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F.
F(. 1.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 w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph\'d2nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F 1913 Webster]
F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef. 1913 Webster]
Fa(f, n.[It.](Mus.)(a)A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.(b)The tone F. 1913 Webster]
fabadj.[shortened form of fabulous.]extremely pleasing. [Colloq.] Syn. -- fabulous. WordNet 1.5]
Fabaceaen.a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniacea; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae. Syn. -- Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family. WordNet 1.5]
Fa*ba"ceous(f, a.[L. fabaceus, fr. faba bean.]Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa*bel"la(?), n.; pl.Fabellae(-l.[NL., dim. of L. faba a bean.](Anat.)One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals. 1913 Webster]
Fa"bi*an(?), a.[L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to Fabius.]Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. 1913 Webster]
Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions. 1913 Webster]
Fa"bi*an, a.1.Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.
The Fabian 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.William Clarke. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fa"bi*an(?), n.A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fabianan.a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs. Syn. -- genus Fabiana. WordNet 1.5]
Fabianismn.the principles and beliefs of or similar to those of the Fabian Society, advocating socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law. [British] WordNet 1.5]
Fa"ble(f, n.[F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.]1.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 Apologue. 1913 Webster]
Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.Addison. 1913 Webster]
A fable may have talking animals anthropomorphically cast as humans representing different character types, sometimes illustrating some moral principle; as, Aesop's Fables. PJC]
2.The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. 1913 Webster]
The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. \'bdOld wives' fables. \'b8 1 Tim. iv. 7. 1913 Webster]
We grew fable of the city where we dwelt.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
4.Fiction; untruth; falsehood. 1913 Webster]
It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ble, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fabled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabling(?).]To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true. \'bdHe Fables not.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.Prior. 1913 Webster]
He fables, yet speaks truth.M. Arnold. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ble, v. t.To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. 1913 Webster]
The hell thou fablest.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fa"bler(f, n.A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`bli`au"(?), n.; pl.Fabliaux(-.[F., fr. OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.](Fr. Lit.)One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\'8ares, or early poets of the north of France. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ric(f, n.[L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]1.The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is fabricated; as:(a)Framework; structure; edifice; building. 1913 Webster]
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Milton.
(b)Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, whether vegetable, animal, or synthetic; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics; made of a fabric that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester. 1913 Webster]
3.The act of constructing; construction. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor.Milman. 1913 Webster]
4.Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. 1913 Webster]
The whole vast fabric of society.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ric, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fabricked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabricking.]To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] \'bdFabric their mansions.\'b8 J. Philips. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ri*cant(?), n.[F.]One who fabricates; a manufacturer.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ri*cate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fabricated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabricating(?).][L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.]1.To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 1913 Webster]
2.To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 1913 Webster]
3.To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. 1913 Webster]
Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages.Paley. 1913 Webster]
fabricatedadj.formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; as, a fabricated excuse for his absence. Syn. -- fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up. WordNet 1.5]
Fab`ri*ca"tion(?), n.[L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]1.The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.
Syn. -- See Fiction. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ri*ca`tor(?), n.[L.]One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. 1913 Webster]
The fabricator of the works of Ossian.Mason. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ri*ca`tress(?), n.A woman who fabricates. 1913 Webster]
Fab"rile(?), a.[L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.]Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill. 1913 Webster]
Fab"u*list(?), n.[Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.]One who invents or writes fables. 1913 Webster]
Fab"u*lize(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fabulized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabulizing(?).][Cf. F. fabuliser. See Fable.]To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.G. S. Faber. 1913 Webster]
2.A fabulous or fictitious story. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Fab"u*lous(f, a.[L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]1.Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. 1913 Webster]
The fabulous birth of Minerva.Chesterfield. 1913 Webster]
2.beyond belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome.
-- Fab"u*lous*ly(#), adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fab"ur*den(f, n.[F. faux bourdon. See False, and Burden a verse.]1.(Mus.)(a)A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.(b)A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fac(f, n.[Abbrev. of facsimile.]A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.Brande & C. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`\'87ade"(for f, n.[F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See Face.](Arch.)The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its fa\'87ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use. 1913 Webster]
Face(f, n.[F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground.Gen. ii. 6. 1913 Webster]
Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.Byron. 1913 Webster]
2.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, a cube has six faces. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mach.)(a)The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.(b)That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.(c)The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. 1913 Webster]
4.(Print.)(a)The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.(b)The style or cut of a type or font of type. 1913 Webster]
To set a face upon their own malignant design.Milton. 1913 Webster]
This would produce a new face of things in Europe.Addison. 1913 Webster]
We wear a face of joy, because Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
6.That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. 1913 Webster]
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.Gen. iii. 19. 1913 Webster]
7.Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. 1913 Webster]
We set the best faceon it we could.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
8.(Astrol.)Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
9.Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. 1913 Webster]
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
10.Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of. 1913 Webster]
11.Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. 1913 Webster]
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.Num. vi. 25. 1913 Webster]
My face [favor] will I turn also from them.Ezek. vii. 22. 1913 Webster]
12.(Mining)The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. 1913 Webster]
13.(Com.)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 face value.McElrath. 1913 Webster]
Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer. 1913 Webster]
Face ague(Med.), 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 tic douloureux. --
Face card, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack. --
Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse. --
Face guard, 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. --
Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face. --
Face joint(Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure. --
Face mite(Zo\'94ll.), a small, elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face. --
Face mold, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, etc., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, etc. --
Face plate. (a)(Turning)A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached.(b)A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock.(c)A true plane for testing a dressed surface.Knight. --
Face wheel. (Mach.)(a)A crown wheel.(b)A wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap. --
face valuethe value written on a financial instrument; same as face{13}. Also used metaphorically, to mean apparent value; as, to take his statemnet at its face value. 1913 Webster]
Cylinder face(Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. --
Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. --
Face of a bastion(Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. --
Face of coal(Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. --
Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. --
Face of a place(Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions.Wilhelm. --
Face of a square(Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. --
Face of a
watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. --
Face to face. (a)In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face.(b)Without the interposition of any body or substance. \'bdNow we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.\'b8 1 Cor. xiii. 12.(c)With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis \'85 vis; -- opposed to back to back. --
To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. --
To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace; -- often expressing dislike, annoyance, or disagreement.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Face(f, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Faced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Facing(?).]1.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, to face an enemy in the field of battle. 1913 Webster]
I'll face Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To Confront impudently; to bully. 1913 Webster]
I will neither be facednor braved.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced backward. 1913 Webster]
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble. 1913 Webster]
5.To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress. 1913 Webster]
6.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. 1913 Webster]
7.(Mach.)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. 1913 Webster]
8.To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. 1913 Webster]
To face down, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. \'bdHe faced men down.\'b8 Prior. --
To face (a thing) out, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. \'bdThat thinks with oaths to face the matter out.\'b8 Shak. --
to face the musicto 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 soon as he broke the window with the football, Billy knew he would have to face the music. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Face, v. i.1.To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. \'bdTo lie, to face, to forge.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left. 1913 Webster]
Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid!Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.To present a face or front. 1913 Webster]
Faced(f, a.Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced. 1913 Webster]
face-hardenv. t.to harden (steel) by adding carbon. WordNet 1.5]
face liftn.1.an operation to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from a person's face. Syn. -- face lifting, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty. WordNet 1.5]
2.a renovation that improves the outward appearance, as of a building. Syn. -- face lifting. WordNet 1.5]
face-liftv. t.to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face. Syn. -- lift. WordNet 1.5]
Fa"cer(f, n.1.One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers.Latimer. 1913 Webster]
2.A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.] 1913 Webster]
I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer.C. Kingsley.
3.a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.[wns=1] [obsolescent Briticism] WordNet 1.5]
face-savingadj.1.allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; as, a face-saving compromise; -- of actions. WordNet 1.5]
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Fac"et(?), n.[F. facette, dim. of face face. See Face.]1.A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.[Written also facette.] 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone. 1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.)The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column. 1913 Webster]
4.(Zo\'94l.)One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. 1913 Webster]
Fac"et, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Faceted; p. pr. & vb. n.Faceting.]To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond. 1913 Webster]
Fa*cete"(?), a.[L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See Face, and cf. Facetious.]Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] \'bdA facete discourse.\'b8 Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
\'bdHow to interpose\'b8 with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote.Prof. Wilson.
-- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fac"et*ed(?), a.Having facets. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa*ce"ti*\'91(, n. pl.[L., fr. facetus. See Facete.]Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits. 1913 Webster]
face" time`(f, n.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, the chief of staff has the most face time with the president. [Recent] PJC]
Fa*ce"tious(?), a.[Cf. F. fac\'82tieux. See Faceti\'91.]1.Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion. 1913 Webster]
2.Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.
-- Fa*ce"tious*ly, adv. -- Fa*ce"tious*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
face-to-faceadj.1.without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; as, face-to-face negotiations. Syn. -- person-to-person. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.having the front parts facing each other. PJC]
Fa*cette"(?), n.[F.]See Facet, n. 1913 Webster]
Face"work`(?), n.The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ci*a(?), n.(Arch.)See Fascia. 1913 Webster]
Fa"cial(?), a.[LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.]Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- Fa"cial*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Facial angle(Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ci*end(?), n.[From neut. of L. faciendus, gerundive of facere to do.](Mach.)The multiplicand. See Facient, 2. 1913 Webster]
Fa"cient(?), n.[L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.]1.One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.)(a)One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.(b)The multiplier. 1913 Webster]
facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See Multiplication. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa"ci*es(?), n.[L., from, face. See Face.] 1913 Webster]
1.The anterior part of the head; the face. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. 1913 Webster]
Fac"ile(?)a.[L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]1.Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. 1913 Webster]
Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
2.Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. 1913 Webster]
The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. 1913 Webster]
I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
4.Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. 1913 Webster]
Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Milton. 1913 Webster]
This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway.Prof. Wilson. 1913 Webster]
5.Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
-- Fac"ile*ly, adv. -- Fac"ile*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fa*cil"i*tate(f, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Facilitated(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Facilitating(f.][Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility.]To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. 1913 Webster]
To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for.I. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
facilitatedadj.freed from difficulty or impediment. Contrasted with delayed. Syn. -- expedited. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fa*cil`i*ta"tion(?), n.The act of facilitating or making easy. 1913 Webster]
facilitativeadj.freeing from difficulty or impediment; as, facilitative changes in the economic structure. WordNet 1.5]
facilitatorn.someone who makes progress easier. WordNet 1.5]
facilitatoryadj.(Med.)inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity. WordNet 1.5]
Fa*cil"i*ty(f, n.; pl.Facilities(f.[L. facilitas, fr. facilis easy: cf. F. facilit\'82. See Facile.]1.The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation. 1913 Webster]
The facility with which government has been overturned in France.Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art. 1913 Webster]
3.Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy. 1913 Webster]
It is a great error to take facility for good nature.L'Estrange. 1913 Webster]
4.Easiness of access; complaisance; affability. 1913 Webster]
Offers himself to the visits of a friend with facility.South. 1913 Webster]
5.That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.
Syn. -- Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance; condescension; affability. -- Facility, Expertness, Readiness. These words have in common the idea of performing any act with ease and promptitude. Facility supposes a natural or acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness and ease. Expertness is the kind of facility acquired by long practice. Readiness marks the promptitude with which anything is done. A merchant needs great facility in dispatching business; a banker, great expertness in casting accounts; both need great readiness in passing from one employment to another. \'bdThe facility which we get of doing things by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our notice.\'b8 Locke. \'bdThe army was celebrated for the expertness and valor of the soldiers.\'b8 \'bdA readiness to obey the known will of God is the surest means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty.\'b8 1913 Webster]
Fa"cing(?), n.1.A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface. 1913 Webster]
2.A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection. 1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.)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. 1913 Webster]
4.(Founding)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. 1913 Webster]
5.(Mil.)(a)pl.The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.(b)The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl. 1913 Webster]
Facing brick, front or pressed brick. 1913 Webster]
Fa"cing*ly, adv.In a facing manner or position. 1913 Webster]
Fa*cin"o*rous(?), a.[L. facinorous, from facinus deed, bad deed, from facere to make, do.]Atrociously wicked. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
-- Fa*cin"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fac"ound(?), n.[F. faconde, L. facundia. See Facund.]Speech; eloquence. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Her facound eke full womanly and plain.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fac*sim"i*le(?), n.; pl.Facsimiles(-l.[L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.]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. 1913 Webster]
Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph. 1913 Webster]
Fac*sim"i*le, (, v. t.To make a facsimile of. 1913 Webster]
Fact(f, n.[L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]1.A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A project for the fact and vending B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
2.An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance. 1913 Webster]
What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
He who most excels in fact of arms.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten. 1913 Webster]
4.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, history abounds with false facts. 1913 Webster]
I do not grant the fact.De Foe. 1913 Webster]
This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true.Roger Long. 1913 Webster]
fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with law; as, attorney at law, and attorney in fact; issue in law, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between law and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the law.BurrillBouvier. 1913 Webster]
Accessary before the fact, or
Accessary after the fact. See under Accessary. --
Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.
fact-findingadj.designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, a fact-finding committee. Syn. -- investigative, investigatory. WordNet 1.5]
Fac"tion(f, n.[L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion.]1.(Anc. Hist.)One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
3.Tumult; discord; dissension. 1913 Webster]
They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves.Clarendon.
Syn. -- Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tion*a*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. factionnaire, L. factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.]Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Always factionary on the party of your general.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tion*er(-?r), n.One of a faction.Abp. Bancroft. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tion*ist, n.One who promotes faction. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tious(?). a.[L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
Factious for the house of Lancaster.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. 1913 Webster]
Headlong zeal or factious fury.Burke.
-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fac*ti"tious(?), a.[L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Fetich.]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, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac*ti"tious*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading.De Quincey.
Syn. -- Unnatural. -- Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An unnatural 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 unnatural alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one wrought up with care and effort. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gram.)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. 1913 Webster]
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 factitive object.J. W. Gibbs. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tive(?), a.Making; having power to make. [Obs.] \'bdYou are . . . factive, not destructive.\'b8 Bacon. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fac"to(?), adv.[L., ablative of factum deed, fact.](Law)In fact; by the act or fact. 1913 Webster]
De facto. (Law)See De facto. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tor(?), n.[L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact.]1.(Law)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.Story.Wharton. 1913 Webster]
My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled Marlowe. 1913 Webster]
2.A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
3.(Math.)One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product. 1913 Webster]
4.One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause. 1913 Webster +PJC]
The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition.H. Spencer. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tor, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Factored(-t; p. pr. & vb. n.Factoring.](Mach.)To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tor*age(?), n.[Cf. F. factorage.]The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission. 1913 Webster]
Fac"tor*ess(?), n.A factor who is a woman. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Fac*to"ri*al(?), a.1.Of or pertaining to a factory.Buchanan. 1913 Webster]
2.(Math.)Related to factorials. 1913 Webster]
Fac*to"ri*al, n.(Math.)(a)pl.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 h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials.Brande & C.
(b)The product of the consecutive whole numbers from unity up to any given number; thus, 5 factorial is the product of 5 times four times three times two times one, or 120. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Fac"tor*ing(?), n.(Math.)The act of resolving into factors. 1913 Webster]
factorisev. t.1.to resolve into factors, as of a polynomial; same as factorize. [mostly Brit.] Syn. -- factorize. WordNet 1.5]
fac"tor*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Factorized(-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n.Factorizing(-?"z?ng).]1.(Law)(a)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.(b)To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See Garnish. [Vt. & Conn.] 1913 Webster]
2.(Math.)to resolve (a complex expression, such as a polynomial) into factors. Syn. -- factorise. WordNet 1.5]
Fac"tor*ship, n.The business of a factor. 1913 Webster]
Fac"to*ry(?), n.; pl.Factories(-r.[Cf. F. factorerie.]1.A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. \'bdThe Company's factory at Madras.\'b8 Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.W. Guthrie. 1913 Webster]
3.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, a cotton factory. 1913 Webster]
Factory leg(Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. 1913 Webster]
factory-madeadj.made in a factory. Contrasted with homemade. [Narrower terms: boughten, store-bought ; mass-produced ] WordNet 1.5]
fac*to"tum(f, n.; pl.factotums(-t.[L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See Fact, and Total.]A person employed to do all kinds of work or business; a person with many different responsibilities.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
fac"tu*al(f, a.1.of or pertaining to facts; as, factual inaccuracies. [R.] 1913 Webster]
2.containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report. PJC]
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\'d8Fac"tum(f, n.; pl.Facta(#).[L. See Fact.]1.(Law)A man's own act and deed; particularly: (a)(Civil Law)Anything stated and made certain.(b)(Testamentary Law)The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.)The product. See Facient, 2. 1913 Webster]
Fac"ture(?), n.[F. facture a making, invoice, L. factura a making. See Fact.]1.The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.(Com.)An invoice or bill of parcels. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fac"u*l\'91(?), n. pl.[L., pl. of facula a little torch.](Astron.)Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.Newcomb. 1913 Webster]
Fac"u*lar(?)a.(Astron.)Of or pertaining to the facul\'91.R. A. Proctor. 1913 Webster]
Fac"ul*ta*tive(?), a.[L. facultas, -atis, faculty: cf. F. facultatif, G. fakultativ.]1.Having relation to the grant or exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; as, facultative enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the facultative referendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; facultative studies; -- opposed to obligatory and compulsory, and sometimes used with to. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.Of such a character as to admit of existing under various forms or conditions, or of happening or not happening, or the like;specif.: (Biol.)Having the power to live under different conditions; as, a facultative parasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, but which may exist wholly or in part as a parasite; -- opposed to obligate. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.(Physiol.)Pertaining to a faculty or faculties.
In short, there is no facultative plurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical.J. Martineau. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fac"ul*ty(?), n.; pl.Faculties(#).[F. facult, L. facultas, fr. facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to make. See Fact, and cf. Facility.]1.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, faculties of the mind or the soul. 1913 Webster]
But know that in the soul faculties that serve Milton. 1913 Webster]
What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty !Shak. 1913 Webster]
He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
3.Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.] 1913 Webster]
This Duncan faculties so meek.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation. 1913 Webster]
The pope . . . granted him a faculty to set him free from his promise.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
It had not only faculty to inspect all bishops' dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
5.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 (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, etc. 1913 Webster]
6.(Amer. Colleges)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. 1913 Webster]
It is your favorite fad to draw plans.G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
2.a practise followed enthusiastically by a number of people for a limited period of time; as, the latest fad in fashion. Syn. -- craze; mania. PJC]
-- Fad"dist, n. Fad"dish, a. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`daise"(?), n.[F.]A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
faddishfaddyadj.1.intensely fashionable for a short time.[wns=1] Syn. -- trendy.
[WordNet 1.5]
2.prone to follow fads; as, a faddish clique of teenagers; -- of people. Syn. -- trendy.
[PJC]
faddistn.a person who subscribes to a variety of fads. WordNet 1.5]
Fad"dle(?), v. i.[Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.]To trifle; to toy. -- v. t.To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Fade(?)a.[F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] \'bdPassages that are somewhat fade.\'b8 Jeffrey. 1913 Webster]
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Fade(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Faded; p. pr. & vb. n.Fading.][OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.]1.To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. 1913 Webster]
The earth mourneth and fadeth away.Is. xxiv. 4. 1913 Webster]
2.To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. \'bdFlowers that never fade.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. 1913 Webster]
The stars shall fade away.Addison 1913 Webster]
He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fade, v. t.To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. 1913 Webster]
No winter could his laurels fade.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fad"ed(?), a.That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. \'bdHis faded cheek.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Where the faded moon Keats. 1913 Webster]
Fad"ed*ly, adv.In a faded manner. 1913 Webster]
A dull room fadedly furnished.Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Fade"less, a.Not liable to fade; unfading. 1913 Webster]
Fadge(?), v. i.[Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. f to join, unit, G. f\'81gen, or AS. \'bef\'91gian to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit.]To fit; to suit; to agree. 1913 Webster]
They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Well, Sir, how fadges the new design ?Wycherley. 1913 Webster]
Fadge(?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.]A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Fad"ing(?), a.Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n.Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fad"ing*ly, adv. -- Fad"ing*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fad"ing, n.An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. \'bdFading is a fine jig.\'b8 [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
\'d8F\'91"ces(?), n. pl.[L. faex, pl. faeces, dregs.]Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.[Written also feces.] 1913 Webster]
Fag(fn.A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
fag(f, n.a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot. [Slang, disparaging.] Syn. -- faggot. PJC]
Fag, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fagged(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Fagging(f.][Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f\'bech devoted to death, OS. f, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.]1.To become weary; to tire. 1913 Webster]
Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag.G. Mackenzie. 1913 Webster]
2.To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. 1913 Webster]
Read, fag, and subdue this chapter.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
3.To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. 1913 Webster]
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. 1913 Webster]
Fag, v. t.1.To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything that fatigues. [R.] 1913 Webster]
It is such a fag, I came back tired to death.Miss Austen. 1913 Webster]
Brain fag. (Med.)See Cerebropathy. 1913 Webster]
Fagaceaeprop. n.a natural family of chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs, including beeches, chestnuts, and oaks; it includes the genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; and Quercus. Syn. -- family Fagaceae, beech family. WordNet 1.5]
Fag"-end"(?), n.1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.The refuse or meaner part of anything. 1913 Webster]
fag"ging(f, n.Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school. 1913 Webster]
fag"got(f, n.[perh. from fagot{5}, a shriveled old woman.]a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. [Slang, disparaging] Syn. -- fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2.a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as fagot{1}. Syn. -- fagot. WordNet 1.5]
Fagopyrumprop. n.a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum. Syn. -- genus Fagopyrum. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
fag"ot(fn.[F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. fa`kelos bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.]1.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.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mus.)A bassoon. See Fagotto. 1913 Webster]
4.A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] Addison. 1913 Webster]
5.An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. --
Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Fag"ot(?)v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fagoting.]To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa*got"to(?), n.[It. See Fagot.](Mus.)The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa"ham(?), n.The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fahl"band`(?), n.[G., fr. fahl dun-colored + band a band.](Mining)A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.Raymond.
Fah"lun*ite(f, n.[From Fahlun, a place in Sweden.](Min.)A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite. 1913 Webster]
Fahr.adj. [abbrev.] an abbreviation of Fahrenheit; -- used in designating temperatures; as, 72 Used as an alternative to celsius. Syn. -- fahrenheit, f., F. WordNet 1.5]
Fah"ren*heit(?)prop. a.[G.]Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius. -- n.The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. 1913 Webster]
Fahrenheit thermometer 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. 1913 Webster]
faience, \'d8Fa`\'8b*ence"(?), n.[F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]Glazed earthenware; esp., a fine variety that which is decorated with colorful designs in an opaque glaze. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Fail(fv. i.[imp. & p. p.Failed(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Failing.][F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False, Fault.]1.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, streams fail; crops fail. 1913 Webster]
As the waters fail from the sea.Job xiv. 11. 1913 Webster]
Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. 1913 Webster]
If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size.Berke. 1913 Webster]
3.To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. 1913 Webster]
When earnestly they seek fail.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. 1913 Webster]
5.To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Had the king in his last sickness failed.Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.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. 1913 Webster]
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this.Ezra iv. 22. 1913 Webster]
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. 1913 Webster]
Our envious foe hath failed.Milton. 1913 Webster]
8.To err in judgment; to be mistaken. 1913 Webster]
Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps fail not.Milton. 1913 Webster]
9.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, many credit unions failed in the late 1980's. 1913 Webster]
Fail(?), v. t.1.To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert. 1913 Webster]
There shall not fail thee a man on the throne.1 Kings ii. 4. 1913 Webster]
2.To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fail, n.[OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.]1.Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. \'bdHis highness' fail of issue.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
The mask of sneering faineance was gone.C. Kingsley. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
fai`ne`ant", \'d8fai`n\'82`ant"(f, a.[F.; fait he does + n\'82ant nothing.]Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion. Syn. -- bone-idle, bone-lazy, do-nothing(prenominal), indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
fai`ne`ant", \'d8fai`n\'82`ant"(f, n.A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Fain\'82ant deity. A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Faint(f, a.[Compar.Fainter(-; superl.Faintest.][OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf. Feint.]1.Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 1913 Webster]
2.Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, \'bdFaint heart ne'er won fair lady.\'b8Old Proverb. 1913 Webster]
3.Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. 1913 Webster]
4.Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. 1913 Webster]
The faint prosecution of the war.Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
Faint, n.The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. 1913 Webster]
The saint, faint.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Faint, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fainting.]1.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 away. See Fainting, n. 1913 Webster]
Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.Guardian. 1913 Webster]
If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way.Mark viii. 8. 1913 Webster]
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2.To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. 1913 Webster]
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.Prov. xxiv. 10. 1913 Webster]
3.To decay; to disappear; to vanish. 1913 Webster]
Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Faint(?), v. t.To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
It faints me to think what follows.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Faint"-heart`ed(?), a.Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. 1913 Webster]
Fear not, neither be faint-hearted.Is. vii. 4.
-- Faint"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"-heart`ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Faint"ing(?), n.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. 1913 Webster]
Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Faint"ish, a.Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faint"ish*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
I will send a faintness into their hearts.Lev. xxvi. 36. 1913 Webster]
Faints(?), n. pl.The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Fair(f, a.[Compar.Fairer(?); superl.Fairest.][OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f\'91ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f\'81gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. Fang, Fain, Fay to fit.]1.Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure. 1913 Webster]
A fair white linen cloth.Book of Common Prayer. 1913 Webster]
2.Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful. 1913 Webster]
Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. 1913 Webster]
The northern people large and fair-complexioned.Sir M. Hale. 1913 Webster]
4.Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day. 1913 Webster]
You wish fair winds may waft him over.Prior. 1913 Webster]
5.Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. 1913 Webster]
The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.Sir W. Raleigh. 1913 Webster]
6.(Shipbuilding)Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 1913 Webster]
7.Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. \'bdI would call it fair play.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
8.Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc. 1913 Webster]
When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.L' Estrange. 1913 Webster]
10.Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. 1913 Webster]
The news is very fair and good, my lord.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fair ball. (Baseball)(a)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.(b)A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a fair hit. --
Fair maid. (Zo\'94l.)(a)The European pilchard (Clupea pilchardus) when dried.(b)The southern scup (Stenotomus Gardeni). [Virginia] --
Fair one, a handsome woman; a beauty, --
Fair play, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. --
From fair to middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] --
I have found out a gift for my fair.Shenstone. 1913 Webster]
3.Good fortune; good luck. 1913 Webster]
Now fair befall thee !Shak. 1913 Webster]
The fair, anything beautiful; women, collectively. \'bdFor slander's mark was ever yet the fair.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fair, v. t.1.To make fair or beautiful. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fairing the foul.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(Shipbuilding)To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines. 1913 Webster]
Fair, n.[OE. feire, OF. feire, F. foire, fr. L. fariae, pl., days of rest, holidays, festivals, akin to festus festal. See Feast.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair; a church fair. 1913 Webster]
3.A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural fair. 1913 Webster]
4.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, the 1939 World's Fair. PJC]
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis fair 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) PJC]
After the fair, Too late. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
fair and squareadv.justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. Opposite of unfairly. [Colloq.] WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
fair-and-squareadj.fair and honest; just. Opposite of unfair. [Colloq.] Syn. -- honest. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fair catch. (Football)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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
fairground, n.an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses. Often used in plural. WordNet 1.5]
fairgrounds, n. pl.same as fairground. PJC]
Fair"-haired`(?), a.1.Having fair or light-colored hair. 1913 Webster]
2.favorite; considered especially talented or promising; as, the fair-haired boy of the literary set. [prenominal] [informal] Syn. -- blue-eyed(prenominal), white-haired(prenominal), white-headed. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fair"ness, n.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. 1913 Webster]
Fair"-spo`ken(?), a.Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. \'bdA marvelous fair-spoken man.\'b8 Hooker. 1913 Webster]
Fair"way`(?), n.1.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.Totten.
2.(golf)That part of a golf course between the tee and the green which is of closely mowed grass, as contrasted to the rough. PJC]
Fair"-weath`er(?), a.1.Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. 1913 Webster]
Fair-weather sailor, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of carpet knight. 1913 Webster]
Fair"-world`(?)n.State of prosperity. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
They think it was never fair-world with them since.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fair"y(?), n.; pl.Fairies(#).[OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. f\'82er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.][Written also fa\'89ry.]1.Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
The God of her has made an end, fairy Gower. 1913 Webster]
2.The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy.Lydgate. 1913 Webster]
3.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 Elf, and Demon. 1913 Webster]
The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.K. James. 1913 Webster]
And now about the caldron sing, fairies in a ring.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.An enchantress. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. 1913 Webster]
No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fair"y, a.1.Of or pertaining to fairies. 1913 Webster]
2.Given by fairies; as, fairy money.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fairy bird(Zo\'94l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. --
Fairy bluebird. (Zo\'94l.)See under Bluebird. --
Fairy martin(Zo\'94l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. --
Fairy ringsor
Fairy circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters. --
Fairy shrimp(Zo\'94l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. --
Fairy stone(Paleon.), an echinite. 1913 Webster]
Fair"y*land`(?)n.The imaginary land or abode of fairies. 1913 Webster]
Fair"y*like`(?), a.Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music. 1913 Webster]
fairy-slippern.a rare north temperate bog orchid (Calypso bulbosa) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf. Syn. -- calypso, Calypso bulbosa. WordNet 1.5]
fairy talen.1.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 fairy story. PJC]
2.a false story intended to deceive or mislead, especially one involving unlikely events or situations; called also a fairy story. PJC]
Faith(f, n.[OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. pei`qein to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and cf. Confide, Defy, Fealty.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
3.(Judeo-Christian Theol.)(a)The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.(b)(Christian Theol.)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 practical, evangelical, or saving faith. 1913 Webster]
Without faith it is impossible to please him [God].Heb. xi. 6. 1913 Webster]
The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called \'bdtrust\'b8 or \'bdconfidence\'b8 exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior.Dr. T. Dwight. 1913 Webster]
Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God.J. Hawes. 1913 Webster]
4.That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Which to believe of her, faith that reason without miracle Shak. 1913 Webster]
Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.Gal. i. 23. 1913 Webster]
5.Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. 1913 Webster]
Children in whom is no faith.Deut. xxvii. 20. 1913 Webster]
Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, Milton. 1913 Webster]
6.Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. 1913 Webster]
For you alone faith with injured Palamon.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
7.Credibility or truth. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The faith of the foregoing narrative.Mitford. 1913 Webster]
Act of faith. See Auto-da-f\'82. --
Breach of faith,
Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. --
Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. --
In good faith, with perfect sincerity.
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Faith(?), interj.By my faith; in truth; verily. 1913 Webster]
Faithed(?), a.Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] \'bdMake thy words faithed.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Faith"ful(?), a.1.Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. 1913 Webster]
You are not faithful, sir.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
2.Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. 1913 Webster]
The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him.Deut. vii. 9. 1913 Webster]
3.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, a faithful husband or servant. 1913 Webster]
So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, faithful only he.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. 1913 Webster]
It is a faithful saying.2 Tim. ii. 11. 1913 Webster]
The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.
-- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
faithfulnessn.the trait of being faithful. Syn. -- fidelity. WordNet 1.5]
Faith"less, a.1.Not believing; not giving credit. 1913 Webster]
Be not faithless, but believing.John xx. 27. 1913 Webster]
2.Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Not observant of promises or covenants. 1913 Webster]
4.Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. 1913 Webster]
A most unnatural and faithless service.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. \'bdYonder faithless phantom.\'b8 Goldsmith.
-- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fai"tour(?), n.[OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See Factor.]A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fake(?), n.[Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f\'91c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.](Naut.)One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. 1913 Webster]
Fake, v. t.(Naut.)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. 1913 Webster]
Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot. 1913 Webster]
Fake, v. t.[Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.] 1.To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 1913 Webster]
2.To make; to construct; to do. 1913 Webster]
3.To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it. 1913 Webster]
Fake, n.A trick; a swindle. [Slang] 1913 Webster]
fakeern.same as fakir. Syn. -- fakir. WordNet 1.5]
fak"er(?), n.[Sometimes erroneously written fakir.]1.One who fakes something;as(a)a thief.(b), a peddler of petty things.(c)a workman who dresses things up. [Slang] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.a person who makes deceitful pretenses. Syn. -- imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud, role player. WordNet 1.5]
Fa"kir(?), n.[Ar. faq\'c6r poor.]an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker.[Written also faquir anf fakeer.] 1913 Webster]
Fa"kir(?), n.[Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic.]See Faker. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Fa"la*na"ka(?), n.[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc. 1913 Webster]
Fal*cade"(f, n.[F., ultimately fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.](Man.)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.Harris. 1913 Webster]
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{ Fal"cate(?), Fal"ca*ted(?), }a.[L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.]Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. 1913 Webster]
Fal*ca"tion(?), n.The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Fal"cer(?), n.[From L. falx, falcis, a sickle.](Zo\'94l.)One of the mandibles of a spider. 1913 Webster]
Fal"chion(?), n.[OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. f\'84lcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. Defalcation.]1.A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages. 1913 Webster]
2.A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors. 1913 Webster]
Fal*cid"i*an(?), a.[L. Falcidius.]Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. 1913 Webster]
Falcidian law(Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Fal"ci*form(?), a.[L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form: cf. F. falciforme.]Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver. 1913 Webster]
Fal"con(?), n.[OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. Falchion.]1.(Zo\'94l.)(a)One of a family (Falconid\'91) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.(b)Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. 1913 Webster]
In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (Falco peregrinus) is exclusively called the falcon.Yarrell. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gun.)An ancient form of cannon. 1913 Webster]
Chanting falcon. (Zo\'94l.)See under Chanting. 1913 Webster]
Fal"con*er(?), n.[OE. fauconer, OF. falconier, fauconier, F. fauconnier. See Falcon.]A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Fal"co*net(?), n.[Dim. of falcon: cf. F. fauconneau, LL. falconeta, properly, a young falcon.]1.One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)(a)One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.(b)One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice. 1913 Webster]
fal"con-gen`til, falcon-gentle(?), n.[F. faucon-gentil. See Falcon, and Genteel.]1.(Zo\'94l.)any female falcon;especially -- PJC]
3.(Zo\'94l.)The female or young of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis, formerly Astur palumbarius). 1913 Webster]
Fal"co*nine(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconid\'91 1913 Webster]
Fal"con*ry(?), n.[Cf. F. fauconnerie. See Falcon.]1.The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. 1913 Webster]
2.The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fal"cu*la(?), n.[L., a small sickle, a billhook.](Zo\'94l.)A curved and sharp-pointed claw. 1913 Webster]
Fal"cu*late(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon. 1913 Webster]
Fald"age(?), n.[LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. Foldage.](O. Eng. Law)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.Spelman. 1913 Webster]
Fald"fee`(?), n.[AS. fald (E.fold) + E. fee. See Faldage.](O. Eng. Law)A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.Blount. 1913 Webster]
Fald"ing, n.A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fal"dis*to*ry(?), n.[LL. faldistorium, faldestorium, from OHG. faldstuol; faldan, faltan, to fold (G. falten) + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold, and Stool, and cf. Faldstool, Fauteuil.]The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fald"stool`(?), n.[See Faldistory.]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.Fairholt. 1913 Webster]
faldstool 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. 1913 Webster]
Fa*ler"ni*an(?), a.Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine. 1913 Webster]
Falk(f, n.(Zo\'94l.)The razorbill.[Written also falc, and faik.] [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Fall(f, v. i.[imp.Fell(f; p. p.Fallen(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Falling.][AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to fall, Skr. sphal, sphul, to tremble. Cf. Fail, Fell, v. t., to cause to fall.]1.To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer. 1913 Webster]
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.Luke x. 18. 1913 Webster]
2.To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees. 1913 Webster]
I fell at his feet to worship him.Rev. xix. 10. 1913 Webster]
3.To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean. 1913 Webster]
4.To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle. 1913 Webster]
A thousand shall fall at thy side.Ps. xci. 7. 1913 Webster]
He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.Byron. 1913 Webster]
5.To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls. 1913 Webster]
6.To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.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, the price falls; stocks fell two points. 1913 Webster]
I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now Shak. 1913 Webster]
The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
8.To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed. 1913 Webster]
Heaven and earth will witness, fall, that we are innocent.Addison. 1913 Webster]
9.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. 1913 Webster]
Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.Heb. iv. 11. 1913 Webster]
10.To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall into difficulties. 1913 Webster]
11.To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance. 1913 Webster]
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.Gen. iv. 5. 1913 Webster]
I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.Addison. 1913 Webster]
12.To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes. 1913 Webster]
13.To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation. 1913 Webster]
14.To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate. 1913 Webster]
The Romans fell on this model by chance.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall.Ruth. iii. 18. 1913 Webster]
They do not make laws, they fall into customs.H. Spencer. 1913 Webster]
15.To come; to occur; to arrive. 1913 Webster]
The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner.Holder. 1913 Webster]
16.To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows. 1913 Webster]
They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.Jowett (Thucyd. ). 1913 Webster]
17.To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals. 1913 Webster]
18.To belong or appertain. 1913 Webster]
If to her share some female errors fall, Pope. 1913 Webster]
19.To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him. 1913 Webster]
To fall abroad of(Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another. --
To fall among, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. --
To fall astern(Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a current, or when outsailed by another. --
To fall away. (a)To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.(b)To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.(c)To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. \'bdThese . . . for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.\'b8 Luke viii. 13.(d)To perish; to vanish; to be lost. \'bdHow . . . can the soul . . . fall away into nothing?\'b8 Addison.(e)To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint. \'bdOne color falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly.\'b8 Addison. --
To fall back. (a)To recede or retreat; to give way.(b)To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to fulfill. --
To fall back uponor
To fall back on. (a)(Mil.)To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops).(b)To have recourse to (a reserved fund, a more reliable alternative, or some other available expedient or support). --
To fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm. --
To fall down. (a)To prostrate one's self in worship. \'bdAll kings shall fall down before him.\'b8 Ps. lxxii. 11.(b)To sink; to come to the ground. \'bdDown fell the beauteous youth.\'b8 Dryden.(c)To bend or bow, as a suppliant.(d)(Naut.)To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. --
To fall flat, to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat. --
To fall foul of. (a)(Naut.)To have a collision with; to become entangled with(b)To attack; to make an assault upon. --
To fall from, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from allegiance or duty. --
To fall from grace(M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith. --
To fall home(Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular. --
To fall in. (a)To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in.(b)(Mil.)To take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, to fall in on the right.(c)To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long received, fell in.(d)To become operative. \'bdThe reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.\'b8 Macaulay. --
To fall into one's hands, to pass, often suddenly or unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands of the enemy. --
To fall in with. (a)To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a friend.(b)(Naut.)To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come near, as land.(c)To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls in with popular opinion.(d)To comply; to yield to. \'bdYou will find it difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with your projects.\'b8 Addison. --
To fall off. (a)To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe.(b)To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as, friends fall off in adversity. \'bdLove cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide.\'b8 Shak.(c)To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse.(d)To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty. 1913 Webster]
Those captive tribes . . . fell off Milton.
(e)To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off.(f)To depreciate; to change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the magazine or the review falls off. \'bdO Hamlet, what a falling off was there!\'b8 Shak.(g)(Naut.)To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to leeward. --
To fall on. (a)To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on evil days.(b)To begin suddenly and eagerly. \'bdFall on, and try the appetite to eat.\'b8 Dryden.(c)To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. \'bdFall on, fall on, and hear him not.\'b8 Dryden.(d)To drop on; to descend on. --
To fall out. (a)To quarrel; to begin to contend. 1913 Webster]
A soul exasperated in ills falls out Addison.
(b)To happen; to befall; to chance. \'bdThere fell out a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice.\'b8 L'Estrange.(c)(Mil.)To leave the ranks, as a soldier. --
To fall over. (a)To revolt; to desert from one side to another.(b)To fall beyond.Shak. --
To fall short, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short; they all fall short in duty. --
To fall through, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the engageent has fallen through. --
To fall to, to begin. \'bdFall to, with eager joy, on homely food.\'b8 Dryden. --
To fall under. (a)To come under, or within the limits of; to be subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of the emperor.(b)To come under; to become the subject of; as, this point did not fall under the cognizance or deliberations of the court; these things do not fall under human sight or observation.(c)To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; as, these substances fall under a different class or order. --
To fall upon. (a)To attack. [See To fall on.] (b)To attempt; to have recourse to. \'bdI do not intend to fall upon nice disquisitions.\'b8 Holder.(c)To rush against. 1913 Webster]
Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of its applications, implies, literally or figuratively, 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. 1913 Webster]
Fall(?), v. t.1.To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
3.To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities.Locke. 1913 Webster]
4.To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] 1913 Webster]
Fall, n.1.The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall. 1913 Webster]
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.Prov. xvi. 18. 1913 Webster]
4.Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire. 1913 Webster]
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall.Pope. 1913 Webster]
5.The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol. 1913 Webster]
6.Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents. 1913 Webster]
7.A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence. 1913 Webster]
8.Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope. 1913 Webster]
9.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, the falls of Niagara. 1913 Webster]
10.The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.Addison. 1913 Webster]
11.Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet. 1913 Webster]
12.The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn. 1913 Webster]
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, fall, he raised the weekly bills.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
13.That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow. 1913 Webster]
14.The act of felling or cutting down. \'bdThe fall of timber.\'b8 Johnson. 1913 Webster]
15.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. 1913 Webster]
16.Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
17.That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. 1913 Webster]
Fall herring(Zo\'94l.), a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea mediocris); -- also called tailor herring, and hickory shad. --
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fal*la"cious(?), a.[L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf. F. fallacieux. See Fallacy.]Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning. -- Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la"cious*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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fallaciousnessn.1.result of a fallacy or error in reasoning. WordNet 1.5]
Fal"la*cy(f, n.; pl.Fallacies(f.[OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See Fail.]1.Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. 1913 Webster]
Winning by conquest what the first man lost, fallacy surprised.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.(Logic)An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.
Syn. -- Deception; deceit; mistake. -- Fallacy, Sophistry. A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy. Many fallacies are obvious, but the evil of sophistry lies in its consummate art. \'bdMen are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by fallacies which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched sophistry; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt.\'b8 South. 1913 Webster]
Fal"-lals`(?), n. pl.Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws. [Colloq.] Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Fal"lax(?), n.[L. fallax deceptive. See Fallacy.]Cavillation; a caviling. [Obs.] Cranmer. 1913 Webster]
fall"back(?), n.1.The act or process of falling back. PJC]
2.Something or someone to which one resorts as an alternative to a failed resource or method. PJC]
Some ruined temple or fallen monument.Rogers. 1913 Webster]
Fal"len*cy(?), n.[LL. fallentia, L. fallens p. pr of fallere.]An exception. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Fall"er(?), n.1.One who, or that which, falls. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.)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. 1913 Webster]
Fall"fish`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species. 1913 Webster]
Fal`li*bil"i*ty(?), n.The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser. 1913 Webster]
Fal"li*ble(?), a.[LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to deceive: cf. F. faillible. See Fail.]Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible. 1913 Webster]
Fal"li*bly, adv.In a fallible manner. 1913 Webster]
Fall"ing(?), a. & n.from Fall, v. i. 1913 Webster]
Falling away,
Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i. --
Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century. --
Falling sickness(Med.), epilepsy.Shak. --
Falling star. (Astron.)See Shooting star. --
Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a\'89rolite. --
Falling tide, the ebb tide. --
Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
falloffn.a noticeable decline in performance; as, a falloff in automobile sales. Syn. -- slump, drop-off, falling off. WordNet 1.5]
Fal*lo"pi*an(?), a.[From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.](Anat.)Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus. 1913 Webster]
falloutn.1.the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion. Syn. -- radioactive dust, radioactive fallout. WordNet 1.5]
2.the falling to the ground of radioactive particles lifted into the atmosphere by a nuclear explosion. PJC]
3.an incidental or unexpected effect, especially one which is undesirable, consequent to an event or process; ; -- usually used only in the singular; as, the fallout from the disclosure of the Lewinsky tapes made trouble for the President for months after the event; fallout from the stock market crash caused property prices to decline in the New York area. PJC]
4.(Med.)one selected from a group by some criterion. [cant] PJC]
Corrective action was taken in 97 of the 418 fallouts from 3,787 patients at risk.H. Gill Cryer et al. (Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. Vol 41, no. 3, 1996). PJC]
5.one who fails to maintain the same pace as and lags behind a group of which s/he is a member. [cant] PJC]
The executive officer's group noted all fallouts by name and policed them into a group to complete the run at a slower pace.Lt. Col. William C. David (Preparing a Battalion for Combat: Physical Fitness and Mental Toughness. Army University After Next - Virtual Research Library). PJC]
Fal"low(?), a.[AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f\'94lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]1.Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.[Cf. Fallow, n.]Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. 1913 Webster]
Fallow chat,
Fallow finch(Zo\'94l.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola \'d2nanthe). See Wheatear. 1913 Webster]
Fal"low, n.[So called from the fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]1.Plowed land. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season. 1913 Webster]
The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
3.The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds. 1913 Webster]
Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.Sinclair. 1913 Webster]
Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.] --
Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Fal"low(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fallowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fallowing.][From Fallow, n.]To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land. 1913 Webster]
Fal"low deer`(?). [So called from its fallow or pale yellow color.](Zo\'94l.)A European species of deer (Cervus dama), 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. 1913 Webster]
Fal"low*ist(?), n.One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair. 1913 Webster]
Fal"low*ness, n.A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
fall webworm, n.(Zo\'94l.)The larva of any moth of the genus Hyphantria, which spins a web around the foliage on which it feeds. PJC]
Fal"sa*ry(?), n.[L. falsarius, fr. falsus. See False, a.]A falsifier of evidence. [Obs.] Sheldon. 1913 Webster]
False(?), a.[Compar.Falser(?); superl.Falsest.][L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]1.Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 1913 Webster]
2.Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. 1913 Webster]
I to myself was false, ere thou to me.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 1913 Webster]
4.Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. 1913 Webster]
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. 1913 Webster]
Whose false foundation waves have swept away.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
6.Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. 1913 Webster]
7.(Mus.)Not in tune. 1913 Webster]
False arch(Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. --
False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. --
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. --
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. --
False conception(Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. --
False croup(Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. --
False dooror
False window(Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. --
False fire, 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. --
False galena. See Blende. --
False imprisonment(Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. --
False keel(Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. --
False key, a picklock. --
False leg. (Zo\'94l.)See Proleg. --
False membrane(Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. --
False papers(Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, etc., for the purpose of deceiving. --
False passage(Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. --
False personation(Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. --
False pretenses(Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. --
False rail(Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. --
False relation(Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. --
False return(Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. --
False ribs(Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. --
False roof(Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof.Oxford Gloss. --
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. --
False scorpion(Zo\'94l.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. --
False tack(Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. --
False vampire(Zo\'94l.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. --
False window. (Arch.)See False door, above. --
False wing. (Zo\'94l.)See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard. --
False works(Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. 1913 Webster]
False, adv.Not truly; not honestly; falsely. \'bdYou play me false.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
False, v. t.[L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See False, a.]1.To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To betray; to falsify. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
[He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
3.To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
In his falsed fancy.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
4.To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] \'bdAnd falsed oft his blows.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
False"-heart`ed, a.Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.Bacon. -- False"-heart`ed*ness, n.Bp. Stillingfleet. 1913 Webster]
False"hood(?), n.[False + -hood]1.Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. 1913 Webster]
Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. 1913 Webster]
False"ly(?), adv.In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously. \'bdO falsely, falsely murdered.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Oppositions of science, falsely so called.1 Tim. vi. 20. 1913 Webster]
Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely ?Jer. vii. 9. 1913 Webster]
False"ness, n.The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word. 1913 Webster]
Fal*set"to(?), n.; pl.Falsettos(#).[It. falsetto, dim. fr. L. falsus. See False.]A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fal"si*cri"men(?). [L.](Civ. Law)The crime of falsifying. 1913 Webster]
Burrill. Greenleaf. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*fi`a*ble(?), a.[Cf. OF. falsifiable.]1.Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.able to be proven false, and therefore testable; as, most religious beliefs are not falsifiable, and are therefor outside the scope of experimental science. PJC]
Fal`si*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. falsification.]1.The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. 1913 Webster]
To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. 1913 Webster]
Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance.Bp. Warburton. 1913 Webster]
3.(Equity)The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.Story. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*fi*ca`tor(?), n.[Cf. F. falsificateur.]A falsifier.Bp. Morton. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*fi`er(?), n.One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Falsified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Falsifying.][L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F. falsifier. See False, a.]1.To make false; to represent falsely. 1913 Webster]
The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin. 1913 Webster]
3.To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. 1913 Webster]
By how much better than my word I am, falsify men's hope.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the prediction.Addison. 1913 Webster]
4.To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
5.To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow.Butler. 1913 Webster]
6.(Law)To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
7.(Equity)To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.Story. Daniell. 1913 Webster]
8.To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*fy, v. i.To tell lies; to violate the truth. 1913 Webster]
It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. 1913 Webster]
South. 1913 Webster]
Fals"ism(?), n.That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism. 1913 Webster]
Fal"si*ty(?), n.;pl.Falsities(#).[L. falsitas: cf. F. fausset\'82, OF. also, falsit\'82. See False, a.]1.The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth. 1913 Webster]
Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things.South. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. 1913 Webster]
Men often swallow falsities for truths.Sir T. Brown.
Syn. -- Falsehood; lie; deceit. -- Falsity, Falsehood, Lie. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him. 1913 Webster]
Falstaffprop. n.Sir John Falstaff, 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 Sir John Oldcastle. The first actor of the part was John Heminge. Century Dict. 1906]
Shakespeare found the name of John Oldcastle in the ... older play of "Henry V."; in the Chronicle he found a John Oldcastle, who was page to the Duke of Norfolk who plays a part in "Richard II."; and this, according to Shakespeare, his Falstaff (Oldcastle) had been in his youth. When the poet wrote his "Henry IV." he knew not who this Oldcastle 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 Lord Cobham, 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. Gervinus, Shakespeare Commentaries (tr. by K E. Bunnett, [ed. 1880), p. 800. Century Dict. 1906]
Falstaffianadj.of or pertaining to Falstaff, a character in Shakespeare's plays. WordNet 1.5]
Fal"ter(?), v. t.To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Fal"ter, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Faltered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Faltering.][OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault. See Fault, v. & n.]1.To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. 1913 Webster]
With faltering speech and visage incomposed.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. \'bdHe found his legs falter.\'b8 Wiseman. 1913 Webster]
3.To hesitate in purpose or action. 1913 Webster]
Ere her native king falter under foul rebellion's arms.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. 1913 Webster]
Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters.I. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Fal"ter, v. t.To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. 1913 Webster]
And here he faltered forth his last farewell.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Mde me most happy, faltering \'bdI am thine.\'b8Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
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Fal"ter(?), n.[See Falter, v. i.]Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. 1913 Webster]
The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe.Lowell. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`luns"(?), n.[F.](Geol.)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. 1913 Webster]
Fal"we(?), a. & n.Fallow. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Falx(?), n.[L., a sickle.](Anat.)A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain. 1913 Webster]
Fam"ble(?), v. i.[OE. falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. f\'belma to grope. Cf. Famble.]To stammer. [Obs.] Nares. 1913 Webster]
Fame(f, n.[OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]1.Public report or rumor. 1913 Webster]
The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.Gen. xlv. 16. 1913 Webster]
2.Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. 1913 Webster]
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.Shak.
Fame, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Famed(?),; p. pr. & vb. n.Faming.]1.To report widely or honorably. 1913 Webster]
The field where thou art famed Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To make famous or renowned. 1913 Webster]
Those Hesperian gardens famed of old.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fame"less, a.Without fame or renown. -- Fame"less*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
familialadj.1.relating to or having the characteristics of a family; as, children of the same familial background; familial aggregation. WordNet 1.5]
2.tending to occur among members of a family, usually by hereditary transmission; familial traits. Syn. -- genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible. WordNet 1.5]
Fa*mil`iar(?), a.[OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]1.Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. \'bdFamiliar feuds.\'b8 Byron. Syn. -- familial. 1913 Webster]
2.Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. 1913 Webster]
3.Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. \'bdIn loose, familiar strains.\'b8 Addison. 1913 Webster]
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration. 1913 Webster]
That war, or peace, or both at once, may be familiar to us.Shak. 1913 Webster]
There is nothing more familiar than this.Locke. 1913 Webster]
Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9. 1913 Webster]
Fa*mil"iar, n.1.An intimate; a companion. 1913 Webster]
All my familiars watched for my halting.Jer. xx. 10. 1913 Webster]
2.An attendant demon or evil spirit.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.(Court of Inquisition)A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused. 1913 Webster]
familiarisev. t.to make familiar or acquainted; same as familiarize. [chiefly Brit.] Syn. -- familiarize, acquaint. WordNet 1.5]
Fa*mil`iar"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Familiarities(#).[OE. familarite, F. familiarit\'82fr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]1.The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Syn. -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance. 1913 Webster]
Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion(?), n.The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood. 1913 Webster]
Fa*mil"iar*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Familiarized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Familiarizing(?).][Cf. F. familiariser.]1.To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress; we familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings. 1913 Webster]
2.To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science. 1913 Webster]
familiarizedadj.having become familiar. Syn. -- adjusted, acquainted. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
familiarizingadj.serving to familiarize. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fa"mil"iar*ly, adv.In a familiar manner. 1913 Webster]
Fa*mil"ia*ry(?), a.[L. familiaris. See Familiar.]Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fam"i*lism(?), n.The tenets of the Familists.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fam"i*list(?), n.[From Family.](Eccl. Hist.)One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love. 1913 Webster]
Fam"i*lis*ter*y(?), n.; pl.Familisteries(.[F. familist\'8are.]A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
{ Fam`i*listic(?), Fam`i*lis"tic*al(?), }a.Pertaining to Familists.Baxter. 1913 Webster]
Fam"i*ly(?), n.; pl.Families(#).[L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh\'beman house, fr. dh\'beto set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society. 1913 Webster]
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society.H. Spencer. 1913 Webster]
3.Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family. 1913 Webster]
Go ! and pretend your family is young.Pope. 1913 Webster]
4.Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage. 1913 Webster]
5.Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family. 1913 Webster]
6.A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family. 1913 Webster]
7.(Biol.)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\'94logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. 1913 Webster]
Family circle. See under Circle. --
Family man. (a)A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him.(b)A man of domestic habits. \'bdThe Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men.\'b8 Mayhew. --
Family of curvesor
Family of surfaces(Geom.), a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. --
In a family way, like one belonging to the family. \'bdWhy don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?\'b8 Thackeray. --
In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq. euphemism] 1913 Webster]
Fam"ine(?), n.[F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. h\'beni loss, lack, h\'be to leave.]General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. \'bdWorn with famine.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
There was a famine in the land.Gen. xxvi. 1. 1913 Webster]
Famine fever(Med.), typhus fever. 1913 Webster]
Fam"ish(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Famished(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Famishing.][OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish.]1.To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. 1913 Webster]
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.Cen. xli. 55. 1913 Webster]
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. 1913 Webster]
And famish him of breath, if not of bread.Milton. 1913 Webster]
4.To force or constrain by famine. 1913 Webster]
He had famished Paris into a surrender.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Fam"ish, v. i.1.To die of hunger; to starve. 1913 Webster]
2.To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish. 1913 Webster]
You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary. 1913 Webster]
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.Prov. x. 3. 1913 Webster]
Fam"ish*ment(?), n.State of being famished. 1913 Webster]
Fa*mos"i*ty(?), n.[L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosit\'82. See Famous.]The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Fa"mous(?), a.[L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.]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 for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. 1913 Webster]
Famous for a scolding tongue.Shak.
Syn. -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. -- Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished. 1913 Webster]
Fa"mous*ly(?), adv.In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly. 1913 Webster]
Then this land was famously enriched Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fa"mous*ness, n.The state of being famous. 1913 Webster]
Fam"u*lar(?), n.[Cf. L. famularis of servants.]Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fam"u*late(?), v. i.[L. famulatus, p. p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant.]To serve. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fam"u*list(?), n.[L. famulus servant.]A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Fan(f, n.[AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine, Winnow.]1.An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: (a)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.(b)(Mach.)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.(c)An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.(d)Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.(e)A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. 1913 Webster]
Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.Is. xxx. 24. 1913 Webster]
2.That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion. 1913 Webster]
3.A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. --
Fan cricket(Zo\'94l.), a mole cricket. --
Fan light(Arch.), 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. --
Fan shell(Zo\'94l.), any shell of the family Pectinid\'91. See Scallop, n., 1. --
Fan tracery(Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. --
Fan vaulting(Arch.), 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. --
Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower. --
Fan window. Same as Fan light (above). --
electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling air, powered by an electric motor. 1913 Webster]
Fan(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fanned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fanning(?).][Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van a winnowing machine.]1.To move as with a fan. 1913 Webster]
The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. 1913 Webster]
3.To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. 1913 Webster]
Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
4.To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.Jer. li. 2. 1913 Webster]
5.To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. 1913 Webster]
Fanning machine, or
Fanning mill, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`nal"(?), n.[F.]A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light. 1913 Webster]
Fa*nat"ic(?), a.[L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See Fane.]Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. 1913 Webster]
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast T. Moore. 1913 Webster]
Fa*nat"ic, n.A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. 1913 Webster]
There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age.Fuller (1660). 1913 Webster]
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment.Stowe. 1913 Webster]
Fa*nat"ic*al(?), a.Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fa*nat"i*cism(?), n.[Cf. Fanatism.]Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion, politics or ideology; religious frenzy.
Syn. -- See Superstition. 1913 Webster]
Fa*nat"i*cize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fanaticized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fanaticizing(?).]To cause to become a fanatic. 1913 Webster]
Fan"a*tism(?), n.[Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.]Fanaticism. [R.] Gibbon. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cied(?), a.[From Fancy, v. t.]Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ci*er(?), n.1.One who is governed by fancy. \'bdNot reasoners, but fanciers.\'b8 Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.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, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ci*ful(?), a.1.Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. 1913 Webster]
2.Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory. 1913 Webster]
3.Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. 1913 Webster]
Gather up all fancifullest shells.Keats.
Syn. -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild. -- Fanciful, Fantastical, Visionary. We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact.
-- Fan"ci*ful*ly, adv. -Fan"ci*ful*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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Fan"ci*less(?), a.Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.] 1913 Webster]
A pert or bluff important wight, fanciless, whose blood is white.Armstrong. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy(f, n.; pl.Fancies(#).[Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. bh\'beto shine. Cf. Fantasy, Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
In the soul fancy next Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. 1913 Webster]
How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, fancies your companoins making ?Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. 1913 Webster]
I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.Locke. 1913 Webster]
4.Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. 1913 Webster]
To fit your fancies to your father's will.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. 1913 Webster]
London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
6.A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
The fancy, 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. 1913 Webster]
At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy.De Quincey.
Fan"cy, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fancied(?), p. pr. & vb. n.Fancying(.]1.To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof. 1913 Webster]
If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.Locke. 1913 Webster]
2.To love. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy, v. t.1.To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. 1913 Webster]
He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. \'bdWe fancy not the cardinal.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). 1913 Webster]
He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy, a.1.Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. 1913 Webster]
2.Extravagant; above real value. 1913 Webster]
This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. --
Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. --
Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. --
Fancy line(Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. --
Fancy roller(Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. --
Fancy stocks, 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. --
Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. --
Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy-free`(?), a.Free from the power of love. \'bdIn maiden meditation, fancy-free.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy*mon`ger(?), n.A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy-sick`(?), a.Love-sick.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"cy*work`(?), n.Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc. 1913 Webster]
Fand(?), obs. imp. of Find.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fan*dan"go(?), n.; pl.Fandangoes(#).[Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Fane(?), n.[L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.]A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.] 1913 Webster]
Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa*ne"ga(?), n.[Sp.]A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 De Colange. 1913 Webster]
Fan"fare`(?), n.[F. Cf. Fanfaron.]A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. 1913 Webster]
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fan"fa*ron(?), n.[F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farf\'ber talkative.]A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fan*far`on*ade"(?), n.[F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.]A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Fan"foot`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.(b)Any moth of the genus Polypogon. 1913 Webster]
Fang(f, v. t.[OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f\'behan, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f\'be, Sw. f, f, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]1.To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.J. Webster. 1913 Webster]
2.To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. \'bdChariots fanged with scythes.\'b8 Philips. 1913 Webster]
Fang, n.[From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]1.(Zo\'94l.)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. 1913 Webster]
Since I am a dog, beware my fangs.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. 1913 Webster]
The protuberant fangs of the yucca.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. 1913 Webster]
4.(Mining)A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.Knight. 1913 Webster]
5.(Mech.)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. 1913 Webster]
6.(Naut.)(a)The valve of a pump box.(b)A bend or loop of a rope. 1913 Webster]
In a fang, fast entangled. --
To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence:
To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Fanged(?), a.Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively. 1913 Webster]
Fan"gle(?), n.[From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament. 1913 Webster]
Fan"gle, v. t.To fashion. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To control and new fangle the Scripture.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fan"gled(?), a.New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled. \'bdOur fangled world.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"gle*ness(?), n.Quality of being fangled. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He them in new fangleness did pass.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fang"less(?), a.Destitute of fangs or tusks. \'bdA fangless lion.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"got(?), n.[Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot.]A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ion(?), n.[See Fanon.]1.(Mil.)A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A small flag for marking the stations in surveying. 1913 Webster]
Fan"like`(?), a.Resembling a fan; -- specifically(Bot.), folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
Fan"nel(?), n.[Dim., from same source as fanon.]Same as Fanon. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ner(?), n.1.One who fans.Jer. li. 2. 1913 Webster]
2.A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan. 1913 Webster]
Fan"-nerved`(?), a.(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects. 1913 Webster]
Fan"on(?), n.[F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See Vane, and cf. Fanion, Gonfalon.](Eccl.)A term applied to various articles,as:(a)A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops.(b)A maniple.[Written also fannel, phanon, etc.] 1913 Webster]
Fan" palm`(?). (Bot.)Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Cham\'91rops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) 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. 1913 Webster]
Fan"tad(f, n.see fantod. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fan"tail`(f, n.(Zool.)(a)A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.(b)Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.(c)the fantail goldfish. 1913 Webster]
Fan"-tailed`(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. 1913 Webster]
fan"tail` gold"fish(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)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 fantail. PJC]
Fan"-tan`(f, n.[Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling house.]1.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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fan*ta"si*a(?), n.[It. See Fancy.](Mus.)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. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ta*sied(?), a.[From Fantasy.]Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fan"tasm(?), n.[See Phantasm, Fancy.]Same as Phantasm. 1913 Webster]
Fan"tast(?), n.One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
Fan*tas"tic(?), a.[F. fantastique, fr. Gr. Fancy.]1.Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 1913 Webster]
2.Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. 1913 Webster]
4.Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. 1913 Webster]
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, fantastic roots so high.T. Gray.
Fan"ta*sy(?), n.; pl.Fantasies(#).[See Fancy.]1.Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. 1913 Webster]
Is not this something more than fantasy ?Shak. 1913 Webster]
A thousand fantasies Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Fantastic designs. 1913 Webster]
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
Fan"ta*sy, v. t.To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. 1913 Webster]
Which he doth most fantasy.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
{ Fan*tigue"(?), Fan*tique"(?) }, n.[Written also fanteague, fanteeg, etc.][Cf. Fantod.]State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.] Dickens. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Fan`toc*ci"ni(?), n. pl.[It., dim. fr. fante child.]Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used. 1913 Webster]
{ Fan"tod(?), Fan"tad(?), }n.[Cf. Fantigue.]State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fan"tom(?), n.See Phantom. 1913 Webster]
Fantom corn, phantom corn.Grose. 1913 Webster]
fanwortn.a common aquatic plant (Cabomba caroliniana) of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers. Syn. -- water-shield, Cabomba caroliniana. WordNet 1.5]
Fap(?), a.Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fa*quir"(?), n.See Fakir. 1913 Webster]
Far(?), n.[See Farrow.](Zo\'94l.)A young pig, or a litter of pigs. 1913 Webster]
Far, a.[Farther(#) and Farthest(#) are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.][OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa\'c6rra, adv., Gr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. Farther, Farthest.]1.Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. 1913 Webster]
They said, . . . We be come from a far country.Josh. ix. 6. 1913 Webster]
The nations far and near contend in choice.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty. 1913 Webster]
3.Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. 1913 Webster]
They that are far from thee ahsll perish.Ps. lxxiii. 27. 1913 Webster]
4.Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. 1913 Webster]
He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.F. Anstey. 1913 Webster]
5.The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. 1913 Webster]
far is sometimes not easily discriminated. 1913 Webster]
By far, by much; by a great difference. --
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. \'bdThe examinations are few and far between.\'b8 Farrar. 1913 Webster]
Far, adv.1.To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other. 1913 Webster]
2.To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity. 1913 Webster]
3.In great part; as, the day is far spent. 1913 Webster]
4.In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly. 1913 Webster]
Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies.Prov. xxxi. 10. 1913 Webster]
As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As. --
Far off. (a)At a great distance, absolutely or relatively.(b)Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. \'bdBut now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.\'b8 Eph. ii. 13. --
Far other, different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike.Pope. --
Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. --
Far and wide, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. \'bdFar and wide his eye commands.\'b8 Milton. --
From far, from a great distance; from a remote place. 1913 Webster]
Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread. 1913 Webster]
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Far"-a*bout`(?), n.A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Far"ad(?), n.[From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.](Elec.)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. 1913 Webster]
far"a*day(?), n.[From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.](Elec.)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, 6.023 x 1023. PJC]
Far*ad"ic(?), a.Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, 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.
{ Far"a*dism(?), Far`a*di*za"tion(?), }n.(Med.)The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes. 1913 Webster]
Far"a*dize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Faradized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Faradizing(?).](Med.)To stimulate with, or subject to, faradic, or inducted, electric currents. -- Far"a*diz`er(#), n. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Far"and(?), n.See Farrand, n. 1913 Webster]
Far"an*dams(?), n.A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa`ran`dole"(?), n.[F. farandole, Pr. farandoulo.]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.
I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole.W. D. Howells. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Farce(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Farced(?), p. pr. & vb. n.Farcing(.][F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. Force to stuff, Diaphragm, Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]1.To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.Bp. Sanderson. 1913 Webster]
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To render fat. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
3.To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Farcing his letter with fustian.Sandys. 1913 Webster]
Farce, n.[F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.]1.(Cookery)Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
Farce is that in poetry which \'bdgrotesque\'b8 is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. \'bdThe farce of state.\'b8 Pope. 1913 Webster]
Farc"tate(?), a.[L. farctus, p. p. of farcire. See Farce, v. t.](Bot.)Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Far"cy(?), n.[F. farcin; cf. L. farciminum a disease of horses, fr. farcire. See Farce.](Far.)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 farcin, and farcimen. 1913 Webster]
Farcy, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings. 1913 Webster]
Farcy bud, 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.Youatt. 1913 Webster]
Fard(?), n.[F., prob. fr. OHG. gifarit, gifarwit p. p. of farwjan to color, tinge, fr. farawa color, G. farbe.]Paint used on the face. [Obs.] \'bdPainted with French fard.\'b8 J. Whitaker. 1913 Webster]
Fard, v. t.[F. farder to paint one's face.]To paint; -- said esp. of one's face. [Obs.] Shenstone. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Far`dage"(?), n.[F. See Fardel.](Naut.)See Dunnage. 1913 Webster]
Far"del(?), n.[OF. fardel, F. fardeau; cf. Sp. fardel, fardillo, fardo, LL. fardellus; prob. fr. Ar. fard one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. Furl.]A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense.Marryat. 1913 Webster]
Far"del, v. t.To make up in fardels. [Obs.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Far"ding-bag`(?), n.[Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel.]The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. 1913 Webster]
Far"ding*deal(?), n.[See Farthing, and Deal a part.]The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.] 1913 Webster]
Fare(f, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fared(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Faring.][AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]1.To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. 1913 Webster]
So on he fares, and to the border comes Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.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, he fared well, or ill. 1913 Webster]
So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.Denham. 1913 Webster]
I bid you most heartily well to fare.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
So fared the knight between two foes.Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
3.To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. 1913 Webster]
There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day.Luke xvi. 19. 1913 Webster]
4.To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. 1913 Webster]
So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.Milton. 1913 Webster]
5.To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
She ferde [fared] as she would die.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fare(?), n.[AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]1.A journey; a passage. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
That nought might stay his fare.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway. 1913 Webster]
3.Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The warder chid and made fare.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
4.Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. 1913 Webster]
What fare? what news abroad ?Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. \'bdPhilosophic fare.\'b8 Dryden. 1913 Webster]
6.The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.A. Drummond. 1913 Webster]
7.The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. 1913 Webster]
Bill of fare. See under Bill. --
Fare indicatoror
Fare register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. --
Fare wicket. (a)A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.(b)An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Far"en(?), obs. p. p. of Fare, v. i.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
fare-thee-welln.state of perfection; the utmost degree; as, they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well. WordNet 1.5]
Fare`well"(?), interj.[Fare (thou, you) + well.]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, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. 1913 Webster]
So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fare thee well! and if forever, fare thee well.Byron. 1913 Webster]
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Fare`well"(?), n.1.A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu. 1913 Webster]
2.Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something. 1913 Webster]
And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Before I take my farewell of the subject.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Fare"well`(?), a.Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. 1913 Webster]
Leans in his spear to take his farewell view.Tickell. 1913 Webster]
Farewell rock(Mining), 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.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Far"fet`(?), a.[Far + fet, p. p. of Fette.]Farfetched. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
York with his farfet policy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Far"fetch`(?), v. t.[Far + fetch.]To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Far"fetch`, n.Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] \'bdPolitic farfetches.\'b8 Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
Far"fetched`(?), a.1.Brought from far, or from a remote place. 1913 Webster]
Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
2.Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable. 1913 Webster +PJC]
far-flungadj.widely spread or distributed; as, the far-flung corners of the Empire. WordNet 1.5]
Fa*ri"na(for f, n.[L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Pollen. [R.] Craig. 1913 Webster]
Far`i*na"ceous(?), a.[L. farinaceus.]1.Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet. 1913 Webster]
2.Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds. 1913 Webster]
3.Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy. 1913 Webster]
Farl(?), v. t.Same as Furl. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Far"lie(?), n.[OE. ferlish wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. f\'d6rl\'c6c sudden. See Fear.]An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Farm(?), n.[OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]1.The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
3.The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation. 1913 Webster]
4.Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner. 1913 Webster]
farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
5.A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government. 1913 Webster]
The province was devided into twelve farms.Burke. 1913 Webster]
6.(O. Eng. Law)A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm. 1913 Webster]
Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum.State Trials (1196). 1913 Webster]
Farm(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Farmed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Farming.]1.To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. 1913 Webster]
We are enforced to farm our royal realm.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.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, to farm the taxes. 1913 Webster]
To farm their subjects and their duties toward these.Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.To take at a certain rent or rate. 1913 Webster]
4.To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. 1913 Webster]
To farm let,
To let to farm, to lease on rent. 1913 Webster]
Farm, v. i.To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer. 1913 Webster]
Farm"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being farmed. 1913 Webster]
Farm"er(f, n.[Cf. F. fermier.]One who farms; as: (a)One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.Smart.(b)One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.(c)One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.(d)(Mining)The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. 1913 Webster]
Farmer-general[F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. --
Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings.McElrath. --
The king's farmer(O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Farm"er*ess, n.A woman who farms. 1913 Webster]
farmeretten.a woman working on a farm; a farmeress. WordNet 1.5]
Farm"er*ship, n.Skill in farming. 1913 Webster]
Farm"er*y(?), n.The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Farm"house`, n.A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence. 1913 Webster]
Farm"ing, a.Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community. 1913 Webster]
Farm"ing, n.The business of cultivating land. 1913 Webster]
farmlandn.a rural area where farming is practiced; land actually under cultivation or capable of supporting crops. Syn. -- farming area. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Farm"yard`(?), n.The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings. 1913 Webster]
Far"ness(?), n.[From Far, a.]The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew. 1913 Webster]
Far"o(?), n.[Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]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. 1913 Webster]
Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.Hoyle. 1913 Webster]
Fa`ro*ese`(?), n. sing. & pl.An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands. 1913 Webster]
Far"-off`(?), a.1.Remote; as, the far-off distance; troops landing on far-off shores. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv. Syn. -- faraway. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Far*rag*i*nous(?), a.[See Farrago.]Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan. 1913 Webster]
A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Far*ra"go(?), n.[L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.]A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture. 1913 Webster]
A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.Sheridan. 1913 Webster]
Far"rand(?), n.[OE. farand beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. fare.]Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.]Grose. 1913 Webster]
far-reachingadj.having a wide range or effect; as, far-reaching (or extensive) forests; a far-reaching reform. Syn. -- extensive. WordNet 1.5]
Far`re*a"tion(?), n.[L. farreatio.]Same as Confarreation. 1913 Webster]
Far"ri*er(?), n.[OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous.]1.A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon. 1913 Webster]
Far"ri*er, v. i.To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. [Obs.] Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
Far"ri*er*y(?), n.1.The art of shoeing horses. 1913 Webster]
2.The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art. 1913 Webster]
3.The place where a smith shoes horses. 1913 Webster]
Far"row(f, n.[AS. fearh a little pig; a akin to OHG. farh, farah, pig, dim. farheli little pig, G. fercel, D. varken pig, Lith. parszas OIr. orc, L. porcus, Gr. po`rkos. Cf. Pork.]A litter of pigs.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Far"row, v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Farrowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Farrowing.]To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine.Tusser. 1913 Webster]
Far"row, a.[Cf. Scot. ferry cow a cow that is not with calf, D. vaarkoe, vaars, heifer, G. f\'84rse, AS. fearr bull, G. farre. Cf. Heifer.]Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows. 1913 Webster]
Farse(?), n.[See Farce, n.](Eccl.)An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation. 1913 Webster]
Far"see`ing(?), a.1.Able to see to a great distance; farsighted. 1913 Webster]
2.Having foresight as regards the future. 1913 Webster]
Far"sight`ed(?), a.1.Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)Hypermetropic. 1913 Webster]
Far"sight`ed*ness, n.1.Quality of bbeing farsighted. 1913 Webster]
. See Further.] [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. Farthest.]1.More remote; more distant than something else. 1913 Webster]
2.Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. 1913 Webster]
Before our farther way the fates allow.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Let me add a farther Truth.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Some farther change awaits us.MIlton. 1913 Webster]
Far"ther, adv.1.At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther. 1913 Webster]
2.Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. 1913 Webster]
No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. 1913 Webster]
It will be dangerous to go on. No farther !Shak. 1913 Webster]
Far"ther, v. t.To help onward. [R.] See Further. 1913 Webster]
Far"ther*ance(?), n. [Obs.] See Furtherance. 1913 Webster]
Far"ther*more`(?), adv. [Obs.] See Furthermore. 1913 Webster]
Far"thest(f, a.Superl. of far.[See Farther and cf. Furthest]Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest. 1913 Webster]
Far"thestadv.At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest. 1913 Webster]
Far"thing(?), n.[OE. furthing, AS. fe\'a2r, fr. fe\'a2r fourth, fe\'a2r, fe\'a2wer, four. See Four.]1.The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency. 1913 Webster]
2.A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
3.A division of land. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.R. Carew. 1913 Webster]
Far"thin*gale(?), n.[OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant.]A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. 1913 Webster]
We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . farthingales and things.Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fas"ces(?), n. pl.[L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. fa`kelos a bundle.], (Rom. Antiq.)A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. 1913 Webster]
Fas"cet(?), n.(Glass Making)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 pontee and punty. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fas"ci*a(?), n.; pl.Fasci\'91(#).[L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]1.A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. 1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.)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 Illust. of Column. 1913 Webster]
3.(Anat.)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. 1913 Webster]
4.(Zo\'94l.)A broad well-defined band of color. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*al(?), a.1.Pertaining to the fasces. 1913 Webster]
2.(Anat.)Relating to a fascia.
{ Fas"ci*ate(?), Fas"ci*a`ted(?), }a.[L. fasciatus, p. p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr. fascia band. See Fasces.]1.Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)(a)Banded or compacted together.(b)Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)Broadly banded with color. 1913 Webster]
Fas`ci*a"tion, n.The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*cle(?), n.[L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces.]1.A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots. 1913 Webster]
2.One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fas"ci*cled(?), a.Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair. 1913 Webster]
Fas*cic"u*lar(?), a.Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root. 1913 Webster]
Fas*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.In a fascicled manner.Kirwan.
{ Fas*cic"u*late(?), Fas*cic"u*la`ted(?),}a.Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*cule(?), n.[See Fascicle.]A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers, hairs, or spines. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Fas*cic"u*lus(?), n.; pl.Fasciculi(#).[L. See Fascicle.]1.A little bundle; a fascicle. 1913 Webster]
2.A division of a book. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*nate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fascinated(?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Fascinating(.][L. fascinare; cf. Gr. 1.To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. 1913 Webster]
It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain.Griffith (Cuvier). 1913 Webster]
2.To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. 1913 Webster]
There be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy.Bacon.
fascinatedadj.1.having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder. Syn. -- hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, transfixed. WordNet 1.5]
2.intensely interested in or attracted by; as, I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them. WordNet 1.5]
fascinatingadj.1.capable of holding the attention; as, a fascinating story. Syn. -- absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting, spellbinding. WordNet 1.5]
2.capturing interest as if by a spell; as, a fascinating woman. Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing. WordNet 1.5]
Fas`ci*na"tion(?), n.[L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination.Waller. 1913 Webster]
2.The state or condition of being fascinated. 1913 Webster]
3.That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. 1913 Webster]
There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words.South. 1913 Webster]
Fas*cine"(?), n.[F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis. See Fasces.](Fort. & Engin.)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. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*nous(?), a.[L. fascinum witchcraft, akin to fascinare. See Fascinate.]Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] \'bdFascinous diseases.\'b8 Harvey. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fas*ci"o*la(?), n.;pl.Fasciol\'91(#).[See Fasciole.](Anat.)A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.Wilder. 1913 Webster]
Fas"ci*ole(?), n.[L. fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia.](Zo\'94l.)A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea. 1913 Webster]
fasc"ism(fn.1.a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; -- opposed to democracy and liberalism. WordNet 1.5]
2.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. PJC]
3.Specifically, the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943. PJC]
4.broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this sense. PJC]
fascistn.an adherent of fascism or similar right-wing authoritarian views. WordNet 1.5]
fascistfascisticadj.1.of or pertaining to fascism; resembling fascism; as, fascist propaganda. WordNet 1.5]
Fash(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fashed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fashing.][OF. faschier, F. f, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.]To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Without further fash on my part.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion(?), n.[OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.] 1913 Webster]
1.The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. 1913 Webster]
The fashion of his countenance was altered.Luke ix. 29. 1913 Webster]
I do not like the fashion of your garments.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.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, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. 1913 Webster]
The innocent diversions in fashion.Locke. 1913 Webster]
As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation.H. Spencer. 1913 Webster]
3.Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion. 1913 Webster]
4.Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. \'bdAfter his sour fashion.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
After a fashion, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of. --
Fashion piece(Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. --
Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fashioned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fashioning.][Cf. F. faconner.]1.To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. 1913 Webster]
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.Gay. 1913 Webster]
Ingenious art . . . fashion and refine the age.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
2.To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to. 1913 Webster]
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
3.To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. 1913 Webster]
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.Locke. 1913 Webster]
4.To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fashioning needle(Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*a*ble(?), a.1.Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. 1913 Webster]
2.Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. 1913 Webster]
3.Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. 1913 Webster]
Time is like a fashionable host Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*a*ble, n.A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*a*ble*ness, n.State of being fashionable. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*a*bly, adv.In a fashionable manner. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ioned(?), a.Having a certain style or fashion; as, old-fashioned; new-fashioned. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*er(?), n.One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*ist(?), n.An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions. [R.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion*less, a.Having no fashion. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion-mon`ger(?), n.One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.Marston. 1913 Webster]
Fash"ion-mon`ger*ing, a.Behaving like a fashion-monger. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fas"sa*ite(?), n.(Min.)A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol. 1913 Webster]
Fast(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fasting.][AS. f; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.]1.To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. 1913 Webster]
Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
Thou didst fast and weep for the child.2 Sam. xii. 21. 1913 Webster]
Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting. 1913 Webster]
Fast, n.[OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f\'91sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]1.Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. 1913 Webster]
Surfeit is the father of much fast.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation. 1913 Webster]
3.A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. 1913 Webster]
Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. --
To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fast, a.[Compar.Faster(?); superl.Fastest(?).][OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]1.Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. 1913 Webster]
There is an order that keeps things fast.Burke. 1913 Webster]
2.Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. 1913 Webster]
Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
3.Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 1913 Webster]
4.Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. 1913 Webster]
5.Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
6.Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. 1913 Webster]
All this while in a most fast sleep.Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 1913 Webster]
8.Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
9.In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. \'bdPlay fast and loose with faith.\'b8 Shak. --
Fast and loose pulleys(Mach.), 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\'89ngage 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 vice versa. --
Hard and fast(Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. --
To make fast(Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door. 1913 Webster]
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Fast(?), adv.[OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f\'91ste. See Fast, a.]1.In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. 1913 Webster]
We will bind thee fast.Judg. xv. 13. 1913 Webster]
2.In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. 1913 Webster]
Fast by, or
Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. 1913 Webster]
He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk fast by.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Fast, n.That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring. 1913 Webster]
fast"ball`n.(Baseball)a baseball thrown with maximum velocity. Syn. -- heater, smoke, hummer, bullet. WordNet 1.5]
fast"break`n.(basketball)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. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fas"ten(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fastened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fastening(?).][AS. f\'91stnian; akin to OHG. festin. See Fast, a.]1.To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 1913 Webster]
2.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, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. 1913 Webster]
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.Swift. 1913 Webster]
3.To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
If I can fasten but one cup upon him.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To fasten a charge uponor
To fasten a crime upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. --
To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation.Acts iii. 4.
Fas*tid"i*ous(?), a.[L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. 1913 Webster]
Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world.Young.
Syn. -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. -- Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. \'bdWhoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.\'b8 Crabb.
-- Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n.
{ Fas*tig"i*ate(?), Fas*tig"i*a`ted(?), }a.[L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]1.Narrowing towards the top. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. 1913 Webster]
Fast"ness, n.[AS. f\'91stnes, fr. f\'91st fast. See Fast, a.]1.The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. 1913 Webster]
All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open.Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
2.A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains. 1913 Webster]
3.Conciseness of style. [Obs.] Ascham. 1913 Webster]
4.The state of being fast or swift. 1913 Webster]
Fas"tu*ous(?), a.[L. fastuosus, from fastus haughtiness, pride: cf. F. fastueux.]Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. -- Fas"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Fat(?), n.[See Vat, n.]1.A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The fats shall overflow with wine and oil.Joel ii. 24. 1913 Webster]
2.A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. [Obs.] Hebert. 1913 Webster]
Fat, a.[Compar.Fatter(?); superl.Fattest(?).][AS. f; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.]1.Abounding with fat; as: (a)Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.(b)Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. 1913 Webster]
2.Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. 1913 Webster]
Making our western wits fat and mean.Emerson. 1913 Webster]
Make the heart of this people fat.Is. vi. 10. 1913 Webster]
3.Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. 1913 Webster]
4.Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. 1913 Webster]
Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
5.Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.Swift. 1913 Webster]
6.(Typog.)Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. 1913 Webster]
Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints. 1913 Webster]
Fat(?), n.1.(Physiol. Chem.)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 Adipose tissue, under Adipose. 1913 Webster]
Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, 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. 1913 Webster]
2.The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land. 1913 Webster]
3.(Typog.)Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. 1913 Webster]
Fat acid. (Chem.)See Sebacic acid, under Sebacic. --
Fat series,
Fatty series(Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. --
Natural fats(Chem.), 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. 1913 Webster]
Fat, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fatted(?); p. pr. & vb. n.atting(?).][OE. fatten, AS. f. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.]To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. 1913 Webster]
We fat all creatures else to fat us.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fat, v. i.To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. 1913 Webster]
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
Fa"tal, a.[L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]1.Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] 1913 Webster]
These thing are fatal and necessary.Tillotson. 1913 Webster]
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] 1913 Webster]
That fatal screech owl to our house Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error. 1913 Webster]
Fa"tal*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. fatalisme.]The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity. 1913 Webster]
Fa"tal*ist(?), n.[Cf. F. fataliste.]One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity. 1913 Webster]
Fa`tal*is"tic(?), a.Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tal"i*ty(?), n.;pl.Fatalities(#).[L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalit\'82]1.The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. 1913 Webster]
The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events.South. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility. 1913 Webster]
The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality.Ser T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting.Eikon Basilike. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fa"tal*ly(?), adv.1.In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.Bentley. 1913 Webster]
2.In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded. 1913 Webster]
Fa"tal*ness, n.Quality of being fatal.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa"ta Mor*ga"na(?). [It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata) of the name of Morg\'a0na. See Fairy.]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. 1913 Webster]
Fat"-brained`(?), a.Dull of apprehension. 1913 Webster]
Fate(f, n.[L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat. See Fame, Fable, Ban, and cf. 1st Fay, Fairy.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
Necessity and chance fate.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments.Froude. 1913 Webster]
2.Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. 1913 Webster]
The great, th'important day, big with the fate Addison. 1913 Webster]
Our wills and fates do so contrary run Shak. 1913 Webster]
The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings.Pope. 1913 Webster]
3.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, fate was, or the fates were, against him. 1913 Webster]
A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams.B. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
4.pl.[L. Fata, pl. of fatum.](Myth.)The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parc\'91who 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. 1913 Webster]
fate or destiny as a power superior to gods and men -- swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his will -- the expression of that will being the law.Krauth-Fleming.
Fat"ed(?), p. p. & a.1.Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people. 1913 Webster]
One midnight Fated to the purpose.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Invested with the power of determining destiny. [Obs.] \'bdThe fated sky.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Exempted by fate. [Obs. or R.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fate"ful(?), a. .Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. \'bdThe fateful steel.\'b8 J. Barlow. 1913 Webster]
2.Significant of fate; ominous. 1913 Webster]
The fateful cawings of the crow.Longfellow.
-- Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
fat-freeadj.containing no fat; -- of foods. Opposite of fat-containing. Syn. -- fatless, nonfat. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fat"head`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.(b)A labroid food fish of California; the redfish. 1913 Webster]
fat"head`edadj.same as stupid. Opposite of smart. [informal] Syn. -- blockheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fa"ther(f, n.[OE. fader, AS. f\'91der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. path`r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p\'be protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, Potential, Pablum.]1.One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. 1913 Webster]
A wise son maketh a glad father.Prov. x. 1. 1913 Webster]
2.A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. 1913 Webster]
David slept with his fathers.1 Kings ii. 10. 1913 Webster]
Abraham, who is the father of us all.Rom. iv. 16. 1913 Webster]
3.One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. 1913 Webster]
I was a father to the poor.Job xxix. 16. 1913 Webster]
He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.Gen. xiv. 8. 1913 Webster]
4.A respectful mode of address to an old man. 1913 Webster]
And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!2 Kings xiii. 14. 1913 Webster]
5.A senator of ancient Rome. 1913 Webster]
6.A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. 1913 Webster]
Bless you, good father friar !Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. 1913 Webster]
8.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. 1913 Webster]
The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.Gen. iv. 21. 1913 Webster]
Might be the father, Harry, to that thought.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The father of good news.Shak. 1913 Webster]
9.The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. 1913 Webster]
Our Father, which art in heaven.Matt. vi. 9. 1913 Webster]
Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Milton. 1913 Webster]
Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. --
Apostolic father,
Conscript fathers, etc.See under Apostolic, Conscript, etc. --
Father in God, a title given to bishops. --
Father of lies, the Devil. --
Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar. --
Fathers of the city, the aldermen. --
Father of the Faithful. (a)Abraham.Rom. iv.Gal. iii. 6-9.(b)Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. --
Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. --
Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. --
Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child. --
Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. --
Spiritual father. (a)A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God.(b)(R. C. Ch.)A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. --
The Holy Father(R. C. Ch.), the pope. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fathered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fathering.]1.To make one's self the father of; to beget. 1913 Webster]
Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.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.). 1913 Webster]
Men of wit fathered what he writ.Swift. 1913 Webster]
3.To provide with a father. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Think you I am no stronger than my sex, fathered and so husbanded ?Shak. 1913 Webster]
To father onor
To father upon, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. \'bdNothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor.\'b8 Barrow. 1913 Webster]
Father-Godn.God, when considered as the first person in the Trinity. Syn. -- Father. WordNet 1.5]
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Fa"ther*hood(?), n.The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther-in-law`(?), n.; pl.Fathers-in-law(.The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law. 1913 Webster]
father-in-law. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*land"(?), n.[Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, and Land.]One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther-lash`er(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*less, a.1.Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child. 1913 Webster]
2.Without a known author.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*less*ness, n.The state of being without a father. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*li*ness(?), n.[From Fatherly.]The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*ly, a.1.Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. 1913 Webster]
You have showed a tender, fatherly regard.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Of or pertaining to a father. 1913 Webster]
Fa"ther*ship, n.The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity. 1913 Webster]
Fath"om(f, n.[OE. fadme, fa, AS. f\'91 fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
2.The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Another of his fathom they have none Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fath"om, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fathomed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fathoming.]1.To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.] Purchas. 1913 Webster]
2.To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import.Hawthotne. 1913 Webster]
Fath"om*a*ble(?), a.Capable of being fathomed. 1913 Webster]
Fath"om*er(?), n.One who fathoms. 1913 Webster]
Fath"om*less, a.1.Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. 1913 Webster]
And buckle in a waist most fathomless.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Incomprehensible. 1913 Webster]
The fathomless absurdity.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tid"i*cal(?), a.[L. fatidicus; fatum fate + dicere to say, tell.]Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell. -- Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tigue"(?), n.[F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]1.Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 1913 Webster]
2.The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. 1913 Webster]
Fatigue call(Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. --
Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. --
Fatigue duty(Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms.Farrow. --
Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tigue", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fatigued(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fatiguing, n.][Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.]To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
Syn. -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade. 1913 Webster]
{ Fat"i*mite(?), Fat"i*mide(?) }, a.(Hist.)Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n.A descendant of Fatima. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tis"cence(?), n.[L. fatiscense, p. pr. of fatiscere to gape or crack open.]A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.Kirwan. 1913 Webster]
Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal !Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ling(?), n.[Fat + -ling.]A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. 1913 Webster]
He sacrificed oxen and fatlings.2 Sam. vi. 13. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ly, adv.Grossly; greasily. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ner(?), n.One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener.Arbuthnit. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ness, n.1.The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. 1913 Webster]
Their eyes stand out with fatness.Ps. lxxiii. 7. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ten(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fattened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fattening(?).][See Fat, v. t.]1.To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat. 1913 Webster]
2.To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ten, v. i.To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. 1913 Webster]
And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.Otway. 1913 Webster]
fattenedadj.fed until grown and ready for slaughter or for sale in the market; -- of market animals. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Fat"ten*er(?), n.One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility. 1913 Webster]
Fat"ti*ness(?), n.State or quality of being fatty. 1913 Webster]
Fat"tish(?), a.Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. 1913 Webster]
Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
fattismn.discrimination against people who are overweight. Syn. -- fatism. WordNet 1.5]
Fat"ty(?), a.Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. 1913 Webster]
Fatty acid(Chem.), 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. --
Fatty clays. See under Clay. --
Fatty degeneration(Med.), 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. --
Fatty heart,
Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. --
Fatty infiltration(Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. --
Fatty tumor(Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tu"i*tous(?), a.Stupid; fatuous. 1913 Webster]
Fa*tu"i*ty(?), n.[L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuit\'82 Cf. Fatuous.]Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. 1913 Webster]
Those many forms of popular fatuity.I Taylor. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fau`bourg"(f, n.[F.]A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. 1913 Webster]
Fau"cal(?), a.[L. fauces throat.]Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial;esp.,(Phon.)produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. 1913 Webster]
Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fau"ces(?), n. pl.[L.]1.(Anat.)The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. 1913 Webster]
Fau"cet(?), n.[F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]1.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 tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide. 1913 Webster]
2.The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section. 1913 Webster]
Fauld(?), n.The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch. 1913 Webster]
Faule(?), n.A fall or falling band. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
These laces, ribbons, and these faules.Herrick. 1913 Webster]
Fault(?), n.[OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See Fail, and cf. Default.]1.Defect; want; lack; default. 1913 Webster]
One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. 1913 Webster]
As patches set upon a little breach fault.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime. 1913 Webster]
4.(Geol. & Mining)(a)A dislocation of the strata of the vein.(b)In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.Raymond. 1913 Webster]
5.(Hunting)A lost scent; act of losing the scent. 1913 Webster]
Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, fault cleary out.Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.(Tennis)Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. 1913 Webster]
7.(Elec.)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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8.(Geol. & Mining)A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.
The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the
fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a
vertical fault; 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
normal fault, or
gravity fault. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a
reverse fault (or
reversed fault),
thrust fault, or
overthrust fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a
horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the
displacement; the vertical displacement is the
throw; the horizontal displacement is the
heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the
trend of the fault. A fault is a
strike fault 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
dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an
oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called
cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called
step faults and sometimes
distributive faults. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
At fault, unable to find the scent and continue chase; hence, in trouble or embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thrown off the track. --
To find fault, to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; -- followed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. \'bdMatter to find fault at.\'b8 Robynson (More's Utopia).
Syn. -- -- Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness; blunder; failing; vice. -- Fault, Failing, Defect, Foible. A fault is positive, something morally wrong; a failing is negative, some weakness or falling short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a defect is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of anything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a foible is a less important weakness, which we overlook or smile at. A man may have many failings, and yet commit but few faults; or his faults and failings may be few, while his foibles are obvious to all. The faults of a friend are often palliated or explained away into mere defects, and the defects or foibles of an enemy exaggerated into faults. \'bdI have failings in common with every human being, besides my own peculiar faults; but of avarice I have generally held myself guiltless.\'b8 Fox. \'bdPresumption and self-applause are the foibles of mankind.\'b8 Waterland. 1913 Webster]
Fault(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n.Faulting.]1.To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
For that I will not fault thee.Old Song. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geol.)To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted. 1913 Webster]
Fault, v. i.To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted.Latimer. 1913 Webster]
Fault"er(?), n.One who commits a fault. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Behold the faulter here in sight.Fairfax. 1913 Webster]
Fault"-find`er(?), n.One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold. 1913 Webster]
Fault"-find`ing, n.The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj. 1913 Webster]
Fault"ful(?), a.Full of faults or sins.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fault"i*ly(?), adv.In a faulty manner. 1913 Webster]
Fault"i*ness, n.Quality or state of being faulty. 1913 Webster]
Round, even to faultiness.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fault"ing, n.(Geol.)The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. 1913 Webster]
Fault"less, a.Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem. 1913 Webster]
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Pope.
Syn. -- Blameless; spotless; perfect. See Blameless.
-- Fault"less*ly, adv.-Fault"less*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Fault"y(?), a.1.Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. 1913 Webster]
Created once faulty since.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty.2 Sam. xiv. 13. 1913 Webster]
Faun(?), n.[L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.](Rom. Myth.)A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man. 1913 Webster]
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fau"na(?), n.[NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.](Zo\'94l.)The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna. 1913 Webster]
Fau"nal(?), a.Relating to fauna. 1913 Webster]
Fau"nist(?), n.One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.Gilbert White. 1913 Webster]
Fau"sen(?), n.[Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like fl.](Zo\'94l.)A young eel. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fausse`-braye"(?), n.[F. fausse-braie.](Mil.)A second rampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level. 1913 Webster]
Faust(foust). 1.A tragedy by Goethe, commenced in 1772, and published. as \'bdFaust, ein Fragment\'b8 in 1790. Part 1, complete, was published as "Faust, eine TragGoethe. Century Dict. 1906]
2.An opera by Gounod (words, after Goethe, by Carr Century Dict. 1906]
3.An opera by Spohr, first produced at Frankfurt in 1818. The words, which do not follow Goethe's play, are by Bernhard. Century Dict. 1906]
Faust, Faust"usn.an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge. Syn. -- Faust. WordNet 1.5]
Faust, or Faustus(f., Doctor Johann Faust, a person born at Kundling (Knittlingen), WRoda, near Weimar, 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 Christ. 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. Century Dict. 1906]
Faust were gathered from the then recent traditions concerning him in a book which appeared at the book-fair at Frankfurt-on-the-Main 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. A metrical version of it into English was licensed by Aylmer, Bishop of London, 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 Victor Palma Cayet. 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. Marlowe's 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. (Morley, Eng. Writers, IX. 254.) Germany 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. Lessing wrote parts of two versions of the story. M, the painter, published two fragments of his dramatized life of Faust in 1778. Goethe's tragedy (which see) was not published till 1808. Klinger published a romance "Faust's Leben, Thaten und HKlingemann published a tragedy on the subject (1815), Heine a ballet "Der Doctor Faust, ein Tanzpoem" (1851), and Lenau an epic "Faust" (1836). W. G. Wills adapted a play from Goethe's "Faust," which Henry Irving produced in 1885. Calderon's play "El Magico Prodigioso " strongly resembles Goethe's and Marlowe's plays, though founded on the legend of St. Cyprian. Century Dict. 1906]
\'d8Fau`teuil"(?), n.[F. See Faldistory.]1.An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy. 1913 Webster]
2.Chair of a presiding officer. 1913 Webster]
Fau"tor(?), n.[L., contr. fr. favitor, fr. favere to be favorable: cf. F. fauteur. See Favor.]A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The king and the fautors of his proceedings.Latimer. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fau`vette"(f, n.[F., dim. fr. fauve fawn-colored.](Zo\'94l.)A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers. 1913 Webster]
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\'d8faux(f, n.; pl.fauces(f.[L.]See Fauces.
\'d8faux` pas"(f. [F. See False, and Pas.]A false step; a mistake or wrong measure;especially,a slip or misstep in social etiquette; a blunder in conduct or manners that causes embarassment; as, he committed the faux pas of mentioning John's former wife. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Fa*vag"i*nous(?), a.[L. favus a honeycomb.]Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb. 1913 Webster]
fa"vel(f, a.[OF. fauvel, favel, dim. of F. fauve; of German oigin. See Fallow, a.]Yellow; fallow; dun. [Obs.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
fa"vel, n.A horse of a favel or dun color. 1913 Webster]
To curry favel. See To curry favor, under Favor, n. 1913 Webster]
fa"vel, n.[OF. favele, fr. L. fabella short fable, dim. of fabula. See Fable.]Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [Obs.] Skeat. 1913 Webster]
\'d8fa*vel"la(?), n.[NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb.](Bot.)A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg\'91. 1913 Webster]
fa*ve"o*late(?), a.[L. favus honeycomb.]Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose. 1913 Webster]
Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive(?)prop. n.. [After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman.]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. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
fa*vil"lous(?), a.[L. favilla sparkling or glowing ashes.]Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Light and favillous particles.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
fa*vo"ni*an(?), a.[L. Favonius the west wind.]Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle. 1913 Webster]
fa"vor(f, n.[Written also favour.][OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh\'bevaya to further, foster, causative of bh to become, be. Cf. Be. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]1.Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. 1913 Webster]
Hath crawled into the favor of the king.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. 1913 Webster]
But found no favor in his lady's eyes.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.Luke ii. 52. 1913 Webster]
3.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. 1913 Webster]
Beg one favor at thy gracious hand.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. 1913 Webster]
I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence.Swift. 1913 Webster]
5.The object of regard; person or thing favored. 1913 Webster]
All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, favor.Milton. 1913 Webster]
6.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, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. 1913 Webster]
Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap.Shak. 1913 Webster]
This boy is fair, of female favor.Shak. 1913 Webster]
8.(Law)Partiality; bias.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
9.A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received. 1913 Webster]
10.pl.Love locks. [Obs.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Challenge to the favoror
Challenge for favor(Law), 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 Principal challenge, under Challenge. --
In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. --
In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. --
To curry favor[see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. --
With one's favor, or
By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission. 1913 Webster]
But, with your favor, I will treat it here.Dryden.
Fa"vor, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Favored(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Favoring.][Written also favour.][Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See Favor, n.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
O happy youth! and favored of the skies.Pope. 1913 Webster]
He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.2 Sam. xx. 11. 1913 Webster]
[The painter] has favored her squint admirably.Swift. 1913 Webster]
2.To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy. 1913 Webster]
3.To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. 1913 Webster]
The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master.Spectator. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*a*ble(f, a.[Written also favourable.][F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]1.Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. 1913 Webster]
Lend favorable ears to our request.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. 1913 Webster]
A place very favorable for the making levies of men.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life.Sir W. Temple. 1913 Webster]
3.Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser.
-- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. 1913 Webster]
The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vored(f, a.1.Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; as, a favored friend. 1913 Webster]
2.Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vored*ly(?), adv.In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1.Arscham. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vored*ness, n.Appearance. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*er(?), n.One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.[Written also favourer.] 1913 Webster]
And come to us as favorers, not as foes.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*ess(?), n.A woman who favors or gives countenance.[Written also fovouress.] 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*ite(?), n.[OF. favorit favored, F. favori, fem. favorite, p. p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to favor. See Favor.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
Committing to a wicked favorite Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar. 1913 Webster]
3.(Sporting)The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*ite, a.Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. \'bdHis favorite argument.\'b8 Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*it*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. favoritisme.]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. 1913 Webster]
A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States.A. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
Fa"vor*less, a.1.Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support. 1913 Webster]
Fa*vose"(?), a.[L. favus honeycomb.]1.(Bot.)Honeycombed. See Faveolate. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)Of or pertaining to the disease called favus. 1913 Webster]
Fav"o*site(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fav`o*si"tes(?), n.[NL. See Favose.](Paleon.)A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fa"vus(?), n.[L., honeycomb.]1.(Med.)A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 1913 Webster]
2.A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila.Mollett. 1913 Webster]
Fawn(?), n.[OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. 1913 Webster]
2.The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.Holland. 1913 Webster]
3.A fawn color. 1913 Webster]
Fawn, a.Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. 1913 Webster]
Fawn, v. i.[Cf. F. faonner.]To bring forth a fawn. 1913 Webster]
Fawn, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fawned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fawning.][OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f\'91gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. 1913 Webster]
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Thou with trembling fear, fawning parasite, obeyest.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fawn, n.A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fawn"-col`ored(?), a.Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown. 1913 Webster]
Fawn"er(?), n.One who fawns; a sycophant. 1913 Webster]
Fawn"ing*ly, adv.In a fawning manner. 1913 Webster]
Fay(?), n.[F. f\'82e. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]A fairy; an elf. \'bdYellow-skirted fays.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Fay, n.[OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fay(f\'be), v. t.[imp. & p. p.fayed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Faying.][OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f\'c7gan to join, unite; akin to OS. f\'d3gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. f\'81gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.](Shipbuilding)To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together. 1913 Webster]
Fay, v. i.(Shipbuilding)To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together. 1913 Webster]
Faying surface, 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. 1913 Webster]
Fay"al*ite(f, n.[So called from the island Fayal.](Min.)A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron. 1913 Webster]
faze(f, v. t.To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed. A variant form of Feeze. \'bdThe perpetual need to learn new software doesn't faze him.\'b8 1913 Webster +PJC ]
feague(f, v. t.[Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. f\'91gja to cleanse, polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.]To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway. 1913 Webster]
fe"al(f, a.[OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fid\'8ale, L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See Faith.]Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
fe"al*ty(f, n.[OE. feaute, OF. feaut\'82, fealt\'82, feelt\'82, feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful. See Feal, and cf. Fidelity.]1.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.Wharton (Law Dict.).Tomlins. 1913 Webster]
2.Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband. 1913 Webster]
He should maintain fealty to God.I. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps fealty of our friends.tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Swore fealty to the new government.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See Homage.Wharton.
Fear(f, n.A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fear, n.[OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f\'bera danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f\'ber harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See Fare.]1.A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread. 1913 Webster]
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us.Locke. 1913 Webster]
Where no hope is left, is left no fear.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.(Script.)(a)Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.(b)Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth. 1913 Webster]
I will put my fear in their hearts.Jer. xxxii. 40. 1913 Webster]
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.Ps. xxxiv. 11. 1913 Webster]
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear.Rom. xiii. 7. 1913 Webster]
3.That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness. 1913 Webster]
There were they in great fear, where no fear was.Ps. liii. 5. 1913 Webster]
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise.Shak. 1913 Webster]
For fear, in apprehension lest. \'bdFor fear you ne'er see chain nor money more.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fear, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Feared(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Fearing.][OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. f to terrify. See Fear, n.]1.To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude. 1913 Webster]
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.Ps. xxiii. 4. 1913 Webster]
With subordinate clause. I greatly fear my money is not safe. Shak. I almost fear to quit your hand. D. Jerrold. 1913 Webster]
2.To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of. 1913 Webster]
Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Ay what else, fear you not her courage?Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Fear their people from doing evil.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.Shak.
Syn. -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate. 1913 Webster]
Fear, v. i.To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil. 1913 Webster]
I exceedingly fear and quake.Heb. xii. 21. 1913 Webster]
Fear"er(f, n.One who fears.Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
Fear"ful(f, a.1.Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. 1913 Webster]
Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidst all their power.Bp. Warburton. 1913 Webster]
2.Inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. 1913 Webster]
What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted?Deut. xx. 8. 1913 Webster]
3.Indicating, or caused by, fear. 1913 Webster]
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. 1913 Webster]
This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God.Deut. xxviii. 58. 1913 Webster]
2.A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment. 1913 Webster]
Fear"some(fa.1.Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] \'bdThis fearsome wind.\'b8 Sir W. Scott 1913 Webster]
2.Easily frightened; timid; timorous. \'bdA silly fearsome thing.\'bd B. Taylor 1913 Webster]
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Fea"si*bil*ity(fn.; pl.Feasibilities(f.[from Feasible]The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility. 1913 Webster]
Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Fea"si*ble(fa.[F. faisable, fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See Fact, Feat.]1.Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable. 1913 Webster]
Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice.Burke. 1913 Webster]
It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions.Beaconsfield. 1913 Webster]
2.Fit to be used or tilled, as land. [R.] R. Trumbull.
Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --Fea"si*bly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Feast(f, n.[OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f\'88te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, F.]1.A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. 1913 Webster]
The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.Ex. xiii. 6. 1913 Webster]
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.Luke ii. 41. 1913 Webster]
feast is called a immovable feast when it always occurs on the same day of the year; otherwise it is called a movable feast. Easter is a notable movable feast. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
Enough is as good as a feast.Old Proverb. 1913 Webster]
Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords.Dan. v. 1. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment. 1913 Webster]
The feast of reason, and the flow of soul.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.
Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival. -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink. 1913 Webster]
Feast, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Feasting.][OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. f\'88ter to celebrate a holiday. See Feast, n.]1.To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals. 1913 Webster]
And his sons went and feasted in their houses.Job. i. 4. 1913 Webster]
2.To be highly gratified or delighted. 1913 Webster]
With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Feast, v. t.1.To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.Hayward. 1913 Webster]
2.To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul. 1913 Webster]
Feast your ears with the music a while.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Feast"er(?), n.1.One who fares deliciously. 1913 Webster]
2.One who entertains magnificently.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Feat(f, n.[OE. fet, OF. fet, fait, F. fait, factum, fr. L. facere, factum, to make or do. Cf. Fact, Feasible, Do.]1.An act; a deed; an exploit. 1913 Webster]
The warlike feats I have done.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity. 1913 Webster]
Feat, v. t.To form; to fashion. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To the more mature, feated them.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Feat, a.[Compar.Feater(?); superl.Featest.][F. fait made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See Feat, n.]Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
Never master had a page . . . so feat.Shak. 1913 Webster]
And look how well my garments sit upon me -- feater than before.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Feat"-bod`ied(?), a.Having a feat or trim body. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Feat"e*ous(?), a.[Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L. facticius made by art.]Dexterous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson.
-- Feat"e*ous*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er(f, n.[OE. fether, AS. fe; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj\'94, Sw. fj\'84der, Dan. fj\'91der, Gr. ptero`n wing, feather, pe`tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. Pen a feather.]1.One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. 1913 Webster]
Down, Quill, Plumage.
2.Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, \'bdBirds of a feather,\'b8 that is, of the same species. [R.] 1913 Webster]
I am not of that feather to shake off Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs. 1913 Webster]
4.A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse. 1913 Webster]
5.One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. 1913 Webster]
6.(Mach. & Carp.)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. 1913 Webster]
7.A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.Knight. 1913 Webster]
8.The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. 1913 Webster]
Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. 1913 Webster]
Feather alum(Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also halotrichite.Ure. --
Feather bed, a bed filled with feathers. --
Feather driver, one who prepares feathers by beating. --
Feather duster, a dusting brush of feathers. --
Feather flower, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. --
Feather grass(Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa pennata) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. --
Feather maker, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. --
Feather ore(Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. --
Feather shot, or
Feathered shot(Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water.Raymond. --
Feather spray(Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. --
Feather star. (Zo\'94l.)See Comatula. --
Feather weight. (Racing)(a)Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.(b)The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing.Youatt.(c)In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to light weight, middle weight, and heavy weight. --
A feather in the capan honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] --
To be in full feather, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] --
To be in high feather, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] --
To cut a feather. (a)(Naut.)To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.(b)To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.] --
To show the white feather, 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. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Feathered(#); p. pr. & vb. n.Feathering.]1.To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. 1913 Webster]
An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing.L'Estrange. 1913 Webster]
2.To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe. 1913 Webster]
A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
3.To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] 1913 Webster]
The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious hours.Loveday. 1913 Webster]
4.To enrich; to exalt; to benefit. 1913 Webster]
They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself.Bacon.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
5.To tread, as a cock.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
To feather one's nest, 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. --
To feather an oar(Naut), 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. --
To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er, v. i.1.To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. 1913 Webster]
2.To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or \'bdfeathers;\'b8 as, the cream feathers. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
3.To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars. 1913 Webster]
The feathering oar returns the gleam.Tickell. 1913 Webster]
Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately.Macmillan's Mag. 1913 Webster]
4.To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form. 1913 Webster]
A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground.Warren. 1913 Webster]
The ripple feathering from her bows.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Feath"ered(?), a.1.Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. 1913 Webster]
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent.Dr. J. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog. 1913 Webster]
4.(Her.)Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-edge`(?), n.1.(Zo\'94l.)The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster. 1913 Webster]
2.Any thin, as on a board or a razor. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-edged`(?), a.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. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-few`(?), n.(Bot.)Feverfew. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-foil`(?), n.[Feather + foil a leaf.](Bot.)An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-head`(?), n.A frivolous or feather-brained person. [Colloq.] H. James. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-head`ed(?), a.Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq.] G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*i*ness(?), n.The state or condition of being feathery. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*ing, n.1.(Arch.)Same as Foliation. 1913 Webster]
2.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 To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t. 1913 Webster]
3.A covering of feathers. 1913 Webster]
Feathering float(Naut.), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. --
Feathering screw(Naut.), 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. --
Feathering wheel(Naut.), 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. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*less, a.Destitute of feathers. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*ly, a.Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er-pat"ed(?), a.Feather-headed; frivolous. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*stitch`(?), n.A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Feath"er-veined`(?), a.(Bot.)Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib. 1913 Webster]
Feath"er*y(?), a.Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Ye feathery people of mid air.Barry Cornwall. 1913 Webster]
Fea"ture(?; 135), n.[OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]1.The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. 1913 Webster]
What needeth it his feature to descrive?Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. 1913 Webster]
It is for homely features to keep home.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.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, one of the features of the landscape. 1913 Webster]
And to her service bind each living creature feature.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
4.A form; a shape. [R.] 1913 Webster]
So scented the grim feature, and upturned Milton. 1913 Webster]
Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
Feaze(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Feazed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Feazing.][Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. f\'91s fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.]To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Feaze, v. t.[See Feese.<-- now faze-->]To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry. [Obs.] insworth. 1913 Webster]
Feaze, n.A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Feaz"ings(?), n. pl.[See Feaze, v. t.](Naut.)The unlaid or ragged end of a rope.Ham. Nav. Encyc. 1913 Webster]
Fe*bric"i*tate(?), v. i.[L. febricitare, fr. febris. See Febrile.]To have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Fe*brif"ic(?), a.[L. febris fever + ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-.]Producing fever.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Fe*brif"u*gal(? , a.[See Febrifuge.]Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever.Boyle. 1913 Webster]
Feb"ri*fuge(?), n.[L. febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from fugere to flee: cf. F. f\'82brifuge. see Febrile, Feverfew.](Med.)A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. -- a.Antifebrile. 1913 Webster]
Fe"brile(?; 277), a.[F. f\'82brile, from L. febris fever. See Fever.]Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Feb"ru*a*ry(?), n.[L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.]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. 1913 Webster]
Feb`ru*a"tion(?), n.[L. februatio. See february.]Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fe"cal(f, a.[Cf. F. f\'82cal. See Feces.]Relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; f\'91cal. 1913 Webster]
Fec"che(?), v. t.To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fe"ces(?), n. pl.dregs; sediment; excrement. See F\'92ces. 1913 Webster]
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Fe"cial(?), a.[L. fetialis belonging to the fetiales, the Roman priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal declaration of war.]Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law.Kent. 1913 Webster]
Fe"ci*fork`(?), n.[Feces + fork.](Zo\'94l.)The anal fork on which the larv\'91 of certain insects carry their f\'91ces. 1913 Webster]
Feck"less(?), a.[Perh. a corruption of effectless.]Spiritless; weak; worthless. [Scot] 1913 Webster]
The feck, the greater or larger part. \'bdThe feck o' my life.\'b8 Burns. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fecks(?), n.A corruption of the word faith.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fec"u*la(?), n.; pl.Fecul\'92[L.faecula burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. f\'82cule.]Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.Especially:(a)The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.(b)The green matter of plants; chlorophyll. 1913 Webster]
Fec"u*lence(?), n.[L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. f\'82culence.]1.The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs. 1913 Webster]
Fec"u*len*cy(?), n.Feculence. 1913 Webster]
Fec"u*lent(?), a.[L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. f\'82culent. See Fecula.]Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid. 1913 Webster]
Both his hands most filthy feculent.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Fec"und(?), a.[L. fecundus, from the root of fetus: cf. F. f\'82cond. see Fetus.]Fruitful in children; prolific.Graunt. 1913 Webster]
Fec"un*date(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fecundated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fecundating(?).][L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.]1.To make fruitful or prolific.W. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. 1913 Webster]
Fec`un*da"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. f\'82condation.](Biol.)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. 1913 Webster]
Fe*cun"di*fy(?), v. t.[Fecund + -fy.]To make fruitful; to fecundate.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Fe*cun"di*ty(?), n.[L. fecunditas: cf. F. f\'82condit\'82. See Fecund.]1.The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. 1913 Webster]
2.The power of germinating; as in seeds. 1913 Webster]
3.The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power.Bentley. 1913 Webster]
fedayeen.; pl.fedayeen. [(1950-1955). Ar. fid, one who sacrifices himself.]a member of an Arab paramilitary organization, predominantly Palestinian, which performs commando raids, especially against Israel or Israeli targets. Usually used in the plural. PJC]
fedelinin.an extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli.[Sometimes spelled fedellini or fedelline.] WordNet 1.5]
Fed"er*al(?), a.[L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. f\'82d\'82ral. see Faith.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia.Grew. 1913 Webster]
2.Specifically:(a)Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.(b)Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.(c)Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. 1913 Webster]
Federal Congress. See under Congress. 1913 Webster]
Fed"er*al, n.See Federalist. 1913 Webster]
Fed"er*al*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ralisme.]The principles of Federalists or of federal union. 1913 Webster]
Fed"er*al*ist, n.[Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliste.]An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), 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. 1913 Webster]
fed"er*al*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Federalized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Federalizing(?).][Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliser.]To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.Barlow. 1913 Webster]
Federal National Mortgage Associationprop. n.A federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages. [acron.] Syn. -- FNMA, Fannie Mae. WordNet 1.5]
fed"er*a*ry(?), n.[See Federal.]A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] hak. 1913 Webster]
Fed"er*ate(?), a.[L. foederatus, p. p. of foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus. See Federal.]United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations. Syn. -- federated. 1913 Webster]
fed"er*at*ed(?), adj.United by compact under a central organization, as governments or commercial organizations. Syn. -- federate. WordNet 1.5]
Fed`er*a"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ration.]1.The act of uniting in a league; confederation. 1913 Webster]
2.A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.Burke. 1913 Webster]
Fed"er*a*tive(?), a.[Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ratif.]Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. \'bdA federative society.\'b8 Burke. 1913 Webster]
fe*do"ra(f, n.A soft felt hat with a crown creased lengthwise. Syn. -- felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby. WordNet 1.5]
Fee(f, n.[OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of \'bdproperty, money,\'b8 arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel. f cattle, property, money, Goth. fa\'a1hu, L. pecus cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa cattle, perh. orig., \'bda fastened or tethered animal,\'b8 from a root signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. Feud, Fief, Fellow, Pecuniary.]1.property; possession; tenure. \'bdLaden with rich fee.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
2.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, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc. 1913 Webster]
To plead for love deserves more fee than hate.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.(Feud. Law)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. 1913 Webster]
4.(Eng. Law)An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. 1913 Webster]
absolute fee, or fee simple, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee tail, which is limited to particular heirs.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
5.(Amer. Law)An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. 1913 Webster]
Fee estate(Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. --
Fee farm(Law), 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.Blackstone. --
Fee farm rent(Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. --
Fee fund(Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. --
Fee simple(Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits. 1913 Webster]
Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.Shak.
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Fee tail(Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs.Burill. 1913 Webster]
Fee(f, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Feed(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Feeing.]To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. 1913 Webster]
The patient . . . fees the doctor.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
There's not a one of them but in his house feed.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fee"ble(f, a.[Compar.Feebler(-bl; superl.Feeblest(-bl.][OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]1.Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. 1913 Webster]
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 1913 Webster]
2.Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. \'bdA lady's feeble voice.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fee"ble, v. t.To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here?Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fee"ble-mind"ed(?), a.Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. \'bdcomfort the feeble-minded.\'b8 1 Thess. v. 14.
Fee"ble*ness, n.The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity. 1913 Webster]
That shakes for age and feebleness.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fee"bly(?), adv.In a feeble manner. 1913 Webster]
The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Feed(f, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fed(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Feeding.][AS. f, fr. f food; akin to OS. f, OFries. f, f, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f\'91, Sw. f\'94da, Dan. f\'94de. Food.]1.To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. 1913 Webster]
If thine enemy hunger, feed him.Rom. xii. 20. 1913 Webster]
Unreasonable creatures feed their young.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. 1913 Webster]
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Feeding him with the hope of liberty.Knolles. 1913 Webster]
3.To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal. 1913 Webster]
4.To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. 1913 Webster]
Thou shalt feed my people Israel.2 Sam. v. 2. 1913 Webster]
Mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed.B. Cornwall. 1913 Webster]
5.To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. 1913 Webster]
Once in three years feed your mowing lands.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
6.To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler. 1913 Webster]
7.(Mach.)(a)To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.(b)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). 1913 Webster]
Feed, v. i.1.To take food; to eat. 1913 Webster]
Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not feed.De Foe. 1913 Webster]
2.To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon. 1913 Webster]
Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. \'bdHe feeds upon the cooling shade.\'b8 Spenser. 1913 Webster]
4.To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze. 1913 Webster]
If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field.Ex. xxii. 5. 1913 Webster]
Feed(?), n.1.That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. 1913 Webster]
2.A grazing or pasture ground.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats. 1913 Webster]
4.A meal, or the act of eating. [R.] 1913 Webster]
For such pleasure till that hour feed or fountain never had I found.Milton. 1913 Webster]
5.The water supplied to steam boilers. 1913 Webster]
6.(Mach.)(a)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.(b)The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.(c)The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. 1913 Webster]
Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. --
Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. --
Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. --
Feed head. (a)A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler.(b)(Founding)An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or headKnight. --
Feed heater. (a)(Steam Engine)A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.(b)A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. --
Feed motion, or
Feed gear(Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. --
Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. --
Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. --
Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder.Knight. --
Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. --
Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. --
Feed wheel(Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8. 1913 Webster]
feedbackn.1.the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input. WordNet 1.5]
2.response to an inquiry or experiment. WordNet 1.5]
feedbag, feed bagn.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. Syn. -- nosebag. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Feed"er(?), n.1.One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. 1913 Webster]
A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
2.One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. \'bdThe feeder of my riots.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. 1913 Webster]
With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.One who fattens cattle for slaughter. 1913 Webster]
5.A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. 1913 Webster]
6.A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line. 1913 Webster +PJC]
7.(Mining)(a)A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.Ure.(b)A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.Raymond. 1913 Webster]
8.(Mach.)An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. 1913 Webster]
9.(Steam Engine)A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. 1913 Webster]
Feed"ing, n.1.the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is eaten; food. 1913 Webster]
3.That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. 1913 Webster]
Feeding bottle. See under Bottle. 1913 Webster]
Fee`-faw`-fum"(?), n.A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. \'bdImpudent fee-faw-fums.\'b8 J. H. Newman. 1913 Webster]
Fee"jee(?), a. & n.(Ethnol.)See Fijian. 1913 Webster]
Feel(f, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Felt(f; p. pr. & vb. n.Feeling.][AS. f; akin to OS. gif to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. f\'81hlen, Icel. f\'belma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm palm of the hand, L. palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
Who feel Creecn. 1913 Webster]
2.To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out. 1913 Webster]
Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son.Gen. xxvii. 21. 1913 Webster]
He hath this to feel my affection to your honor.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain. 1913 Webster]
Teach me to feel another's woe.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing.Eccl. viii. 5. 1913 Webster]
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt.Byron. 1913 Webster]
4.To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of. 1913 Webster]
For then, and not till then, he felt himself.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
To feel the helm(Naut.), to obey it. 1913 Webster]
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Feel(?), v. i.1.To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body. 1913 Webster]
2.To have the sensibilities moved or affected. 1913 Webster]
[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron. Burke. 1913 Webster]
And mine as man, who feel for all mankind.Pope. 1913 Webster]
3.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, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded. 1913 Webster]
I then did feel full sick.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving. 1913 Webster]
Garlands . . . which I feel Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.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. 1913 Webster]
Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
To feel after, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a person groping in the dark. \'bdIf haply they might feel after him, and find him.\'b8 Acts xvii. 27.
To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth.Hazlitt. 1913 Webster]
2.A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel. 1913 Webster]
The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the feel.S. Sharp. 1913 Webster]
Feel"er(?), n.1.One who, or that which, feels. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)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. 1913 Webster]
Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antenn\'91.Derham. 1913 Webster]
3.Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative. 1913 Webster]
Feel"ing, a.1.Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart. 1913 Webster]
2.Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs. 1913 Webster]
Feel"ing, n.1.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. 1913 Webster]
Why was the sight feeling, through all parts diffused?Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
The apprehension of the good Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.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, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling. 1913 Webster]
4.Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility. 1913 Webster]
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.Garrick. 1913 Webster]
Tenderness for the feelings of others.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
5.That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator.Fairholt.
Feel"ing*ly, adv.In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically. 1913 Webster]
Feere(?), n.[See Fere, n.]A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Feese(?), n.[Cf. OE. fesien to put to flight, AS. f\'c7sian, f\'dfsian, f\'dfsan, fr. f\'d4s, prompt, willing.]The short run before a leap. [Obs.] Nares. 1913 Webster]
Feet"less, a.Destitute of feet; as, feetless birds. 1913 Webster]
Feeze(?), v. t.[For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese.]1.To turn, as a screw. [Scot] Jamieson. 1913 Webster]
2.To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also feaze, feize, pheese.]Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
To feeze up, to work into a passion. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Feeze, n.Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Feh"ling(?), n.(Chem.)See Fehling's solution, under Solution. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fehm(?), n., \'d8Fehm"ge*richt`(, n.Same as Vehm, Vehmgericht. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Feh"mic(?), a.See Vehmic. 1913 Webster]
Feign(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Feigned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Feigning.][OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]1.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. 1913 Webster]
There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.Neh. vi. 8. 1913 Webster]
The poet feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Feigned(?), a.Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. \'bdA feigned friend.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Ps. xvii. 1.
-- Feign"ed*ly(#), adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly.Jer. iii. 10. 1913 Webster]
Feigned issue(Law), 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.Burill.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
Feign"er(?), n.One who feigns or pretends. 1913 Webster]
Feign"ing, a.That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.
-- Feign"ing*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Feine(?), v. t. & i.To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Feint(?), a.[F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.]Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.Locke. 1913 Webster]
Feint, n.[F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a.]1.That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. 1913 Webster]
Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.Spectator. 1913 Webster]
2.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. 1913 Webster]
Feint, v. i.To make a feint, or mock attack. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fei`tsui"(?), n.(Min.)The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade. 1913 Webster]
Feize(?), v. t.See Feeze, v. t. 1913 Webster]
Fel"an*ders(?), n. pl.See Filanders.
{ Feld"spar`(?), Feld"spath`(?) }, n.[G. feldspath; feld field + spath spar.](Min.)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. 1913 Webster]
orthoclastic) species orthoclase or common potash feldspar, and the rare hyalophane or baryta feldspar; also the triclinic species (called in general plagioclase) microcline, like orthoclase a potash feldspar; anorthite or lime feldspar; albite or soda feldspar; also intermediate between the last two species, labradorite, andesine, oligoclase, 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.
{ Feld*spath"ic(?), Feld*spath"ose(?) }, a.Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar. 1913 Webster]
Fele(?), a.[AS. fela, feola; akin to G. viel, gr. Full, a.]Many. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Fe*lic"ify(?), v. t.[L. felix happy + -fy.]To make happy; to felicitate. [Obs.] Quarles. 1913 Webster]
Fe*lic"i*tate(?), a.[L. felicitatus, p. p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See felicity.]Made very happy. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
I am alone felicitate Shak. 1913 Webster]
Fe*lic"i*tate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Felicitated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.felicitating.][Cf. F. f\'82liciter.]1.To make very happy; to delight. 1913 Webster]
What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit.I. Watts. 1913 Webster]
2.To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. 1913 Webster]
Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom.W. Howitt.
Syn. -- See Congratulate. 1913 Webster]
Fe*lic`i*ta"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. f\'82licitation.]The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation. 1913 Webster]
Fe*lic"i*tous(?), a.Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. 1913 Webster]
Felicitous words and images.M. Arnold.
-- Fe*lic"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Fe*lic"i*tous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
fe*lic"i*tous*nessn.a pleasing and appropriate manner or style, especially of expression. Syn. -- felicity. WordNet 1.5]
Fe*lic"i*ty(?), n.; pl.Felicities(#).[OE. felicite, F. f\'82licit\'82, fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.]1.The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. 1913 Webster]
Our own felicity we make or find.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity.Book of Common Prayer. 1913 Webster]
2.That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. 1913 Webster]
the felicities of her wonderful reign.Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
3.A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. \'bdFelicity of expression.\'b8 Bp. Warburton.
felidn.any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws; a member of the Felidae. Syn. -- feline. WordNet 1.5]
Felidaen.a natural family of lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, including the cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers. Syn. -- family Felidae. WordNet 1.5]
Fe"line(?), a.[L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f\'82lin. See Fetus.]1.(Zo\'94l.)Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felid\'91; as, the feline race; feline voracity. 1913 Webster]
2.Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Fe"lis(?), n.[L., cat.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals. 1913 Webster]
Fell(?), imp. of Fall. 1913 Webster]
Fell, a.[OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.]1.Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. 1913 Webster]
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.Shak. 1913 Webster]