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<p><point26>F.</point26></p>
<p><hw>F</hw> (&ebreve;f). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>F is the sixth
letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form
and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the
Greek digamma &?;, which probably had the value of English <i>w</i>
consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the
Phœnician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.
Etymologically <i>f</i> is most closely related to <i>p</i>,
<i>k</i>, <i>v</i>, and <i>b</i>; as in E. <i>f</i>ive, Gr.
<grk>pe`nte</grk>; E. wol<i>f</i>, L. lu<i>p</i>us, Gr.
<grk>ly`kos</grk>; E. <i>f</i>ox, <i>v</i>ixen ; <i>f</i>ragile,
<i>b</i>reak; <i>f</i>ruit, <i>b</i>rook, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>; E.
<i>b</i>ear, L. <i>f</i>erre. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>,
§§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The name of the fourth tone
of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F ♯) is a tone
intermediate between F and G.</def></p>
<p><col><b>F clef</b></col>, <cd>the bass clef. See under
<u>Clef</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa</hw> (fä), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the
diatonic scale in solmization.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
tone F.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*ba"ceous</hw> (f&adot;*bā"shŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fabaceus</i>, fr. <i>faba</i> bean.]
<def>Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fa*bel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fabellae</b></plw> (-l&?;). [NL., dim. of L. <i>faba</i> a
bean.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated
behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Fabianus</i>,
<i>Fabius</i>, belonging to Fabius.] <def>Of, pertaining to, or in
the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus;
cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fabian policy</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw> (fā"b'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>fabula</i>, fr. <i>fari</i> to speak, say. See <u>Ban</u>, and cf.
<u>Fabulous</u>, <u>Fame</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A Feigned
story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration
intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See
the Note under <u>Apologue</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Jotham's <i>fable</i> of the trees is the oldest
extant.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The plot, story, or connected series of
events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The moral is the first business of the poet; this
being formed, he contrives such a design or <i>fable</i> as may be
most suitable to the moral.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any story told to excite wonder; common
talk; the theme of talk.</def> "Old wives' <i>fables</i>. " <i>1
Tim. iv. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>We grew<BR>
The <i>fable</i> of the city where we dwelt.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fiction; untruth; falsehood.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It would look like a <i>fable</i> to report that this
gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fabled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fabling</u> (?).] <def>To compose fables; hence, to write or speak
fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.</def> "He <i>Fables</i>
not." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Vain now the tales which <i>fabling</i> poets
tell.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>fables</i>, yet speaks truth.</blockquote> <i>M.
Arnold.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To feign; to invent;
to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of
falsely.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The hell thou <i>fablest</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"bler</hw> (fā"bl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or
falsehoods.</def> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fa`bli`au"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fabliaux</b></plw> (-&osl;"). [F., fr. OF. <i>fablel</i>,
dim. of <i>fable</i> a fable.] <i>(Fr. Lit.)</i> <def>One of the
metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north
of France.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fabrica</i>
fabric, workshop: cf. F. <i>fabrique</i> fabric. See <u>Forge</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The structure of anything; the manner in
which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as
cloth of a beautiful <i>fabric</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is fabricated</def>; as:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Framework; structure; edifice;
building.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Anon out of the earth a <i>fabric</i> huge<BR>
Rose like an exhalation.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit
from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as,
silks or other <i>fabrics</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of constructing;
construction.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the
<i>fabric</i> of the churches for the poor.</blockquote>
<i>Milman.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Any system or structure consisting of
connected parts; as, the <i>fabric</i> of the universe.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The whole vast <i>fabric</i> of society.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fabricked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fabricking</u>.] <def>To frame; to build; to construct.</def>
[Obs.] "<i>Fabric</i> their mansions." <i>J. Philips.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ri*cant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>One who
fabricates; a manufacturer.</def> <i>Simmonds.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ri*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Fabricated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Fabricating</u> (?).] [L. <i>fabricatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>fabricari</i>, <i>fabricare</i>, to frame, build, forge, fr.
<i>fabrica</i>. See <u>Fabric</u>, <u>Farge</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to
construct; to build; as, to <i>fabricate</i> a bridge or
ship.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To form by art and labor; to manufacture;
to produce; as, to <i>fabricate</i> woolens.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To invent and form; to forge; to devise
falsely; as, to <i>fabricate</i> a lie or story.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our books were not <i>fabricated</i> with an
accomodation to prevailing usages.</blockquote> <i>Paley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab`ri*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fabricatio</i>; cf. F. <i>fabrication</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction;
manufacture; as, the <i>fabrication</i> of a bridge, a church, or a
government.</def> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as,
the story is doubtless a <i>fabrication</i>.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Fiction</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One who
fabricates; one who constructs or makes.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fabricator</i> of the works of
Ossian.</blockquote> <i>Mason.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tress</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A woman
who fabricates.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fab"rile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fabrilis</i>,
fr. <i>faber</i> workman. See <u>Forge</u>.] <def>Pertaining to a
workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, <i>fabrile</i>
skill.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fab"u*list</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fabuliste</i>, fr. L. <i>fabula</i>. See <u>Fable</u>.] <def>One
who invents or writes fables.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fab"u*lize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Fabulized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Fabulizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>fabuliser</i>. See
<u>Fable</u>.] <def>To invent, compose, or relate fables or
fictions.</def> <i>G. S. Faber.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab`u*los"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fabulositas</i>: cf. F. <i>fabulosité</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fabulousness.</def> [R.] <i>Abp.
Abbot.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A fabulous or fictitious story.</def> [R.]
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fab"u*lous</hw> (făb"&usl;*lŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fabulosus</i>; cf. F. <i>fabuleux</i>.
See <u>Fable</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Feigned, as a story or
fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as,
a <i>fabulous</i> description; a <i>fabulous</i> hero.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fabulous</i> birth of Minerva.</blockquote>
<i>Chesterfield.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a
<i>fabulous</i> price.</def> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fabulous age</b></col>, <cd>that period in the history of
a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the <i>fabulous</i> age of Greece and Rome.</cd></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fab"u*lous*ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fab"u*lous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fab"ur*den</hw> (făb"ŭr*d<i>e</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>faux bourdon</i>. See <u>False</u>, and
<u>Burden</u> a verse.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A species of counterpoint with a drone
bass.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A succession of chords of the
sixth.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A monotonous refrain.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac</hw> (făk), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Abbrev. of
<i>facsimile</i>.] <def>A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the
early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other
divisions of a book.</def> <i>Brande & C.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fa`çade"</hw> (f&adot;`s&adot;d" <i>or</i>
f&adot;`sād"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. It.
<i>facciata</i>, fr. <i>faccia</i> face, L. <i>facies</i>. See
<u>Face</u>.] <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The front of a building; esp., the
principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church
is said to have its <i>façade</i> unfinished, though the
interior may be in use.</def></p>
<p><hw>Face</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., from L. <i>facies</i>
form, shape, face, perh. from <i>facere</i> to make (see
<u>Fact</u>); or perh. orig. meaning <i>appearance</i>, and from a
root meaning <i>to shine</i>, and akin to E. <i>fancy</i>. Cf.
<u>Facetious</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The exterior form or
appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view;
especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which
particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A mist . . . watered the whole <i>face</i> of the
ground.</blockquote> <i>Gen. ii. 6.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal
<i>face</i>.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That part of a body, having several sides,
which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a
certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube
has six <i>faces</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal
flat surface of a part or object.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>That
part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects
beyond the pitch line.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The width of a
pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog
wheel of ten inches <i>face</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate,
etc.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The style or cut of a type or
font of type.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Outside appearance; surface show; look;
external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To set a <i>face</i> upon their own malignant
design.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>This would produce a new <i>face</i> of things in
Europe.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>We wear a <i>face</i> of joy, because<BR>
We have been glad of yore.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>That part of the head, esp. of man, in
which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage;
countenance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the sweat of thy <i>face</i> shalt thou eat
bread.</blockquote> <i>Gen. iii. 19.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Cast of features; expression of
countenance; look; air; appearance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We set the best <i>face</i>on it we
could.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Astrol.)</i> <def>Ten degrees in extent of
a sign of the zodiac.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Maintenance of the countenance free from
abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness;
effrontery.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This is the man that has the <i>face</i> to charge
others with false citations.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>Presence; sight; front; as in the
phrases, <i>before the face of</i>, in the immediate presence of;
<i>in the face of</i>, before, in, or against the front of; as, to
fly <i>in the face of</i> danger; <i>to the face of</i>, directly to;
<i>from the face of</i>, from the presence of.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>Mode of regard, whether favorable or
unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord make his <i>face</i> to shine upon
thee.</blockquote> <i>Num. vi. 25.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>My <i>face</i> [favor] will I turn also from
them.</blockquote> <i>Ezek. vii. 22.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The end or wall of the
tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was
last done.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>The exact amount expressed
on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any
addition for interest or reduction for discount.</def>
<i>McElrath.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Face</i> is used either adjectively or as part of a
compound; as, <i>face</i> guard or <i>face</i>-guard; <i>face</i>
cloth; <i>face</i> plan or <i>face</i>-plan; <i>face</i> hammer.</p>
<p><col><b>Face ague</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a form of
neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at
intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing
convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also
<i>tic douloureux</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Face card</b></col>, <cd>one
of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the
king, queen, or jack.</cd> -- <col><b>Face cloth</b></col>, <cd>a
cloth laid over the face of a corpse.</cd> -- <col><b>Face
guard</b></col>, <cd>a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by
workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal,
stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face
hammer</b></col>, <cd>a hammer having a flat face.</cd> --
<col><b>Face joint</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a joint in the face
of a wall or other structure.</cd> -- <col><b>Face mite</b></col>
<i>(Zoöll.)</i>, <cd>a small, elongated mite (<i>Demdex
folliculorum</i>), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.</cd>
-- <col><b>Face mold</b></col>, <cd>the templet or pattern by which
carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from
boards, sheet metal, ect.</cd> -- <col><b>Face plate</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Turning)</i> <cd>A plate attached to the
spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be
attached.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A covering plate for an
object, to receive wear or shock.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>A true
plane for testing a dressed surface.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> --
<col><b>Face wheel</b></col>. <i>(Mach.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A crown wheel.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A Wheel whose disk
face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.</cd></p>
<p> <col><b>Cylinder face</b></col> <i>(Steam Engine)</i>, <cd>the
flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.</cd> --
<col><b>Face of an anvil</b></col>, <cd>its flat upper surface.</cd>
-- <col><b>Face of a bastion</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>the part
between the salient and the shoulder angle.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of
coal</b></col> <i>(Mining)</i>, <cd>the principal cleavage plane, at
right angles to the stratification.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a
gun</b></col>, <cd>the surface of metal at the muzzle.</cd> --
<col><b>Face of a place</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>the front
comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring
bastions.</cd> <i>Wilhelm.</i> -- <col><b>Face of a square</b></col>
<i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a
square.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a</b></col> <col><b>watch, clock,
compass, card etc.</b></col>, <cd>the dial or graduated surface on
which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass,
etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face to face</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the
accused <i>face to face</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Without the
interposition of any body or substance.</cd> "Now we see through a
glass darkly; but then <i>face to face</i>." 1 <i>Cor. xiii. 12.</i>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>With the faces or finished surfaces turned
inward or toward one another; <i>vis à vis</i>; -- opposed to
<i>back to back</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fly in the face of</b></col>,
<cd>to defy; to brave; to withstand.</cd> -- <col><b>To make a
face</b></col>, <cd>to distort the countenance; to make a
grimace.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Face</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Faced</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Facing</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To meet in front; to
oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of
stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to <i>face</i>
an enemy in the field of battle.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I'll <i>face</i><BR>
This tempest, and deserve the name of king.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To Confront impudently; to
bully.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will neither be <i>faced</i>nor braved.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To stand opposite to; to stand with the
face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the
general <i>faced</i> the park.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He gained also with his forces that part of Britain
which <i>faces</i> Ireland.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cover in front, for ornament,
protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building <i>faced</i>
with marble.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To line near the edge, esp. with a
different material; as, to <i>face</i> the front of a coat, or the
bottom of a dress.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To cover with better, or better appearing,
material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the
surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>To make the surface of
(anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,
etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as
distinguished from the cylindrical surface.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To cause to turn or present a face or
front, as in a particular direction.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To face down</b></col>, <cd>to put down by bold or
impudent opposition.</cd> "He <i>faced</i> men <i>down</i>."
<i>Prior.</i> -- <col><b>To face (a thing) out</b></col>, <cd>to
persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of
conduct.</cd> "That thinks with oaths <i>to face</i> the matter
<i>out</i>." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Face</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.</def> "To lie, to
<i>face</i>, to forge." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To turn the face; as, to <i>face</i> to
the right or left.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Face</i> about, man; a soldier, and
afraid!</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To present a face or front.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faced</hw> (fāst), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
(such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-<i>faced</i>, two-
<i>faced</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"cer</hw> (fā"s&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who faces; one who puts on a false show;
a bold-faced person.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor
<i>fasers</i>.</blockquote> <i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence,
any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.</def>
[Collog.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had
hollowed when I got a <i>facer</i>.</blockquote> <i>C.
Kingsley.</i></p>
<p><! p. 536 !></p>
<p><hw>Fac"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>facette</i>, dim.
of <i>face</i> face. See <u>Face</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
little face; a small, plane surface; as, the <i>facets</i> of a
diamond.</def> [Written also <i>facette</i>.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A smooth circumscribed
surface; as, the articular <i>facet</i> of a bone.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The narrow plane surface
between flutings of a column.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the numerous
small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and
crustaceans.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"et</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Faceted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faceting</u>.] <def>To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to
<i>facet</i> a diamond.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cete"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>facetus</i>
elegant, fine, facetious; akin to <i>facies</i>. See <u>Face</u>, and
cf. <u>Facetious</u>.] <def>Facetious; witty; humorous.</def>
[Archaic] "A <i>facete</i> discourse." <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>"How to interpose" with a small, smart remark,
sentiment <i>facete</i>, or unctuous anecdote.</blockquote> <i>Prof.
Wilson.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fa*cete"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fa*cete"ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fac"et*ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
facets.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fa*ce"ti*æ</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.,
fr. <i>facetus</i>. See <u>Facete</u>.] <def>Witty or humorous
writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*ce"tious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>facétieux</i>. See <u>Facetiæ</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive;
jocular; as, a <i>facetious</i> companion.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by wit and pleasantry;
exciting laughter; as, a <i>facetious</i> story or reply.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fa*ce"tious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fa*ce"tious*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cette"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>See
<u>Facet</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Face"work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The material of
the outside or front side, as of a wall or building;
facing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ci*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>See
<u>Fascia</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"cial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL. <i>facialis</i>,
fr. L. <i>facies</i> face : cf. F. <i>facial</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to the face; as, the <i>facial</i> artery, vein, or
nerve.</def> -- <wf>Fa"cial*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><col><b>Facial angle</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the angle, in a
skull, included between a straight line (<i>ab</i>, in the
illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the
front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (<i>cd</i>) from this
point to the center of the external auditory opening. See <i>Gnathic
index</i>, under <u>Gnathic</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ci*end</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From neut. of L.
<i>faciendus</i>, gerundive of <i>facere</i> to do.] <i>(Mach.)</i>
<def>The multiplicand. See <u>Facient</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"cient</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>faciens</i>, --
<i>entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>facere</i> to make, do. See <u>Fact</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who does anything, good or bad; a doer;
an agent.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bp. Hacket.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One of
the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The multiplier.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The terms <i>facient</i>, <i>faciend</i>, and
<i>factum</i>, may imply that the multiplication involved is not
ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or,
in general, any mathematical operation. See
<u>Multiplication</u>.</p>
<p><hw>||Fa"ci*es</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., from, face. See
<u>Face</u>.]</p>
<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The anterior part of the head; the
face.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>The general aspect or habit
of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its
adaptation to its environment.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The face of a bird, or
the front of the head, excluding the bill.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Facies Hippocratica</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Hippocratic</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fac"ile</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>facilis</i>,
prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr.
<i>facere</i> to make, do: cf. F. <i>facile</i>. Srr <u>Fact</u>, and
cf. <u>Faculty</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Easy to be done or
performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little
labor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Order . . . will render the work <i>facile</i> and
delightful.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily
conquerable; readily mastered.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>facile</i> gates of hell too slightly
barred.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Easy of access or converse; mild;
courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable;
complaisant.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I meant she should be courteous, <i>facile</i>,
sweet.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding;
ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Since Adam, and his <i>facile</i> consort Eve,<BR>
Lost Paradise, deceived by me.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so
<i>facile</i> a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on
the king's highway.</blockquote> <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Ready; quick; expert; as, he is
<i>facile</i> in expedients; he wields a <i>facile</i> pen.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fac"ile*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fac"ile*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cil"i*tate</hw> (f&adot;*s&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*tāt),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Facilitated</u> (-tā`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Facilitating</u> (-tā`t&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. F.
<i>faciliter</i>. See <u>Facility</u>.] <def>To make easy or less
difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor
of; as, to <i>facilitate</i> the execution of a task.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To invite and <i>facilitate</i> that line of
proceeding which the times call for.</blockquote> <i>I.
Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cil`i*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act
of facilitating or making easy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cil"i*ty</hw> (f&adot;*s&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Facilities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [L. <i>facilitas</i>, fr. <i>facilis</i> easy: cf. F.
<i>facilité</i>. See <u>Facile</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty;
ease; as, the <i>facility</i> of an operation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>facility</i> with which government has been
overturned in France.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Ease in performance; readiness proceeding
from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful
<i>facility</i> in executing works of art.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or
compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It is a great error to take <i>facility</i> for good
nature.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Easiness of access; complaisance;
affability.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Offers himself to the visits of a friend with
<i>facility</i>.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>That which promotes the ease of any action
or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the
plural; as, special <i>facilities</i> for study.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity;
complaisance; condescension; affability. -- <u>Facility</u>,
<u>Expertness</u>, <u>Readiness</u>. These words have in common the
idea of performing any act with ease and promptitude. <i>Facility</i>
supposes a natural or acquired power of dispatching a task with
lightness and ease. <i>Expertness</i> is the kind of facility
acquired by long practice. <i>Readiness</i> marks the promptitude
with which anything is done. A merchant needs great <i>facility</i>
in dispatching business; a banker, great <i>expertness</i> in casting
accounts; both need great <i>readiness</i> in passing from one
employment to another. "The <i>facility</i> which we get of doing
things by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our
notice." <i>Locke.</i> "The army was celebrated for the
<i>expertness</i> and valor of the soldiers." "A <i>readiness</i> to
obey the known will of God is the surest means to enlighten the mind
in respect to duty."</p>
<p><hw>Fa"cing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior
covering or sheathing; as, the <i>facing</i> of an earthen slope, sea
wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed
surface.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A lining placed near the edge of a garment
for ornament or protection.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The finishing of any face
of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly
composed, or the coating or material so used.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Founding)</i> <def>A powdered substance, as
charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or
mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to
the casting.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>pl.</i>
<def>The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color
different from that of the coat.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or
about; -- chiefly in the <i>pl.</i></def></p>
<p><col><b>Facing brick</b></col>, <cd>front or pressed
brick.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa"cing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a facing
manner or position.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*cin"o*rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>facinorous</i>, from <i>facinus</i> deed, bad deed, from
<i>facere</i> to make, do.] <def>Atrociously wicked.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fa*cin"o*rous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fac"ound</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>faconde</i>, L.
<i>facundia</i>. See <u>Facund</u>.] <def>Speech; eloquence.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Her <i>facound</i> eke full womanly and
plain.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac*sim"i*le</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Facsimiles</b></plw> (-l&?;z). [L. <i>fac simile</i> make
like; or an abbreviation of <i>factum simile</i> made like;
<i>facere</i> to make + <i>similes</i> like. See <u>Fact</u>, and
<u>Simile</u>.] <def>A copy of anything made, either so as to be
deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an
exact copy or likeness.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Facsimile telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a telegraphic apparatus
reproducing messages in autograph.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fac*sim"i*le</hw>, (&?;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make
a facsimile of.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fact</hw> (făkt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>factum</i>, fr. <i>facere</i> to make or do. Cf. <u>Feat</u>,
<u>Affair</u>, <u>Benefit</u>, <u>Defect</u>, <u>Fashion</u>, and
<u>-fy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A doing, making, or
preparing.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>A project for the <i>fact</i> and vending<BR>
Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An effect produced or achieved; anything
done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a
circumstance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>What might instigate him to this devilish <i>fact</i>,
I am not able to conjecture.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He who most excels in <i>fact</i> of
arms.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in
<i>fact</i>, excelled all the rest; the <i>fact</i> is, he was
beaten.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The assertion or statement of a thing done
or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a
transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a
thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false
<i>facts</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I do not grant the <i>fact</i>.</blockquote> <i>De
Foe.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>This reasoning is founded upon a <i>fact</i> which is
not true.</blockquote> <i>Roger Long.</i></p>
<p>&fist; The term <i>fact</i> has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in
contrast with <i>law</i>; as, attorney at <i>law</i>, and attorney in
<i>fact</i>; issue in <i>law</i>, and issue in <i>fact</i>. There is
also a grand distinction between <i>law</i> and <i>fact</i> with
reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the
latter generally determining the <i>fact</i>, the former the
<i>law</i>. <i>Burrill</i> <i>Bouvier.</i><BR>
[1913 Webster]</p>
<p><col><b>Accessary before</b></col>, or <col><b>after</b></col>,
<col><b>the fact</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Accessary</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Matter of fact</b></col>, <cd>an actual occurrence; a verity;
used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative;
as, a <i>matter-of-fact</i> narration.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident;
occurrence; circumstance.</p>
<p><hw>Fac"tion</hw> (făk"shŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>factio</i> a doing, a company of persons acting together, a
faction: cf. F. <i>faction</i> See <u>Fashion</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anc. Hist.)</i> <def>One of the divisions or
parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games
of the circus.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A party, in political society, combined or
acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; --
usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a
combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own
interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the
common good.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Tumult; discord; dissension.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They remained at Newbury in great <i>faction</i> among
themselves.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Combination; clique; junto. See <u>Cabal</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fac"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>factionnaire</i>, L. <i>factionarius</i> the head of a company of
charioteers.] <def>Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking
sides.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Always <i>factionary</i> on the party of your
general.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of a
faction.</def> <i>Abp. Bancroft.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who promotes
faction.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tious</hw> (?). <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>factiosus</i>:
cf. F. <i>factieux</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Given to faction;
addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to
government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor
against public measures or men; -- said of persons.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Factious</i> for the house of
Lancaster.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to faction; proceeding from
faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or
expressions; as, <i>factious</i> quarrels.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Headlong zeal or <i>factious</i> fury.</blockquote>
<i>Burke.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fac"tious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Fac"tious-
ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fac*ti"tious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>factitius</i>, fr. <i>facere</i> to make. See <u>Fact</u>, and cf.
<u>Fetich</u>.] <def>Made by art, in distinction from what is
produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an
artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard
or rule; not natural; as, <i>factitious</i> cinnabar or jewels; a
<i>factitious</i> taste.</def> -- <wf>Fac-ti"tious*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Fac*ti"tious-ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>He acquires a <i>factitious</i> propensity, he forms
an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading.</blockquote> <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Unnatural. -- <u>Factitious</u>, <u>Unnatural</u>.
Anything is <i>unnatural</i> when it departs in any way from its
simple or normal state; it is <i>factitious</i> when it is wrought
out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a <i>factitious</i>
excitement. An <i>unnatural</i> 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
<i>unnatural</i> alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a
<i>factitious</i> alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.</p>
<p><hw>Fac"ti*tive</hw> (?). <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Fact</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Causing; causative.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Pertaining to that relation
which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely
received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as
when we say, He made the water wine.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>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
<i>factitive</i> object.</blockquote> <i>J. W. Gibbs.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making; having
power to make.</def> [Obs.] "You are . . . <i>factive</i>, not
destructive." <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fac"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [L., ablative of
<i>factum</i> deed, fact.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>In fact; by the act or
fact.</def></p>
<p><col><b>De facto</b></col>. <i>(Law)</i> <cd>See <u>De
facto</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>factor</i> a
doer: cf. F. <i>facteur</i> a factor. See <u>Fact</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who transacts business for
another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who
buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission;
a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a
foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is
intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these
respects he differs from a broker.</def> <i>Story.</i>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>My <i>factor</i> sends me word, a merchant's fled<BR>
That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.</blockquote>
<i>Marlowe.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A steward or bailiff of an estate.</def>
[Scot.] <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>One of the elements or
quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>One of the elements, circumstances, or
influences which contribute to produce a result; a
constituent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The materal and dynamical <i>factors</i> of
nutrition.</blockquote> <i>H. Spencer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Factored</u> (-t?rd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Factoring</u>.] <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>To resolve (a
quantity) into its factors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor*age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>factorage</i>.] <def>The allowance given to a factor, as a
compensation for his services; -- called also a
<i>commission</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor*ess</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A factor who
is a woman.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Fac*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to a factory.</def> <i>Buchanan.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>Related to
factorials.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac*to"ri*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Math.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>pl.</i> <def>A name given to the factors of a
continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same
function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or
decrement <i>h</i> to the independent variable. Thus the product
<i>F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h]</i> is called a
<i>factorial term</i>, and its several factors take the name of
<i>factorials</i>.</def> <i>Brande & C.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The product of the consecutive numbers
from unity up to any given number.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor*ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Math.)</i>
<def>The act of resolving into factors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Factorized</u> (-?zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Factorizing</u> (-?"z?ng).] <i>(Law)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To give warning to; -- said of a person in
whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to
the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of
the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of
the plaintiff.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To attach (the effects
of a debtor) in the hands of a third person ; to garnish. See
<u>Garnish</u>.</def> [Vt. & Conn.]</p>
<p><hw>Fac"tor*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The business of a
factor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Factories</b></plw> (-r&?;z). [Cf. F. <i>factorerie</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A house or place where factors, or commercial
agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.</def> "The
Company's <i>factory</i> at Madras." <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The body of factors in any place; as, a
chaplain to a British <i>factory</i>.</def> <i>W. Guthrie.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A building, or collection of buildings,
appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are
employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as,
a cotton <i>factory</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Factory leg</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a variety of
bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced
in young children by working in factories.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fac*to"tum</hw> (făk*tō"tŭm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Factotums</b></plw> (-
tŭmz). [L., do everything; <i>facere</i> to do + <i>totus</i>
all : cf. F. <i>factotum</i>. See <u>Fact</u>, and <u>Total</u>.]
<def>A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.</def>
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"tu*al</hw> (făk*t&usl;"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Relating to, or containing, facts.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><! p. 537 !></p>
<p><hw>||Fac"tum</hw> (făk"tŭm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Facta</b></plw> (#). [L. See <u>Fact</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A man's own act and deed</def>;
particularly: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Civil Law)</i> <def>Anything
stated and made certain.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Testamentary
Law)</i> <def>The due execution of a will, including everything
necessary to its validity.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>The product. See
<u>Facient</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fac"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>facture</i> a
making, invoice, L. <i>factura</i> a making. See <u>Fact</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or manner of making or doing
anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial
production.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>An invoice or bill of
parcels.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fac"u*læ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L., pl.
<i>of facula</i> a little torch.] <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>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.</def> <i>Newcomb.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"u*lar</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Astron.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the faculæ.</def> <i>R. A.
Proctor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fac"ul*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Faculties</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>facult&?;</i>, L.
<i>facultas</i>, fr. <i>facilis</i> easy (cf. <i>facul</i> easily),
fr. <i>fecere</i> to make. See <u>Fact</u>, and cf. <u>Facility</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or
cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an
original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes
of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of
the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition;
intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, <i>faculties</i> of the
mind or the soul.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>But know that in the soul<BR>
Are many lesser <i>faculties</i> that serve<BR>
Reason as chief.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason !
how infinite in <i>faculty</i> !</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Special mental endowment; characteristic
knack.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He had a ready <i>faculty</i>, indeed, of escaping
from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous
temperament.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Power; prerogative or attribute of
office.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>This Duncan<BR>
Hath borne his <i>faculties</i> so meek.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Privilege or permission, granted by favor
or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license;
dispensation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The pope . . . granted him a <i>faculty</i> to set him
free from his promise.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It had not only <i>faculty</i> to inspect all bishops'
dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit
to alter among the colleges.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A body of a men to whom any specific right
or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four
departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or
Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching
(<i>profitendi</i> or <i>docendi</i>) in the department in which they
had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the
medical <i>faculty</i>; the legal <i>faculty</i>, ect.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Amer. Colleges)</i> <def>The body of person
to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or
university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors,
and tutors in a college.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Dean of faculty</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Dean</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Faculty of advocates</b></col>. <i>(Scot.)</i> <cd>See
under <u>Advocate</u>.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Talent; gift; endowment; dexterity; expertness;
cleverness; readiness; ability; knack.</p>
<p><hw>Fac"und</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>facundus</i>,
fr. <i>fari</i> to speak.] <def>Eloquent.</def> [Archaic]</p>
<p><hw>Fa*cun"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>facundiosus</i>.] <def>Eloquement; full of words.</def>
[Archaic]</p>
<p><hw>Fa*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>facunditas</i>.] <def>Eloquence; readiness of speech.</def>
[Archaic]</p>
<p><hw>Fad</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Faddle</u>.] <def>A
hobby ; freak; whim.</def> -- <wf>Fad"dist</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>It is your favorite <i>fad</i> to draw
plans.</blockquote> <i>G. Eliot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"dle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Fiddle</u>,
<u>Fiddle-faddle</u>.] <def>To trifle; to toy.</def> -- <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To fondle; to dandle.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fade</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., prob. fr. L.
<i>vapidus</i> vapid, or possibly fr,<i>fatuus</i> foolish, insipid.]
<def>Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.</def> [R.] "Passages that
are somewhat <i>fade</i>." <i>Jeffrey.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His masculine taste gave him a sense of something
<i>fade</i> and ludicrous.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fade</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Faded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fading</u>.] [OE. <i>faden</i>, <i>vaden</i>, prob. fr.
<i>fade</i>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>; cf. Prov. D. <i>vadden</i> to
fade, wither, <i>vaddigh languid</i>, <i>torpid</i>. Cf.
<u>Fade</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Vade</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to
perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The earth mourneth and <i>fadeth</i>
away.</blockquote> <i>Is. xxiv. 4.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To lose freshness, color, or brightness;
to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.</def>
"Flowers that never <i>fade</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To sink away; to disappear gradually; to
grow dim; to vanish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The stars shall <i>fade</i> away.</blockquote>
<i>Addison</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He makes a swanlike end,<BR>
<i>Fading</i> in music.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fade</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to wither; to
deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>No winter could his laurels <i>fade</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That has lost
freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.</def> "His <i>faded</i>
cheek." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Where the <i>faded</i> moon<BR>
Made a dim silver twilight.</blockquote> <i>Keats.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"ed*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a faded
manner.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A dull room <i>fadedly</i> furnished.</blockquote>
<i>Dickens.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fade"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not liable to fade;
unfading.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Father.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fadge</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. OE. <i>faden</i>
to flatter, and AS. <i>f&?;gan</i> to join, unit, G.
<i>fügen</i>, or AS. <i>āfægian</i> to depict; all
perh. form the same root as E. <i>fair</i>. Cf. <u>Fair</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Fay</u> to fit.] <def>To fit; to suit; to
agree.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to
<i>fadge</i> together.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Well, Sir, how <i>fadges</i> the new design
?</blockquote> <i>Wycherley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fadge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot.</def> [Prov.
Eng.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Losing freshness,
color, brightness, or vigor.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Loss
of color, freshness, or vigor.</def> -- <wf>Fad"ing*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Fad"ing*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fad"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An Irish dance; also,
the burden of a song.</def> "<i>Fading</i> is a fine jig." [Obs.]
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"me</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fathom.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fad"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Faded.</def> [R.]
<i>Shenstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fæ"cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Fecal</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fæ"ces</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.
<i>faex</i>, pl. <i>faeces</i>, dregs.] <def>Excrement; ordure; also,
settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.</def> [Written
also <i>feces</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>||Fæc"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>See
<u>Fecula</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ër*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & a.</i></pos>
<def>Fairy.</def> [Archaic] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faf"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Famble</u>,
<u>Maffle</u>.] <def>To stammer.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fag</hw> (făg) <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A knot or
coarse part in cloth.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fag</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fagged</u> (făgd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Fagging</u> (făg"g&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. LG.
<i>fakk</i> wearied, weary, <i>vaak</i> slumber, drowsiness, OFries.
<i>fai</i>, equiv. to <i>fāch</i> devoted to death, OS.
<i>fēgi</i>, OHG. <i>feigi</i>, G. <i>feig</i>, <i>feige</i>,
cowardly, Icel. <i>feigr</i> fated to die, AS. <i>f&aemacr;ge</i>,
Scot. <i>faik</i>, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same
word as E. <i>flag</i> to droop.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To become
weary; to tire.</def><BR>
[1913 Webster]</p>
<p><blockquote>Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to
<i>fag</i>.</blockquote> <i>G. Mackenzie.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To labor to wearness; to work hard; to
drudge.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Read, <i>fag</i>, and subdue this
chapter.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To act as a fag, or perform menial
services or drudgery, for another, as in some English
schools.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To fag out</b></col>, <cd>to become untwisted or frayed,
as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fag</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost <i>fagged</i>
out.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything that fatigues.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>It is such a <i>fag</i>, I came back tired to
death.</blockquote> <i>Miss Austen.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Brain fag</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Cerebropathy</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fag"-end"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the
coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope,
ect.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The refuse or meaner part of
anything.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fag-end</i> of business.</blockquote>
<i>Collier.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fag"ging</hw> (făg"g&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at
an English school.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fag"ot</hw> (făg"ŭt) <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
prob. aug. of L. <i>fax</i>, <i>facis</i>, torch, perh. orig., a
bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> bundle, fagot. Cf.
<u>Fagotto</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A bundle of sticks, twigs,
or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries,
filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be
worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a
welding heat; a pile.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A bassoon. See
<u>Fagotto</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A person hired to take the place of
another at the muster of a company.</def> [Eng.] <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An old shriveled woman.</def> [Slang,
Eng.]</p>
<p><col><b>Fagot iron</b></col>, <cd>iron, in bars or masses,
manufactured from fagots.</cd> -- <col><b>Fagot vote</b></col>,
<cd>the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being
made a landholder, for party purposes.</cd> [Political cant,
Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Fag"ot</hw> (?) <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fagoted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fagoting</u>.] <def>To make a fagot of; to bind together in a
fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fa*got"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. See
<u>Fagot</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The bassoon; -- so called from
being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a
small fagot.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fa"ham</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The leaves of an
orchid (<i>Angraecum fragrans</i>), of the islands of Bourbon and
Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese
tea.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fahl"band`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G., fr.
<i>fahl</i> dun-colored + <i>band</i> a band.] <i>(Mining)</i> <def>A
stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.</def>
<i>Raymond.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fahl"erz</hw> (?), <hw>Fahl"band</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G. <i>fahlerz</i>; <i>fahl</i> dun-colored,
fallow + <i>erz</i> ore.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Tetrahedrite</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fah"lun*ite</hw> (fä"lŭn*īt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <i>Fahlun</i>, a place in Sweden.]
<i>(Min.)</i> <def>A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the
alteration of iolite.</def><BR>
[1913 Webster]</p>
<p><hw>Fah"ren*heit</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [G.]
<def>Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel <i>Fahrenheit</i>
in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's
thermometric scale.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The Fahrenheit
thermometer or scale.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The <i>Fahrenheit thermometer</i> is so graduated that the
freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale,
and the boiling point at 212 degrees above. It is commonly used in
the United States and in England.</p>
<p><hw>||Fa`ï*ence"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>Faenza</i>, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]
<def>Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in
color.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fail</hw> (fāl) <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Failed</u> (fāld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Failing</u>.] [F. <i>failir</i>, fr. L.
<i>fallere</i>, <i>falsum</i>, to deceive, akin to E. <i>fall</i>.
See <u>Fail</u>, and cf. <u>Fallacy</u>, <u>False</u>, <u>Fault</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become
deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to
be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut
off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams <i>fail</i>; crops
<i>fail</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>As the waters <i>fail</i> from the sea.</blockquote>
<i>Job xiv. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Till Lionel's issue <i>fails</i>, his should not
reign.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be affected with want; to come short;
to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with
<i>of</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If ever they <i>fail</i> of beauty, this failure is
not be attributed to their size.</blockquote> <i>Berke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To fall away; to become diminished; to
decline; to decay; to sink.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When earnestly they seek<BR>
Such proof, conclude they then begin to <i>fail</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To deteriorate in respect to vigor,
activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man
<i>fails</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To perish; to die; -- used of a
person.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Had the king in his last sickness
<i>failed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To be found wanting with respect to an
action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to
miss; not to fulfill expectation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Take heed now that ye <i>fail</i> not to do
this.</blockquote> <i>Ezra iv. 22.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Either my eyesight <i>fails</i>, or thou look'st
pale.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To come short of a result or object aimed
at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our envious foe hath <i>failed</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To err in judgment; to be
mistaken.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps<BR>
Shall grieve him, if I <i>fail</i> not.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To become unable to meet one's
engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge
one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fail</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to
desert.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There shall not <i>fail</i> thee a man on the
throne.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings ii. 4.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To miss of attaining; to lose.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Though that seat of earthly bliss be
<i>failed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fail</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>faille</i>, from
<i>failir</i>. See <u>Fail</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; --
mostly superseded by <i>failure</i> or <i>failing</i>, except in the
phrase <i>without fail</i>.</def> "His highness' <i>fail</i> of
issue." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Death; decease.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fail"ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of.
<i>faillance</i>, fr. <i>faillir</i>.] <def>Fault; failure;
omission.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bp. Fell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fail"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency;
imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental
<i>failing</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And ever in her mind she cast about<BR>
For that unnoticed <i>failing</i> in herself.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of becoming insolvent of
bankrupt.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Fault</u>.</p>
<p><hw>||Faille</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A soft silk,
heavier than a foulard and not glossy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fail"ure</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Fail</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Cessation of supply, or total defect; a
failing; deficiency; as, <i>failure</i> of rain; <i>failure</i> of
crops.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Omission; nonperformance; as, the
<i>failure</i> to keep a promise.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Want of success; the state of having
failed.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Decay, or defect from decay;
deterioration; as, the <i>failure</i> of memory or of
sight.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy;
suspension of payment; as, <i>failure</i> in business.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A failing; a slight fault.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fain</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fain</i>,
<i>fagen</i>, AS. <i>fægen</i>; akin to OS. <i>fagan</i>, Icel.
<i>faginn</i> glad; AS. <i>fægnian</i> to rejoice, OS.
<i>faganōn</i>, Icel. <i>fagna</i>, Goth. <i>faginōn</i>,
cf. Goth. <i>fahēds</i> joy; and fr. the same root as E.
<i>fair</i>. Srr <u>Fair</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf.
<u>Fawn</u> to court favor.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Well-pleased;
glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Men and birds are <i>fain</i> of climbing
high.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To a busy man, temptation is <i>fain</i>to climb up
together with his business.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Satisfied; contented; also,
constrained.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The learned Castalio was <i>fain</i> to make trechers
at Basle to keep himself from starving.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fain</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With joy; gladly; --
with <i>wold</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He would <i>fain</i> have filled his belly with the
husks that the swine did eat.</blockquote> <i>Luke xv. 16.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fain</i> Would I woo her, yet I dare
not.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fain</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To be glad ; to
wish or desire.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Whoso fair thing does <i>fain</i> to see.</blockquote>
<i>Spencer.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fai`né`ant"</hw> (f&asl;`n&asl;`äN"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.; <i>fait</i> he does + <i>néant</i>
nothing.] <def>Doing nothing; shiftless.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a
sluggard.</def> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint</hw> (fānt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Fainter</u> (-&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Faintest</u>.] [OE. <i>feint</i>,
<i>faint</i>, false, faint, F. <i>feint</i>, p. p. of <i>feindre</i>
to feign, suppose, hesitate. See <u>Feign</u>, and cf. <u>Feint</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to
swoon; as, <i>faint</i> with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy;
timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "<i>Faint</i> heart
ne'er won fair lady."</def> <i>Old Proverb.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible;
striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or
forcible; weak; as, a <i>faint</i> color, or sound.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or
feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as,
<i>faint</i> efforts; <i>faint</i> resistance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>faint</i> prosecution of the war.</blockquote>
<i>Sir J. Davies.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of fainting, or
the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See <u>Fainting</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><blockquote>The saint,<BR>
Who propped the Virgin in her <i>faint</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fainted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fainting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To become weak or wanting
in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control
of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with
<i>away</i>. See <u>Fainting</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><blockquote>Hearing the honor intended her, she <i>fainted</i>
away.</blockquote> <i>Guardian.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>If I send them away fasting . . . they will
<i>faint</i> by the way.</blockquote> <i>Mark viii. 8.</i></p>
<p><! p. 538 !></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To sink into dejection; to lose courage or
spirit; to become depressed or despondent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If thou <i>faint</i> in the day of adversity, thy
strength is small.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xxiv. 10.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To decay; to disappear; to
vanish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, <i>faint</i>
before the eye.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to faint
or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>It <i>faints</i> me to think what
follows.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint"-heart`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wanting in
courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened;
cowardly; timorous; dejected.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Fear not, neither be <i>faint-
hearted</i>.</blockquote> <i>Is. vii. 4.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Faint"-heart`ed*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Faint"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Faint"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Syncope, or loss
of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the
brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the
heat's beat weak.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fainting fit</b></col>, <cd>a fainting or swoon;
syncope.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Faint"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Slightly faint;
somewhat faint.</def> -- <wf>Faint"ish*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Faint"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Timorous;
feeble-minded.</def> [Obs.] "A <i>fainting</i>, silly creature."
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a faint, weak,
or timidmanner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faint"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness,
and self-control.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Want of vigor or energy.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of
distinctness; as, <i>faintness</i> of description.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Faint-heartedness; timorousness;
dejection.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will send a <i>faintness</i> into their
hearts.</blockquote> <i>Lev. xxvi. 36.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faints</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>The impure
spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky;
-- the former being called the <i>strong faints</i>, and the latter,
which is much more abundant, the <i>weak faints</i>. This crude
spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.</def> <i>Ure.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faint"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Feeble;
languid.</def> [R.] <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair</hw> (fâr), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Fairer</u> (?);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Fairest</u>.] [OE. <i>fair</i>,
<i>fayer</i>, <i>fager</i>, AS. <i>fæger</i>; akin to OS. &
OHG. <i>fagar</i>, Icel. <i>fagr</i>, Sw. <i>fager</i>, Dan.
<i>faver</i>, Goth. <i>fagrs</i> fit, also to E. <i>fay</i>, G.
<i>fügen</i>, to fit. <i>fegen</i> to sweep, cleanse, and prob.
also to E. <i>fang</i>, <i>peace</i>, <i>pact</i>, Cf. <u>Fang</u>,
<u>Fain</u>, <u>Fay</u> to fit.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Free from
spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean;
pure.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>fair</i> white linen cloth.</blockquote> <i>Book
of Common Prayer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Pleasing to the eye; handsome;
beautiful.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Who can not see many a <i>fair</i> French city, for
one <i>fair</i> French made.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a
<i>fair</i> skin.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The northern people large and <i>fair</i>-
complexioned.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant;
propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.;
as, a <i>fair</i> sky; a <i>fair</i> day.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You wish <i>fair</i> winds may waft him
over.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Free from obstacles or hindrances;
unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage,
etc.; as, a <i>fair</i> mark; in <i>fair</i> sight; a <i>fair</i>
view.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a
<i>fair</i> way to have enlarged.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Raleigh.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>Without sudden
change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; -- said of the
figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other
lines.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by frankness, honesty,
impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias;
equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a
<i>fair</i> man; <i>fair</i> dealing; a <i>fair</i> statement.</def>
"I would call it <i>fair</i> play." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and
confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When <i>fair</i> words and good counsel will not
prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.</blockquote> <i>L'
Estrange.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Distinct; legible; as, <i>fair</i>
handwriting.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>Free from any marked characteristic;
average; middling; so-so; as, a <i>fair</i> specimen.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The news is very <i>fair</i> and good, my
lord.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fair ball</b></col>. <i>(Baseball)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the
batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines
of his position and facing the batsman.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a
<i>fair hit</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fair maid</b></col>.
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The European pilchard
(<i>Clupea pilchardus</i>) when dried.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>The southern scup (<i>Stenotomus Gardeni</i>).</cd> [Virginia] --
<col><b>Fair one</b></col>, <cd>a handsome woman; a beauty,</cd> --
<col><b>Fair play</b></col>, <cd>equitable or impartial treatment; a
fair or equal chance; justice.</cd> -- <col><b>From fair to
middling</b></col>, <cd>passable; tolerable.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col><b>The fair sex</b></col>, <cd>the female sex.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest;
equitable; impartial; reasonable. See <u>Candid</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Clearly; openly;
frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously;
agreeably.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fair and square</b></col>, <cd>justly; honestly;
equitably; impartially.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>To bid
fair</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Bid</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To speak
fair</b></col>, <cd>to address with courtesy and frankness.</cd>
[Archaic]</p>
<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Fairness, beauty.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A fair woman; a sweetheart.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I have found out a gift for my
<i>fair</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shenstone.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Good fortune; good luck.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Now <i>fair</i> befall thee !</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>The fair</b></col>, <cd>anything beautiful; women,
collectively.</cd> "For slander's mark was ever yet <i>the fair</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
make fair or beautiful.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fairing</i> the foul.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>To make smooth and
flowing, as a vessel's lines.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fair</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>feire</i>, OF.
<i>feire</i>, F. <i>foire</i>, fr. L. <i>fariae</i>, pl., days of
rest, holidays, festivals, akin to <i>festus</i> festal. See
<u>Feast</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A gathering of buyers and
sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a
stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for
trade.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A festival, and sale of fancy articles.
erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army
<i>fair</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A competitive exhibition of wares, farm
products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the
Mechanics' <i>fair</i>; an agricultural <i>fair</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>After the fair</b></col>, <cd>Too late.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Fair"-haired`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having fair
or light-colored hair.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fair"hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Fairness;
beauty.</def> [Obs.] <i>Foxe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In the manner
of a fairy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Numerous as shadows haunting <i>fairily</i><BR>
<i>The brain</i>.</blockquote> <i>Keats.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A present;
originally, one given or purchased at a fair.</def> <i>Gay.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fairing box</b></col>, <cd>a box receiving savings or
small sums of money.</cd> <i>Hannah More.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tolerably fair.</def>
[Colloq.] <i>W. D. Howells.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-lead`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or
for any rope.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fair"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly;
frankly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never
<i>fairly</i> been revealed to him.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as,
a town <i>fairly</i> situated for foreign trade.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Honestly; properly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay
<i>fairly</i> within their grasp.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Softly; quietly; gently.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-mind`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.</def> -- <wf>Fair"-
mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-na`tured</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Well-
disposed.</def> "A <i>fair-natured</i> prince." <i>Ford.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of being
fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of
dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-spo`ken</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Using fair
speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous;
plausible.</def> "A marvelous <i>fair-spoken</i> man."
<i>Hooker.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"way`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The navigable
part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart;
the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed
for the passage of vessels.</def> <i>Totten.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-weath`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Made or done in pleasant weather, or in
circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a
<i>fair-weather</i> voyage.</def> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Appearing only when times or circumstances
are prosperous; as, a <i>fair-weather</i> friend.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fair-weather sailor</b></col>, <cd>a make-believe or
inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of <i>carpet
knight</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fair"-world`</hw> (?) <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State of
prosperity.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>They think it was never <i>fair-world</i> with them
since.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fairies</b></plw> (#). [OE. <i>fairie</i>, <i>faierie</i>,
enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. <i>faerie</i> enchantment, F.
<i>féer</i>, fr. LL. <i>Fata</i> one of the goddesses of fate.
See <u>Fate</u>, and cf. <u>Fay</u> a fairy.] [Written also
<i>faëry</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Enchantment;
illusion.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The God of her has made an end,<BR>
And fro this worlde's <i>fairy</i><BR>
Hath taken her into company.</blockquote> <i>Gower.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The country of the fays; land of
illusions.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in
<i>Fairy</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lydgate.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An imaginary supernatural being or spirit,
supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or
female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a
fay. See <u>Elf</u>, and <u>Demon</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the
<i>Fairy</i>.</blockquote> <i>K. James.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And now about the caldron sing,<BR>
Like elves and <i>fairies</i> in a ring.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An enchantress.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fairy of the mine</b></col>, <cd>an imaginary being
supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species;
one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See
<u>Kobold</u>.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>No goblin or swart <i>fairy of the mine</i><BR>
Hath hurtful power over true virginity.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fair"y</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to fairies.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Given by fairies; as, <i>fairy</i>
money.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fairy bird</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the
Euoropean little tern (<i>Sterna minuta</i>); -- called also <i>sea
swallow</i>, and <i>hooded tern</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy
bluebird</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Bluebird</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy martin</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a European swallow (<i>Hirrundo ariel</i>)
that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.</cd> --
<col><b>Fairy</b></col> <col><b>rings or circles</b></col>, <cd>the
circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as <i>Marasmius
Oreades</i>), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy shrimp</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean
(<i>Chirocephalus diaphanus</i>); -- so called from its delicate
colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes
applied to similar American species.</cd> -- <col><b>Fairy
stone</b></col> <i>(Paleon.)</i>, <cd>an echinite.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fair"y*land`</hw> (?) <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The imaginary
land or abode of fairies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fair"y*like`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling a
fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, <i>fairylike</i>
music.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faith</hw> (fāth), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>feith</i>, <i>fayth</i>, <i>fay</i>, OF. <i>feid</i>, <i>feit</i>,
<i>fei</i>, F. <i>foi</i>, fr. L. <i>fides</i>; akin to <i>fidere</i>
to trust, Gr. <grk>pei`qein</grk> to persuade. The ending <i>th</i>
is perhaps due to the influence of such words as <i>truth</i>,
<i>health</i>, <i>wealth</i>. See <u>Bid</u>, <u>Bide</u>, and cf.
<u>Confide</u>, <u>Defy</u>, <u>Fealty</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared
by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and
veracity; reliance on testimony.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The assent of the mind to the statement or
proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what
he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind,
especially in regard to important moral truth.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Faith</i>, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the
finite will and understanding to the reason.</blockquote>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and
the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called
<i>historical</i> and <i>speculative</i> faith.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The belief in the facts and truth of the
Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding
and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which
affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, --
called a <i>practical</i>, <i>evangelical</i>, or <i>saving</i>
faith.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Without <i>faith</i> it is impossible to please him
[God].</blockquote> <i>Heb. xi. 6.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>faith</i> of the gospel is that emotion of the
mind which is called "trust" or "confidence" exercised toward the
moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior.</blockquote>
<i>Dr. T. Dwight.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Faith</i> is an affectionate, practical confidence
in the testimony of God.</blockquote> <i>J. Hawes.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which is believed on any subject,
whether in science, politics, or religion; especially
<i>(Theol.)</i>, a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the
Jewish or Mohammedan <i>faith</i>; and especially, the system of
truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian <i>faith</i>; also, the
creed or belief of a Christian society or church.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Which to believe of her,<BR>
Must be a <i>faith</i> that reason without miracle<BR>
Could never plant in me.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now preacheth the <i>faith</i> which once he
destroyed.</blockquote> <i>Gal. i. 23.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance
to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Children in whom is no <i>faith</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Deut. xxvii. 20.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Whose failing, while her <i>faith</i> to me
remains,<BR>
I should conceal.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Word or honor pledged; promise given;
fidelity; as, he violated his <i>faith</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>For you alone<BR>
I broke me <i>faith</i> with injured Palamon.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Credibility or truth.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>faith</i> of the foregoing
narrative.</blockquote> <i>Mitford.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Act of faith</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Auto-da-
fé</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Breach of faith</b></col>,
<col><b>Confession of faith</b></col>, <cd>etc. See under
<u>Breach</u>, <u>Confession</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Faith
cure</b></col>, <cd>a method or practice of treating diseases by
prayer and the exercise of faith in God.</cd> -- <col><b>In good
faith</b></col>, <cd>with perfect sincerity.</cd>
</p>
<p><hw>Faith</hw> (?), <pos><i>interj.</i></pos> <def>By my faith; in
truth; verily.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faithed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having faith or a
faith; honest; sincere.</def> [Obs.] "Make thy words <i>faithed</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faith"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially
in the declarations and promises of God.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You are not <i>faithful</i>, sir.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Firm in adherence to promises, oaths,
contracts, treaties, or other engagements.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>faithful</i> God, which keepeth covenant and
mercy with them that love him.</blockquote> <i>Deut. vii. 9.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>True and constant in affection or
allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, by ties of
love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm
in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a
<i>faithful</i> husband or servant.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So spake the seraph Abdiel, <i>faithful</i> found,<BR>
Among the faithless, <i>faithful</i> only he.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Worthy of confidence and belief;
conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a <i>faithful</i>
narrative or representation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It is a <i>faithful</i> saying.</blockquote> <i>2 Tim.
ii. 11.</i></p>
<p><col><b>The Faithful</b></col>, <cd>the adherents of any system of
religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of
Mohammed.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious;
trustworthy.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Faith"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -
<wf>Faith"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Faith"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Not believing; not giving credit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Be not <i>faithless</i>, but believing.</blockquote>
<i>John xx. 27.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not believing on God or religion;
specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Not observant of promises or
covenants.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows;
perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant,
as a husband or a wife.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A most unnatural and <i>faithless</i>
service.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Serving to disappoint or deceive;
delusive; unsatisfying.</def> "Yonder <i>faithless</i> phantom."
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Faith"less*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos><wf>Faith"less*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fai"tour</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>faitor</i> a
doer, L. <i>factor</i>. See <u>Factor</u>.] <def>A doer or actor;
particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Lo! <i>faitour</i>, there thy meed unto thee
take.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fake</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Scot. <i>faik</i>
fold, stratum of stone, AS. <i>fæc</i> space, interval, G.
<i>fach</i> compartment, partition, row, and E. <i>fay</i> to fit.]
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>One of the circles or windings of a cable or
hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To coil
(a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite
directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to
prevent twisting when running out.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Faking box</b></col>, <cd>a box in which a long rope is
faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a
shot.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. Gael. <i>faigh</i> to
get, acquire, reach, or OD. <i>facken</i> to catch or gripe.]
[<i>Slang in all its senses.</i>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cheat;
to swindle; to steal; to rob.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make; to construct; to do.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make
an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to
<i>fake</i> a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially
shortening it.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fake</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A trick; a swindle.</def>
[Slang]</p>
<p><hw>Fa"kir</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>faqīr</i>
poor.] <def>An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.</def>
[Written also <i>faquir</i> anf <i>fakeer</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>||Fa"la*na"ka</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A viverrine mammal of Madagascar
(<i>Eupleres Goudotii</i>), allied to the civet; -- called also
<i>Falanouc</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal*cade"</hw> (făl*kād"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F., ultimately fr. L. <i>falx</i>, <i>falcis</i>, a sickle or
scythe.] <i>(Man.)</i> <def>The action of a horse, when he throws
himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it
were, in very quick curvets.</def> <i>Harris.</i></p>
<p><! p. 539 !></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fal"cate</hw> (?), <hw>Fal"ca*ted</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>falcatus</i>, fr. <i>falx</i>,
<i>falcis</i>, a sickle or scythe.] <def>Hooked or bent like a
sickle; as, a <i>falcate</i> leaf; a <i>falcate</i> claw; -- said
also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-
formed.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.</def> <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From L. <i>falx</i>,
<i>falcis</i>, a sickle.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the
mandibles of a spider.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"chion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fauchon</i>,
OF. <i>fauchon</i>, LL. <i>fälcio</i>, fr. L. <i>falx</i>,
<i>falcis</i>, a sickle, cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a ship's rib,
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. <i>falcon</i>; cf.
It. <i>falcione</i>. Cf. <u>Defalcation</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than
the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A name given generally and poetically to a
sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled
warriors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal*cid"i*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>Falcidius</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a
Roman tribune.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Falcidian law</b></col> <i>(Civil Law)</i>, <cd>a law by
which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate
to the heir.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"ci*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>falx</i>,
<i>falcis</i>, a sickle + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>falciforme</i>.]
<def>Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping
hook; as, the <i>falciform</i> ligatment of the liver.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"con</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>faucon</i>,
<i>faucoun</i>, OF. <i>faucon</i>, <i>falcon</i>, &?;. <i>faucon</i>,
fr. LL. <i>falco</i>, perh. from L. <i>falx, falcis</i>, a sickle or
scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. <u>Falchion</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One
of a family (<i>Falconidæ</i>) of raptorial birds,
characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful
flight.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any species of the genus
<i>Falco</i>, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper
mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of
other birds, or game.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the language of falconry, the female peregrine
(<i>Falco peregrinus</i>) is exclusively called the
<i>falcon</i>.</blockquote> <i>Yarrell.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Gun.)</i> <def>An ancient form of
cannon.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Chanting falcon</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See
under <u>Chanting</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fal"con*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>fauconer</i>, OF. <i>falconier</i>, <i>fauconier</i>, F.
<i>fauconnier</i>. See <u>Falcon</u>.] <def>A person who breeds or
trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of
fowling with hawks.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"co*net</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of
<i>falcon</i>: cf. F. <i>fauconneau</i>, LL. <i>falconeta</i>,
properly, a young falcon.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of the smaller
cannon used in the 15th century and later.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus
<i>Microhierax</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of a group of
Australian birds of the genus <i>Falcunculus</i>, resembling shrikes
and titmice.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"con*gen`til</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>faucon-
gentil</i>. See <u>Falcon</u>, and <u>Genteel</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The female or young of the goshawk (<i>Astur
palumbarius</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"co*nine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the
<i>Falconidæ</i></def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"con*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fauconnerie</i>. See <u>Falcon</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or
game.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The sport of taking wild fowl or game by
means of falcons or hawks.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fal"cu*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a small
sickle, a billhook.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A curved and sharp-
pointed claw.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"cu*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a
falcon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fald"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>faldagium</i>,
fr. AS. <i>fald</i>, E. <i>fold</i>. Cf. <u>Foldage</u>.] <i>(O.
Eng. Law)</i> <def>A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds
for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; --
often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.</def>
<i>Spelman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fald"fee`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>fald</i> (E.
<i>fold</i>) + E. <i>fee</i>. See <u>Faldage</u>.] <i>(O. Eng.
Law)</i> <def>A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of
faldage on his own ground.</def> <i>Blount.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fald"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A frieze or rough-
napped cloth.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fal"dis*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>faldistorium</i>, <i>faldestorium</i>, from OHG. <i>faldstuol</i>;
<i>faldan</i>, <i>faltan</i>, to fold (G. <i>falten</i>) +
<i>stuol</i> stool. So called because it could be folded or laid
together. See <u>Fold</u>, and <u>Stool</u>, and cf.
<u>Faldstool</u>, <u>Fauteuil</u>.] <def>The throne or seat of a
bishop within the chancel.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fald"stool`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Faldistory</u>.] <def>A folding stool, or portable seat, made to
fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the
choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral
church.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term
<i>faldstool</i> 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.</p>
<p><hw>Fa*ler"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as,
<i>Falernian</i>wine.</def></p>
<p><hw>Falk</hw> (f&add;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The razorbill.</def> [Written also <i>falc</i>, and
<i>faik</i>.] [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Fall</hw> (f&add;l), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp.</i></pos> <u>Fell</u> (f&ebreve;l); <pos><i>p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fallen</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Falling</u>.] [AS. <i>feallan</i>; akin to D. <i>vallen</i>, OS. &
OHG. <i>fallan</i>, G. <i>fallen</i>, Icel. <i>Falla</i>, Sw.
<i>falla</i>, Dan. <i>falde</i>, Lith. <i>pulti</i>, L.
<i>fallere</i> to deceive, Gr. <grk>sfa`llein</grk> to cause to fall,
Skr. <i>sphal</i>, <i>sphul</i>, to tremble. Cf. <u>Fail</u>,
<u>Fell</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, to cause to fall.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To Descend, either suddenly or gradually;
particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink;
as, the apple <i>falls</i>; the tide <i>falls</i>; the mercury
<i>falls</i> in the barometer.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I beheld Satan as lightning <i>fall</i> from
heaven.</blockquote> <i>Luke x. 18.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a
recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters
and <i>falls</i>; a tree <i>falls</i>; a worshiper <i>falls</i> on
his knees.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>fell</i> at his feet to worship him.</blockquote>
<i>Rev. xix. 10.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To find a final outlet; to discharge its
waters; to empty; -- with <i>into</i>; as, the river Rhone
<i>falls</i> into the Mediterranean.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To become prostrate and dead; to die;
especially, to die by violence, as in battle.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A thousand shall <i>fall</i> at thy side.</blockquote>
<i>Ps. xci. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,
<i>fell</i>.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To cease to be active or strong; to die
away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the
wind <i>falls</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To issue forth into life; to be brought
forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To decline in power, glory, wealth, or
importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to
decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the price
<i>falls</i>; stocks <i>fell</i> two points.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I am a poor <i>fallen</i> man, unworthy now<BR>
To be thy lord and master.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly
<i>fell</i> and vanished.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To be overthrown or captured; to be
destroyed.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Heaven and earth will witness,<BR>
If Rome must <i>fall</i>, that we are innocent.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To descend in character or reputation; to
become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the
faith; to apostatize; to sin.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest
any man <i>fall</i> after the same example of unbelief.</blockquote>
<i>Heb. iv. 11.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To become insnared or embarrassed; to be
entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to <i>fall</i> into
error; to <i>fall</i> into difficulties.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>To assume a look of shame or
disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the
countenance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Cain was very wroth, and his countenance
<i>fell</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gen. iv. 5.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I have observed of late thy looks are
<i>fallen</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>To sink; to languish; to become feeble or
faint; as, our spirits rise and <i>fall</i> with our
fortunes.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <def>To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively,
into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to <i>fall</i>
asleep; to <i>fall</i> into a passion; to <i>fall</i> in love; to
<i>fall</i> into temptation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <def>To happen; to to come to pass; to light;
to befall; to issue; to terminate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Romans <i>fell</i> on this model by
chance.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter
will <i>fall</i>.</blockquote> <i>Ruth. iii. 18.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>They do not make laws, they <i>fall</i> into
customs.</blockquote> <i>H. Spencer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>15.</b></sn> <def>To come; to occur; to arrive.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council
<i>fell</i> on the 21st of March, <i>falls</i> now [1694] about ten
days sooner.</blockquote> <i>Holder.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>16.</b></sn> <def>To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence;
to rush or hurry; as, they <i>fell</i> to blows.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They now no longer doubted, but <i>fell</i> to work
heart and soul.</blockquote> <i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>17.</b></sn> <def>To pass or be transferred by chance, lot,
distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate <i>fell</i>
to his brother; the kingdom <i>fell</i> into the hands of his
rivals.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>18.</b></sn> <def>To belong or appertain.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If to her share some female errors <i>fall</i>,<BR>
Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>19.</b></sn> <def>To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as,
an unguarded expression <i>fell</i> from his lips; not a murmur
<i>fell</i> from him.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To fall abroad of</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to strike
against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with
another.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall among</b></col>, <cd>to come among
accidentally or unexpectedly.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall
astern</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to move or be driven backward;
to be left behind; as, a ship <i>falls astern</i> by the force of a
current, or when outsailed by another.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall
away</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To lose flesh; to become lean
or emaciated; to pine.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To renounce or
desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<cd>To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize.</cd> "These . . .
for a while believe, and in time of temptation <i>fall away</i>."
<i>Luke viii. 13.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To perish; to vanish;
to be lost.</cd> "How . . . can the soul . . . <i>fall away</i> into
nothing?" <i>Addison.</i> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <cd>To decline
gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint.</cd> "One color
<i>falls away</i> by just degrees, and another rises insensibly."
<i>Addison.</i> -- <col><b>To fall back</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To recede or retreat; to give way.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To fail of performing a promise or purpose;
not to fulfill.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall back upon</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i> <cd>To retreat for safety to (a
stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of
troops).</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To have recourse to (a reserved
fund, or some available expedient or support).</cd> -- <col><b>To
fall calm</b></col>, <cd>to cease to blow; to become calm.</cd> --
<col><b>To fall down</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To prostrate
one's self in worship.</cd> "All kings shall <i>fall down</i> before
him." <i>Ps. lxxii. 11.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To sink; to come
to the ground.</cd> "<i>Down fell</i> the beauteous youth."
<i>Dryden.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To bend or bow, as a
suppliant.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To sail or
drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.</cd> -- <col><b>To
fall flat</b></col>, <cd>to produce no response or result; to fail of
the intended effect; as, his speech <i>fell flat</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>To fall foul of</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<cd>To have a collision with; to become entangled with</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To attack; to make an assault upon.</cd> --
<col><b>To fall from</b></col>, <cd>to recede or depart from; not to
adhere to; as, <i>to fall from</i> an agreement or engagement; <i>to
fall from</i> allegiance or duty.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall from
grace</b></col> <i>(M. E. Ch.)</i>, <cd>to sin; to withdraw from the
faith.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall home</b></col> <i>(Ship Carp.)</i>,
<cd>to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a
ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.</cd> -- <col><b>To
fall in</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To sink inwards; as, the
roof <i>fell in</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i> <cd>To
take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, <i>to fall in</i> on
the right.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To come to an end; to
terminate; to lapse; as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which
he had so long received, <i>fell in</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd>
<cd>To become operative.</cd> "The reversion, to which he had been
nominated twenty years before, <i>fell in</i>." <i>Macaulay.</i> --
<col><b>To fall into one's hands</b></col>, <cd>to pass, often
suddenly or unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to
spike cannon when they are likely <i>to fall into the hands</i> of
the enemy.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall in with</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To meet with accidentally; as, <i>to fall in
with</i> a friend.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To
meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come near, as land.</cd>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To concur with; to agree with; as, the
measure <i>falls in with</i> popular opinion.</cd>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To comply; to yield to.</cd> "You will find
it difficult to persuade learned men <i>to fall in with</i> your
projects." <i>Addison.</i> -- <col><b>To fall off</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To drop; as, fruits <i>fall off</i> when
ripe.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To withdraw; to separate; to
become detached; as, friends <i>fall off</i> in adversity.</cd> "Love
cools, friendship <i>falls off</i>, brothers divide." <i>Shak.</i>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To perish; to die away; as, words <i>fall
off</i> by disuse.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To apostatize; to
forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or
duty.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>Those captive tribes . . . <i>fell off</i><BR>
From God to worship calves.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <cd>To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers
<i>fell off</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <cd>To depreciate; to
change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable,
abundant, or interesting; as, a <i>falling off</i> in the wheat crop;
the magazine or the review <i>falls off</i>.</cd> "O Hamlet, what a
<i>falling off</i> was there!" <i>Shak.</i> <sd><i>(g)</i></sd>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to
which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to
leeward.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall on</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>To meet with; to light upon; as, we have <i>fallen on</i> evil
days.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To begin suddenly and
eagerly.</cd> "<i>Fall on</i>, and try the appetite to eat."
<i>Dryden.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To begin an attack; to
assault; to assail.</cd> "<i>Fall on</i>, <i>fall on</i>, and hear
him not." <i>Dryden.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To drop on; to
descend on.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall out</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To quarrel; to begin to contend.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>A soul exasperated in ills <i>falls out</i><BR>
With everything, its friend, itself.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To happen; to befall; to chance.</cd>
"There <i>fell out</i> a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the
mice." <i>L'Estrange.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i> <cd>To
leave the ranks, as a soldier.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall
over</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To revolt; to desert from one
side to another.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To fall beyond.</cd>
<i>Shak.</i> -- <col><b>To fall short</b></col>, <cd>to be deficient;
as, the corn <i>falls short</i>; they all <i>fall short</i> in
duty.</cd> -- <col><b>To fall through</b></col>, <cd>to come to
nothing; to fail; as, the engageent <i>has fallen through</i>.</cd> -
- <col><b>To fall to</b></col>, <cd>to begin.</cd> "<i>Fall to</i>,
with eager joy, on homely food." <i>Dryden.</i> -- <col><b>To fall
under</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To come under, or within the
limits of; to be subjected to; as, they <i>fell under</i> the
jurisdiction of the emperor.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To come
under; to become the subject of; as, this point did not <i>fall
under</i> the cognizance or deliberations of the court; these things
do not <i>fall under</i> human sight or observation.</cd>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To come within; to be ranged or reckoned
with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; as, these
substances <i>fall under</i> a different class or order.</cd> --
<col><b>To fall upon</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To
attack.</cd> [See <i>To fall on</i>.] <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To
attempt; to have recourse to.</cd> "I do not intend <i>to fall
upon</i> nice disquisitions." <i>Holder.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<cd>To rush against.</cd></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Fall</i> primarily denotes descending motion, either in
a perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of its
applications, implies, <i>literally</i> or <i>figuratively</i>,
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.</p>
<p><hw>Fall</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To let fall; to drop.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For every tear he <i>falls</i>, a Trojan
bleeds.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To sink; to depress; as, to <i>fall</i>
the voice.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To diminish; to lessen or lower.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you
<i>fall</i> the price of your native commodities.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To bring forth; as, to <i>fall</i>
lambs.</def> [R.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To fell; to cut down; as, to <i>fall</i> a
tree.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]</p>
<p><hw>Fall</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity;
descent; as, a <i>fall</i> from a horse, or from the yard of
ship.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of dropping or tumbling from an
erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a
<i>fall</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Death; destruction; overthrow;
ruin.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They thy <i>fall</i> conspire.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a <i>fall</i>.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xvi. 18.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness
or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the <i>fall</i> of the Roman empire.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Beholds thee glorious only in thy
<i>fall</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The surrender of a besieged fortress or
town ; as, the <i>fall</i> of Sebastopol.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Diminution or decrease in price or value;
depreciation; as, the <i>fall</i> of prices; the <i>fall</i> of
rents.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the
<i>fall</i> of the voice at the close of a sentence.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Declivity; the descent of land or a hill;
a slope.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a
rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the <i>falls</i> of Niagara.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>The discharge of a river or current of
water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the <i>fall</i> of
the Po into the Gulf of Venice.</def> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>Extent of descent; the distance which
anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a <i>fall</i> of five
feet.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>The season when leaves fall from trees;
autumn.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,<BR>
Or how, last <i>fall</i>, he raised the weekly bills.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <def>That which falls; a falling; as, a
<i>fall</i> of rain; a heavy <i>fall</i> of snow.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <def>The act of felling or cutting down.</def>
"The <i>fall</i> of timber." <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>15.</b></sn> <def>Lapse or declension from innocence or
goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the
rebellious angels.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>16.</b></sn> <def>Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the
neck; a falling band; a faule.</def> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>17.</b></sn> <def>That part (as one of the ropes) of a
tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fall herring</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a herring
of the Atlantic (<i>Clupea mediocris</i>); -- also called <i>tailor
herring</i>, and <i>hickory shad</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To try a
fall</b></col>, <cd>to try a bout at wrestling.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal*la"cious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fallaciosus</i>, fr. <i>fallacia</i>: cf. F. <i>fallacieux</i>.
See <u>Fallacy</u>.] <def>Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy;
illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as,
<i>fallacious</i> arguments or reasoning.</def> --
<wf>Fal*la"cious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -
<wf>Fal*la"cious*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><! p. 540 !></p>
<p><hw>Fal"la*cy</hw> (făl"l&adot;*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Fallacies</b></plw> (-
s&ibreve;z). [OE. <i>fallace</i>, <i>fallas</i>, deception, F.
<i>fallace</i>, fr. L. <i>fallacia</i>, fr. <i>fallax</i> deceitful,
deceptive, fr. <i>fallere</i> to deceive. See <u>Fail</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness;
that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Winning by conquest what the first man lost,<BR>
By <i>fallacy</i> surprised.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Logic)</i> <def>An argument, or apparent
argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue,
while in reality it is not; a sophism.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Deception; deceit; mistake. -- <u>Fallacy</u>,
<u>Sophistry</u>. A <i>fallacy</i> is an argument which professes to
be decisive, but in reality is not; <i>sophistry</i> is also false
reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it
difficult to expose its <i>fallacy</i>. Many <i>fallacies</i> are
obvious, but the evil of <i>sophistry</i> lies in its consummate art.
"Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by <i>fallacies</i>
which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and
confounded the nature of things by their wretched <i>sophistry</i>;
though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt."
<i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"-lals`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>Gay
ornaments; frippery; gewgaws.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"lax</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fallax</i>
deceptive. See <u>Fallacy</u>.] <def>Cavillation; a caviling.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Cranmer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fall"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Dropped;
prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Some ruined temple or <i>fallen</i>
monument.</blockquote> <i>Rogers.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"len*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>fallentia</i>, L. <i>fallens</i> p. pr of <i>fallere</i>.] <def>An
exception.</def> [Obs.] <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fall"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, falls.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A part which acts by
falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning
machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fall"fish`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A fresh-water fish of the United States (<i>Semotilus
bullaris</i>); -- called also <i>silver chub</i>, and <i>Shiner</i>.
The name is also applied to other allied species.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal`li*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the
<i>fallibity</i> of an argument or of an adviser.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"li*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>fallibilis</i>, fr. L. <i>fallere</i> to deceive: cf. F.
<i>faillible</i>. See <u>Fail</u>.] <def>Liable to fail, mistake, or
err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are
<i>fallible</i>; our opinions and hopes are
<i>fallible</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"li*bly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a fallible
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fall"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>from
<u>Fall</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><col><b>Falling away</b></col>, <col><b>Falling off</b></col>,
etc. <cd>See <i>To fall away</i>, <i>To fall off</i>, etc., under
<u>Fall</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Falling
band</b></col>, <cd>the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over
the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.</cd> --
<col><b>Falling sickness</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>epilepsy.</cd>
<i>Shak.</i> -- <col><b>Falling star</b></col>. <i>(Astron.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Shooting star</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling
stone</b></col>, <cd>a stone falling through the atmosphere; a
meteorite; an aërolite.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling tide</b></col>,
<cd>the ebb tide.</cd> -- <col><b>Falling weather</b></col>, <cd>a
rainy season.</cd> [Colloq.] <i>Bartlett.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal*lo"pi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From
<i>Fallopius</i>, or <i>Fallopio</i>, a physician of Modena, who died
in 1562.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or discovered by,
Fallopius; as, the <i>Fallopian</i> tubes or oviducts, the ducts or
canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the
uterus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"low</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>fealu</i>,
<i>fealo</i>, pale yellow or red; akin to D. <i>vaal</i> fallow,
faded, OHG. <i>falo</i>, G. <i>falb</i>, <i>fahl</i>, Icel.
<i>fölr</i>, and prob. to Lith. <i>palvas</i>, OSlav.
<i>plavŭ</i> white, L. <i>pallidus</i> pale, <i>pallere</i> to
be pale, Gr. <grk>polio`s</grk> gray, Skr. <i>palita</i>. Cf.
<u>Pale</u>, <u>Favel</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Favor</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pale red or pale yellow; as, a <i>fallow</i>
deer or greyhound.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [Cf. <u>Fallow</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<def>Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as,
<i>fallow</i> ground.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fallow chat</b></col>, <col><b>Fallow finch</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a small European bird, the wheatear
(<i>Saxicola œnanthe</i>). See <u>Wheatear</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fal"low</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called from the
<i>fallow</i>, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh.
akin to E. <i>felly</i>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, cf. MHG. <i>valgen</i>
to plow up, OHG. <i>felga</i> felly, harrow.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Plowed land.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the
<i>fallows</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Land that has lain a year or more untilled
or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the
season.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The plowing of <i>fallows</i> is a benefit to
land.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The plowing or tilling of land, without
sowing it for a season; as, summer <i>fallow</i>, properly conducted,
has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Be a complete summer <i>fallow</i>, land is rendered
tender and mellow. The <i>fallow</i> gives it a better tilth than can
be given by a fallow crop.</blockquote> <i>Sinclair.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fallow crop</b></col>, <cd>the crop taken from a green
fallow.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col><b>Green fallow</b></col>, <cd>fallow
whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating
some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc.</cd> [Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Fal"low</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fallowed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fallowing</u>.] [From <u>Fallow</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>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 <i>fallow</i> cold, strong, clayey land.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"low deer`</hw> (?). [So called from its <i>fallow</i> or
pale yellow color.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A European species of
deer (<i>Cervus dama</i>), much smaller than the red deer. In summer
both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it
is often domesticated in the parks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"low*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who favors
the practice of fallowing land.</def> [R.] <i>Sinclair.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"low*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A well or
opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory,
through which goods are raised or lowered.</def> [U.S.]
<i>Bartlett.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"sa*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>falsarius</i>,
fr. <i>falsus</i>. See <u>False</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>A
falsifier of evidence.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sheldon.</i></p>
<p><hw>False</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Falser</u> (?);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Falsest</u>.] [L. <i>falsus</i>, p. p.
of <i>fallere</i> to deceive; cf. OF. <i>faus</i>, <i>fals</i>, F.
<i>faux</i>, and AS. <i>fals</i> fraud. See <u>Fail</u>,
<u>Fall</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Uttering falsehood;
unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a <i>false</i>
witness.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations,
allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a
<i>false</i> friend, lover, or subject; <i>false</i> to
promises.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I to myself was <i>false</i>, ere thou to
me.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Not according with truth or reality; not
true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a <i>false</i>
statement.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not genuine or real; assumed or designed
to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, <i>false</i> tears;
<i>false</i> modesty; <i>false</i> colors; <i>false</i>
jewelry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>False</i> face must hide what the false heart doth
know.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy;
erroneous; as, a <i>false</i> claim; a <i>false</i> conclusion; a
<i>false</i> construction in grammar.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Whose <i>false</i> foundation waves have swept
away.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Not essential or permanent, as parts of a
structure which are temporary or supplemental.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Not in tune.</def></p>
<p><col><b>False arch</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a member having
the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.</cd> --
<col><b>False attic</b></col>, <cd>an architectural erection above
the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.</cd> -- <col><b>False bearing</b></col>, <cd>any
bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the
weight carried by a corbel has a <i>false bearing</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>False cadence</b></col>, <cd>an imperfect or interrupted
cadence.</cd> -- <col><b>False conception</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>,
<cd>an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass,
is produced instead of a properly organized fetus.</cd> --
<col><b>False croup</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a spasmodic
affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous
croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous
membrane.</cd> -- <col><b>False</b></col> <col><b>door or
window</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>the representation of a door or
window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give
symmetry.</cd> -- <col><b>False fire</b></col>, <cd>a combustible
carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes
burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore
for decoying a vessel to destruction.</cd> -- <col><b>False
galena</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Blende</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>False
imprisonment</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the arrest and imprisonment
of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the
unlawful detaining of a person in custody.</cd> -- <col><b>False
keel</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the timber below the main keel,
used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral
resistance.</cd> -- <col><b>False key</b></col>, <cd>a picklock.</cd>
-- <col><b>False leg</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Proleg</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>False membrane</b></col>
<i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and
diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.</cd> --
<col><b>False papers</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>documents carried
by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo,
destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving.</cd> --
<col><b>False passage</b></col> <i>(Surg.)</i>, <cd>an unnatural
passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and
produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.</cd>
-- <col><b>False personation</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the
intentional false assumption of the name and personality of
another.</cd> -- <col><b>False pretenses</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>,
<cd>false representations concerning past or present facts and
events, for the purpose of defrauding another.</cd> -- <col><b>False
rail</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a thin piece of timber placed on
top of the head rail to strengthen it.</cd> -- <col><b>False
relation</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>a progression in harmony, in
which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by
a flat or sharp.</cd> -- <col><b>False return</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>,
<cd>an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was
delivered for execution.</cd> -- <col><b>False ribs</b></col>
<i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs
in man.</cd> -- <col><b>False roof</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>the
space between the upper ceiling and the roof.</cd> <i>Oxford
Gloss.</i> -- <col><b>False token</b></col>, <cd>a false mark or
other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>False
scorpion</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>any arachnid of the genus
<i>Chelifer</i>. See <u>Book scorpion</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>False
tack</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a coming up into the wind and
filling away again on the same tack.</cd> -- <col><b>False
vampire</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the <i>Vampyrus
spectrum</i> of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also <i>vampire</i>, and <i>ghost
vampire</i>. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera
<i>Desmodus</i> and <i>Diphylla</i>. See <u>Vampire</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>False window</b></col>. <i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>See <i>False
door</i>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>False wing</b></col>.
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See <u>Alula</u>, and <i>Bastard wing</i>,
under <u>Bastard</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>False works</b></col> <i>(Civil
Engin.)</i>, <cd>construction works to facilitate the erection of the
main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.</cd></p>
<p><hw>False</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Not truly; not
honestly; falsely.</def> "You play me <i>false</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>False</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>falsare</i> to
falsify, fr. <i>falsus</i>: cf. F. <i>fausser</i>. See <u>False</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To report falsely; to
falsify.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To betray; to falsify.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>[He] hath his truthe <i>falsed</i> in this
wise.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To mislead by want of truth; to
deceive.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>In his <i>falsed</i> fancy.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To feign; to pretend to make.</def> [Obs.]
"And <i>falsed</i> oft his blows." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>False"-faced`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Hypocritical.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>False"-heart`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>False-
hearted.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>False"-heart`ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Hollow or
unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i> -- <wf>False"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></p>
<p><hw>False"hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>False</i> + <i>-
hood</i>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Want of truth or accuracy; an
untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation;
falsity.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a
<i>falsehood</i> in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong
hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth
it.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A deliberate intentional assertion of what
is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a
lie.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Treachery; deceit; perfidy;
unfaithfulness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Betrayed by <i>falsehood</i> of his
guard.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A counterfeit; a false appearance; an
imposture.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>For his molten image is <i>falsehood</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Jer. x. 14.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>No <i>falsehood</i> can endure<BR>
Touch of celestial temper.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See
<u>Falsity</u>.</p>
<p><hw>False"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a false
manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.</def>
"O <i>falsely</i>, <i>falsely</i> murdered." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Oppositions of science, <i>falsely</i> so
called.</blockquote> <i>1 Tim. vi. 20.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear <i>falsely</i>
?</blockquote> <i>Jer. vii. 9.</i></p>
<p><hw>False"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of being
false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or
uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as,
the <i>falseness</i> of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the
<i>falseness</i> of a man, or of his word.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fals"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A deceiver.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal*set"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Falsettos</b></plw> (#). [It. <i>falsetto</i>, dim. fr. L.
<i>falsus</i>. See <u>False</u>.] <def>A false or artificial voice;
that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male
counter tenor or alto voice. See <i>Head voice</i>, under
<u>Voice</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fal"si*cri"men</hw> (?). [L.] <i>(Civ. Law)</i> <def>The
crime of falsifying.</def></p>
<p>&fist; This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but
every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so
extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant
significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses
of a like character. <i>Burrill. Greenleaf.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*fi`a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>falsifiable</i>.] <def>Capable of being falsified, counterfeited,
or corrupted.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>falsification</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of falsifying,
or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an
appearance of something which it is not.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To counterfeit the living image of king in his person
exceedeth all <i>falsifications</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Willful misstatement or
misrepresentation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and
violent <i>falsification</i> of the doctrine of the
alliance.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Equity)</i> <def>The showing an item of
charge in an account to be wrong.</def> <i>Story.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*fi*ca`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>falsificateur</i>.] <def>A falsifier.</def> <i>Bp.
Morton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*fi`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a
liar.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Falsified</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Falsifying</u>.] [L. <i>falsus</i> false + <i>-ly</i>: cf. F.
<i>falsifier</i>. See <u>False</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make false; to represent
falsely.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Irish bards use to forge and <i>falsify</i>
everything as they list, to please or displease any man.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To counterfeit; to forge; as, to
<i>falsify</i> coin.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to
confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>By how much better than my word I am,<BR>
By so much shall I <i>falsify</i> men's hope.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under
Julian the apostate, to baffie and <i>falsify</i> the
prediction.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to
<i>falsify</i> one's faith or word.</def> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To baffle or escape; as, to <i>falsify</i>
a blow.</def> <i>Butler.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To avoid or defeat; to prove
false, as a judgment.</def> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Equity)</i> <def>To show, in accounting,
(an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.</def>
<i>Story. Daniell.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To make false by multilation or addition;
to tamper with; as, to <i>falsify</i> a record or document.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*fy</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To tell lies; to
violate the truth.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and
<i>falsify</i>.</blockquote></p>
<p><blockquote>South.</blockquote></p>
<p><hw>Fals"ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is
evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is
plainly apparent; -- opposed to <i>truism</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"si*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Falsities</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>falsitas</i>: cf. F.
<i>fausseté</i>, OF. also, <i>falsité</i>. See
<u>False</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to
truth.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Probability does not make any alteration, either in
the truth or <i>falsity</i> of things.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a
false assertion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Men often swallow <i>falsities</i> for
truths.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Brown.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Falsehood; lie; deceit. -- <u>Falsity</u>,
<u>Falsehood</u>, <u>Lie</u>. <i>Falsity</i> denotes the state or
quality of being false. A <i>falsehood</i> is a false declaration
designedly made. A <i>lie</i> is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The
<i>falsity</i> of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence
of others and thus the charge of <i>falsehood</i> be fastened upon
him.</p>
<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To thrash in
the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Faltered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faltering</u>.] [OE. <i>falteren</i>, <i>faltren</i>, prob. from
<i>fault</i>. See <u>Fault</u>, <pos><i>v. & n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to
stammer; as, his tongue <i>falters</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>With <i>faltering</i> speech and visage
incomposed.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To tremble; to totter; to be
unsteady.</def> "He found his legs <i>falter</i>."
<i>Wiseman.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To hesitate in purpose or
action.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ere her native king<BR>
Shall <i>falter</i> under foul rebellion's arms.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To fail in distinctness or regularity of
exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance <i>falters</i>.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To utter with
hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And here he <i>faltered</i> forth his last
farewell.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Mde me most happy, <i>faltering</i> "I am
thine."</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><! p. 541 !></p>
<p><hw>Fal"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Falter</u>,
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>] <def>Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an
uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight <i>falter</i> in her
voice.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>falter</i> of an idle shepherd's
pipe.</blockquote> <i>Lowell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fal"ter*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Hesitating;
trembling.</def> "With <i>faltering</i> speech." <i>Milton.</i> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Falter; halting; hesitation.</def> --
<wf>Fal"ter*ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>||Fa`luns"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Geol.)</i>
<def>A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France,
abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene
subdivision.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fal"we</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>Fallow.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Falx</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a sickle.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>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.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fam"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>falmelen</i>; cf. SW. <i>famla</i> to grope, Dan. <i>famle</i> to
grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. <i>fālma</i> to grope. Cf.
<u>Famble</u>.] <def>To stammer.</def> [Obs.] <i>Nares.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"ble</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Famble</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A hand.</def> [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our
<i>fambles</i>." <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fame</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>fame</i>, L.
<i>fama</i>, fr. <i>fari</i> to speak, akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a
saying, report, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to speak. See <u>Ban</u>, and cf.
<u>Fable</u>, <u>Fate</u>, <u>Euphony</u>, <u>Blame</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Public report or rumor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fame</i> thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xlv. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Report or opinion generally diffused;
renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or
unfavorable; as, the <i>fame</i> of Washington.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I find thou art no less than <i>fame</i> hath
bruited.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.</p>
<p><hw>Fame</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Famed</u> (?),; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faming</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To report widely or
honorably.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The field where thou art <i>famed</i><BR>
To have wrought such wonders.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make famous or renowned.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Those Hesperian gardens <i>famed</i> of
old.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fame"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without fame or
renown.</def> -- <wf>Fame"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>familer</i>,
<i>familier</i>, F. <i>familier</i>, fr. L. <i>familiaris</i>, fr.
<i>familia</i> family. See <u>Family</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to a family; domestic.</def> "<i>Familiar</i> feuds."
<i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Closely acquainted or intimate, as a
friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as,
<i>familiar</i> with the Scriptures.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by, or exhibiting, the
manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy;
accessible.</def> "In loose, <i>familiar</i> strains."
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Be thou <i>familiar</i>, but by no means
vulgar.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Well known; well understood; common;
frequent; as, a <i>familiar</i> illustration.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>That war, or peace, or both at once, may be<BR>
As things acquainted and <i>familiar</i> to us.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>There is nothing more <i>familiar</i> than
this.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Improperly acquainted; wrongly
intimate.</def> <i>Camden.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Familiar spirit</b></col>, <cd>a demon or evil spirit
supposed to attend at call.</cd> <i>1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An intimate; a companion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>All my <i>familiars</i> watched for my
halting.</blockquote> <i>Jer. xx. 10.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An attendant demon or evil spirit.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Court of Inquisition)</i> <def>A
confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal,
especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Familiarities</b></plw> (#). [OE. <i>familarite</i>, F.
<i>familiarité</i>fr. L. <i>faniliaritas</i>. See
<u>Familiar</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being
familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association;
unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint;
intimacy; as, to live in remarkable <i>familiarity</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything said or done by one person to
another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the
<i>pl.</i>, such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not
warrant; liberties.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See
<u>Acquaintance</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar;
as, <i>familiarization</i> with scenes of blood.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Familiarized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Familiarizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>familiariser</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make familiar or intimate; to habituate;
to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to
<i>familiarize</i> one's self with scenes of distress.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make acquainted, or skilled, by
practice or study; as, to <i>familiarize</i> one's self with a
business, a book, or a science.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"mil"iar*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a familiar
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil"iar*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Familiarity.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Fa*mil"ia*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>familiaris</i>. See <u>Familiar</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a
family or household; domestic.</def> [Obs.] <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"i*lism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The tenets of
the Familists.</def> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"i*list</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Family</u>.] <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i> <def>One of afanatical
Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about
1580, called the <i>Family of Love</i>, who held that religion
consists wholly in love.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fam"i*lis*ter*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Familisteries</b></plw> (&?;). [F.
<i>familistère</i>.] <def>A community in which many persons
unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws
and customs.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fam`i*listic</hw> (?), <hw>Fam`i*lis"tic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to Familists.</def>
<i>Baxter.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Families</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>familia</i>, fr.
<i>famulus</i> servant; akin to Oscan <i>famel</i> servant, cf.
<i>faamat</i> he dwells, Skr. <i>dhāman</i> house, fr.
<i>dhā</i>to set, make, do: cf. F. <i>famille</i>. Cf.
<u>Do</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, <u>Doom</u>, <u>Fact</u>,
<u>Feat</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The collective body of persons
who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household,
including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be,
lodgers or boarders.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The group comprising a husband and wife
and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the
organization of society.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The welfare of the <i>family</i> underlies the welfare
of society.</blockquote> <i>H. Spencer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Those who descend from one common
progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human
<i>family</i>; the <i>family</i> of Abraham; the father of a
<i>family</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Go ! and pretend your <i>family</i> is
young.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Course of descent; genealogy; line of
ancestors; lineage.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Honorable descent; noble or respectable
stock; as, a man of <i>family</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A group of kindred or closely related
individuals; as, a <i>family</i> of languages; a <i>family</i> of
States; the chlorine <i>family</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>A group of organisms,
either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance
in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because
it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness.
In zoölogy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in
botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Family circle</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Circle</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Family man</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A man who
has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him
andd dependent upon him.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A man of
domestic habits.</cd> "The Jews are generally, when married, most
exemplary <i>family men</i>." <i>Mayhew.</i> -- <col><b>Family
of</b></col> <col><b>curves or surfaces</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>,
<cd>a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single
equation.</cd> -- <col><b>In a family way</b></col>, <cd>like one
belonging to the family.</cd> "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to
come over <i>in a family way</i>, and dine with some other plain
country gentlefolks?" <i>Thackeray.</i> -- <col><b>In the family
way</b></col>, <cd>pregnant.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Fam"ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>famine</i>, fr.
L. <i>fames</i> hunger; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; want, need, Skr.
<i>hāni</i> loss, lack, <i>hā</i> to leave.] <def>General
scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.</def>
"Worn with <i>famine</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>There was a <i>famine</i> in the land.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. xxvi. 1.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Famine fever</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>typhus
fever.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fam"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Famished</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Famishing</u>.] [OE. <i>famen</i>; cf. OF. <i>afamer</i>, L.
<i>fames</i>. See <u>Famine</u>, and cf. <u>Affamish</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To starve, kill, or destroy with
hunger.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To exhaust the strength or endurance of,
by hunger; to distress with hanger.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And when all the land of Egypt was <i>famished</i>,
the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.</blockquote> <i>Cen. xli.
55.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The pains of <i>famished</i> Tantalus he'll
feel.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity,
by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And <i>famish</i> him of breath, if not of
bread.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To force or constrain by famine.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He had <i>famished</i> Paris into a
surrender.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"ish</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To die of hunger; to starve.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as
to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You are all resolved rather to die than to
<i>famish</i>?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To suffer extremity from deprivation of
anything essential or necessary.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
<i>famish</i>.</blockquote> <i>Prov. x. 3.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"ish*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State of
being famished.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*mos"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>famositas</i> infamy: cf. F. <i>famosité</i>. See
<u>Famous</u>.] <def>The state or quality of being famous.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"mous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>famosus</i>, fr.
<i>fama</i> fame: cf. F. <i>fameux</i>. See <u>Fame</u>.]
<def>Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of;
distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense,
chiefly the former; often followed by <i>for</i>; as, <i>famous</i>
for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a <i>famous</i>
pirate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Famous</i> for a scolding tongue.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated;
renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. --
<u>Famous</u>, <u>Renowned</u>, <u>Illustrious</u>. <i>Famous</i> is
applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary;
<i>renowned</i> is applied to those who are named again and again
with honor; <i>illustrious</i>, to those who have dazzled the world
by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See
<u>Distinguished</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fa"moused</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Renowned.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"mous*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a famous
manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Then this land was <i>famously</i> enriched<BR>
With politic grave counsel.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"mous*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being famous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fam"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. L.
<i>famularis</i> of servants.] <def>Domestic; familiar.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fam"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>famulatus</i>, p. p. of <i>famulari</i> to serve, fr.
<i>famulus</i> servant.] <def>To serve.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fam"u*list</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>famulus</i>
servant.] <def>A collegian of inferior rank or position,
corresponding to the <i>sizar</i> at Cambridge.</def> [Oxford Univ.,
Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Fan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>fann</i>, fr. L.
<i>vannus</i> fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. <i>van</i>. Cf.
<u>Van</u> a winnowing machine, <u>Winnow</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by
the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface</def>; as:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for cooling the person, made
of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all
turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the
center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>Any revolving vane or vanes
used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a
fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving
which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated
and blown away.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Something in the form
of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.</def>
<sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>A small vane or sail, used to keep the large
sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the
wind.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the
shovel and with the <i>fan</i>.</blockquote> <i>Is. xxx. 24.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which produces effects analogous to
those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a <i>fan</i> to the flame
of his passion.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A quintain; -- from its form.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fan blower</b></col>, <cd>a wheel with vanes fixed on a
rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of
air (<i>fan blast</i>) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan cricket</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a mole cricket.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan
light</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a window over a door; -- so
called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways.</cd>
-- <col><b>Fan shell</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>any shell of
the family <i>Pectinidæ</i>. See <u>Scallop</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan tracery</b></col>
<i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>the decorative tracery on the surface of fan
vaulting.</cd> -- <col><b>Fan vaulting</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>,
<cd>an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge
somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in
Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic.</cd> --
<col><b>Fan wheel</b></col>, <cd>the wheel of a fan blower.</cd> --
<col><b>Fan window</b></col>. <cd>Same as <i>Fan light</i>
(above).</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fan</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fanned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fanning</u> (?).] [Cf. OF. <i>vanner</i>, L. <i>vannere</i>. See
<u>Fan</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Van</u> a winnowing machine.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To move as with a fan.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The air . . . <i>fanned</i> with unnumbered
plumes.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cool and refresh, by moving the air
with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air
put in motion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Calm as the breath which <i>fans</i> our eastern
groves.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To winnow; to separate chaff from, and
drive it away by a current of air; as, to <i>fan</i> wheat.</def>
<i>Jer. li. 2.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan
excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct <i>fanned</i> the
excitement of the populace.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fanning machine</b></col>, <i>or</i> <col><b>Fanning
mill</b></col>, <cd>a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc.,
by a blast of air; a fanner.</cd></p>
<p><hw>||Fa`nal"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A
lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fanaticus</i>
inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. <i>fanum</i> fane:
cf. F. <i>fanatique</i>. See <u>Fane</u>.] <def>Pertaining to, or
indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable;
excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as,
<i>fanatic</i> zeal; <i>fanatic</i> notions.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>But Faith, <i>fanatic</i> Faith, once wedded fast<BR>
To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.</blockquote> <i>T.
Moore.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person affected by
excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who
indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There is a new word, coined within few months, called
<i>fanatics</i>, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well
cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the
sectaries of our age.</blockquote> <i>Fuller (1660).</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fanatics</i> are governed rather by imagination
than by judgment.</blockquote> <i>Stowe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.</def> -
<wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa*nat"i*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Fanatism</u>.] <def>Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or
wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion;
religious frenzy.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Superstition</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fa*nat"i*cize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Fanaticized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Fanaticizing</u> (?).] <def>To cause to become a
fanatic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"a*tism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fanatisme</i>. Cf. <u>Fanaticism</u>.] <def>Fanaticism.</def>
[R.] <i>Gibbon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cied</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Fancy</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>Formed or conceived by the fancy;
unreal; as, a <i>fancied</i> wrong.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ci*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who is governed by fancy.</def> "Not reasoners, but
<i>fanciers</i>." <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who fancies or has a special liking
for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence,
one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird
<i>fancier</i>, dog <i>fancier</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ci*ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and
experience; whimsical; as, a <i>fanciful</i> man forms visionary
projects.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Conceived in the fancy; not consistent
with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a
<i>fanciful</i> scheme; a <i>fanciful</i> theory.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she
wore a <i>fanciful</i> headdress.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Gather up all <i>fancifullest</i> shells.</blockquote>
<i>Keats.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious;
chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild. -- <u>Fanciful</u>,
<u>Fantastical</u>, <u>Visionary</u>. We speak of that as
<i>fanciful</i> which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of
it as <i>fantastical</i> when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as
well as irregular; we speak of it as <i>visionary</i> when it is
wholly unfounded in the nature of things. <i>Fanciful</i> notions are
the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly
assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; <i>visionary</i>
expectations are those which can never be realized in fact.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Fan"ci*ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -
<wf>Fan"ci*ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><! p. 542 !></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ci*less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no
fancy; without ideas or imagination.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>A pert or bluff important wight,<BR>
Whose brain is <i>fanciless</i>, whose blood is white.</blockquote>
<i>Armstrong.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fancies</b></plw> (#). [Contr. fr. <i>fantasy</i>, OF.
<i>fantasie</i>, <i>fantaisie</i>, F. <i>fantaisie</i>, L.
<i>phantasia</i>, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; appearance,
imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind,
fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to make visible, to place before one's
mind, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to show; akin to &?;&?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, light, Skr. <i>bhā</i>to shine. Cf. <u>Fantasy</u>,
<u>Fantasia</u>, <u>Epiphany</u>, <u>Phantom</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation
of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying
such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and
happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of
amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the soul<BR>
Are many lesser faculties, that serve<BR>
Reason as chief. Among these <i>fancy</i> next<BR>
Her office holds.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An image or representation of anything
formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,<BR>
Of sorriest <i>fancies</i> your companoins making ?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An opinion or notion formed without much
reflection; caprice; whim; impression.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I have always had a <i>fancy</i> that learning might
be made a play and recreation to children.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Inclination; liking, formed by caprice
rather than reason; as, to strike one's <i>fancy</i>; hence, the
object of inclination or liking.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To fit your fancies to your father's
will.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>That which pleases or entertains the taste
or caprice without much use or value.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>London pride is a pretty <i>fancy</i> for
borders.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A sort of love song or light impromptu
ballad.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>The fancy</b></col>, <cd>all of a class who exhibit and
cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting
characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as
jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>At a great book sale in London, which had congregated
all <i>the fancy</i>.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination;
whim; liking. See <u>Imagination</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fancied</u> (?), <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fancying</u> (&?;).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To figure to one's
self; to believe or imagine something without proof.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If our search has reached no farther than simile and
metaphor, we rather <i>fancy</i> than know.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To love.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to
imagine.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He whom I <i>fancy</i>, but can ne'er
express.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a fancy for; to like; to be
pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or
manners.</def> "We <i>fancy</i> not the cardinal." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To believe without sufficient evidence; to
imagine (something which is unreal).</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>fancied</i> he was welcome, because those
arounde him were his kinsmen.</blockquote> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as,
<i>fancy</i> goods.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Extravagant; above real value.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like
that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay <i>fancy</i>
prices for giants.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fancy ball</b></col>, <cd>a ball in which porsons appear
in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons
and nations.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy fair</b></col>, <cd>a fair at
which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some
charitable purpose.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy goods</b></col>,
<cd>fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks,
laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or
make.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy line</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a line
rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it
down.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy roller</b></col> <i>(Carding
Machine)</i>, <cd>a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth)
in front of the doffer.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy stocks</b></col>, <cd>a
species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling,
since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their
prices are artificial.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy store</b></col>, <cd>one
where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.</cd> -- <col><b>Fancy
woods</b></col>, <cd>the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as
mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy-free`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from the
power of love.</def> "In maiden meditation, <i>fancy-free</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy*mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
lovemonger; a whimsical lover.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy-sick`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Love-
sick.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"cy*work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ornamental
work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fand</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Find</u>.</def> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*dan"go</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fandangoes</b></plw> (#). [Sp. A name brought, together with
the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish
America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A ball or general dance, as in
Mexico.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Fane</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fanum</i> a place
dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. <i>fari</i> to speak. See
<u>Fame</u>.] <def>A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a
church.</def> [Poet.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Such to this British Isle, her Christian
<i>fanes</i>.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fane</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Vane</u>.] <def>A
weathercock.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Fa*ne"ga</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp.] <def>A dry
measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1&?; to 2&?;
bushels; also, a measure of land.</def> <i>De Colange.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"fare`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. Cf.
<u>Fanfaron</u>.] <def>A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the
lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns
during the chase.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fanfare</i> announcing the arrival of the
various Christian princes.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fan"fa*ron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Sp.
<i>fanfarron</i>; cf. It. <i>fanfano</i>, and OSp. <i>fanfa</i>
swaggering, boasting, also Ar. <i>farfār</i> talkative.] <def>A
bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.</def> [R.]
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*far`on*ade"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>fanfaronnade</i>, fr. Sp. <i>fanfarronada</i>. See
<u>Fanfaron</u>.] <def>A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a
bluster.</def> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"foot`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A species of gecko having the toes expanded
into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (<i>Phyodactylus
gecko</i>) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any moth of the genus
<i>Polypogon</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fang</hw> (făng), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>fangen</i>, <i>fongen</i>, <i>fon</i> (<i>g</i> orig. only in p.
p. and imp. tense), AS. <i>fōn</i>; akin to D. <i>vangen</i>,
OHG. <i>fāhan</i>, G. <i>fahen</i>, <i>fangen</i>, Icel.
<i>fā</i>, Sw. <i>få</i>, <i>fånga</i>, Dan.
<i>fange</i>, <i>faae</i>, Goth. <i>fahan</i>, and prob. to E.
<i>fair</i>, <i>peace</i>, <i>pact</i>. Cf. <u>Fair</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To catch; to seize, as
with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He's in the law's clutches; you see he's
<i>fanged</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. Webster.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To enable to catch or tear; to furnish
with fangs.</def> "Chariots <i>fanged</i> with scythes."
<i>Philips.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fang</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Fang</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>; cf. AS. <i>fang</i> a taking, booty, G. <i>fang</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The tusk of an animal, by
which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth;
esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also,
one of the falcers of a spider.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Since I am a dog, beware my <i>fangs</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any shoot or other thing by which hold is
taken.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The protuberant <i>fangs</i> of the
yucca.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The root, or one of the
branches of the root, of a tooth. See <u>Tooth</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>A niche in the side of an
adit or shaft, for an air course.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A projecting tooth or
prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the
end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
valve of a pump box.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A bend or loop of
a rope.</def></p>
<p><col><b>In a fang</b></col>, <cd>fast entangled.</cd> --
<col><b>To lose the fang</b></col>, <cd>said of a pump when the water
has gone out</cd>; hence: <col><b>To fang a pump</b></col>, <cd>to
supply it with the water necessary to make it operate.</cd>
[Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Fanged</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having fangs or
tusks; as, a <i>fanged</i> adder. Also used figuratively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"gle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Fang</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]
<def>Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a
trifling ornament.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"gle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fashion.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>To control and new <i>fangle</i> the
Scripture.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"gled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>New made; hence,
gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix
<i>new</i>.] See <u>Newfangled</u>.</def> "Our <i>fangled</i> world."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"gle*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of
being fangled.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>He them in new <i>fangleness</i> did
pass.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fang"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
fangs or tusks.</def> "A <i>fangless</i> lion." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"got</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. It.
<i>fagotto</i>, <i>fangotto</i>, a bundle. Cf. <u>Fagot</u>.] <def>A
quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred
weight.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Fanon</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A small flag sometimes carried
at the head of the baggage of a brigade.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A small flag for marking the stations in
surveying.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"like`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling a
fan;</def> -- specifically <i>(Bot.)</i>, <def>folded up like a fan,
as certain leaves; plicate.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"nel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim., from same source
as <i>fanon</i>.] <def>Same as <u>Fanon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who fans.</def> <i>Jer. li. 2.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under
<u>Fan</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"-nerved`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot. &
Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having the nerves or veins arranged in a
radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some
insects.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>fanon</i>, LL.
<i>fano</i>, fr. OHG. <i>fano</i> banner cloth, G. <i>fahne</i>
banner. See <u>Vane</u>, and cf. <u>Fanion</u>, <u>Gonfalon</u>.]
<i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>A term applied to various articles, as:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at
mass, and by eastern bishops. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> A maniple.</def>
[Written also <i>fannel</i>, <i>phanon</i>, etc.]</p>
<p><hw>Fan" palm`</hw> (?). <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any palm tree having
fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the <i>Chamærops humilis</i>
of Southern Europe; the species of <i>Sabal</i> and <i>Thrinax</i> in
the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree
(<i>Corypha umbraculifera</i>) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of
the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are
used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for
books and manuscripts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"tail`</hw> (făn"tāl`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zool.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A variety of the domestic
pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any bird of the Australian genus
<i>Rhipidura</i>, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan
during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"-tailed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as,
the <i>fan-tailed</i> pigeon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan*ta"si*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. See
<u>Fancy</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A continuous composition, not
divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary
rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves
unrestricted by set form.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ta*sied</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From
<u>Fantasy</u>.] <def>Filled with fancies or imaginations.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"tasm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Phantasm</u>,
<u>Fancy</u>.] <def>Same as <u>Phantasm</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"tast</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One whose manners
or ideas are fantastic.</def> [R.] <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>fantastique</i>, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; able to
represent, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to make visible. See
<u>Fancy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Existing only in imagination;
fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having the nature of a phantom;
unreal.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Indulging the vagaries of imagination;
whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, <i>fantastic</i>
minds; a <i>fantastic</i> mistress.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Resembling fantasies in irregularity,
caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped;
grotesque.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,<BR>
That wreathes its old <i>fantastic</i> roots so high.</blockquote>
<i>T. Gray.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary;
capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See <u>Fanciful</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person given to
fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Our <i>fantastics</i>, who, having a fine watch, take
all ocasions to draw it out to be seen.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fanciful;
unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas`ti*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Fantastically.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
fantastic manner.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>the letter A, in scarlet, <i>fantastically</i>
embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic-al*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality of being fantastic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"ti*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.</def>
<i>Ruskin.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Fantastically.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Fantasticalness.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Fan*tas"ti*co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <def>A
fantastic.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fantasies</b></plw> (#). [See <u>Fancy</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical
or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
humor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Is not this something more than <i>fantasy</i>
?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A thousand <i>fantasies</i><BR>
Begin to throng into my memory.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fantastic designs.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Embroidered with <i>fantasies</i> and flourishes of
gold thread.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To have a fancy
for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Cavendish.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Which he doth most <i>fantasy</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fan`toc*ci"ni</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [It., dim.
fr. <i>fante</i> child.] <def>Puppets caused to perform evolutions or
dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in
which they are used.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fan"tom</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Phantom</u>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fantom corn</b></col>, <cd>phantom corn.</cd>
<i>Grose.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fap</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fuddled.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*quir"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Fakir</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Farrow</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A young pig, or a litter of pigs.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<u>Farther</u> (#) and
<u>Farthest</u> (#) are used as the <pos><i>compar.</i></pos> and
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> of <i>far</i>, although they are
corruptions arising from confusion with <i>further</i> and
<i>furthest</i>. See <u>Further</u>.] [OE. <i>fer</i>, <i>feor</i>,
AS. <i>feor</i>; akin to OS. <i>fer</i>, D. <i>ver</i>, OHG.
<i>ferro</i>, adv., G. <i>fern</i>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, Icel.
<i>fjarri</i>, Dan. <i>fjirn</i>, Sw. <i>fjerran</i>, adv., Goth.
<i>faīrra</i>, adv., Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; beyond, Skr.
<i>paras</i>, adv., far, and prob. to L. <i>per</i> through, and E.
prefix <i>for-</i>, as in <i>for</i>give, and also to <i>fare</i>.
Cf. <u>Farther</u>, <u>Farthest</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Distant
in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide
space or extent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They said, . . . We be come from a <i>far</i>
country.</blockquote> <i>Josh. ix. 6.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The nations <i>far</i> and near contend in
choice.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Remote from purpose; contrary to design or
wishes; as, <i>far</i> be it from me to justify cruelty.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Remote in affection or obedience; at a
distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They that are <i>far</i> from thee ahsll
perish.</blockquote> <i>Ps. lxxiii. 27.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Widely different in nature or quality;
opposite in character.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He was <i>far</i> from ill looking, though he thought
himself still farther.</blockquote> <i>F. Anstey.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The more distant of two; as, the
<i>far</i> side (called also <i>off side</i>) of a horse, that is,
the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he
mounts.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of
<i>far</i> is sometimes not easily discriminated.</p>
<p><col><b>By far</b></col>, <cd>by much; by a great difference.</cd>
-- <col><b>Far between</b></col>, <cd>with a long distance (of space
or time) between; at long intervals.</cd> "The examinations are few
and <i>far between</i>." <i>Farrar.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To a
great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated
<i>far</i> from each other.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To a great distance in time from any
point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches <i>far</i> into
antiquity.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In great part; as, the day is <i>far</i>
spent.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>In a great proportion; by many degrees;
very much; deeply; greatly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is
<i>far</i> above rubies.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xxxi. 10.</i></p>
<p><col><b>As far as</b></col>, <cd>to the extent, or degree, that.
See <i>As far as</i>, under <u>As</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Far
off</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>At a great distance,
absolutely or relatively.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Distant in
sympathy or affection; alienated.</cd> "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye
who some time were <i>far off</i> are made nigh by the blood of
Christ." <i>Eph. ii. 13.</i> -- <col><b>Far other</b></col>,
<cd>different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike.</cd>
<i>Pope.</i> -- <col><b>Far and near</b></col>, <cd>at a distance and
close by; throughout a whole region.</cd> -- <col><b>Far and
wide</b></col>, <cd>distantly and broadly; comprehensively.</cd>
"<i>Far and wide</i> his eye commands." <i>Milton.</i> --
<col><b>From far</b></col>, <cd>from a great distance; from a remote
place.</cd></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Far</i> often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such
as <i>far</i>-extended, <i>far</i>-reaching, <i>far</i>-spread.</p>
<p><! p. 543 !></p>
<p><hw>Far"-a*bout`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A going out
of the way; a digression.</def> [Obs.] <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ad</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From Michael
<i>Faraday</i>, the English electrician.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>The
standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser
whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to
the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force,
passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged
with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one
volt.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far*ad"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to Michael <i>Faraday</i>, the distinguished electrician; -- applied
especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by certain
forms of inductive apparatus, on account of Faraday's investigations
of their laws.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Far"a*dism</hw> (?), <hw>Far`a*di*za"tion</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The treatment with faradic or
induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"and</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Farrand</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Far"an*dams</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fabrik made
of silk and wool or hair.</def> <i>Simmonds.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ant*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Farrand</u>.] <def>Orderly; comely; respectable.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farce</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Farced</u> (?), <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Farcing</u> (&?;).] [F. <i>Farcir</i>, L. <i>farcire</i>; akin to
Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to fence in, stop up. Cf. <u>Force</u>
to stuff, <u>Diaphragm</u>, <u>Frequent</u>, <u>Farcy</u>,
<u>Farse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To stuff with forcemeat;
hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to
stuff.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The first principles of religion should not be
<i>farced</i> with school points and private tenets.</blockquote>
<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His tippet was aye <i>farsed</i> full of
knives.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To render fat.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>If thou wouldst <i>farce</i> thy lean
ribs.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To swell out; to render pompous.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Farcing</i> his letter with fustian.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farce</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>farce</i>, from L.
<i>farsus</i> (also sometimes <i>farctus</i>), p. p. pf
<i>farcire</i>. See <u>Farce</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Cookery)</i> <def>Stuffing, or mixture of
viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A low style of comedy; a dramatic
composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard
to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and
expressions.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Farce</i> is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in
a picture: the persons and action of a <i>farce</i> are all
unnatural, and the manners false.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere
<i>farce</i>.</def> "The <i>farce</i> of state." <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farce"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Stuffing;
forcemeat.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory
<i>farcements</i>.</blockquote> <i>Feltham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ci*cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to
farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They deny the characters to be <i>farcical</i>,
because they are &?;&?;tually in in nature.</blockquote>
<i>Gay.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Far"ci*cal*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -
<wf>Far"ci*cal*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Far"ci*cal</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
the disease called farcy. See <u>Farcy</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ci*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Farce</i>+-
<i>lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Pudding stone.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Kirwan.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Far"ci*men</hw> (?), <hw>Far"cin</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Farcy</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"cing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Cookery)</i>
<def>Stuffing; forcemeat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farc"tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>farctus</i>,
p. p. of <i>farcire</i>. See <u>Farce</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Stuffed; filled solid; as, a <i>farctate</i> leaf,
stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to <i>tubular</i> or
<i>hollow</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Far"cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>farcin</i>; cf.
L. <i>farciminum</i> a disease of horses, fr. <i>farcire</i>. See
<u>Farce</u>.] <i>(Far.)</i> <def>A contagious disease of horses,
associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head
and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal.
Called also <i>farcin</i>, and <i>farcimen</i>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Farcy</i>, although more common in horses, is
communicable to other animals and to human beings.</p>
<p><col><b>Farcy bud</b></col>, <cd>a hard, prominent swelling
occurring upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction
and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by
ulceration.</cd> <i>Youatt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fard</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., prob. fr. OHG.
gi<i>farit</i>, gi<i>farwit</i> p. p. of <i>farwjan</i> to color,
tinge, fr. <i>farawa</i> color, G. <i>farbe</i>.] <def>Paint used on
the face.</def> [Obs.] "Painted with French <i>fard</i>." <i>J.
Whitaker.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fard</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>farder</i> to paint
one's face.] <def>To paint; -- said esp. of one's face.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shenstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Far`dage"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Fardel</u>.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See <u>Dunnage</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"del</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>fardel</i>, F.
<i>fardeau</i>; cf. Sp. <i>fardel</i>, <i>fardillo</i>, <i>fardo</i>,
LL. <i>fardellus</i>; prob. fr. Ar. <i>fard</i> one of the two parts
of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a
camel's load. Cf. <u>Furl</u>.] <def>A bundle or little pack; hence,
a burden.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>fardel</i> of never-ending misery and
suspense.</blockquote> <i>Marryat.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"del</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make up in
fardels.</def> [Obs.] <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ding-bag`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of uncertain
origin; cf. <u>Fardel</u>.] <def>The upper stomach of a cow, or other
ruminant animal; the rumen.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ding*dale</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
farthingale.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Far"ding*deal</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Farthing</u>, and <u>Deal</u> a part.] <def>The fourth part of an
acre of land.</def> [Obs.] [Written also <i>farding dale</i>,
<i>fardingale</i>, etc.]</p>
<p><hw>Fare</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fared</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faring</u>.] [AS. <i>faran</i> to travel, fare; akin to OS.,
Goth., & OHG. <i>faran</i> to travel, go, D. <i>varen</i>, G.
<i>fahren</i>, OFries., Icel., & Sw. <i>fara</i>, Dan. <i>fare</i>,
Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a way through, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a ferry,
strait, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to convey,
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to go, march, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; beyond,
on the other side, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to pass through, L. <i>peritus</i>
experienced, <i>portus</i> port, Skr. <i>par</i> to bring over.
√78. Cf. <u>Chaffer</u>, <u>Emporium</u>, <u>Far</u>,
<u>Ferry</u>, <u>Ford</u>, <u>Peril</u>, <u>Port</u> a harbor,
<u>Pore</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To go; to
pass; to journey; to travel.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So on he <i>fares</i>, and to the border comes<BR>
Of Eden.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be in any state, or pass through any
experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or
train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he <i>fared</i> well,
or ill.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So <i>fares</i> the stag among the enraged
hounds.</blockquote> <i>Denham.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I bid you most heartily well to
<i>fare</i>.</blockquote> <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>
<p><blockquote>So <i>fared</i> the knight between two
foes.</blockquote> <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be treated or entertained at table, or
with bodily or social comforts; to live.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There was a certain rich man which . . . <i>fared</i>
sumptuously every day.</blockquote> <i>Luke xvi. 19.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To happen well, or ill; -- used
impersonally; as, we shall see how it will <i>fare</i> with
him.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So <i>fares</i> it when with truth falsehood
contends.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To behave; to conduct one's self.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>She <i>ferde</i> [fared] as she would
die.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fare</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>faru</i> journey,
fr. <i>faran</i>. See <u>Fare</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A journey; a passage.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>That nought might stay his <i>fare</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The price of passage or going; the sum
paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the
<i>fare</i> for crossing a river; the <i>fare</i> in a coach or by
railway.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Ado; bustle; business.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The warder chid and made <i>fare</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Condition or state of things; fortune;
hap; cheer.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>What <i>fare</i>? what news abroad ?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Food; provisions for the table;
entertainment; as, coarse <i>fare</i>; delicious <i>fare</i>.</def>
"Philosophic <i>fare</i>." <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The person or persons conveyed in a
vehicle; as, a full <i>fare</i> of passengers.</def> <i>A.
Drummond.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The catch of fish on a fishing
vessel.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Bill of fare</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Bill</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Fare</b></col> <col><b>indicator or register</b></col>, <cd>a
device for recording the number of passengers on a street car,
etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Fare wicket</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A
gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition
grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>An opening in the door of a street car for
purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
conductor.</cd> <i>Knight.</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Far"en</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Fare</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fare`well"</hw> (?), <pos><i>interj.</i></pos> [<i>Fare</i>
(thou, you) + <i>well</i>.] <def>Go well; good-by; adieu; --
originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied
both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated
by the pronoun; as, <i>fare</i> you <i>well</i>; and is sometimes
used as an expression of separation only; as, <i>farewell</i> the
year; <i>farewell</i>, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you
<i>farewell</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So <i>farewell</i> hope, and with hope,
<i>farewell</i> fear.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fare</i> thee <i>well</i>! and if forever,<BR>
Still forever <i>fare</i> thee <i>well</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>
<p>&fist; The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first
syllable, especially in poetry.</p>
<p><hw>Fare`well"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting
compliment; a good-by; adieu.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Act of departure; leave-taking; a last
look at, or reference to something.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And takes her <i>farewell</i> of the glorious
sun.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Before I take my <i>farewell</i> of the
subject.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fare"well`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Parting;
valedictory; final; as, a <i>farewell</i> discourse; his
<i>farewell</i> bow.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Leans in his spear to take his <i>farewell</i>
view.</blockquote> <i>Tickell.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Farewell rock</b></col> <i>(Mining)</i>, <cd>the Millstone
grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this
stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist
intense heat.</cd> <i>Ure.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"fet`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Far</i> +
<i>fet</i>, <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of <u>Fette</u>.]
<def>Farfetched.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>York with his <i>farfet</i> policy.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"fetch`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<i>Far</i> +
<i>fetch</i>.] <def>To bring from far; to seek out studiously.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>To <i>farfetch</i> the name of Tartar from a Hebrew
word.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"fetch`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Anything brought
from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep
strategem.</def> [Obs.] "Politic <i>farfetches</i>."
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"fetched`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Brought from far, or from a remote place.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Every remedy contained a multitude of
<i>farfetched</i> and heterogeneous ingredients.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Studiously sought; not easily or naturally
deduced or introduced; forced; strained.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*ri"na</hw> (f&adot;*rī"n&adot; <i>or</i>
f&adot;*rē"n&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., meal, flour, fr.
<i>far</i> a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. <i>barley</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains
or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various
processes, and used in cookery.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Pollen.</def> [R.]
<i>Craig.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far`i*na"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>farinaceus</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Consisting or made of
meal or flour; as, a <i>farinaceous</i> diet.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Yielding farina or flour; as,
<i>ffarinaceous</i> seeds.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as,
a <i>farinaceous</i> taste, smell, or appearance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far`i*nose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>farinosus</i>: cf. F. <i>farineux</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Yielding farina; as, <i>farinose</i> substances.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zoöl.)</i> <def>Covered with a
sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the
body of certain insects; mealy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farl</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Furl</u>.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"lie</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ferlish</i>
wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS.
<i>f&aemacr;rlīc</i> sudden. See <u>Fear</u>.] <def>An unusual
or unexpected thing; a wonder. See <u>Fearly</u>.</def> [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] <i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ferme</i> rent,
lease, F. <i>ferme</i>, LL. <i>firma</i>, fr. L. <i>firmus</i> firm,
fast, <i>firmare</i> to make firm or fast. See <u>Firm</u>,
<pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The rent of land,
-- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The term or tenure of a lease of land for
cultivation; a leasehold.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>It is great willfulness in landlords to make any
longer <i>farms</i> to their tenants.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The land held under lease and by payment
of rent for the purpose of cultivation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Any tract of land devoted to agricultural
purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent,
continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular
meaning of a <i>farm</i>, as they are entirely so from the legal
sense. <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A district of country leased (or farmed)
out for the collection of the revenues of government.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The province was devided into twelve
<i>farms</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>A lease of the
imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar <i>farm</i>, the silk
<i>farm</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Whereas G. H. held the <i>farm</i> of sugars upon a
rent of 10,000 marks per annum.</blockquote> <i>State Trials
(1196).</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Farmed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Farming</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To lease or let for an
equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to
proceeds.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We are enforced to <i>farm</i> our royal
realm.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give up to another, as an estate, a
business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a
percentage of what it yields; as, to <i>farm</i> the taxes.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To <i>farm</i> their subjects and their duties toward
these.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To take at a certain rent or
rate.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To devote (land) to agriculture; to
cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To farm let</b></col>, <col><b>To let to farm</b></col>,
<cd>to lease on rent.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Farm</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To engage in the
business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being farmed.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fermier</i>.] <def>One who farms</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased
ground; a tenant.</def> <i>Smart.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One
who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm;
an agriculturist; a husbandman.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>One
who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either
paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a <i>farmer</i> of
the revenues.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The lord
of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the
crown.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Farmer-general</b></col> [F. <i>fermier-general</i>],
<cd>one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular
district, was <i>farmed out</i>, under the former French monarchy,
for a given sum paid down.</cd> -- <col><b>Farmers' satin</b></col>,
<cd>a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat
linings.</cd> <i>McElrath.</i> -- <col><b>The king's farmer</b></col>
<i>(O. Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>one to whom the collection of a royal
revenue was farmed out.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm"er*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A woman who
farms.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"er*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Skill in
farming.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The buildings
and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.</def>
[Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Farm"house`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A dwelling house
on a farm; a farmer's residence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to
agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as,
<i>farming</i> tools; <i>farming</i> land; a <i>farming</i>
community.</def></p>
<p><hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The business of
cultivating land.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"most`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Most distant;
farthest.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A spacious cave within its <i>farmost</i>
part.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm"stead</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A farm with the
building upon it; a homestead on a farm.</def> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>With its pleasant groves and
<i>farmsteads</i>.</blockquote> <i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm"stead*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
farmstead.</def> [Scot.] <i>Black.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farm"yard`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The yard or
inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm
buildings.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Far</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>The state of being far off; distance;
remoteness.</def> [R.] <i>Grew.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"o</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Said to be so called
because the Egyptian king <i>Pharaoh</i> was formerly represented
upon one of the cards.] <def>A gambling game at cards, in which all
the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their
money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from
the pack.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Faro bank</b></col>, <cd>the capital which the proprietor
of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of
faro is played.</cd> <i>Hoyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa`ro*ese`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. sing. & pl.</i></pos> <def>An
inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe
islands.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"-off`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Remote; as, the
<i>far-off</i> distance. Cf. <i>Far-off</i>, under <u>Far</u>,
adv.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far*rag*i*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Farrago</u>.] <def>Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a
<i>farraginous</i> mountain.</def> [R.] <i>Kirwan.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>farraginous</i> concurrence of all conditions,
tempers, sexes, and ages.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Far*ra"go</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>farrago</i>,
<i>-aginis</i>, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. <i>far</i>
a sort of grain. See <u>Farina</u>.] <def>A mass composed of various
materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A confounded <i>farrago</i> of doubts, fears, hopes,
wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's
brain.</blockquote> <i>Sheridan.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"rand</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>farand</i>
beautiful; cf. Gael. <i>farranta</i> neat, stout, stately; or perh.
akin to E. <i>fare</i>.] <def>Manner; custom; fashion; humor.</def>
[Prov. Eng.] [Written also <i>farand</i>.] <i>Grose.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far`re*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>farreatio</i>.] <def>Same as <u>Confarreation</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ri*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>farrour</i>,
<i>ferrer</i>, OF. <i>ferreor</i>, <i>ferrier</i>, LL.
<i>Ferrator</i>, <i>ferrarius equorum</i>, from <i>ferrare</i> to
shoe a horse, <i>ferrum</i> a horseshoe, fr. L. <i>ferrum</i> iron.
Cf. <u>Ferreous</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A shoer of horses; a
veterinary surgeon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ri*er</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To practice as a
farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Mortimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ri*er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The art of shoeing horses.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The art of preventing, curing, or
mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary
art.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The place where a smith shoes
horses.</def></p>
<p><! p. 544 !></p>
<p><hw>Far"row</hw> (făr"r&osl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>fearh</i> a little pig; a akin to OHG. <i>farh</i>, <i>farah</i>,
pig, dim. <i>farheli</i> little pig, G. <i>fercel</i>, D.
<i>varken</i> pig, Lith. <i>parszas</i> OIr. <i>orc</i>, L.
<i>porcus</i>, Gr. <grk>po`rkos</grk>. Cf. <u>Pork</u>.] <def>A
litter of pigs.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"row</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Farrowed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Farrowing</u>.] <def>To bring forth (young); -- said only of
swine.</def> <i>Tusser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"row</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. Scot. <i>ferry cow</i>
a cow that is not with calf, D. <i>vaarkoe</i>, <i>vaars</i>, heifer,
G. <i>färse</i>, AS. <i>fearr</i> bull, G. <i>farre</i>. Cf.
<u>Heifer</u>.] <def>Not producing young in a given season or year; -
- said only of cows.</def></p>
<p>&fist; If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year,
she is said to be <i>farrow</i>, or to go <i>farrow</i>.</p>
<p><hw>Far"ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A farrow.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Perry.</i></p>
<p><hw>Farse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Farce</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>An addition to, or a
paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; --
common in English before the Reformation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"see`ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having foresight as regards the
future.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"sight`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the
remote effects of actions; sagacious.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Hypermetropic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"sight`ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Quality of bbeing farsighted.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Hypermetropia.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"-stretched`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Stretched
beyond ordinary limits.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther</hw> (fär"&thlig;&etilde;r),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <pos><i>compar.</i></pos> of <u>Far</u>.
[<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Farthest</u> (-&thlig;&ebreve;st). See
<u>Further</u>.] [For <i>farrer</i>, OE. <i>ferrer</i>, compar. of
<i>far</i>; confused with <i>further</i>. Cf. <u>Farthest</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>More remote; more distant than something
else.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Tending to a greater distance; beyond a
certain point; additional; further.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Before our <i>farther</i> way the fates
allow.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Let me add a <i>farther</i> Truth.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Some <i>farther</i> change awaits us.</blockquote>
<i>MIlton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us
rest with what we have, without looking <i>farther</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moreover; by way of progress in treating a
subject; as, <i>farther</i>, let us consider the probable
event.</def></p>
<p><col><b>No farther</b></col>, <cd>(used elliptically for) go no
farther; say no more, etc.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>It will be dangerous to go on. <i>No farther</i>
!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To help onward.
[R.] See <u>Further</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther*ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Obs.] <def>See
<u>Furtherance</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther*more`</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Obs.]
<def>See <u>Furthermore</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"ther*most`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Most
remote; farthest.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"thest</hw> (fär"&thlig;&ebreve;st),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <pos><i>Superl.</i></pos> of <u>far</u>. [See
<u>Farther</u> and cf. <u>Furthest</u>] <def>Most distant or remote;
as, the <i>farthest</i> degree. See <u>Furthest</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"thest</hw> <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>At or to the
greatest distance. See <u>Furthest</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Far"thing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>furthing</i>,
AS. <i>feórðung</i>, fr. <i>feórða</i> fourth,
<i>feór</i>, <i>feówer</i>, four. See <u>Four</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of
Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A very small quantity or value.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>In her cup was no <i>farthing</i> seen of
grease.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A division of land.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Thirty acres make a <i>farthing</i> land; nine
<i>farthings</i> a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's
fee.</blockquote> <i>R. Carew.</i></p>
<p><hw>Far"thin*gale</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>vardingale</i>, <i>fardingale</i>, fr. OF. <i>vertugale</i>,
<i>verdugade</i>, F. <i>vertugade</i>, <i>vertugadin</i>, from Sp.
<i>verdugado</i>, being named from its hoops, fr. <i>verdugo</i> a
young shoot of tree, fr. <i>verde</i> green, fr. L. <i>viridis</i>.
See <u>Verdant</u>.] <def>A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other
light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . <BR>
With ruffs and cuffs, and <i>farthingales</i> and
things.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fas"ces</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.,
<pos><i>pl.</i></pos> of <i>fascis</i> bundle; cf. <i>fascia</i> a
band, and Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> a bundle.], <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i>
<def>A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade
projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their
authority.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"cet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Glass Making)</i>
<def>A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc.,
to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the
mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also
<i>pontee</i> and <i>punty</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fas"ci*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fasciæ</b></plw> (#). [L., a band: cf. It.
<i>fascia</i>. See <u>Fasces</u>, and cf. <u>Fess</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in
surgery, a bandage or roller.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A flat member of an order
or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the
three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Column</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The layer of loose tissue,
often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger
layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an
aponeurosis.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A broad well-defined
band of color.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Pertaining to the fasces.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Relating to a
fascia.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fas"ci*ate</hw> (?), <hw>Fas"ci*a`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fasciatus</i>, p. p. of <i>fasciare</i>
to envelop with bands, fr. <i>fascia</i> band. See <u>Fasces</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Bound with a fillet, sash, or
bandage.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Banded
or compacted together.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Flattened and
laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden
cockscomb.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Broadly banded with
color.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas`ci*a"tion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being
fasciated.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fasciculus</i>, dim. of <i>fascis</i>. See <u>Fasces</u>.] <def>A
small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a <i>fascicle</i>
of fibers; a <i>fascicle</i> of flowers or roots.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*cled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Growing in a
bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the <i>fascicled</i> leaves of
the pine or larch; the <i>fascicled</i> roots of the dahlia;
<i>fascicled</i> muscle fibers; <i>fascicled</i> tufts of
hair.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas*cic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining
to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a <i>fascicular</i> root.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas*cic"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
fascicled manner.</def> <i>Kirwan.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fas*cic"u*late</hw> (?), <hw>Fas*cic"u*la`ted</hw> (?),}
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fas*cic"u*lus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fasciculi</b></plw> (#). [L. See <u>Fascicle</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A little bundle; a fascicle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A division of a book.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Fascinated</u> (?), <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos>. <u>Fascinating</u> (&?;).] [L. <i>fascinare</i>; cf.
Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to slander, bewitch.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to
operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to
enchant.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It has been almost universally believed that . . .
serpents can stupefy and <i>fascinate</i> the prey which they are
desirous to obtain.</blockquote> <i>Griffith (Cuvier).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To excite and allure irresistibly or
powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental
charms.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There be none of the passions that have been noted to
<i>fascinate</i> or bewitch but love and envy.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch;
attract.</p>
<p><hw>Fas`ci*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fascinatio</i>; cf. F. <i>fascination</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment;
witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on
the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest
horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against
<i>fascination</i>.</blockquote> <i>Waller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state or condition of being
fascinated.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which fascinates; a charm; a
spell.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There is a certain bewitchery or <i>fascination</i> in
words.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fas*cine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>fascina</i> a bundle of sticks, fr. <i>fascis</i>. See
<u>Fasces</u>.] <i>(Fort. & Engin.)</i> <def>A cylindrical bundle of
small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries,
filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in
revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fascinum</i>
witchcraft, akin to <i>fascinare</i>. See <u>Fascinate</u>.]
<def>Caused or acting by witchcraft.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Fascinous</i>
diseases." <i>Harvey.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fas*ci"o*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fasciolæ</b></plw> (#). [See <u>Fasciole</u>.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in
the brain; the dentate convolution.</def> <i>Wilder.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ci*ole</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fasciola</i>
a little bandage. See <u>Fascia</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A band
of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of
spatangoid sea urchins. See <u>Spatangoidea</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fashed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fashing</u>.] [OF. <i>faschier</i>, F. <i>f&?;cher</i>, to anger,
vex; cf. Pr. <i>fasticar</i>, <i>fastigar</i>, fr. L.
<i>fastidium</i> dilike. See <u>Fastidious</u>.] <def>To vex; to
tease; to trouble.</def> [Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Fash</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Vexation; anxiety;
care.</def> [Scot.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Without further <i>fash</i> on my part.</blockquote>
<i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fasoun</i>,
<i>facioun</i>, shape, manner, F. <i>facon</i>, orig., a making, fr.
L. <i>factio</i> a making, fr. <i>facere</i> to make. See
<u>Fact</u>, <u>Feat</u>, and cf. <u>Faction</u>.]</p>
<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The make or form of anything; the style,
shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the
<i>fashion</i> of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.;
workmanship; execution.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fashion</i> of his countenance was
altered.</blockquote> <i>Luke ix. 29.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I do not like the <i>fashion</i> of your
garments.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The prevailing mode or style, especially
of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior,
etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons
of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the
<i>fashion</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The innocent diversions in
<i>fashion</i>.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>As now existing, <i>fashion</i> is a form of social
regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of
political regulation.</blockquote> <i>H. Spencer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Polite, fashionable, or genteel life;
social position; good breeding; as, men of <i>fashion</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Mode of action; method of conduct; manner;
custom; sort; way.</def> "After his sour <i>fashion</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>After a fashion</b></col>, <cd>to a certain extent; in a
sort.</cd> -- <col><b>Fashion piece</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>one
of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of
the stern.</cd> -- <col><b>Fashion plate</b></col>, <cd>a pictorial
design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.</cd>
</p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fashioned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fashioning</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>faconner</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Here the loud hammer <i>fashions</i> female
toys.</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Ingenious art . . . <BR>
Steps forth to <i>fashion</i> and refine the age.</blockquote>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with
<i>to</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Laws ought to be <i>fashioned</i> to the manners and
conditions of the people.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make according to the rule prescribed
by custom.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fashioned</i> plate sells for more than its
weight.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To forge or counterfeit.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fashioning needle</b></col> <i>(Knitting Machine)</i>,
<cd>a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping
it.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Conforming to the fashion or established
mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a
<i>fashionable</i> dress.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Established or favored by custom or use;
current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the <i>fashionable</i>
philosophy; <i>fashionable</i> opinions.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Observant of the fashion or customary
mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
<i>fashionable</i> man.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Genteel; well-bred; as, <i>fashionable</i>
society.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Time is like a <i>fashionable</i> host<BR>
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person who
conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State of
being fashionable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*a*bly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
fashionable manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ioned</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
certain style or fashion; as old-<i>fashioned</i>; new-
<i>fashioned</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fashioner</i> had accomplished his task, and
the dresses were brought home.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An obsequious
follower of the modes and fashions.</def> [R.] <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no
fashion.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion-mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.</def> <i>Marston.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fash"ion-mon`ger*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Behaving
like a fashion-monger.</def> [R.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fas"sa*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
variety of pyroxene, from the valley of <i>Fassa</i>, in the
Tyrol.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fast</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fasted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fasting</u>.] [AS. <i>fæstan</i>; <i>akin to D</i>.
<i>vasten</i>, OHG. <i>fastēn</i>, G. <i>fasten</i>, Icel. &
Sw. <i>fasta</i>, Dan. <i>faste</i>, Goth. <i>fastan</i> to keep,
observe, fast, and prob. to E. <i>fast</i> firm.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in
part; to go hungry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fasting</i> he went to sleep, and <i>fasting</i>
waked.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To practice abstinence as a religious
exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for
the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief,
or humiliation and penitence.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou didst <i>fast</i> and weep for the
child.</blockquote> <i>2 Sam. xii. 21.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fasting day</b></col>, <cd>a fast day; a day of
fasting.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>faste</i>,
<i>fast</i>; cf. AS. <i>fæsten</i>, OHG. <i>fasta</i>, G.
<i>faste</i>. See <u>Fast</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Abstinence from food; omission to take
nourishment.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Surfeit is the father of much
<i>fast</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Voluntary abstinence from food, for a
space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious
humiliation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or
longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of
food; as, an annual <i>fast</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fast day</b></col>, <cd>a day appointed for fasting,
humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor
of God.</cd> -- <col><b>To break one's fast</b></col>, <cd>to put an
end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take
one's morning meal; to breakfast.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Faster</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Fastest</u> (?).]
[OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. <i>f&?;st</i>; akin to OS.
<i>fast</i>, D. <i>vast</i>, OHG. <i>fasti</i>, <i>festi</i>, G.
<i>fest</i>, Icel. <i>fastr</i>, Sw. & Dan. <i>fast</i>, and perh. to
E. <i>fetter</i>. The sense <i>swift</i> comes from the idea of
keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf.
<u>Fast</u>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>, <u>Fast</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>, <u>Avast</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Firmly
fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily
moved; immovable; as, to make <i>fast</i> the door.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There is an order that keeps things
<i>fast</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Firm against attack; fortified by nature
or art; impregnable; strong.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and <i>fast</i>
places.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily
separated or alienated; faithful; as, a <i>fast</i> friend.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure
to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, <i>fast</i>
colors.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Tenacious; retentive.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Roses, damask and red, are <i>fast</i> flowers of
their smells.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Not easily disturbed or broken; deep;
sound.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>All this while in a most <i>fast</i>
sleep.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid;
swift; as, a <i>fast</i> horse.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of
restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a <i>fast</i>
man; a <i>fast</i> liver.</def> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Fast and loose</b></col>, <cd>now cohering, now disjoined;
inconstant, esp. in the phrases <i>to play at fast and loose</i>,
<i>to play fast and loose</i>, to act with giddy or reckless
inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do
another.</cd> "<i>Play fast and loose</i> with faith." <i>Shak.</i> -
- <col><b>Fast and loose pulleys</b></col> <i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>two
pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven
from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and
reëngage 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 <i>vice
versa</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Hard and fast</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>,
<cd>so completely aground as to be immovable.</cd> -- <col><b>To make
fast</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to make secure; to fasten firmly,
as a vessel, a rope, or a door.</cd></p>
<p><! p. 545 !></p>
<p><hw>Fast</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [OE. <i>faste</i>
firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. <i>fæste</i>. See <u>Fast</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a fast, fixed, or
firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We will bind thee <i>fast</i>.</blockquote> <i>Judg.
xv. 13.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In a fast or rapid manner; quickly;
swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run <i>fast</i>; to live
<i>fast</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fast by</b></col>, or <col><b>Fast beside</b></col>,
<cd>close or near to; near at hand.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk<BR>
Into the wood <i>fast by</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fast by</i> the throne obsequious Fame
resides.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fast</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which fastens or
holds; especially, <i>(Naut.)</i> a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -
- called, according to its position, a <i>bow</i>, <i>head</i>,
<i>quarter</i>, <i>breast</i>, or <i>stern fast</i>; also, a post on
a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ten</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fastened</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fastening</u> (?).] [AS. <i>fæstnian</i>; akin to OHG.
<i>festinōn</i>. See <u>Fast</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by
a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to <i>fasten</i> a chain to the feet;
to <i>fasten</i> a door or window.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to hold together or to something
else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or
to cleave together, by any means; as, to <i>fasten</i> boards
together with nails or cords; to <i>fasten</i> anything in our
thoughts.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas
<i>fastened</i> to them.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to take close effect; to make to
tell; to lay on; as, to <i>fasten</i> a blow.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>If I can <i>fasten</i> but one cup upon
him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To fasten</b></col> <col><b>a charge, or a
crime</b></col>, <col><b>upon</b></col>, <cd>to make his guilt
certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.</cd> --
<col><b>To fasten one's eyes upon</b></col>, <cd>to look upon
steadily without cessation.</cd> <i>Acts iii. 4.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.</p>
<p><hw>Fas"ten</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To fix one's self;
to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A horse leech will hardly <i>fasten</i> on a
fish.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ten*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, makes fast or firm.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"ten*ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Anything that
binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fast"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who abstains
from food.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fast"-hand`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Close-
handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fas"ti</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The Roman calendar, which gave the days for
festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Records or registers of important
events.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas*tid`i*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Fastidiousness; squeamishness.</def> [Obs.] <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fas*tid"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fastidiosus</i> disdainful, fr. <i>fastidium</i> loathing,
aversion, perh. fr. <i>fastus</i> arrogance (of uncertain origin) +
<i>taedium</i> loathing. Cf. <u>Tedious</u>, <u>Fash</u>.]
<def>Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
difficulty; squeamish; as, a <i>fastidious</i> mind or ear; a
<i>fastidious</i> appetite.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Proud youth ! <i>fastidious</i> of the lower
world.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult;
punctilious. -- <u>Fastidious</u>, <u>Squeamish</u>. We call a
person <i>fastidious</i> when his taste or feelings are offended by
trifling defects or errors; we call him <i>squeamish</i> when he is
excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is
overscrupulous as to questions of duty. "Whoever examines his own
imperfections will cease to be <i>fastidious</i>; whoever restrains
his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be <i>squeamish</i>."
<i>Crabb.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fas*tid"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fas*tid"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fas*tig"i*ate</hw> (?), <hw>Fas*tig"i*a`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fastigium</i> gable end, top, height,
summit.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Narrowing towards the top.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Clustered, parallel, and
upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>United into a conical
bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of
wheat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fast"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rather fast;
also, somewhat dissipated.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fast"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Firmly;
surely.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fast"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>fæstnes</i>, fr. <i>fæst</i> fast. See <u>Fast</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being fast
and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>All . . . places of <i>fastness</i> [are] laid
open.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or
fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their
<i>fastnesses</i> in the mountains.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Conciseness of style.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Ascham.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The state of being fast or
swift.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fas"tu*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fastuosus</i>, from <i>fastus</i> haughtiness, pride: cf. F.
<i>fastueux</i>.] <def>Proud; haughty; disdainful.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Barrow.</i> -- <wf>Fas"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Obs.] <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Vat</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large tub, cistern,
or vessel; a vat.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fats</i> shall overflow with wine and
oil.</blockquote> <i>Joel ii. 24.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A measure of quantity, differing for
different commodities.</def> [Obs.] <i>Hebert.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Fatter</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Fattest</u> (?).]
[AS. <i>f&aemacr;tt</i>; akin to D. <i>vet</i>, G. <i>fett</i>,
<i>feist</i>, Icel. <i>feitr</i>, Sw. <i>fet</i>, Dan. <i>fed</i>,
and perh. to Gr. <grk>pi^dax</grk> spring, fountain,
<grk>pidy`ein</grk> to gush forth, <grk>pi`wn</grk> fat, Skr.
<i>pi</i> to swell.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Abounding with
fat</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Fleshy; characterized by
fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a <i>fat</i> man; a
<i>fat</i> ox.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Oily; greasy; unctuous;
rich; -- said of food.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal;
coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Making our western wits <i>fat</i> and
mean.</blockquote> <i>Emerson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Make the heart of this people <i>fat</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Is. vi. 10.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Fertile; productive; as, a <i>fat</i>
soil; a <i>fat</i> pasture.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Rich; producing a large income; desirable;
as, a <i>fat</i> benefice; a <i>fat</i> office; a <i>fat</i>
job.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Now parson of Troston, a <i>fat</i> living in
Suffolk.</blockquote> <i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Abounding in riches; affluent;
fortunate.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Persons grown <i>fat</i> and wealthy by long
impostures.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Typog.)</i> <def>Of a character which
enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter
containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a <i>fat</i> take; a
<i>fat</i> page.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fat lute</b></col>, <cd>a mixture of pipe clay and oil for
filling joints.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Physiol. Chem.)</i> <def>An oily liquid or greasy substance
making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely
distributed in the seeds of plants. See <i>Adipose tissue</i>, under
<u>Adipose</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Animal fats</i> are composed mainly of three distinct
fats, <i>tristearin</i>, <i>tripalmitin</i>, and <i>triolein</i>,
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.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The best or richest productions; the best
part; as, to live on the <i>fat</i> of the land.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Typog.)</i> <def>Work. containing much
blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the
compositor.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fat acid</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i> <cd>See <i>Sebacic
acid</i>, under <u>Sebacic</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fat series</b></col>,
<col><b>Fatty series</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>the series of the
paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or
methane series.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural fats</b></col>
<i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>the group of oily substances of natural
occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from
certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most
natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty
acids.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fatted</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>atting</u> (?).] [OE. <i>fatten</i>, AS. <i>f&aemacr;ttian</i>.
See <u>Fat</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Fatten</u>.] <def>To
make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as,
to <i>fat</i> fowls or sheep.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We <i>fat</i> all creatures else to <i>fat</i>
us.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To grow fat, plump, and
fleshy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>An old ox <i>fats</i> as well, and is as good, as a
young one.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"tal</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fatalis</i>, fr.
<i>fatum</i>: cf. F. <i>fatal</i>. See <u>Fate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or
destiny; necessary; inevitable.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>These thing are <i>fatal</i> and
necessary.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It was <i>fatal</i> to the king to fight for his
money.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Foreboding death or great disaster.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>That <i>fatal</i> screech owl to our house<BR>
That nothing sung but death to us and ours.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Causing death or destruction; deadly;
mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a <i>fatal</i> wound; a
<i>fatal</i> disease; a <i>fatal</i> day; a <i>fatal</i>
error.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"tal*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fatalisme</i>.] <def>The doctrine that all things are subject to
fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"tal*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fataliste</i>.] <def>One who maintains that all things happen by
inevitable necessity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa`tal*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Implying, or
partaking of the nature of, fatalism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fatalities</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>fatalitas</i>: cf. F.
<i>fatalité</i>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being
fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to,
and independent of, free and rational control.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Stoics held a <i>fatality</i>, and a fixed,
unalterable course of events.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being fatal; tendency to
destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the
most considerable <i>fatality</i>.</blockquote> <i>Ser T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>By a strange <i>fatality</i> men suffer their
dissenting.</blockquote> <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is decreed by fate or which is
fatal; a fatal event.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"tal*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.</def>
<i>Bentley.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In a manner issuing in death or ruin;
mortally; destructively; as, <i>fatally</i> deceived or
wounded.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"tal*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of being
fatal.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fa"ta Mor*ga"na</hw> (?). [It.; -- so called because this
phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. <i>fata</i>)
of the name of <i>Morgána</i>. See <u>Fairy</u>.] <def>A kind
of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted,
displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits
of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fat"back`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The menhaden.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fat"-brained`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Dull of
apprehension.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fatum</i> a
prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny,
fate, fr. <i>fari</i> to speak: cf. OF. <i>fat</i>. See <u>Fame</u>,
<u>Fable</u>, <u>Ban</u>, and cf. 1st <u>Fay</u>, <u>Fairy</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fixed decree by which the order of things
is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable
necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and
conditioned.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Necessity and chance<BR>
Approach not me; and what I will is <i>fate</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent,
brooding, everlasting <i>fate</i> of which victim and tyrant were
alike the instruments.</blockquote> <i>Froude.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or
predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin;
death.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The great, th'important day, big with the
<i>fate</i><BR>
Of Cato and of Rome.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Our wills and <i>fates</i> do so contrary run<BR>
That our devices still are overthrown.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The whizzing arrow sings,<BR>
<i>And bears thy fate</i>, Antinous, on its wings.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The element of chance in the affairs of
life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force
shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which
it is useless to struggle; as, <i>fate</i> was, or the <i>fates</i>
were, against him.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A brave man struggling in the storms of
<i>fate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Sometimes an hour of <i>Fate's</i> serenest weather
strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams.</blockquote>
<i>B. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> [L. <i>Fata</i>, pl. of
<i>fatum</i>.] <i>(Myth.)</i> <def>The three goddesses, Clotho,
Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the <i>Destinies</i>, or
<i>Parcæ</i>who were supposed to determine the course of human
life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as
spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Among all nations it has been common to speak of
<i>fate</i> or destiny as a power superior to gods and men -- swaying
all things irresistibly. This may be called the <i>fate</i> of poets
and mythologists. Philosophical <i>fate</i> is the sum of the laws
of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind
properties of matter. Theological <i>fate</i> represents Deity as
above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his
will -- the expression of that will being the law. <i>Krauth-
Fleming.</i>
</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.</p>
<p><hw>Fat"ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>p. p. & a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was
<i>fated</i> to rule a factious people.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>One midnight<BR>
<i>Fated</i> to the purpose.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Invested with the power of determining
destiny.</def> [Obs.] "The <i>fated</i> sky." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Exempted by fate.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fate"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. .</i></pos> <def>Having the
power of serving or accomplishing fate.</def> "The <i>fateful</i>
steel." <i>J. Barlow.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Significant of fate; ominous.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fateful</i> cawings of the crow.</blockquote>
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fate"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>-
<wf>Fate"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fat"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley
(<i>Pimephales promelas</i>); -- called also <i>black-headed
minnow</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A labroid food fish of
California; the redfish.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther</hw> (fä"&thlig;&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[OE. <i>fader</i>, AS. <i>fæder</i>; akin to OS. <i>fadar</i>,
D. <i>vader</i>, OHG. <i>fatar</i>, G. <i>vater</i>, Icel.
<i>faðir</i> Sw. & Dan. <i>fader</i>, OIr. <i>athir</i>, L.
<i>pater</i>, Gr. <grk>path`r</grk>, Skr. <i>pitr</i>, perh. fr. Skr.
<i>pā</i> protect. √75, 247. Cf. <u>Papa</u>,
<u>Paternal</u>, <u>Patriot</u>, <u>Potential</u>, <u>Pablum</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who has begotten a child, whether son or
daughter; a generator; a male parent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A wise son maketh a glad <i>father</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Prov. x. 1.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A male ancestor more remote than a
parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a
race or family; -- in the plural, <i>fathers</i>,
ancestors.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>David slept with his <i>fathers</i>.</blockquote> <i>1
Kings ii. 10.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Abraham, who is the <i>father</i> of us
all.</blockquote> <i>Rom. iv. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who performs the offices of a parent
by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I was a <i>father</i> to the poor.</blockquote> <i>Job
xxix. 16.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He hath made me a <i>father</i> to Pharaoh, and lord
of all his house.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xiv. 8.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A respectful mode of address to an old
man.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him
[Elisha], . . . and said, O my <i>father</i>, my
<i>father</i>!</blockquote> <i>2 Kings xiii. 14.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A senator of ancient Rome.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A dignitary of the church, a superior of a
convent, a confessor (called also <i>father confessor</i>), or a
priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative
assembly, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Bless you, good <i>father</i> friar !</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>One of the chief ecclesiastical
authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of
collectively as <i>the Fathers</i>; as, the Latin, Greek, or
apostolic <i>Fathers</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, gives origin; an
originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice
any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or
teacher.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>father</i> of all such as handle the harp and
organ.</blockquote> <i>Gen. iv. 21.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Might be the <i>father</i>, Harry, to that
thought.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>father</i> of good news.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in
theology, the first person in the Trinity.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our <i>Father</i>, which art in heaven.</blockquote>
<i>Matt. vi. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now had the almighty <i>Father</i> from above . . .
<BR>
Bent down his eye.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Adoptive father</b></col>, <cd>one who adopts the child of
another, treating it as his own.</cd> -- <col><b>Apostolic
father</b></col>, <col><b>Conscript fathers, etc.</b></col> <cd>See
under <u>Apostolic</u>, <u>Conscript</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Father
in God</b></col>, <cd>a title given to bishops.</cd> --
<col><b>Father of lies</b></col>, <cd>the Devil.</cd> --
<col><b>Father of the bar</b></col>, <cd>the oldest practitioner at
the bar.</cd> -- <col><b>Fathers of the city</b></col>, <cd>the
aldermen.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of the Faithful</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Abraham.</cd> <i>Rom. iv.</i> <i>Gal. iii. 6-
9.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his
successors.</cd> -- <col><b>Father of the house</b></col>, <cd>the
member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous
service.</cd> -- <col><b>Most Reverend Father in God</b></col>, <cd>a
title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops
of Canterbury and York.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural father</b></col>,
<cd>the father of an illegitimate child.</cd> -- <col><b>Putative
father</b></col>, <cd>one who is presumed to be the father of an
illegitimate child; the supposed father.</cd> -- <col><b>Spiritual
father</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A religious teacher or
guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <cd>A priest who hears
confession in the sacrament of penance.</cd> -- <col><b>The Holy
Father</b></col> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i>, <cd>the pope.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fathered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fathering</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make one's self the
father of; to beget.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Cowards <i>father</i> cowards, and base things sire
base.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take as one's own child; to adopt;
hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author
of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Men of wit<BR>
Often <i>fathered</i> what he writ.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To provide with a father.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Think you I am no stronger than my sex,<BR>
Being so <i>fathered</i> and so husbanded ?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To father on</b></col> or <col><b>upon</b></col>, <cd>to
ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay
upon as being responsible.</cd> "Nothing can be so uncouth or
extravagant, which may not be <i>fathered on</i> some fetch of wit,
or some caprice of humor." <i>Barrow.</i></p>
<p><! p. 546 !></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being a father; the character or authority of a father;
paternity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther-in-law`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fathers-in-law</b></plw> (&?;). <def>The father of one's
husband or wife; -- correlative to <i>son-in-law</i> and <i>daughter-
in-law</i>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A man who marries a woman having children already, is
sometimes, though erroneously, called their <i>father-in-law</i>.</p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*land"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Imitated fr. D.
<i>vaderland</i>. See <u>Father</u>, and <u>Land</u>.] <def>One's
native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther-lash`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A European marine fish (<i>Cottus
bubalis</i>), allied to the sculpin; -- called also <i>lucky
proach</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Destitute of a living father; as, a <i>fatherless</i>
child.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Without a known author.</def> <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*less*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being without a father.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*li*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Fatherly</u>.] <def>The qualities of a father; parantal kindness,
care, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther long"legs`</hw> (?). <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>See
<u>Daddy longlegs</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*ly</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender;
protecting; careful.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You have showed a tender, <i>fatherly</i>
regard.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a father.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"ther*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being a father; fatherhood; paternity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fath"om</hw> (fă&thlig;"ŭm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fadme</i>, <i>faðme</i>, AS.
<i>fæðm</i> fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS.
<i>faðmos</i> the outstretched arms, D. <i>vadem</i>,
<i>vaam</i>, fathom, OHG. <i>fadom</i>, <i>fadum</i>, G. <i>faden</i>
fathom, thread, Icel. <i>faðmr</i> fathom, Sw. <i>famn</i>, Dan.
<i>favn</i>; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to spread out,
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; outspread, flat, L. <i>patere</i> to lie open,
extend. Cf. <u>Patent</u>, <u>Petal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can
extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and
the depth of navigable water by soundings.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The measure or extant of one's capacity;
depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Another of his <i>fathom</i> they have none<BR>
To lead their business.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fath"om</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fathomed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fathoming</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To encompass with the arms
extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to
span.</def> [Obs.] <i>Purchas.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To measure by a sounding line; especially,
to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get
to the bottom of.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The page of life that was spread out before me seemed
dull and commonplace, only because I had not <i>fathomed</i> its
deeper import.</blockquote> <i>Hawthotne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fath"om*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being fathomed.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fath"om*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
fathoms.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fath"om*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be
sounded.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And buckle in a waist most
<i>fathomless</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Incomprehensible.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fathomless</i> absurdity.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tid"i*cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatidicus</i>; <i>fatum</i> fate + <i>dicere</i> to say, tell.]
<def>Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent;
as, the <i>fatidical</i> oak.</def> [R.] <i>Howell.</i> --
<wf>Fa*tid"i*cal*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatifer</i>; <i>fatum</i> fate + <i>ferre</i> to bear, bring.]
<def>Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.</def> [R.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"i*ga*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatigabilis</i>: cf. F. <i>fatigable</i>. See <u>Fatigue</u>.]
<def>Easily tired.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bailey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"i*gate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatigatus</i>, p. p. of <i>fatigare</i>. See <i>Fatigue</i>.]
<def>Wearied; tired; fatigued.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Requickened what in flesh was
<i>fatigate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"i*gate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To weary; to
tire; to fatigue.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat`i*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatigatio</i>: cf. OF. <i>fatigation</i>.] <def>Weariness.</def>
[Obs.] <i>W. Montaqu.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tigue"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>fatiguer</i> to fatigue, L. <i>fatigare</i>; cf. L. <i>affatim</i>
sufficiently.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Weariness from bodily labor or
mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as,
the <i>fatigues</i> of war.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The weakening of a metal when subjected to
repeated vibrations or strains.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fatigue call</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a summons, by
bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatigue
dress</b></col>, <cd>the working dress of soldiers.</cd> --
<col><b>Fatigue duty</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>labor exacted from
soldiers aside from the use of arms.</cd> <i>Farrow.</i> --
<col><b>Fatigue party</b></col>, <cd>a party of soldiers on fatigue
duty.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tigue"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fatigued</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fatiguing</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] [Cf. F. <i>fatiguer</i>. See
<u>Fatigue</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To weary with labor or any
bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the
strength or endurance of; to tire.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See <u>Jade</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Fa*til"o*quent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Fatiloquist</u>.] <def>Prophetic; fatidical.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Blount.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*til"o*quist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatiloquus</i> declaring fate; <i>fatum</i> fate+ <i>Loqui</i> to
speak.] <def>A fortune teller.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Fat"i*mite</hw> (?), <hw>Fat"i*mide</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Hist.)</i> <def>Descended from Fatima, the
daughter and only child of Mohammed.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A descendant of Fatima.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tis"cence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fatiscense</i>, p. pr. of <i>fatiscere</i> to gape or crack open.]
<def>A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having
apertures.</def> <i>Kirwan.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"-kid`neyed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Gross;
lubberly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Peace, ye <i>fat-kidneyed</i> rascal !</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Fat</i> + <i>-
ling</i>.] <def>A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for
slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for
food.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He sacrificed oxen and <i>fatlings</i>.</blockquote>
<i>2 Sam. vi. 13.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Grossly;
greasily.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who fattens.
[R.] See <u>Fattener</u>.</def> <i>Arbuthnit.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;
corpulency; fullness of flesh.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Their eyes stand out with <i>fatness</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Ps. lxxiii. 7.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence; Richness; fertility;
fruitfulness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Rich in the <i>fatness</i> of her plenteous
soil.</blockquote> <i>Rowe.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which makes fat or fertile.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The clouds drop <i>fatness</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Philips.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ten</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fattened</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fattening</u> (?).] [See <u>Fat</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make
fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich;
as, to <i>fatten</i> land; to <i>fatten</i> fields with blood.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ten</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To grow fat or
corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And villains <i>fatten</i> with the brave man's
labor.</blockquote> <i>Otway.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ten*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ti*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State or
quality of being fatty.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fat"tish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat fat;
inclined to fatness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking,
<i>fattish</i> old man.</blockquote> <i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Containing fat, or
having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a <i>fatty</i>
substance.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fatty acid</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>any one of the
paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.;
-- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike
substances.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty clays</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Clay</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty degeneration</b></col>
<i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a diseased condition, in which the oil globules,
naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually
to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.</cd> --
<col><b>Fatty heart</b></col>, <col><b>Fatty liver</b></col>,
<cd>etc. <i>(Med.)</i>, a heart, liver, etc., which have been the
subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty
infiltration</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a condition in which there
is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction
of any essential parts of the latter.</cd> -- <col><b>Fatty
tumor</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a tumor consisting of fatty or
adipose tissue; lipoma.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tu"i*tous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Stupid;
fatuous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*tu"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fatuitas</i>,
fr. <i>fatuus</i> foolish: cf. F. <i>fatuité</i> Cf.
<u>Fatuous</u>.] <def>Weakness or imbecility of mind;
stupidity.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Those many forms of popular
<i>fatuity</i>.</blockquote> <i>I Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fatuus</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish;
fatuitous.</def> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Without reality; illusory, like the
<i>ignis fatuus</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thence <i>fatuous</i> fires and meteors take their
birth.</blockquote> <i>Danham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fat"-wit`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Dull;
stupid.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fau`bourg"</hw> (fō`b&oomac;r"; E.
fō"b&oomac;rg), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A suburb of a
French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without
its walls.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fauces</i>
throat.] <def>Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat;
faucial;</def> esp., <i>(Phon.)</i> <def>produced in the fauces, as
certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other
languages.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ayin is the most difficult of the
<i>faucals</i>.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fau"ces</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The narrow passage from the
mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base
of the tongue; -- called also the <i>isthmus of the fauces</i>. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the
<i>pillars of the fauces</i>, inclose the tonsils.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The throat of a calyx,
corolla, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>That portion of the
interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the
aperture.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"cet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>fausset</i>,
perh. fr. L. <i>fauces</i> throat.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fixture
for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe,
cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; --
called also <i>tap</i>, and <i>cock</i>. It consists of a tubular
spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or
slide.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The enlarged end of a section of pipe
which receives the spigot end of the next section.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"chion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Falchion</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fau"cial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faugh</hw> (?), <pos><i>interj.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Foh</u>.]
<def>An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faul"chion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Falchion</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faul"con</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>See <u>Falcon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fauld</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The arch over the
dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fall or falling
band.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>These laces, ribbons, and these
<i>faules</i>.</blockquote> <i>Herrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>faut</i>,
<i>faute</i>, F. <i>faute</i> (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. <i>falta</i>), fr.
a verb meaning <i>to want</i>, <i>fail</i>, freq., fr. L.
<i>fallere</i> to deceive. See <u>Fail</u>, and cf. <u>Default</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Defect; want; lack; default.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>One, it pleases me, for <i>fault</i> of a better, to
call my friend.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything that fails, that is wanting, or
that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>As patches set upon a little breach<BR>
Discredit more in hiding of the <i>fault</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A moral failing; a defect or dereliction
from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a
crime.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Geol. & Mining)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>A dislocation of the strata of the vein.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by
impurities in the seam; as, slate <i>fault</i>, dirt <i>fault</i>,
etc.</def> <i>Raymond.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Hunting)</i> <def>A lost scent; act of
losing the scent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have
singled,<BR>
With much ado, the cold <i>fault</i> cleary out.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Tennis)</i> <def>Failure to serve the ball
into the proper court.</def></p>
<p><col><b>At fault</b></col>, <cd>unable to find the scent and
continue chase; hence, in trouble or embarrassment, and unable to
proceed; puzzled; thrown off the track.</cd> -- <col><b>To find
fault</b></col>, <cd>to find reason for blaming or complaining; to
express dissatisfaction; to complain; -- followed by <i>with</i>
before the thing complained of; but formerly by <i>at</i>.</cd>
"Matter <i>to find fault at</i>." <i>Robynson (More's
Utopia).</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- -- Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness;
blunder; failing; vice. -- <u>Fault</u>, <u>Failing</u>,
<u>Defect</u>, <u>Foible</u>. A <i>fault</i> is positive, something
morally wrong; a <i>failing</i> is negative, some weakness or falling
short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a <i>defect</i>
is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of
anything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a
<i>foible</i> is a less important weakness, which we overlook or
smile at. A man may have many <i>failings</i>, and yet commit but few
<i>faults</i>; or his <i>faults</i> and <i>failings</i> may be few,
while his <i>foibles</i> are obvious to all. The <i>faults</i> of a
friend are often palliated or explained away into mere
<i>defects</i>, and the <i>defects</i> or <i>foibles</i> of an enemy
exaggerated into <i>faults</i>. "I have <i>failings</i> in common
with every human being, besides my own peculiar <i>faults</i>; but of
avarice I have generally held myself guiltless." <i>Fox.</i>
"Presumption and self-applause are the <i>foibles</i> of mankind."
<i>Waterland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Faulted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faulting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To charge with a fault; to
accuse; to find fault with; to blame.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For that I will not <i>fault</i> thee.</blockquote>
<i>Old Song.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>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
<i>faulted</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fault</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To err; to blunder,
to commit a fault; to do wrong.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a
king, they had not <i>faulted</i>.</blockquote> <i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who commits a
fault.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Behold the <i>faulter</i> here in sight.</blockquote>
<i>Fairfax.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault"-find`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a
scold.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fault"-find`ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also
<pos><i>Adj.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Fault"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of faults
or sins.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a faulty
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fault"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state
of being faulty.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Round, even to <i>faultiness</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fault"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>The
state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is
produced.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fault"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without fault; not
defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness,
vice, or offense; perfect; as, a <i>faultless</i> poem.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Whoever thinks a <i>faultless</i> piece to see,<BR>
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Blameless; spotless; perfect. See
<u>Blameless</u>.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Fault"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>-
<wf>Fault"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fault"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for
the use intended.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Created once<BR>
So goodly and erect, though <i>faulty</i> since.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence,
blamable; worthy of censure.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The king doth speak . . . as one which is
<i>faulty</i>.</blockquote> <i>2 Sam. xiv. 13.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faun</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Faunus</i>, fr.
<i>favere</i> to be favorable. See <u>Favor</u>.] <i>(Rom. Myth.)</i>
<def>A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr.
The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half
man.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Satyr or <i>Faun</i>, or Sylvan.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fau"na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.: cf. F.
<i>faune</i>. See <u>Faun</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The animals
of any given area or epoch; as, the <i>fauna</i> of America; fossil
<i>fauna</i>; recent <i>fauna</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Relating to
fauna.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"nist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who describes
the fauna of country; a naturalist.</def> <i>Gilbert White.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fau"nus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fauni</b></plw> (#). [L.] <i>(Myth.)</i> <def>See
<u>Faun</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"sen</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. W. <i>llysowen</i>
eel, <i>ll</i> sounding in Welsh almost like <i>fl</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A young eel.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>||Fausse`-braye"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>fausse-
braie</i>.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A second rampart, exterior to, and
parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its
level.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fau`teuil"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Faldistory</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An armchair; hence
(because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in
the French Academy.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Chair of a presiding officer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fau"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., contr. fr.
<i>favitor</i>, fr. <i>favere</i> to be favorable: cf. F.
<i>fauteur</i>. See <u>Favor</u>.] <def>A favorer; a patron; one who
gives countenance or support; an abettor.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The king and the <i>fautors</i> of his
proceedings.</blockquote> <i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fau"tress</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>fauutrix</i>:
cf. F. <i>fautrice</i>.] <def>A patroness.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fau`vette"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., dim. fr.
<i>fauve</i> fawn-colored.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small singing
bird, as the nightingale and warblers.</def></p>
<p><! p. 547 !></p>
<p><hw>||Faux</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Fauces</b></plw> (#). [L.] <def>See <u>Fauces</u>.</def></p>
<p>
<hw>||faux` pas"</hw> (?). [F. See <u>False</u>, and <u>Pas</u>.]
<def>A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*vag"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>favus</i>
a honeycomb.] <def>Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vas</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Favus</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vel</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF. <i>fauvel</i>,
<i>favel</i>, dim. of F. <i>fauve</i>; of German oigin. See
<u>Fallow</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Yellow; fal&?;ow;
dun.</def> [Obs.] <i>Wright.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A horse of a favel or
dun color.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To curry favel</b></col>. <cd>See <i>To curry favor</i>,
under <u>Favor</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>favele</i>, fr. L.
<i>fabella</i> short fable, dim. of <i>fabula</i>. See <u>Fable</u>.]
<def>Flattery; cajolery; deceit.</def> [Obs.] <i>Skeat.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Fa*vel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., prob. from L.
<i>favus</i> a honeycomb.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A group of spores
arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope,
as in certain delicate red algæ.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*ve"o*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>favus</i>
honeycomb.] <def>Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat
resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa*vil"lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>favilla</i>
sparkling or glowing ashes.] <def>Of or pertaining to ashes.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Light and <i>favillous</i> particles.</blockquote>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*vo"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Favonius</i>
the west wind.] <def>Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild;
gentle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Written also
<i>favour</i>.] [OF. <i>favor</i>, F. <i>faveur</i>, L. <i>favor</i>,
fr. <i>favere</i> to be favorable, cf. Skr. <i>bhāvaya</i> to
further, foster, causative of <i>bhū</i> to become, be. Cf.
<u>Be</u>. In the phrase <i>to curry favor</i>, <i>favor</i> is prob.
for <i>favel</i> a horse. See 2d <u>Favel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly
disposition; kindness; good will.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Hath crawled into the <i>favor</i> of the
king.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of countenancing, or the condition
of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion;
befriending.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>But found no <i>favor</i> in his lady's
eyes.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
<i>favor</i> with God and man.</blockquote> <i>Luke ii. 52.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A kind act or office; kindness done or
granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good
will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Beg one <i>favor</i> at thy gracious
hand.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Mildness or mitigation of punishment;
lenity.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I could not discover the lenity and <i>favor</i> of
this sentence.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The object of regard; person or thing
favored.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,<BR>
His chief delight and <i>favor</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A gift or represent; 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 <i>favor</i>
is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a
wedding.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Wear thou this <i>favor</i> for me, and stick it in
thy cap.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Appearance; look; countenance; face.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>This boy is fair, of female <i>favor</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Partiality; bias.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>A letter or epistle; -- so called in
civility or compliment; as, your <i>favor</i> of yesterday is
received.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Love locks.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Wright.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Challenge</b></col> <col><b>to the favor or for
favor</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the challenge of a juror on grounds
not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to
give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as
acquaintance, business relation, etc. See <i>Principal challenge</i>,
under <u>Challenge</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>In favor of</b></col>,
<cd>upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of.</cd> --
<col><b>In favor with</b></col>, <cd>favored, countenanced, or
encouraged by.</cd> -- <col><b>To curry favor</b></col> [see the
etymology of <u>Favor</u>, above], <cd>to seek to gain favor by
flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities.</cd> --
<col><b>With one's favor</b></col>, or <col><b>By one's
favor</b></col>, <cd>with leave; by kind permission.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>But, <i>with your favor</i>, I will treat it
here.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity;
grace; gift; present; benefit.</p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Favored</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Favoring</u>.] [Written also <i>favour</i>.] [Cf. OF.
<i>favorer</i>, <i>favorir</i>. See <u>Favor</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To regard with
kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or
to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat
with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias
towards.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>O happy youth! and <i>favored</i> of the
skies.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He that <i>favoreth</i> Joab, . . . let him go after
Joab.</blockquote> <i>2 Sam. xx. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>[The painter] has <i>favored</i> her squint
admirably.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To afford advantages for success to; to
facilitate; as, a weak place <i>favored</i> the entrance of the
enemy.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To resemble in features; to have the
aspect or looks of; as, the child <i>favors</i> his father.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The porter owned that the gentleman <i>favored</i> his
master.</blockquote> <i>Spectator.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Written also
<i>favourable</i>.] [F. <i>favorable</i>, L. <i>favorabilis</i>
favored, popular, pleasing, fr. <i>favor</i>. See <u>Favor</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Full of favor;
favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious;
friendly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Lend <i>favorable</i> ears to our
request.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Lord, thou hast been <i>favorable</i> unto thy
land.</blockquote> <i>Ps. lxxxv. 1.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Conducive; contributing; tending to
promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A place very <i>favorable</i> for the making levies of
men.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The temper of the climate, <i>favorable</i> to
generation, health, and long life.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Temple.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Beautiful; well-favored.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Fa"vora*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fa"vor*a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>sdv.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>faborableness</i> of the present times to all
extertions in the cause of liberty.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vored</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a <i>favored</i>
friend.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having a certain favor or appearance;
featured; as, well-<i>favored</i>; hard-<i>favored</i>,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vored*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a favored
or a favorable manner; favorably.</def> [Obs.] <i>Deut. xvii. 1.
Arscham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vored*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Appearance.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who favors;
one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who
assists or promotes success or prosperity.</def> [Written also
<i>favourer</i>.]</p>
<p><blockquote>And come to us as <i>favorers</i>, not as
foes.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*ess</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A woman who
favors or gives countenance.</def> [Written also
<i>fovouress</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That favors.</def>
-- <wf>Fa"vor*ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>favorit</i>
favored, F. <i>favori</i>, fem. <i>favorite</i>, p. p. of OF.
<i>favorir</i>, cf. It. <i>favorito</i>, frm. <i>favorita</i>, fr.
<i>favorire</i> to favor. See <u>Favor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with
partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved,
trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or
authority.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Committing to a wicked <i>favorite</i><BR>
All public cares.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Short curls dangling over the
temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Farquhar.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Sporting)</i> <def>The competitor (as a
horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor
standing highest in the betting.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Regarded with
particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a <i>favorite</i>
walk; a <i>favorite</i> child.</def> "His <i>favorite</i> argument."
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*it*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>favoritisme</i>.] <def>The disposition to favor and promote the
interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the
neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A spirit of <i>favoritism</i> to the Bank of the
United States.</blockquote> <i>A. Hamilton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa"vor*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or
support.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Unpropitious; unfavorable.</def> [Obs.]
"Fortune <i>favorless</i>." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fa*vose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>favus</i>
honeycomb.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Honeycombed. See
<u>Faveolate</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
disease called favus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fav"o*site</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fav`o*si"tes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Favose</u>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A genus of fossil corals
abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells
with perforated walls.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fa"vus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., honeycomb.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A disease of the scalp,
produced by a vegetable parasite.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal
shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called
also <i>favas</i> and <i>sectila</i>.</def> <i>Mollett.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fawe</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Fain</u>.]
<def>Fain; glad; delighted.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fawk"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Falconer</u>.]
<def>A falconer.</def> [Obs.] <i>Donne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fawn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>faon</i> the young
one of any beast, a fawn, F. <i>faon</i> a fawn, for <i>fedon</i>,
fr. L. <i>fetus</i>. See <u>Fetus</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A young deer; a buck or doe of the first
year. See <u>Buck</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The young of an animal; a whelp.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her
<i>fawns</i>.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A fawn color.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the color of a fawn;
fawn-colored.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>faonner</i>.]
<def>To bring forth a fawn.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Fawned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fawning</u>.] [OE. <i>fawnen</i>, <i>fainen</i>, <i>fagnien</i>,
to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. <i>fægnian</i> to rejoice;
akin to Icel. <i>fagna</i> to rejoice, welcome. See <u>Fain</u>.]
<def>To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
flatter meanly; -- often followed by <i>on</i> or
<i>upon</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You showed your teeth like apes, and <i>fawned</i>
like hounds.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou with trembling fear,<BR>
Or like a <i>fawning</i> parasite, obeyest.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Courtiers who <i>fawn</i> on a master while they
betray him.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fawn</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A servile cringe or bow;
mean flattery; sycophancy.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fawn"-col`ored</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the
color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fawn"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who fawns; a
sycophant.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fawn"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a fawning
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faxed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>feaxede</i>
haired, fr. <i>feax</i> hair. Cf. <u>Paxwax</u>.] <def>Hairy.</def>
[Obs.] <i>amden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fay</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>fée</i>. See
<u>Fate</u>, and cf. <u>Fairy</u>.] <def>A fairy; an elf.</def>
"Yellow-skirted <i>fays</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fay</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>fei</i>, F. <i>foi</i>.
See <u>Faith</u>.] <def>Faith; as, by my <i>fay</i>.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fay</hw> (fā), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>fayed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Faying</u>.] [OE. <i>feien</i>, v.t. & i., AS. <i>fēgan</i>
to join, unite; akin to OS. <i>fōgian</i>, D. <i>voegen</i>,
OHG. <i>fuogen</i>, G. <i>fügen</i>, Sw. <i>foga</i>. See
<u>Fair</u>, and cf. <u>Fadge</u>.] <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>To
fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make
the surface fit together.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fay</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i>
<def>To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with
<i>in</i>, <i>into</i>, <i>with</i>, or <i>together</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Faying surface</b></col>, <cd>that surface of an object
which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of
plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in
shipwork.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fay"al*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called from the
island <i>Fayal</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A black, greenish, or
brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of
iron.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Fa`y*ence"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Fa&?;ence</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fay"tour</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Faitour</u>.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Faze</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Feeze</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Faz"zo*let`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.
<i>fazzoletto</i>.] <def>A handkerchief.</def> [R.]
<i>percival.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fea"ber*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Prov. E.
<i>feabe</i>, <i>theabe</i>, <i>thape</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
gooseberry.</def> [Prov. Eng.] <i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feague</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. G. <i>fegen</i>
to sweep, Icel. <i>fægia</i> to cleanse, polish, E.
<i>fair</i>, <i>fay</i>, to fit, <i>fey</i> to cleanse.] <def>To beat
or whip; to drive.</def> [Obs.] <i>Otway.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF. <i>feal</i>,
<i>feel</i>, <i>feeil</i>, <i>fedeil</i>, F. <i>fidèle</i>, L.
<i>fidelis</i> faithful, fr. <i>fides</i> faith. See <u>Faith</u>.]
<def>Faithful; loyal.</def> [Obs.] <i>Wright.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe"al*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>faute</i>, OF.
<i>fauté</i>, <i>fealté</i>, <i>feelé</i>,
<i>feelteit</i>, fr. L. <i>fidelitas</i>, fr. <i>fidelis</i>
faithful. See <u>Feal</u>, and cf. <i>Fidelity</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation
by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord;
the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a
superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the
practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal
obligation.</def> <i>Wharton (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a
friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He should maintain <i>fealty</i> to God.</blockquote>
<i>I. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps<BR>
The <i>fealty</i> of our friends.</blockquote> <i>tennyson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Swore <i>fealty</i> to the new
government.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Fealty</i> is distinguished from <i>homage</i>, which is
an acknowledgment of tenure, while <i>fealty</i> implies an oath. See
<u>Homage</u>. <i>Wharton.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.</p>
<p><hw>Fear</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A variant of
<u>Fere</u>, a mate, a companion.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fer</i>, <i>feer</i>,
<i>fere</i>, AS. <i>f&?;r</i> a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger;
akin to D. <i>vaar</i>, OHG. <i>fāra</i> danger, G.
<i>gefahr</i>, Icel. <i>fār</i> harm, mischief, plague, and to
E. <i>fare</i>, <i>peril</i>. See <u>Fare</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil,
or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety;
solicitude; alarm; dread.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most
moderate, may be thus expressed, -- <i>apprehension</i>, <i>fear</i>,
<i>dread</i>, <i>fright</i>, <i>terror</i>.</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Fear</i> is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the
thought of future evil likely to befall us.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Where no hope is left, is left no
<i>fear</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Script.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath;
the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme
Belng.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Respectful reverence for men of
authority or worth.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will put my <i>fear</i> in their
hearts.</blockquote> <i>Jer. xxxii. 40.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I will teach you the <i>fear</i> of the
Lord.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xxxiv. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom
tribute is due . . . <i>fear</i> to whom <i>fear</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Rom. xiii. 7.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which causes, or which is the object
of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger;
dreadfulness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There were they in great fear, where no <i>fear</i>
was.</blockquote> <i>Ps. liii. 5.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>fear</i> of your adventure would counsel you to
a more equal enterprise.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>For fear</b></col>, <cd>in apprehension lest.</cd> "For
<i>fear</i> you ne'er see chain nor money more." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Feared</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Fearing</u>.] [OE. <i>feren</i>, <i>faeren</i>, to frighten, to be
afraid, AS. <i>f&?;ran</i> to terrify. See <u>Fear</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To feel a painful
apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion
of alarm or solicitude.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will <i>fear</i> no evil, for thou art with
me.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xxiii. 4.</i></p>
<p>With subordinate clause.</p>
<p><blockquote>I greatly <i>fear</i> my money is not
safe.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I almost <i>fear</i> to quit your hand.</blockquote>
<i>D. Jerrold.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a reverential awe of; to
solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Leave them to God above; him serve and
<i>fear</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be anxious or solicitous for.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The sins of the father are to be laid upon the
children, therefore . . . I <i>fear</i> you.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To suspect; to doubt.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Ay what else, <i>fear</i> you not her
courage?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To affright; to terrify; to drive away or
prevent approach of by fear.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>fear</i> their people from doing evil.</blockquote>
<i>Robynsin (More's utopia).</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Tush, tush! <i>fear</i> boys with bugs.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.</p>
<p><hw>Fear</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be in apprehension
of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected
evil.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I exceedingly <i>fear</i> and quake.</blockquote>
<i>Heb. xii. 21.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fear"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
fars.</def> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fear"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid;
frightened.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Anxious amidst all their success, and <i>fearful</i>
amidat all their power.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>inclined to fear; easily frightened;
without courage; timid.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>What man is there that is <i>fearful</i> and faint-
hearted?</blockquote> <i>Deut. xx. 8.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Indicating, or caused by, fear.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Cold <i>fearful</i> drops stand on my trembling
flesh.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Inspiring fear or awe; exciting
apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This glorious and <i>fearful</i> name, <u>The Lord thy
God</u>.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxviii. 58.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Death is a <i>fearful</i> thing.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In dreams they <i>fearful</i> precipices
tread.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible;
distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.</p>
<p><hw>Fear"ful*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a fearful
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fear"ful*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being fearful.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fear"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from
fear.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Bold; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant;
brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Fear"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fear"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Fear"naught`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A fearless person.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A stout woolen cloth of great thickness;
dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fear"some</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Frightful; causing fear.</def> [Scotch] "This <i>fearsome</i>
wind." <i>Sir W. Scott</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Easily frightened; timid; timorous.</def>
"A silly <i>fearsome</i> thing." <i>B. Taylor</i></p>
<p><! p. 548 !></p>
<p><hw>Fea"si*bil*ity</hw> (?) <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Feasibilities</b></plw> (-tiz). [from <u>Feasible</u>]
<def>The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which
is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its
<i>feasibility</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities
for certainties, possibilities for <i>feasibilities</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fea"si*ble</hw> (?) <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>faisable</i>,
fr. <i>faire</i> to make or do, fr. L. <i>facere</i>. See
<u>Fact</u>, <u>Feat</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being
done, executed, or effected; practicable.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Always existing before their eyes as a thing
<i>feasible</i> in practice.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It was not <i>feasible</i> to gratify so many
ambitions.</blockquote> <i>Beaconsfield.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fit to be used or tailed, as land.</def>
[R.] <i>R. Trumbull.</i></p>
<p><wf>Fea"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Fea"si*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Feast</hw> (fēst), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>feste</i> festival, holiday, feast, OF. <i>feste</i> festival, F.
<i>fête</i>, fr. L. <i>festum</i>, pl. <i>festa</i>, fr.
<i>festus</i> joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. <u>Fair</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Festal</u>, <u>Fête</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more
commonly, a joyous, anniversary.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The seventh day shall be a <i>feast</i> to the
Lord.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xiii. 6.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
<i>feast</i> of the passover.</blockquote> <i>Luke ii. 41.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Ecclesiastical <i>feasts</i> are called <i>immovable</i>
when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they
are called <i>movable</i>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A festive or joyous meal; a grand,
ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests
partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of
food.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Enough is as good as a <i>feast</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Old Proverb.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Belshazzar the King made a great <i>feast</i> to a
thousand of his lords.</blockquote> <i>Dan. v. 1.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is partaken of, or shared in,
with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>feast</i> of reason, and the flow of
soul.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Feast day</b></col>, <cd>a holiday; a day set as a solemn
commemorative festival.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal;
festivity; festival. -- <u>Feast</u>, <u>Banquet</u>,
<u>Festival</u>, <u>Carousal</u>. A <i>feast</i> sets before us
viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a <i>banquet</i>
is a luxurious feast; a <i>festival</i> is the joyful celebration by
good cheer of some agreeable event. <i>Carousal</i> is unrestrained
indulgence in frolic and drink.</p>
<p><hw>Feast</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Feasted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Feasting</u>.] [OE. <i>festen</i>, cf. OF. <i>fester</i> to rest
from work, F. <i>fêter</i> to celebrate a holiday. See
<u>Feast</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To eat
sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large
companies, and on public festivals.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And his sons went and <i>feasted</i> in their
houses.</blockquote> <i>Job. i. 4.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be highly gratified or
delighted.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>With my love's picture then my eye doth
<i>feast</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feast</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table
bountifully; as, he was <i>feasted</i> by the king.</def>
<i>Hayward.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To delight; to gratify; as, to
<i>feast</i> the soul.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Feast</i> your ears with the music a
while.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feast"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who fares deliciously.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who entertains magnificently.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feast"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Festive; festal;
joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.</def> "<i>Feastful</i> days."
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Feast"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Feat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fet</i>, OF.
<i>fet</i>, <i>fait</i>, F. <i>fait</i>, <i>factum</i>, fr. L.
<i>facere</i>, <i>factum</i>, to make or do. Cf. <u>Fact</u>,
<u>Feasible</u>, <u>Do</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An act; a deed;
an exploit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The warlike <i>feats</i> I have done.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A striking act of strength, skill, or
cunning; a trick; as, <i>feats</i> of horsemanship, or of
dexterity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feat</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To form; to
fashion.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>To the more mature,<BR>
A glass that <i>feated</i> them.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feat</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Feater</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Featest</u>.] [F.
<i>fait</i> made, shaped, fit, p. p. of <i>faire</i> to make or do.
See <u>Feat</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>Dexterous in movements or
service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty.</def> [Archaic]</p>
<p><blockquote>Never master had a page . . . so
<i>feat</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And look how well my garments sit upon me --<BR>
Much <i>feater</i> than before.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feat"-bod`ied</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
feat or trim body.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feat"e*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>faitis</i>, <i>faitice</i>, <i>fetis</i>, well made, fine, L.
<i>facticius</i> made by art.] <def>Dexterous; neat.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Feat"e*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er</hw> (f&ebreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fether</i>, AS. <i>feðer</i>; akin
to D. <i>veder</i>, OHG. <i>fedara</i>, G. <i>feder</i>, Icel.
<i>fjöðr</i>, Sw. <i>fjäder</i>, Dan.
<i>fjæder</i>, Gr. <grk>ptero`n</grk> wing, feather,
<grk>pe`tesqai</grk> to fly, Skr. <i>pattra</i> wing, feather,
<i>pat</i> to fly, and prob. to L. <i>penna</i> feather, wing.
√76, 248. Cf. <u>Pen</u> a feather.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,
belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.</def></p>
<p>&fist; An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal
part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part
of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and
consisting of a series of slender laminæ or barbs, which
usually bear barbules, which in turn usually bear barbicels and
interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See
<u>Down</u>, <u>Quill</u>, <u>Plumage</u>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Kind; nature; species; -- from the
proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same
species.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I am not of that <i>feather</i> to shake off<BR>
My friend when he must need me.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The fringe of long hair on the legs of the
setter and some other dogs.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on
a horse.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>One of the fins or wings on the shaft of
an arrow.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mach. & Carp.)</i> <def>A longitudinal
strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to
enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement
sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A thin wedge driven between the two
semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone,
to rend the stone.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>The angular adjustment of an oar or
paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves
or enters the water.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Feather</i> is used adjectively or in combination,
meaning <i>composed of</i>, or <i>resembling</i>, <i>a feather or
feathers</i>; as, <i>feather</i> fan, <i>feather</i>-heeled,
<i>feather</i> duster.</p>
<p> <col><b>Feather alum</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a hydrous
sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the
decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also
<i>halotrichite</i>.</cd> <i>Ure.</i> -- <col><b>Feather
bed</b></col>, <cd>a bed filled with feathers.</cd> --
<col><b>Feather driver</b></col>, <cd>one who prepares feathers by
beating.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather duster</b></col>, <cd>a dusting
brush of feathers.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather flower</b></col>, <cd>an
artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other
ornamental purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather grass</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a kind of grass (<i>Stipa pennata</i>) which has a
long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose
the grain.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather maker</b></col>, <cd>one who makes
plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial.</cd> --
<col><b>Feather ore</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a sulphide of
antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a
cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.</cd> --
<col><b>Feather shot</b></col>, or <col><b>Feathered shot</b></col>
<i>(Metal.)</i>, <cd>copper granulated by pouring into cold
water.</cd> <i>Raymond.</i> -- <col><b>Feather spray</b></col>
<i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by
the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.</cd> -- <col><b>Feather
star</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See <u>Comatula</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Feather weight</b></col>. <i>(Racing)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the
scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in
racing.</cd> <i>Youatt.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>In wrestling,
boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into
which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to <i>light
weight</i>, <i>middle weight</i>, and <i>heavy weight</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>A feather in the cap</b></col> <cd>an honour, trophy, or mark
of distinction.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>To be in full
feather</b></col>, <cd>to be in full dress or in one's best
clothes.</cd> [Collog.] -- <col><b>To be in high feather</b></col>,
<cd>to be in high spirits.</cd> [Collog.] -- <col><b>To cut a
feather</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To make the
water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws
off from her bows.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To make one's self
conspicuous.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>To show the white
feather</b></col>, <cd>to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the
tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the
true game breed.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Feathered</u> (#); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Feathering.</u>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To furnish with a feather
or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow
<i>feathered</i> from her own wing.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To adorn, as with feathers; to
fringe.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A few birches and oaks still <i>feathered</i> the
narrow ravines.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To render light as a feather; to give
wings to.</def>[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The Polonian story perhaps may <i>feather</i> some
tedious hours.</blockquote> <i>Loveday.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume
his nobility and people to <i>feather</i> himself.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To tread, as a cock.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To feather one's nest</b></col>, <cd>to provide for one's
self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's
care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect
feathers for the lining of their nests.</cd> -- <col><b>To feather an
oar</b></col> <i>(Naut)</i>, <cd>to turn it when it leaves the water
so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance
to air while reaching for another stroke.</cd> -- <col><b>To tar and
feather a person</b></col>, <cd>to smear him with tar and cover him
with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with
<i>out</i>; as, the birds are <i>feathering</i> out.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To curdle when poured into another liquid,
and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream
<i>feathers</i>.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of
oars.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>feathering</i> oar returns the
gleam.</blockquote> <i>Tickell.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Stopping his sculls in the air to <i>feather</i>
accurately.</blockquote> <i>Macmillan's Mag.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To have the appearance of a feather or of
feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A clump of ancient cedars <i>feathering</i> in
evergreen beauty down to the ground.</blockquote> <i>Warren.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The ripple <i>feathering</i> from her
bows.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-brained`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Giddy;
frivolous; feather-headed.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Feath"ered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings;
as, a <i>feathered</i> animal; a <i>feathered</i> arrow.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Rise from the ground like <i>feathered</i>
Mercury.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Nonsense <i>feathered</i> with soft and delicate
phrases and pointed with pathetic accent.</blockquote> <i>Dr. J.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Furnished with anything featherlike;
ornamented; fringed; as, land <i>feathered</i> with trees.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having a fringe of
feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a
setter dog.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Having feathers; -- said of
an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of
the shaft.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-edge`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The thin, new growth
around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any thin, as on a board or a
razor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-edged`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a
board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which
is made as thin as practicable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-few</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Feverfew.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-foil`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Feather</i>
+ <i>foil</i> a leaf.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>An aquatic plant
(<i>Hottonia palustris</i>), having finely divided leaves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A frivolous
or featherbrained person.</def> [Colloq.] <i>H. James.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-head`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Giddy;
frivolous; foolish.</def> [Colloq.] <i>G. Eliot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-heeled`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Light-
heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Feath"er*i*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
or condition of being feathery.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Foliation</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of turning the blade of the oar,
as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal
position. See <i>To feather an oar</i>, under <u>Feather</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A covering of feathers.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Feathering float</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the float
or paddle of a feathering wheel.</cd> -- <col><b>Feathering
screw</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a screw propeller, of which the
blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when
the vessel is moving under sail alone.</cd> -- <col><b>Feathering
wheel</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a paddle wheel whose floats turn
automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and
leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the
descent and lifting water in the ascent.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
feathers.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er*ly</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like
feathers.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-pat"ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Feather-
headed; frivolous.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er-veined`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a
midrib.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feath"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to,
or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as,
<i>feathery</i> spray or snow.</def> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Ye <i>feathery</i> people of mid air.</blockquote>
<i>Barry Cornwall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feat"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [From <u>Feat</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.</def>
[Archaic]</p>
<p><blockquote>Foot <i>featly</i> here and there.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feat"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Skill;
adroitness.</def> [Archaic] <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fea"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>feture</i> form, shape, feature, OF. <i>faiture</i> fashion, make,
fr. L. <i>factura</i> a making, formation, fr. <i>facere</i>,
<i>factum</i>, to make. See <u>Feat</u>, <u>Fact</u>, and cf.
<u>Facture</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The make, form, or outward
appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp.,
good appearance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>What needeth it his <i>feature</i> to
descrive?</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Cheated of <i>feature</i> by dissembling
nature.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The make, cast, or appearance of the human
face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament.
(<i>pl.</i>) The face, the countenance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It is for homely <i>features</i> to keep
home.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The cast or structure of anything, or of
any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an
essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the
<i>features</i> of the landscape.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And to her service bind each living creature<BR>
Through secret understanding of their <i>feature</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A form; a shape.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>So scented the grim <i>feature</i>, and upturned<BR>
His nostril wide into the murky air.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fea"tured</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Shaped; fashioned.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>How noble, young, how rarely
<i>featured</i>!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having features; formed into
features.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The well-stained canvas or the <i>featured</i>
stone.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fea"ture*less</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
no distinct or distinctive features.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fea"ture*ly</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having features;
showing marked peculiarities; handsome.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Featurely</i> warriors of Christian
chivalry.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feaze</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Feazed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Feazing</u>.] [Cf. OE. <i>faseln</i> to ravel, fr. AS.
<i>fæs</i> fringe; akin to G. <i>fasen</i> to separate fibers
or threads, <i>fasen</i>, <i>faser</i>, thread, filament, OHG.
<i>faso</i>.] <def>To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a
rope.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feaze</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Feese</u>.]
<def>To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to
worry.</def> [Obs.] <i>insworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feaze</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A state of anxious or
fretful excitement; worry; vexation.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Feaz"ings</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [See
<u>Feaze</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The unlaid
or ragged end of a rope.</def> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe*bric"i*tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>febricitare</i>, fr. <i>febris</i>. See <u>Febrile</u>.] <def>To
have a fever.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bailey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe*bric"u*lose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>febriculosus</i>.] <def>Somewhat feverish.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feb`ri*fa"cient</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>febris</i> fever + <i>faciens</i>, p. pr. of <i>facere</i> to
make.] <def>Febrific.</def> <i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p>-- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which causes fever.</def>
<i>Beddoes.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe*brif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>febris</i> fever + <i>-ferous</i>.] <def>Causing fever; as, a
<i>febriferous</i> locality.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fe*brif"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>febris</i>
fever + <i>ficare</i> (in comp.) to make. See <u>fy</u>-.]
<def>Producing fever.</def> <i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe*brif"u*gal</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Febrifuge</u>.] <def>Having the quality of mitigating or curing
fever.</def> <i>Boyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feb"ri*fuge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>febris</i>
fever + <i>fugare</i> to put to flight, from <i>fugere</i> to flee:
cf. F. <i>fébrifuge</i>. see <u>Febrile</u>, <u>Feverfew</u>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>A medicine serving to mitigate or remove
fever.</def> -- <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Antifebrile.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fe"brile</hw> (?; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>fébrile</i>, from L. <i>febris</i> fever. See
<u>Fever</u>.] <def>Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived
from it; as, <i>febrile</i> symptoms; <i>febrile</i> action.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Feb"ru*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>Februarius</i>, orig., the month of expiation, because on the
fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification
was held, fr. <i>februa</i>, pl., the Roman festival or purification;
akin to <i>februare</i> to purify, expiate.] <def>The second month in
the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by
Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the
bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feb`ru*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>februatio</i>. See <u>february</u>.] <def>Purification; a
sacrifice.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe"cal</hw> (fē"k<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>fécal</i>. See <u>Feces</u>.] <def>relating to, or
containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; fæcal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fec"che</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fetch.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe"ces</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>dregs;
sediment; excrement. See <u>FÆces</u>.</def></p>
<p><! p. 549 !></p>
<p><hw>Fe"cial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fetialis</i>
belonging to the <i>fetiales</i>, the Roman priests who sanctioned
treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal
declaration of war.] <def>Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war,
and treaties of peace; as, <i>fecial</i> law.</def> <i>Kent.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe"ci*fork`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Feces</i> +
<i>fork</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The anal fork on which the
larvæ of certain insects carry their fæces.</def></p>
<p><hw>Feck"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Perh. a corruption
of <i>effectless</i>.] <def>Spiritless; weak; worthless.</def>
[Scot]</p>
<p><hw>feck"less*ness</hw> <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>absence of
merit.</def><BR>
[WordNet 1.5]</p>
<p><hw>Fecks</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A corruption of the
word <i>faith</i>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fec"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>FeculÆ</b></plw> [L. <i>faecula</i> burnt tartar or
salt of tartar, dim. of <i>faex</i>, <i>faecis</i>, sediment, dregs:
cf. F. <i>fécule</i>.] <def>Any pulverulent matter obtained
from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water,
and subsidence.</def> Especially: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also
<i>amylaceous fecula</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The green
matter of plants; chlorophyll.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fec"u*lence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>faeculentia</i> dregs, filth: cf. F. <i>féculence</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state or quality of being feculent;
muddiness; foulness.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is feculent; sediment; lees;
dregs.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fec"u*len*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Feculence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fec"u*lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>faeculentus</i>, fr. <i>faecula</i>: cf. F.
<i>féculent</i>. See <u>Fecula</u>.] <def>Foul with extraneous
or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious
matter; muddy; thick; turbid.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Both his hands most filthy
<i>feculent</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fec"und</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>fecundus</i>,
from the root of <i>fetus</i>: cf. F. <i>fécond</i>. see
<u>Fetus</u>.] <def>Fruitful in children; prolific.</def>
<i>Graunt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fec"un*date</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Fecundated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Fecundating</u> (?).] [L. <i>fecundare</i>, fr.
<i>fecundus</i>. See <u>Fecund</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make
fruitful or prolific.</def> <i>W. Montagu.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>To render fruitful or
prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen <i>fecundates</i>
the ovum through the stigma.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fec`un*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fécondation</i>.] <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>The act by which,
either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative
organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the
organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation;
fertilization.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fe*cun"di*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<i>Fecund</i>
+ <i>-fy</i>.] <def>To make fruitful; to fecundate.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fe*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>fecunditas</i>: cf. F. <i>fécondité</i>. See
<u>Fecund</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or power of
producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially <i>(Biol.)</i>, the quality
in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great
numbers.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The power of germinating; as in
seeds.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The power of bringing forth in abundance;
fertility; richness of invention; as, the <i>fecundity</i> of God's
creative power.</def> <i>Bentley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Feed</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fed"a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A feodary.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>foedus</i>
league, treaty, compact; akin to <i>fides</i> faith: cf. F.
<i>fédéral</i>. see <u>Faith</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or
covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by
a compact between parties, usually governments or their
representatives.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Romans compelled them, contrary to all
<i>federal</i> right, . . . to part with Sardinia.</blockquote>
<i>Grew.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Composed
of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited
sovereignty, as the <i>Union</i> of the United States, or the
<i>Sonderbund</i> of Switzerland.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the
<i>Federal</i> Constitution; a <i>Federal</i> officer.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Friendly or devoted to such a government;
as, the <i>Federal</i> party. see <u>Federalist</u>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Federal Congress</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Congress</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Federalist</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fédéralisme</i>.] <def>The principles of Federalists
or of federal union.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fédéraliste</i>.] <def>An advocate of
confederation;</def> specifically <i>(Amer. Hist.)</i>, <def>a friend
of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and
adoption; a member of the political party which favored the
administration of president Washington.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Federalized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Federalizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F.
<i>fédéraliser</i>.] <def>To unite in compact, as
different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by
or under the Federal Constitution.</def> <i>Barlow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Federal</u>.] <def>A partner; a confederate; an accomplice.</def>
[Obs.] <i>hak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>foederatus</i>, p. p. of <i>foederare</i> to establish by treaty
or league, fr. <i>foedus</i>. See <u>Federal</u>.] <def>United by
compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy;
leagued; confederate; as, <i>federate</i> nations.</def></p>
<p><hw>Fed`er*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fédération</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
uniting in a league; confederation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A league; a confederacy; a federal or
confederated government.</def> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed"er*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>fédératif</i>.] <def>Uniting in a league; forming a
confederacy; federal.</def> "A <i>federative</i> society."
<i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fed"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>foeditas</i>,
fr. <i>foedus</i> foul, filthy.] <def>Turpitude; vileness.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fee</hw> (fē), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>fe</i>,
<i>feh</i>, <i>feoh</i>, cattle, property, money, fief, AS.
<i>feoh</i> cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money,"
arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange
or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS.
<i>fehu</i> cattle, property, D. <i>vee</i> cattle, OHG. <i>fihu</i>,
<i>fehu</i>, G. <i>vieh</i>, Icel. <i>fē</i> cattle, property,
money, Goth. <i>faíhu</i>, L. <i>pecus</i> cattle,
<i>pecunia</i> property, money, Skr. <i>paçu</i> cattle, perh.
orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying <i>to
bind</i>, and perh. akin to E. <i>fang</i>, <i>fair</i>, a.; cf. OF.
<i>fie</i>, <i>flu</i>, <i>feu</i>, <i>fleu</i>, <i>fief</i>, F.
<i>fief</i>, from German, of the same origin. the sense <i>fief</i>
is due to the French. √249. Cf. <u>Feud</u>, <u>Fief</u>,
<u>Fellow</u>, <u>Pecuniary</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>property;
possession; tenure.</def> "Laden with rich <i>fee</i>."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Once did she hold the gorgeous East in
<i>fee</i>.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reward or compensation for services
rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional
services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge;
pay; perquisite; as, the <i>fees</i> of lawyers and physicians; the
<i>fees</i> of office; clerk's <i>fees</i>; sheriff's <i>fees</i>;
marriage <i>fees</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To plead for love deserves more <i>fee</i> than
hate.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Feud. Law)</i> <def>A right to the use of a
superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the
land so held; a fief.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Law)</i> <def>An estate of inheritance
supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the
sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.</def></p>
<p>&fist; All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this
kind. An <i>absolute fee</i>, or <i>fee simple</i>, is land which a
man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called <i>tenants
in fee simple</i>. In modern writers, by <i>fee</i> is usually meant
<i>fee simple</i>. A <i>limited fee</i> may be a <i>qualified</i> or
<i>base fee</i>, which ceases with the existence of certain
conditions; or a <i>conditional fee</i>, or <i>fee tail</i>, which is
limited to particular heirs. <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Amer. Law)</i> <def>An estate of
inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs,
absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the
tenure.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fee estate</b></col> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>land or
tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or
service rendered to the lord.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee farm</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>land held of another in fee, in consideration of an
annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that
mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a
perpetual rent.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>Fee farm
rent</b></col> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>a perpetual rent reserved upon
a conveyance in fee simple.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee fund</b></col>
<i>(Scot. Law)</i>, <cd>certain court dues out of which the clerks
and other court officers are paid.</cd> -- <col><b>Fee
simple</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>an absolute fee; a fee without
conditions or limits.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>Buy the <i>fee simple</i> of my life for an hour and a
quarter.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p>-- <col><b>Fee tail</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>an estate of
inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs.</cd>
<i>Burill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Fee</hw> (fē), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Feed</u> (fēd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Feeing</u>.] <def>To reward for services performed,
or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence 
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