets>. See <er>Frith</er>.]</ety> <def>A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fjord</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"o*rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Ir. <ets>fiothran</ets> a sort of grass.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of creeping bent grass (<spn>Agrostis alba</spn>); -- called also <altname>fiorin grass</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi"o*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from <ets>Fiora</ets>, in Ischia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fio`ri*tu"re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[It., pl. of <ets>fioritura</ets> a flowering.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.</def>
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<p><hw>Fip"pen*ny bit`</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>. <ety>[Corruption of <ets>five penny bit</ets>.]</ety> <def>The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently for 6<frac>1/4</frac> cents, and was called in New England a <xex>fourpence ha'penny</xex> or <xex>fourpence</xex>; in New York a <xex>sixpence</xex>; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a <xex>fip</xex>; and in Louisiana, a <xex>picayune</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fip"ple</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[perh. fr. L. <ets>fibula</ets> a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. <ets>fible</ets> a stick used to stir pottage.]</ety> <def>A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>fyr</ets>, <ets>fyrr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>furu</ets>, Icel. <ets>fura</ets>, AS. <ets>furh</ets> in <ets>furh</ets>wudu fir wood, G. <ets>f&ouml;hre</ets>, OHG. <ets>forha</ets> pine, <ets>vereh</ets>eih a sort of oak, L. <ets>quercus</ets> oak.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus (<gen>Abies</gen>) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the <stype>balsam fir</stype>, the <stype>silver fir</stype>, the <stype>red fir</stype>, etc.  The <xex>Scotch fir</xex> is a <gen>Pinus</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Fir</xex> in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine.</note>  <rj><au>J. D. Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fir</ets>, <ets>fyr</ets>, <ets>fur</ets> AS. <ets>f&ymacr_;r</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vuur</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>fiur</ets>, G. <ets>feuer</ets>, Icel. <ets>f&ymacr_;ri</ets>, <ets>f&umacr;rr</ets>, Gr. <grk>py^r</grk>, and perh. to L. <ets>purus</ets> pure, E. <ets>pure</ets> Cf. <er>Empyrean</er>, <er>Pyre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The form of <xex>fire</xex> exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called <xex>flame</xex>. Anciently, <xex>fire</xex>, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Anything which destroys or affects like fire.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.</def><br/>
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<p><q>he had <qex>fire</qex> in his temper.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And bless their critic with a poet's <qex>fire</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Stars, hide your <qex>fires</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>As in a zodiac<br/>
representing the heavenly <qex>fires</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>The discharge of firearms; firing; <as>as, the troops were exposed to a heavy <ex>fire</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Blue fire</b></col>, <col><b>Red fire</b></col>, <col><b>Green fire</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Pyrotech.)</fld>, <cd>compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire alarm</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An apparatus for giving such an alarm.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire annihilator</b></col>, <cd>a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire balloon</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part<!-- = hot-air balloon --></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height.</cd> <au>Simmonds.</au> -- <col><b>Fire bar</b></col>, <cd>a grate bar.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire basket</b></col>, <cd>a portable grate; a cresset.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Fire beetle</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire blast</b></col>, <cd>a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire box</b></col>, <cd>the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire brick</b></col>, <cd>a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire brigade</b></col>, <cd>an organized body of men for extinguished fires.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire bucket</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bucket</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire bug</b></col>, <cd>an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fire clay</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Clay</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire company</b></col>, <cd>a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire cross</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Fiery cross</er>.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>Fire damp</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Damp</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire dog</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Firedog</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire drill</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire eater</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A juggler who pretends to eat fire.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fire engine</b></col>, <cd>a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire escape</b></col>, <cd>a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire gilding</b></col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire gilt</b></col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>gold laid on by the process of fire gilding.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire insurance</b></col>, <cd>the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire irons</b></col>, <cd>utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire main</b></col>, <cd>a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire master</b></col> <sd>(Mil)</sd>, <cd>an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire office</b></col>, <cd>an office at which to effect insurance against fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire opal</b></col>, <cd>a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire ordeal</b></col>, <cd>an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons.</cd> <au>Abbot.</au> -- <col><b>Fire pan</b></col>, <cd>a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire plug</b></col>, <cd>a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire policy</b></col>, <cd>the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire pot</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A crucible.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>A solderer's furnace.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire raft</b></col>, <cd>a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire roll</b></col>, <cd>a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire setting</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives.</cd> <au>Raymond.</au> -- <col><b>Fire ship</b></col>, <cd>a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire shovel</b></col>, <cd>a shovel for taking up coals of fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire stink</b></col>, <cd>the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide.</cd> <au>Raymond.</au> -- <col><b>Fire surface</b></col>, <cd>the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire swab</b></col>, <cd>a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au> -- <col><b>Fire teaser</b></col>, <cd>in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire water</b></col>, <cd>a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by the American Indians.</cd> -- <col><b>Fire worship</b></col>, <cd>the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of <persfn>Zoroaster</persfn>, called <xex>Chebers</xex>, or <xex>Guebers</xex>, and among the Parsees of India.</cd> -- <col><b>Greek fire</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Greek</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>On fire</b></col>, <cd>burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous.</cd> -- <col><b>Running fire</b></col>, <cd>the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops.</cd> -- <col><b>St. Anthony's fire</b></col>, <cd>erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously.</cd> <au>Hoblyn.</au>  -- <col><b>St. Elmo's fire</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Saint Elmo</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To set on fire</b></col>, <cd>to inflame; to kindle.</cd> -- <col><b>To take fire</b></col>, <cd>to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fired</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set on fire; to kindle; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> a house or chimney; to <ex>fire</ex> a pile.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> pottery</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> the soul with anger, pride, or revenge</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Love had <qex>fired</qex> my mind.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To animate; to give life or spirit to; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> the genius of a young man</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To feed or serve the fire of; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> a boiler</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[The sun] <qex>fires</qex> the proud tops of the eastern pines.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To cause to explode; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> a torpedo</as>; to disharge; <as>as, to <ex>fire</ex> a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to <ex>fire</ex> cannon balls, rockets, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To drive by fire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Till my bad angel <qex>fire</qex> my good one out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>To cauterize.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>to dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to cause (a person) to cease being an employee; -- of a person.  The act of <ex>firing</ex> is usually performed by that person's supervisor or employer.</def>  &ldquo;You can't <xex>fire</xex> me!  I quit!&rdquo;<br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fire up</b></col>, <sn>1.</sn> <cd>to light up the fires of, as of an engine;</cd> <specif>also,</specif> <mark>figuratively</mark>, <cd>to start up any machine.</cd> -- <sn>2.</sn> <cd>to render enthusiastic; -- of people.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be irritated or inflamed with passion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To discharge artillery or firearms; <as>as, they <ex>fired</ex> on the town</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fire up</b></col>, <cd>to grow irritated or angry.</cd> &ldquo;He . . . <xex>fired up</xex>, and stood vigorously on his defense.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fire-on-the-mountain</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>poinsettia (<spn>Euphoria cyathophora</spn>) of the U. S. and eastern Mexico; often confused with <spn>Euphoria heterophylla</spn>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> painted leaf, Mexican fire plant, <spn>Euphoria cyathophora</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"arm`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"&auml;rm`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"back`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"b&abreve;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of pheasants of the genus <gen>Euplocamus</gen>, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"ball`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by lightning, resembling a luminous ball of fire passing rapidly through the air or along solid objects, then disappearing, and sometimes exploding.  It seldom lasts more than a few seconds.  Also called <altname>ball lightning</altname>, <altname>globe lightning</altname>, <altname>globular lightning</altname>, or <altname>kugelblitz</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear device.  The larger <ex>fireballs</ex>, as of nuclear explosions, rise seemingly intact into the air and may reach high altitudes while still glowing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"bare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A beacon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire" bee`tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A very brilliantly luminous beetle (<spn>Pyrophorus noctilucus</spn>), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also <altname>cucujo</altname>.  The name is also applied to other species. See <er>Firefly</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The Baltimore oriole.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"bote`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An allowance of fuel. See <er>Bote</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"brand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A piece of burning wood.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>firebrat</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>an insect (<spn>Thermobia domestica</spn>) which is a type of bristletail that lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Thermobia domestica</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>firebreak</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firebrick</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a brick made of fire clay, used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firebug</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property; an arsonist.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> arsonist, incendiary.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a brightly colored type of true bug that can exude a stain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firebush</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An evergreen South American shrub *<spn>Streptosolen jamesonii</spn>) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> marmalade bush, <spn>Streptosolen jamesonii</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A densely branched Eurasian plant (<spn>Bassia scoparia</spn>) whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called <altname>burning bush</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, <spn>Bassia scoparia</spn>, Kochia scoparia.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fireclay</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a heat-resistant clay.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire"crack`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small explosive device consisting of a paper or cardboard cylinder having only sufficient explosive mixture to make a loud bang, ignited by a short fuse, and used mostly as an entertainment or in celebrations. Same as  <er>Cracker</er>., <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"crest`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small European kinglet (<spn>Regulus ignicapillus</spn>), having a bright red crest; -- called also <altname>fire-crested wren</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firedamp</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that forms in coal mines and becomes explosive when mixed with air.  It is a source of serious hazard in coal mining operations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"dog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"drake`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"dr&amacr;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&ymacr_;rdraca</ets>; <ets>f&ymacr_;r</ets> fire + <ets>draca</ets> a dragon. See <er>Fire</er>, and <er>Drake</er> a dragon.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fiery dragon.</def>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A worker at a furnace or fire.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"-fanged`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fire</ets> + <ets>fanged</ets> seized.]</ety> <def>Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fire"fight`er</hw>, <hw>fire" fight`er</hw></mhw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"f&imacr;`t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person whose occupation it is to go to the scene of an unwanted fire and extinguish it; a member of a fire company; a <stype>fireman{1}</stype> or a woman who fights fires.</def>  <note>Some towns have few or no professional firefighters, and fire suppression is conducted mostly by groups of volunteers, called <stype>volunteer firefighters</stype>.  The term fireman{1} was at one time synonymous with firefighter, until women began to engage in the same occupation.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A singular marine fish of the genus <gen>Pterois</gen>, family <fam>Scorp&aelig;nid&aelig;</fam>, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"flaire`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fire</ets> + Prov. E. <ets>flaire</ets> a ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A European sting ray of the genus <gen>Trygon</gen> (<spn>T. pastinaca</spn>); -- called also <altname>fireflare</altname> and <altname>fiery flaw</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"flame`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European band fish (<spn>Cepola rubescens</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"fly`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fireflies</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family <fam>Lampyrid&aelig;</fam>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The common American species belong to the genera <gen>Photinus</gen> (especially <spn>Photinus pyralis</spn>) and <gen>Photuris</gen>, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of <fam>Elaterid&aelig;</fam>. See <er>Fire beetle</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"fly` lu*cif"er*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld> <def>a type of <er>luciferin</er> produced by the firefly <spn>Photinus pyralis</spn>.</def> <note>Its structure has been elucidated, and chemically it is recognized as <chname>4,5-Dihydro-2-(6-hydroxy-2-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid</chname>, <chform>C11H8N3O2S2</chform>.  It has found use in a very sensitive assay for ATP, in which concentrations of ATP as low as 10<exp>-11</exp> molar can be detected.  <au>[MI11]</au></note><br/>
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<p><hw>firehouse</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a building housing firemen and the apparatus they use to extinguish fires.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fire station.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fire hydrant</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to use in fighting a fire.  They are commonly placed at intervals at the street edge of a sidewalk, spaced for convenience in suppressing fires in towns.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fireplug, plug.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of fire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firelight</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace); <as>as, lovers sitting together in the <ex>firelight</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firelighter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"lock`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Firemen</plw> <pr>(-m<it>e</it>n)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"-new`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.</def>  <rj><au>Charles reade.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Your <qex>fire-new</qex> stamp of honor is scarce current.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"place`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fireplug</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to use in fighting a fire.  They are commonly placed at intervals at the street edge of a sidewalk for convenience in suppressing fires in towns.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fire hydrant, plug.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>firepower</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(military)</fld> <def>The relative capacity for delivering weapons fire on a target; <as>as, the battleship has more <ex>firepower</ex> than a cruiser</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <mark>[figurative]</mark> <def>A measure of the resources available to a group which allows them to achieve their objectives; capacity for action.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"proof`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Proof against fire; incombustible.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"proof`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire-raising</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>malicious burning to destroy property; arson.</def> <mark>[Mostly British usage]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> arson, incendiarism.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>R. Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fire-resistant</hw> <hw>fire-resisting</hw> <hw>fire-resistive</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Not able to burn or able to burn only with difficulty.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fireproof.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>fire-retardant</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>able to reduce combustibility or slow the spread of fire; -- of substances that are added to combustible materials to make them less combustible.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire retardant</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a substance applied or added to materials or objects, so as to reduce combustibility or slow the spread of fire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"room`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Stokehold</er>, below.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire sale</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a sale of objects damaged by fire, usually at much reduced prices.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sale of objects or assets at much reduced prices, often performed to raise money rapidly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire-sale price</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a price much lower than normal market price; <as>as, the Reagan administration sold off valuable mineral and timber resources at <ex>fire-sale prices</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"-set`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"side`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"stone`</hw> <pr>(?; 110)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>f&ymacr_;rst&amacr;n</ets> flint; <ets>f&ymacr_;r</ets> fire + <ets>st&amacr;n</ets> stone.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European redstart; -- called also <altname>fireflirt</altname>.</def> <mark>[prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>fire-tree</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree (<spn>Nuytsia floribunda</spn>) of West Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> flame tree, flame-tree, Christmas tree, <spn>Nuytsia floribunda</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"ward`en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also <altname>fireward</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American plant (<spn>Erechthites hiercifolia</spn>), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The great willow-herb (<spn>Epilobium spicatum</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firewheel</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An annual of the central U. S. (<spn>Gaillardia pulchella</spn>) having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blanket flower, Indian blanket, <spn>Gaillardia pulchella</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"wood`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"w&oobreve_;d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Wood for fuel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fire"work`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;r"w&ucirc;rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts; also called a <altname>pyrotechnic device</altname>.  The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material.  A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of <ex>firework</ex>. The art of designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is called <er>pyrotechnics</er>.  The name <ex>firework</ex> is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.</def></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting of the discharge of fireworks{1}.</def> <mark>[Obs. in the sing.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a <qex>firework</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fire"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also <altname>cranberry worm</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of discharging firearms.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The application of fire, or of a cautery.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Fuel; firewood or coal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Firing iron</b></col>, <cd>an instrument used in cauterizing.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"ing pin`</hw>. <def>In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Firk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>ferken</ets> to proceed, hasten, AS. <ets>fercian</ets> to bring, assist; perh. akin to <ets>faran</ets> to go, E. <ets>fare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To beat; to strike; to chastise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I'll fer him, and <qex>firk</qex> him, and ferret him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firk</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To fly out; to turn out; to go off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A wench is a rare bait, with which a man</q><br/>
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<p><q>No sooner's taken but he straight <qex>firks</qex> mad.B.Jonson.</q><br/>
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<p><hw>Firk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A freak; trick; quirk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From AS. <ets>fe&oacute;wer</ets> four (or an allied word, perh. Dutch or Danish) + <ets>-kin</ets>. See <er>Four</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"lot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. to E. <ets>four + lot</ets> part, portion. See <er>Firkin</er>.]</ety> <def>A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Firmer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Firmest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferme</ets>, F. <ets>ferme</ets>, fr.L. <ets>firmus</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>dharman</ets> support, law, order, <ets>dh&unr_;</ets> to hold fast, carry.  Cf. <er>Farm</er>, <er>Throne</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; <as>as, <ex>firm</ex> flesh; <ex>firm</ex> muscles, <ex>firm</ex> wood.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; <as>as, a <ex>firm</ex> believer; a <ex>firm</ex> friend; a <ex>firm</ex> adherent.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow<br/>
But <qex>firm</qex> battalion.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>By one man's <qex>firm</qex> obediency fully tried.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Solid; -- opposed to <xex>fluid</xex>; <as>as, <ex>firm</ex> land</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Indicating firmness; <as>as, a <ex>firm</ex> tread; a <ex>firm</ex> countenance.</as></def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Compact; dense; hard; solid; stanch; robust; strong; sturdly; fixed; steady; resolute; constant.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>firma</ets> the (firm, sure, or confirming) signature or subscription, or Pg. <ets>firma</ets> signature, firm, cf. Sp. <ets>firma</ets> signature; all fr. L. <ets>firmus</ets>, adj., firm. See <er>Firm</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; <as>as, the <ex>firm</ex> of Hope &amp; Co.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fermen</ets> to make firm, F. <ets>fermer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>firmare</ets> to make firm. See <er>Firm</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And Jove has <qex>firmed</qex> it with an awful nod.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fix or direct with firmness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He on his card and compass <qex>firms</qex> his eye.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"ma*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>firmamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>firmare</ets> to make firm: cf. F. <ets>firmament</ets>. See <er>Firm</er>, <pos>v. &amp; a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fixed foundation; established basis.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Custom is the . . . <qex>firmament</qex> of the law.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The region of the air; the sky or heavens.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And God said, Let there be a <qex>firmament</qex> in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And God said, Let there be lights in the <qex>firmament</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars <xex>appear</xex> to be placed, and are <xex>really</xex> seen.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Old Astron.)</fld> <def>The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir`ma*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"man</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Firmans</plw> <pr>(#)</pr> <xex>or</xex> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Pers. <ets>ferm&amacr;n</ets>.]</ety> <def>In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>firmaun</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"er-chis"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"i*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>firmitudo</ets>. See <er>Firm</er>.]</ety> <def>Strength; stability.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>firmitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Strength; firmness; stability.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chillingworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Detached from substance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Does passion still the <qex>firmless</qex> mind control?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Infirm; unstable.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Firmless</xex> sands.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a firm manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Firm"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being firm.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Firmness</er>, <er>Constancy</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Firmness</xex> belongs to the will, and <xex>constancy</xex> to the affections and principles; the former prevents us from yielding, and the latter from fluctuating. Without <xex>firmness</xex> a man has no character; &ldquo;without <xex>constancy</xex>,&rdquo; says Addison, &ldquo;there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.&rdquo;</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Firms</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Firm</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"ring</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Furring</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of fir; abounding in firs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In <qex>firry</qex> woodlands making moan.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>first</ets>, <ets>furst</ets>, AS. <ets>fyrst</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>fyrstr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>f&ouml;rste</ets>, OHG. <ets>furist</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;rst</ets> prince; a superlatiye form of E. <ets>for</ets>, <ets>fore</ets>. See <er>For</er>, <er>Fore</er>, and cf. <er>Formeer</er>, <er>Foremost</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; <as>as, the <ex>first</ex> day of a month; the <ex>first</ex> year of a reign.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; <as>as, Demosthenes was the <ex>first</ex> orator of Greece</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At first blush</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Blush</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>At first hand</b></col>, <cd>from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent.</cd><br/>
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<q>It is the intention of the person to reveal it <qex>at first hand</qex>, by way of mouth, to yourself.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><pbr/>
-- <col><b>First coat</b></col> <fld>(Plastering)</fld>, <cd>the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat.</cd> -- <col><b>First day</b></col>, <cd>Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.</cd> -- <col><b>First floor</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The ground floor.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The floor next above the ground floor.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>First fruit</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>First fruits</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The fruits of the season earliest gathered.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <cd>One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <cd>The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>The earliest effects or results.</cd><br/>
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<q>See, Father, what <qex>first fruits</qex> on earth are sprung<br/>
From thy implanted grace in man!</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><pbr/>
-- <col><b>First mate</b></col>, <cd>an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain.</cd> -- <col><b>First name</b></col>, <cd>same as <cref>Christian name</cref>. See under <er>Name</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>First officer</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>in the merchant service, same as <cref>First mate</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>First sergeant</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au> -- <col><b>First watch</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.</cd> -- <col><b>First water</b></col>, <cd>the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>First</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rst)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Adam was <qex>first</qex> formed, then Eve.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. ii. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs> <mcol><col><b>At first</b></col>, <col><b>At the first</b></col></mcol>, <cd>at the beginning or origin.</cd> -- <col><b>First or last</b></col>, <cd>at one time or another; at the beginning or end.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>And all are fools and lovers <qex>first or last</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a pre&euml;minence in the combined effect.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>firstborn</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The first child born to a parent; <as>as, his <ex>firstborn</ex> was showered with gifts from relatives</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eldest.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>First"born`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>First brought forth; first in the order of birth; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted; <as>as, the <ex>firstborn</ex> child</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eldest.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>First"-class`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; <as>as, a <ex>first-class</ex> telescope</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>First-class car</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>First-class railway carriage</b></col></mcol>, <cd>any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; -- distinguished from a <xex>second-class car</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>first-come-first-served</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>distributed in order to those who request it in person; not subject to reservation for later delivery.  Contrasted with <ant>reservable</ant>.</def> <mark>[predicate]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rush.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>First"-hand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; <as>as, a <ex>firsthand</ex> report; <ex>firsthand</ex> information; <ex>firsthand</ex> knowledge</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> direct, original.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is <qex>first-hand</qex> and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind.</q> <rj><qau>J. Martineau.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First"ling</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rst"l&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>First</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; <as>as, the <ex>firstlings</ex> of his flock</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The thing first thought or done.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The very <qex>firstlings</qex> of my heart shall be<br/>
The <qex>firstlings</qex> of my hand.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First"ling</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Firstborn.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the <qex>firstling</qex> males.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xv. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for <xex>first</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>First`-or"der</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>decaying at an exponential rate; -- a mathematical concept applied to various types of decay, such as radioactivity and chemical reactions.</def> <note>In first order decay, the amount of material decaying in a given period of time is directly proportional to the amount of material remaining.  This may be expressed by the differential equation:
                 <mathex>dA/dt = -kt</mathex>

where dA/dt is the rate per unit time at which the quantity (or concentration) of material (expressed as A) is increasing, t is the time, and k is a constant.  The minus sign in front of the "kt" assures that the amount of material remaining will be decreasing as time progresses.  A solution of the differential equation to give the quantity <it>A</it> shows that:
                 <mathex>A = e<exp>-kt</exp></mathex>

where <it>e</it> is the base for natural logarithms.  Thus this type of decay is called <it>exponential decay</it>.  In certain chemical reactions that are in fact second-order, involving two reactants, the conditions may be chosen in some cases so that one reactant is vastly in excess of the other, and its concentration changes very little in the course of the reaction, so that the reaction rate will be approximately first order in the more dilute reactant; such reactions are called <stype>pseudo first order</stype>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>First"-rate`</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rst"r&amacr;t`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the highest excellence; pre&euml;minent in quality, size, or estimation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our only <qex>first-rate</qex> body of contemporary poetry is the German.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Hermocrates . . . a man of <qex>first-rate</qex> ability.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>First"-rate`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>first-rate</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>of the highest quality; <as>as, a <ex>first-rate</ex> reporter</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ace, A-one, first-class, super, tip-top, topnotch, tops(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>first-rater</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is first-rate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>first-string</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>First to play in a game; not reserved as a substitute; -- of members of a team.  Also used in non-sports contexts to mean <er>first-rate</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>first-year</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Being in the first year of an experience especially in a U. S. high school or college; -- of a person.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> freshman.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Firth</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;rth)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. See <er>Frith</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>An arm of the sea; a frith.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fir" tree`</hw> <pr>(f&etilde_;r" tr&emacr;`)</pr>. <def>See <er>Fir</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fisc</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;sk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fisc</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fiscus</ets> basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to <ets>fascis</ets> bundle. See <er>Fasces</er>.]</ety> <def>A public or state treasury.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"cal</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;s"k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fiscal</ets>, L. <ets>fiscalis</ets>, fr. <ets>fiscus</ets>. See <er>Fisc</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fiscal</qex> arrangements of government.</q> <rj><qau>A. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"cal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A treasurer.</def>  <rj><au>H. Swinburne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also <altname>procurator fiscal</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fi*set"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to fustet or fisetin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"e*tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>fisett</ets>holz a species of fustic.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also <altname>fisetic acid</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;sh)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fiche</ets> peg, mark, fr. <ets>fisher</ets> to fix.]</ety> <def>A counter, used in various games.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fishes</plw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;sh"&ebreve_;z)</pr>, <xex>or collectively</xex>, <plw>Fish</plw>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>fisch</ets>, <ets>fisc</ets>, <ets>fis</ets>, AS. <ets>fisc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>visch</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>fisk</ets>, G. <ets>fisch</ets>, Icel. <ets>fiskr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>fisk</ets>, Goth. <ets>fisks</ets>, L. <ets>piscis</ets>, Ir. <ets>iasg</ets>.  Cf. <er>Piscatorial</er>. In some cases, such as <ets>fish</ets> joint, <ets>fish</ets> plate, this word has prob. been confused with <ets>fish</ets>, fr. F. <ets>fiche</ets>a peg.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See <er>Pisces</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The flesh of fish, used as food.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A purchase used to fish the anchor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Fish</xex> is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, <xex>fish</xex> line, <xex>fish</xex> pole, <xex>fish</xex> spear, <xex>fish</xex>-bellied.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Age of Fishes</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Age</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 8.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish ball</b></col>, <cd>fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fish bar</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Fish plate</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col><b>Fish beam</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish.</cd> <au>Francis.</au> -- <col><b>Fish crow</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of crow (<spn>Corvus ossifragus</spn>), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish culture</b></col>, <cd>the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish davit</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Davit</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish day</b></col>, <cd>a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish duck</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of merganser.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish fall</b></col>, <cd>the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish garth</b></col>, <cd>a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish glue</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Isinglass</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish joint</b></col>, <cd>a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish kettle</b></col>, <cd>a long kettle for boiling fish whole.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish ladder</b></col>, <cd>a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fish line</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Fishing line</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish louse</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to <gen>Caligus</gen>, <gen>Argulus</gen>, and other related genera. See <er>Branchiura</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish maw</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish meal</b></col>, <cd>fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish oil</b></col>, <cd>oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera <gen>Scotopelia</gen> and <gen>Ketupa</gen>, esp. a large East Indian species (<spn>K. Ceylonensis</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Fish plate</b></col>, <cd>one of the plates of a fish joint.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish pot</b></col>, <cd>a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish pound</b></col>, <cd>a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir.</cd> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au> -- <col><b>Fish slice</b></col>, <cd>a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish slide</b></col>, <cd>an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Fish sound</b></col>, <cd>the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish story</b></col>, <cd>a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au>  -- <col><b>Fish strainer</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish trowel</b></col>, <cd>a fish slice.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Fish weir</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Fish wear</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a weir set in a stream, for catching fish.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Neither fish nor flesh</b></col>, <col><b>Neither fish nor fowl</b></col></mcol> (<mark>Fig.</mark>), <cd>neither one thing nor the other.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fished</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; <as>as, to <ex>fish</ex> for compliments</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Any other <qex>fishing</qex> question.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fischen</ets>, <ets>fisken</ets>, <ets>fissen</ets>, AS. <ets>fiscian</ets>; akin to G. <ets>fischen</ets>, OHG. <ets>fisc&unr_;n</ets>, Goth. <ets>fisk&unr_;n</ets>. See <er>Fish</er> the animal.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch; to draw out or up; <as>as, to <ex>fish</ex> up an anchor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To search by raking or sweeping.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; <as>as, to <ex>fish</ex> a stream</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See <cref>Fish joint</cref>, under <er>Fish</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fish the anchor</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Anchor</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"-bel`lied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bellying or swelling out on the under side; <as>as, a <ex>fish-bellied</ex> rail</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"-block`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fish-tackle</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fishbone</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a bone of a fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fiscere</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fishes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (<spn>Mustela Canadensis</spn>); the pekan; the &ldquo;black cat.&rdquo;</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"er*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fishermen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One whose occupation is to catch fish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fisheries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place for catching fish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters.</def>  <rj><au>Abbott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fishfly</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>a fly similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding with fish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;My <xex>fishful</xex> pond.&rdquo;  <rj><au>R. Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"gig`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"hawk`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The osprey (<spn>Pandion halia&euml;tus</spn>), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also <altname>fishing eagle</altname>, and <altname>bald buzzard</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"hook`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hook for catching fish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked.</def>  <rj><au>Dana.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To change to fish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike.</def>  <rj><au>Pennant.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fishery.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fishing</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; <as>as, <ex>fishing</ex> boat; <ex>fishing</ex> tackle; <ex>fishing</ex> village.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fishing fly</b></col>, <cd>an artificial fly for fishing.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing line</b></col>, <cd>a line used in catching fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing net</b></col>, <cd>a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing rod</b></col>, <cd>a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing smack</b></col>, <cd>a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing tackle</b></col>, <cd>apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing tube</b></col> <fld>(Micros.)</fld>, <cd>a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fishing expedition</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, with no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation, and often without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven.</def> <mark>[metaphorical]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"like</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A very ancient and <qex>fishlike</qex> smell.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fishpond</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a freshwater pond with fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"skin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ichthyosis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"-tac`kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the <xex>fish-block</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"-tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fishtail</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(aeronautics)</fld> <def>to slow down by moving the tail sideways, of an airplane.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fishtail</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>to have the rear end skid from side to side, out of control: -- said of automobiles or other vehicles.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fish-tail burner</b></col>, <cd>a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Fish-tail propeller</b></col> <fld>(Steamship)</fld>, <cd>a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"wife`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fishwoman.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A woman who abusively scolds other people, often using coarse or vulgar language.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"wom`an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fishwomen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A woman who retails fish; a female <isa>fishmonger</isa>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fish"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<p><hw>Fisk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>fjeska</ets> to bustle about.]</ety> <def>To run about; to frisk; to whisk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>fisks</qex> abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*gem*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + E. <ets>gemmation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"sile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissilis</ets>, fr. <ets>fissus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split. See <er>Fissure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This crystal is a pellucid, <xex>fissile</xex> stone.</q> <rj><qau>Sir I. Newton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fissionable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*lin"gual</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + E. <ets>lingual</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the tongue forked.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis`si*lin"gui*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. o f <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Fissilingues</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis*sil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being fissile.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissio</ets>. See <er>Fissure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See <er>Segmentation</er>, and <cref>Cell division</cref>, under <er>Division</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See <er>Strobilation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The act or process of disintegration of an atomic nucleus into two or more smaller pieces; called also <ecol><b>nuclear fission</b></ecol>.  The process may be spontaneous or induced by capture of neutrons or other smaller nuclei, and usually proceeds with evolution of energy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fis"sion*able</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of undergoing <cref>nuclear fission</cref>; -- a property of certain isotopes of elements with heavy nuclei.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*pal"mate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>palma</ets> palm.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis*sip"a*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Fissiparous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Animals which reproduce by fission.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis*sip"a*rism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fissiparous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction by spontaneous fission.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*par"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis*sip"a*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>parere</ets> to bring forth: cf. F. <ets>fissipare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See <er>Fission</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fis*sip"a*rous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*pa"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fis"si*ped</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fis*sip"e*dal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fissip&egrave;de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the toes separated to the base. [See <er>Aves</er>.]</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"si*ped</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the <ord>Fissipedia</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis`si*pe"di*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to cleave) + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, a foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of the <ord>Carnivora</ord>, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to <contr>Pinnipedia</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`si*ros"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fissirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis`si*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>findere</ets> to cleave) + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"sur*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; <as>as, the <ex>fissural</ex> pattern of a brain</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`su*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"sure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fissura</ets>, fr. <ets>findere</ets>, <ets>fissum</ets>, to cleave, split; akin to E. <ets>bite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fissure</ets>.]</ety> <def>A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; <as>as, the <ex>fissure</ex> of a rock</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Cerebral fissures</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum.</cd> -- <col><b>Fissure needle</b></col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Fissure of rolando</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.</cd> -- <col><b>Fissure of Sylvius</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Brain</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fissure vein</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter.</cd> <au>Raymond.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"sure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis`su*rel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>fissura</ets> a fissure.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also <altname>keyhole limpet</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fissurellidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a natural family of marine limpets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fist</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fist</ets>, <ets>fust</ets>, AS. <ets>f&ymacr_;st</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vuist</ets>, OHG. <ets>f&umacr;st</ets>, G. <ets>faust</ets>, and prob. to L. <ets>pugnus</ets>, Gr. <grk>pygmh`</grk> fist, <grk>py`x</grk> with the fist.  Cf. <er>Pugnacious</er>, <er>Pigmy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who grasp the earth and heaven with my <qex>fist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The talons of a bird of prey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>More light than culver in the falcon's <qex>fist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(print.)</fld> <def>the index mark [&hand_;], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Hand over fist</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>rapidly; hand over hand.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fist</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fisted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fisting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with the fist.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To gripe with the fist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fist"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fist</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; <as>as, <ex>fistic</ex> exploits; <ex>fistic</ex> heroes.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fist"i*cuff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cuff or blow with the fist or hand</def>; <def2>(<pluf>pl.</pluf>) <def>a fight with the fists; boxing.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"ti*nut</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Fr. <ets>fistinq</ets>, <ets>fistuq</ets>. See <er>Pistachio</er>.]</ety> <def>A pistachio nut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis*tu"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis"tu*la</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fistul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A reed; a pipe.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pipe for convejing water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; <as>as, a salivary <ex>fistula</ex>; an anal <ex>fistula</ex>; a recto-vaginal <ex>fistula</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Incomplete fistula</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a fistula open at one end only.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fistularis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fistulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fis`tu*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fistula</ets> pipe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis`tu*la"ri*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fistularia</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tu*late</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>fistulatus</ets> furnished with pipes.]</ety> <def>To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A <xex>fistulated</xex> ulcer.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tule</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fistula.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tu*li*form</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fistula</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Stalactite often occurs <qex>fistuliform</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Philips.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tu*lose`</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fistulosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.</def>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fis"tu*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fistuleux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the form or nature of a fistula; <as>as, a <ex>fistulous</ex> ulcer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose.</def>  <rj><au>Lindley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> of <er>Fight</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fitt</ets> a song.]</ety> <def>In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fitte</asp>, <asp>fytte</asp>, etc.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>To play some pleasant <qex>fit</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Fitter</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Fittest</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>fit</ets>, <ets>fyt</ets>; cf. E. <ets>feat</ets> neat, elegant, well made, or icel. <ets>fitja</ets> to web, knit, OD. <ets>vitten</ets> to suit, square, Goth. <ets>f&unr_;tjan</ets> to adorn. &radic;77.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That which ordinary men are <qex>fit</qex> for, I am qualified in.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Fit</qex> audience find, though few.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Prepared; ready.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>fit</qex> to shoot, she singled forth among<br/>
her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Is it <qex>fit</qex> to say a king, Thou art wicked?</q> <rj><qau>Job xxxiv. 18.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fitted</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fitting</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The time is <qex>fitted</qex> for the duty.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The very situation for which he was peculiarly <qex>fitted</qex> by nature.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he <qex>fitteth</qex> it with planes.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xliv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No milliner can so <qex>fit</qex> his customers with gloves.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; <as>as, if the coat <ex>fits</ex> you, put it on</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That's a bountiful answer that <qex>fits</qex> all questions.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That time best <qex>fits</qex> the work.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fit out</b></col>, <cd>to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, <xex>to fit out</xex> a privateer.</cd> -- <col><b>To fit up</b></col>, <cd>to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, <xex>to fit up</xex> a room for a guest.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be proper or becoming.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Nor <qex>fits</qex> it to prolong the feast.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; <as>as, his coat <ex>fits</ex> very well</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The coincidence of parts that come in contact.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fit rod</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required.</cd> <au>Knight.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>fit</ets> strife, fight; of uncertain origin. &radic; 77.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stroke or blow.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,<br/>
That keeps thy body from the bitter <qex>fit</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; <as>as, a <ex>fit</ex> of sickness</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And when the <qex>fit</qex> was on him, I did mark<br/>
How he did shake.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; <as>as, a <ex>fit</ex> of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All <qex>fits</qex> of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The English, however, were on this subject prone to <qex>fits</qex> of jealously.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>fits</qex> of the season.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A darting point; a sudden emission.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A tongue of light, a <qex>fit</qex> of flame.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>By fits</b></col>, <col><b>By fits and starts</b></col></mcol>, <cd>by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitch</hw> <pr>(?; 224)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fitches</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Vetch</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A vetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of <spn>Nigella sativa</spn>, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads <xex>spelt</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Contr. of fitched.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European polecat; also, its fur.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitch"&eacute;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fich&eacute;</ets>, lit. p. p. of <ets>ficher</ets> to fasten, OF. <ets>fichier</ets> to pierce.  Cf. 1st <er>Fish</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Sharpened to a point; pointed.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Cross fitch&eacute;</b></col>, <cd>a cross having the lower arm pointed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitched</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(her.)</fld> <def>Fitch&eacute;.</def> <altsp>[Also <asp>fiched</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fitch"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fitch"ew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>fisseau</ets>, <ets>fissel</ets>, OD. <ets>fisse</ets>, <ets>visse</ets>, <ets>vitsche</ets>, D. <ets>vies</ets> nasty, loathsome, E. <ets>fizz</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European polecat (<spn>Putorius f&oelig;tidus</spn>). See <er>Polecat</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitch"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having fitches or vetches.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitch"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fitch&eacute;</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Fitch&eacute;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From 7th <er>Fit</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>After life's <qex>fitful</qex> fever, he sleeps well.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Fit"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fit"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>The victorious trumpet peal<br/>
Dies <qex>fitfully away</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fith"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fith"ul</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. See <er>Fiddle</er>.]</ety> <def>A fiddle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; <as>as, a maxim <ex>fitly</ex> applied</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being fit; <as>as, the <ex>fitness</ex> of measures or laws; a person's <ex>fitness</ex> for office.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d <er>Fit</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ta*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Suitable; fit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ted*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fitted out</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>same as <er>outfitted</er>, 1.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> outfitted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who fits or makes to fit;</def> esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all <qex>fitters</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything used in fitting up</def>; especially <def2>(<pluf>pl.</pluf>), <def>necessary fixtures or apparatus; <as>as, the <ex>fittings</ex> of a church or study; gas <ex>fittings</ex>.</as></def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"ting</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fit"ting*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Fit"ting*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fit"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Eryngium f&oelig;tidum</spn>) supposed to be a remedy for fits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fils</ets>, <ets>filz</ets>, <ets>fiz</ets>, son, F. <ets>fils</ets>, L. <ets>filius</ets>. See <er>Filial</er>.]</ety> <def>A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; <as>as, <ex>Fitz</ex>roy, the son of the king; <ex>Fitz</ex>clarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fitzgerald</hw>, <def>F. Scott, American Novelist (1896-1940).</def></p>

<p><bio><person>F. Scott Fitzgerald</person> was born September 24, 1896 in <city>St. Paul</city>, Minnesota to <person>Molly McQuillan</person> and <person>Edward Fitzgerald</person>.  He was a second cousin, twice removed of <person>Francis Scott Key</person>, the writer of the "Star Spangled Banner", a fact of which he was very proud and for whom he was named.<pbr/>
His father was a failed businessman and his mother was the doting, smothering kind.  He had one younger sister.  He was extremely ashamed of his mother for her lack of beauty and emasculating of his father.  Both parents were thrilled with <persfn>Scott</persfn> because he was handsome, popular and later, a famous writer.  The family lived off the income of the mother who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant.  All of his life <persfn>Scott</persfn> aspired to be one of the rich people he socialized with in <city>St. Paul</city> and later at <edi>Princeton University</edi>, where he was more successful as a participant in performing and writing musical productions in the <org>Triangle Club</org> than as an academic.<pbr/>
In 1917 <persfn>Scott</persfn> enlisted in the Army when it was apparent that his Junior year at <edi>Princeton</edi> might be his last, owing to poor grades.  He hoped to make a name for himself in World War I doing something brave and heroic.  His head was always full of notions of becoming famous, popular and sought-after in high social circles, and the darling of the "top girl" among the elite.  Unfortunately for <persfn>Scott</persfn>, the war ended before he had a chance to prove his bravery.  It was a pivotal point in his life and work, however, as it was while he was in the Army that he met <person>Zelda Sayre</person>.<pbr/>
<person>Zelda Sayre</person> was the belle of <city>Montgomery, Alabama</city>, not yet eighteen and already famous in town for her bucking of authority, drinking, dancing all night and beauty.  <persfn>Scott</persfn> had met his match.  He was stationed in <city>Montgomery</city> when he met her at a dance.  They had a rocky courtship that continued until <persfn>Scott</persfn> mustered out of the Army and got a job in advertising in <city>New York City</city>.  He hated the job and when <persfn>Zelda</persfn> broke off their engagement citing his dim future in business, he was desolate.  He quit his job and went back  home to <city>St. Paul</city> where he stayed with his parents and rewrote a novel about his college days that had earlier been rejected.<pbr/>
The novel, <booki>This Side of Paradise</booki>, became THE biggest novel of 1920.  <persfn>Fitzgerald</persfn> was an instant success known all around the nation and celebrated as the <it>Voice of His Generation</it>.  He married <persfn>Zelda</persfn> one week after its publication.  They then embarked a life of drinking, wild nights, hobnobbing with the rich and famous and becoming the life of every party.  This continued on for a few years both in the United States and <city>Paris</city> where they sought refuge from their excesses, but only created more.  In <city>Paris</city>, <persfn>Fitzgerald</persfn> wrote what was to become his finest work and because of which his place in literary history is secured.  <booki>The Great Gatsby</booki> was like all of <persfn>Fitzgerald's</persfn> work, based on his own life.  Like the title character, <person>Jay Gatsby</person>, <persfn>Fitzgerald</persfn> wanted to reinvent himself and become the person he always wanted to be in his imagination; rich, brave, successful in life and as important in his mind  if not more, to have the girl of his dreams by his side, appreciating him.<pbr/>
<persfn>Fitzgerald</persfn> was always sure of one thing -- his own talent.  He had been a writer since he was a child and always received special attention for it.  Writing was something he could do that none of his classmates could.  He reveled in his notoriety and even when his pain of alcoholism and disappointments in life became almost unbearable his talent and belief in it never faltered.<pbr/>
<persfn>Zelda</persfn> and <persfn>Scott</persfn> had one daughter, <person>Frances Scott Fitzgerald</person>, "Scottie."  Their marriage became a hell for both of them as they descended into alcoholism and <persfn>Zelda's</persfn> mental illness, which surfaced when she was in her late twenties.  Through all of the travails, <persfn>Scott</persfn> stayed a dedicated writer, mostly turning out short stories for the <publ>Saturday Evening Post</publ> and <publ>Esquire</publ> which paid him top dollar.  It was through these stories that <persfn>Fitzgerald</persfn> was able to support himself,  and pay for <persfn>Zelda's</persfn> extended periods in mental hospitals.  He also sent <persfn>Scottie</persfn> to private schools.  His alcoholism frequently caused his own need for drying-out cures in sanitariums, also.<pbr/>
<person>F. Scott Fitzgerald</person> died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940 in Hollywood in the company of his mistress, gossip columnist <person>Sheilah Graham</person>.  He had finally become sober for one year, but it was too late.  He had ruined his health.  When he died his five novels had been out of print for years and he was considered a relic of the Twenties "Jazz Age", a term he had coined.  He had been in <city>Hollywood</city> the last few years of his life trying to be a movie writer for hire in order to continue to support himself, <persfn>Zelda</persfn>, who was permanently in a mental hospital, and his daughter, who was in college.  It was not until the Fifties that <persfn>Fitzgerald's</persfn> literary legacy finally was appreciated.  He is now considered to be one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century.</bio></p>

<p><refs>Sources:<br/>
<booki>Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald, A biographical portrait</booki> by <person>Scott Donaldson</person>, Congdon &amp; Weed, New York, NY, 1983.<br/>
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<booki>F. Scott Fitgerald in Minnesota: His Homes and Haunts</booki> by <person>John J. Koblas</person>, Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, MN, 1978.</refs><br/>
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<p><hw>Five</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>fif</ets>, <ets>five</ets>, AS. <ets>f&imacr;f</ets>, <ets>f&imacr;fe</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vijf</ets>, OS. <ets>f&imacr;f</ets>, OHG. <ets>finf</ets>, <ets>funf</ets>, G. <ets>f&uuml;nf</ets>, Icel. <ets>fimm</ets>, Sw. &amp; Sw. Dan. <ets>fem</ets>, Goth. <ets>fimf</ets>, Lith. <ets>penki</ets>, W. <ets>pump</ets>, OIr. <ets>c&oacute;ic</ets>, L. <ets>quinque</ets>, Gr. <grk>pe`nte</grk>, &AElig;ol. <grk>pe`mpe</grk>, Skr. <ets>pa&ntilde;can</ets>. &radic;303.  Cf. <er>Fifth</er>, <er>Cinque</er>, <er>Pentagon</er>, <er>Punch</er> the drink, <er>Quinary</er>.]</ety> <def>Four and one added; one more than four.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Five nations</b></col> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>, <cd>a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Five</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Five</qex> of them were wise, and <qex>five</qex> were foolish.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxv. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Five"-fin`ger</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v"-f&ibreve_;&nsmacr_;`g&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cinquefoil</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A starfish with five rays, esp. <spn>Asterias rubens</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Five"fold`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v"-f&omacr;ld`)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>five`-hit"ter</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v`-h&ibreve_;t"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> 5-hitter.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Five"-leaf`</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;v"-l&emacr;f`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cinquefoil; five-finger.</def></p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Five"-leafed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Five"-leaved`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Five"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fives</hw> <pr>(f&imacr;vz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three <xex>fives</xex>, or <xex>fifteen</xex>, are counted to the game.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fives court</b></col>, <cd>a place for playing fives.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fives</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Vives</er>.]</ety> <def>A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>five-spot</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A California annual (<spn>Nemophila maculata</spn>) having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> five spot, <spn>Nemophila maculata</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A five-dollar bill.</def> <mark>[U. S. slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Five`-twen"ties</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after <xex>five</xex> and payable in <xex>twenty</xex> years.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE., fr. L. <ets>fixus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>figere</ets> to fix; cf. F. <ets>fixe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fixed; solidified.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fixed</conjf> <pr>(f&ibreve_;kst)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fixing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fixer</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An ass's nole I <qex>fixed</qex> on his head.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O, <qex>fix</qex> thy chair of grace, that all my powers<br/>
May also <qex>fix</qex> their reverence.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His heart is <qex>fixed</qex>, trusting in the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>fix</qex> far deeper in his head their stings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sat <qex>fixed</qex> in thought the mighty Stagirite.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>One eye on death, and one full <qex>fix'd</qex> on heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To transfix; to pierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sandys.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.</def>  <rj><au>Abney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; <as>as, to <ex>fix</ex> the clothes; to <ex>fix</ex> the furniture of a room.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Iron Manuf.)</fld> <def>To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.</def></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Your kindness banishes your fear,<br/>
Resolved to <qex>fix</qex> forever here.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fix on</b></col>, <cd>to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; <as>as, the contracting parties have <ex>fixed on</ex> certain leading points</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty <qex>fix</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Iron Manuf.)</fld> <def>fettling.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"a*ble</hw> <pr>(-&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being fixed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix*a"tion</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks*&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fixation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An unalterable <qex>fixation</qex> of resolution.</q> <rj><qau>Killingbeck.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or <qex>fixation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Marked stiffness or absolute <qex>fixation</qex> of a joint.</q> <rj><qau>Quain.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>fixation</qex> and confinement of thought to a few objects.</q> <rj><qau>Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.</def>  <rj><au>Glanvill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fixed</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;kst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Stable; non-volatile.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fixed air</b></col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or <xex>fixed</xex> by strong bases. See <cref>Carbonic acid</cref>, under <er>Carbonic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed alkali</b></col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed ammunition</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed battery</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from <xex>movable</xex> battery.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed bodies</b></col>, <cd>those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed capital</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Capital</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed fact</b></col>, <cd>a well established fact.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Fixed light</b></col>, <cd>one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed oils</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from <xex>volatile</xex> or <contr>essential oils</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed pivot</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed stars</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"ed*ly</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks"&ebreve_;d*l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; <as>as, the <ex>fixedness</ex> of gold</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix*id"i*ty</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks*&ibreve_;d"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fixedness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"ing</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks"&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making fixed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is fixed; a fixture.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"i*ty</hw> <pr>(-&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fixit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fixedness; <as>as, <ex>fixity</ex> of tenure</as>; also, that which is fixed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Coherence of parts.</def>  <rj><au>Sir I. Newton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"ture</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;ks"t&uuptack_;r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fixure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; <as>as, the <ex>fixtures</ex> of a pump; the <ex>fixtures</ex> of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>State of being fixed; fixedness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The firm <qex>fixture</qex> of thy foot.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be <ex>fixtures</ex> under some circumstances, and not <ex>fixtures</ex> under others.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton (Law Dict.).</au> <au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word is frequently substituted for <xex>fixure</xex> (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Fix"ure</hw> <pr>(-&uuptack_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fixura</ets> a fastening, fr. <ets>figere</ets> to fix. See <er>Fix</er>, and cf. <er>Fixture</er>.]</ety> <def>Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fiz"gig`</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;z"g&ibreve_;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fishgig.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sandys.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fiz"gig`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Fizz</ets> + <ets>gig</ets> whirling thing.]</ety> <def>A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fiz"gig`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Gig</er> a flirt.]</ety> <def>A gadding, flirting girl.</def>  <rj><au>Gosson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>fizz</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;z)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>fizzed</conjf> <pr>(f&ibreve_;zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>fizzing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>f&imacr;sa</ets> to break wind, Dan. <ets>fise</ets> to foist, fizzle, OSw. <ets>fisa</ets>, G. <ets>fisten</ets>, <ets>feisten</ets>.  Cf. <er>Foist</er>.]</ety> <def>To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a bubbling carbonated beverage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fizz</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hissing sound; <as>as, the <ex>fizz</ex> of a fly</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>fizzing</hw> <hw>fizzy</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Hissing and bubbling, like a carbonated beverage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>fiz"zle</hw> <pr>(f&ibreve_;z"z'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>fizzled</conjf> <pr>(f&ibreve_;z"z'ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>fizzling</conjf> <pr>(f&ibreve_;z"zl&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Fizz</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a hissing sound.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done,<br/>
As plain as <qex>fizzling</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Low]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A four-day rally in stocks <qex>fizzled</qex> yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.</q> <rj><qau>Sharon R.  King (N. Y. Times, May 6, 1998).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To fizzle out</b></col>, <cd>to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder;</cd> <specif>hence:</specif> <cd>to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>fiz"zle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Fjord</hw> <pr>(fy&ocirc;rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Fiord</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>flab</hw> <pr>(fl&abreve;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loose or flaccid body fat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Flab"ber*gast</hw> <pr>(fl&abreve;b"b&etilde_;r*g&abreve;st)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Flap</er>, and <er>Aghast</er>.]</ety> <def>To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>  <rj><au>Beaconsfield.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Flab`ber*gas*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(fl&abreve;b`b&etilde_;r*g&abreve;s*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being flabbergasted.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>  <rj><au>London Punch.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Flab"bi*ly</hw> <pr>(fl&abreve;b"b&ibreve_;*l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a flabby manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Flab"bi*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being flabby.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>flab"by</hw> <pr>(fl&abreve;b"b&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Flap</er>.]</ety> <def>Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; <as>as, <ex>flabby</ex> flesh</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Fla"bel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellum</ets> a fan, dim. of <ets>flabrum</ets> a breeze, fr. <ets>flare</ets> to blow.]</ety> <def>A fan.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Huloet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Fla*bel"late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>flabellare</ets> to f