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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. 