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Ferule (fe'rl), . (From L. ferrum, iron; dows, plants, &c. A fertilized germ.' H. Fervour (fér’ver), n. [L. ferror, heat. ) or from Fr. virole, a ring put about the end Spencer.

1. Heat or warmth The fervour of ensuing of a staff, from virer, to veer or turn round, i Fertilizer (fér'til-iz-ér), n. He who or that day.' Waller. -2. Intensity of feeling; arthe form having been modified by the in- which fertilizes ; specifically, a manure, dour; warm or animated zeal and earnestfluence of L. jerrum, or that of Fr. férule, L. whether organic or inorganic; as, guano is ness in the duties of religion, particularly in ferula, a rod] 1. A ring of metal put round a powerful fertilizer.

prayer. a column, cane, or other thing to strengthen Ferula (fe'rū-la), n. [L., giant-fennel, from

The point at which the inind has awakened indeed it or prevent its splitting. -- 2. In steam- ferio, to strike, because its stalks were used to a sense of inward freedom, and feels fermenting boilers, a bushing for expanding the end of to punish schoolboys.) 1.7 A rod; a serule. it a thousand thoughts-desires-ambitions such a flue. 2. The sceptre of the emperor of the eastern

as lend its joyous feriour and hopefulness to the heart of youth.

Dr. Caird. Ferruminate (fe-ru'min-át), v.t. [L. ferru- empire.- 3. In bot, a genus of umbelliferous mino, ferruminatuin, to cement, to solder, plants, whose species often yield a powerful Fesapo (fe-sa'po), n. [A mnemonic word. ) from ferrumen, cement, from ferrum, iron.) stimulating gum resin, employed in medi

In logic, the fourth form of the fourth figure To unite or solder, as metals. cine. The species are natives of the shores of

of the syllogism, the terms of which stand Ferrumination (fe-ryžmin-â"shon), n. (L. the Mediterranean and Persia, and are char

as follow:- No P. is M.; All M. are S.; Some ferruminatio.] The soldering or uniting of acterized by tall-growing pithy stems, and

S. are not P. metals. deeply divided leaves, the segments of which

Fescennine (fes'sen-nīn), a. Pertaining to Ferry (feʼri), v.t. pret. & pp. ferried; ppr. are frequently linear. F. communis of our

F'escennium in Italy ; licentious. Fescenferrying. (A. Sax. ferian, farian, to carry. English gardens is called giant fennel. F.

nine verses, gay, licentious, or scurrilous to convey, to cause to go, causative of faran, persica, a dwarf species, was formerly sup

verses of a personal character, extemporized to go. Similarly the G. führen, to carry, is posed to be the source of asafetida, but the

by performers at merry-meetings, to amuse the causative of fahren, to go. See FARE.) greater portion of the asafetida of com

the audience, originating at Fescennium. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or merce is the produce of Varthex asafetida. Fescennine (fes’sen-nin), n. A song of a other water, in a boat or other floating con- F. orientalis and F. tingitana are said to

rude or licentious character prevalent in veyance. yield African ammoniacum, a gum resin like

ancient Italy. Ferry (fe'ri), v.i. To pass over water in a asafetida, but less powerful. Sagapenum, Pescue (fes'kū), n. [O. E. festue, from 0.Fr. boat. They ferry over this Lethean sound.' a similar drug, is supposed likewise to be

festu (Fr. fétu), a straw: L. festuca, a shoot Millon. the produce of a species of this genus.

or stalk of a tree, a rod.] 1. A straw, wire, Ferry (fe'ri), n. [See the verb.] 1. A boat Ferulaceous (fe-ru-la'shus), a. L. ferula. pin, or the like, used to point out letters to or vessel in which passengers and goods are See FERULA and FERULE.) Pertaining to

children when learning to read.--2. Fescueconveyed over rivers or other narrow waters; reeds or canes; having a stalk like a reed;

grass. See FESTUCA. - 3. The plectrum with wherry. resembling Ferula; as, ferulaceous plants.

which the strings of the harp or lyre were I went down to the river Brent in the ordinary ferry. Ferulart (fe'rū-lér), n. A ferule.

struck and the instrument was played. Addison.

With thy golden fescue playedst upon Fists and ferulars, rods and scourges, have been 2. The place or passage where boats pass the usual dainties in schools.

Hartlib.
Thy hollow harp.

Chapman. over water to convey passengers. Ferule (fe'rūl), n. [L. ferula, a twig, a cane,

4. The gnomon or style of a dial.
I'll give ye a silver pound
a switch, from L. ferio, to strike.) A Hat

The fescue of the dial is upon the Christ.cross of
To row me o'er the ferry. Campbell.
piece of wood, used to punish children in

Old play (quoted by Nares). 3. A right, acquired either by royal grant, act

school, by striking them on the palm of the Fescuet (fes’kū), v.t. To direct or teach with of parliament, or by prescription, of convey. hand; also, a cane used for the same pur

a fescue; to assist in reading by a fescue. ing, for a reasonable consideration, men, pose.

Fescue-grass (fes'kū-gras), n. The species horses, carriages, &c., across a river, firth, Ferule (fe'rūl), v. t. pret. & pp. feruled; ppr.

of Festuca, a genus of grasses. See FES&c. The possessor of a ferry need not be feruling. To punish with a ferule.

TUCA. proprietor either of the water over which Berule (fe'rūl), n. A ferrule.

Fesels (fes'elz), n. (O. E. fasels, Fr. faséoles, the right is exercised or of the soil on either

Will you have some of this?' said the fat boy,

L. phaselus, Gr. phasēlos, a sort of kidneyside, but he must possess such rights over

plunging into the pie up to the serules of the knife bean.) A kind of kidney-bean or French the latter as will enable him to embark and and fork.

Dickens. bean. disembark his passengers.

Pervence (fér'vens), n. Heat; fervency. Disdain not fesels or poor vetch to sow, Ferryboat (fe'ri-bot), n. A boat for convey. Chapinan.

Or care to make Egyptian lentils thrive. ing passengers over streams and other Fervency (fèr'ven-si), n.

Nay, Virgil.

(See FERVENT.] narrow waters. The state of being fervent or warm; heat

Fesse (fes), n. [0. Fr. fesse, Fr. fasce, L. Ferryman (fe'ri-man), n. One who keeps, of mind; ardour; eagerness; animated zeal;

fascia, a band. ] In her. looks after, or has connection with a ferry.

a band or girdle compris. warmth of devotion. That grim ferryman whom poets write of.'

ing the centre third part When you pray, let it be with attention, with fer. Shak.

vency, and with perseverance.

Take.

of the escutcheon, and Fers, t a. Fierce. Chaucer.

formed by two horizonFervent (fér'vent), a. (L. fervens, ferventis, Pers, n. [Per. pherz, a general.] The queen

tal lines drawn across the ess. ce: ppr. or serveo, to boil, to ferment (comp.

field; it is one of the nine Fertile (fér'til or fèr'til), a. [Fr. fertile; Jervid, ferment); cog. Gr. therò, to make hot,

honourable ordinaries. L fertilis, from fero, to bear, to produce,

therios, warm, boiling; Skr. gharma, heat.
Akin E. and G. warm; Ir. garaim, to warm. )

Fesse-point (fes'point), n. which is the same word as E. bear, Goth.

The exact centre of the 1. Hot; boiling; glowing; as, a fervent sum

Fesse. baira, Gr. phero, Skr. bhri, to bear.)

escutcheon. mer; fervent blood. 1. Fruitful; rich; producing fruit in abund

Fessitudet (fes'i-tud), n. (L. fessus, weary, ance; as, fertile land, ground, soil, fields, or

The elements shall melt with fervent heat.

2 Pet. iii. 10.

fatigued.] Weariness. meadows.

Chaucer. 2. Hot in temper; vehement.

Fest,t n. The fist. The earth is fertile of all kinds of grain. Camden,

Festal (fest'al), a. [L. festus, festive. See

They are fervent to dispute. Hooker, 2 Rich; having abundant resources; pro

FEAST.) Pertaining to a feast; joyous; gay; 3. Ardent; very warm; earnest; excited; mirthful. lific; productive; inventive; able to produce

animated; glowing with religious feeling; You bless with choicer wine the festal day. abundantly; as, a fertile genius, mind, or zealous; eagerly active; vigorous; as, ferveit

Francis imagination. 3. In bot, capable of producing

zeal; fervent piety; ferrent toil. fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile Howers or

Festally (fest'al-li), adv. Joyfully; mirthanthers.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man fully.
availeth much.

Jas. v. 16.
Feste,t n. A feast.

Chaucer.
Fertilely (fér'til-li), adv. Fruitfully.
Fertileness (fér'til-nes), n. rtility.
Fervently (fér'vent-li), adv. 1. In such a

A fescennine;

Festennine (fes'ten-nin), n. Fertilitatet (fér-til'i-tät), v.t. To make fer

degree of heat as to burn.

a marriage song. Carturight. tile; to fertilize; to impregnate.

It continued so fervently hot that men roasted eggs Fester (fes'ter), v.i. (Etymology unknown.) in the sand

Hakewill. 1. To suppurate; to corrupt; to grow virA cock will in one day fertilitate the whole racemation or cluster of eggs, not excluded in many weeks

2. Earnestly; eagerly; vehemently; with ulent; to discharge purulent matter. after. Sir T. Brotone. great warmth; with devotional ardour; with

Wounds immedicable earnest zeal; ardently.

Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Fertility (fér-tili-ti), n. [L. fertilitas, from

Milton, fertilis. See FERTILE.) 1. The state of being Epaphras. saluteth you, labouring fervently

2. To become more and more virulent and fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; the quality

for you in prayers.

Col. iv. 12.

fixed; to rankle: said of passions and sense of producing fruit in abundance; fecundity; Ferventness (fér'vent-nes), n. Fervency;

of wrong productiveness; as, the fertility of land, ardour; zeal.

Deep in our hidden heart ground, soil, fields, and meadows. -2. Rich: Fervescent (fér-ves'sent), a. (L. fervescens,

Festers the duil remembrance of a change,
But no emotion-nolle.

Mall, Arnold. ness, abundant resources; fertile invention; fervescentis, ppr. of servesco, to become boilas, the fertility of genius, of fancy or ima- ing hot, incept. from serveo, to boil. ] Fester (fes'tér), v.t. To cause to fester; to gination Growing hot.

cherish, as any feeling that rankles or fes

ters. The quickness of the imagination is seen in the in. Fervid (fèr'vid), a. (L. ferridus, from ferveo, vention, the fertility in the fancy, and the accuracy to be boiling hot.] i Very hot; burning; And festered rankling malice in my breast. in the expression. Dryden.

Marston. boiling; as, fervid heat. Fertilization (fêr'til-iz-å"shon), n. 1. The

The mounted sun

Fester (fes'ter), n. 1. A small inflammatory act or process of rendering fertile, fruitful,

Shot down direct his servid rays. Milton. tumour. -2. Act of festering or rankling, or productive; as, the ertilization of the 2. Very warm in zeal; vehement; eager; The rester of the chain upon their necks.' soil. – 2. The act of fecundating or impreg- earnest; as, ferrid zeal. “The servid wishes, 18. Taylor. nating; specifically, in bot. the application

The act of holy fires.' Parnell.

Festerment (fes'ter-ment), n. of the pollen to the stigma of a plant, by Fervidity (fér-vid'i-ti), n. Heat; fervency.

festering. means of which a perfect seed containing an Johnson.

Festeying, ppr. Feasting. Chaucer. embryo is produced; fecundation.

Fervidly (fér'vid-li), adv. Very hotly; with Festinatet (fes'tin-āt), a. (L. festino, festinFertilize (ièr'til-iz), v.t. pret. & pp. fertilized; glowing warmth.

atum, to hasten.) Hasty; hurried. ppr. fertilizing. To make fertile; to supply Fervidness (fèr'vid-nes), n. Glowing heat; Advise the duke where you are going to a most with the nutriment of plants; to make ardour of mind; warm zeal.

festinate preparation.

Shak. fruitful or productive; to enrich; to fecun- Fervor (fér’ver). American mode of spelling Festinately t (fes’tin-āt-li), adv. Hastily. date; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, mea- Fervour.

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Festinationt (fes-tin-a'shon), n. Haste. 3. To bring back; to recall; to bring to any as being the representative or habitation of Festination may prove precipitation. position or state.

a deity. The fetich may be an animal, as a Sir T. Browne.

In smells we see their great and sudden effect in cock, a serpent, a panther; or if inanimate, Festing-penny (fest'ing-pen-ni), n. [Fest. fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon, it may perhaps be a river, a tooth, or a ing for Maxting, fastening, binding, and 4. To bring to accomplishment; to make; to shell, or it may be the representation of an penny.) Earnest given to servants when perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a animate or inanimate object. Fetichism hired or retained in service.

turn; to fetch a leap or bound; to fetch a prevails in Guinea and other parts of the Festino (fes-tino), n. (A mnemonic word. ] blow or stroke; to fetch a sigh or groan.

west coast of Africa. It is usual for each In logic, the third term of the second figure

Felih a compass behind them.

2 Sam. v. 23.

tribe to have a fetich in common; but in of that form of the syllogism, the first of which is a universal negative proposition, 5. To reach; to attain or come to; to arrive

ad lition every individual may have one of at. We feucht the Syren's isle.' Chapman.

his own, to which he offers up prayers, and the second a particular atfirmative, and the

which, if these are not heard, he punishes, 6. To bring; to obtain as its price; as, wheat third a particular negative; thus - No bad

throws away, or breaks.-2. Any object of men can be happy; Some rich men are bad

fetches only fifty shillings the quarter: a men; Therefore, Some rich men are not commodity is worth what it will fetch.- To

exclusive devotion; as, gold has become his

fetich fetch away (naut.), to get loose from its happy. lashings. To fetch out, to bring or draw out;

Fetichism, Feticism (fe'tish-izm, fë'ti-sizm), Festival (fes'tiv-al), a. [L festivur, from to cause to appear. - To fetch to, to restore;

n. 1. The practice of worshipping any matefestum, a feast. See FEAST.) Pertaining to

to revive, as from a swoon. - To fetch up,

rial object, living or dead, which the fancy or befitting a feast; joyous; mirthful; as, a (a) to bring up: to cause to come up or

may happen to select, as a tree, a stone, a festival entertainment. Festival (fes'tiv-l), n.

post, an animal, &c., practised by some A time of feasting; forth. (6) To stop sudilenly in any course.

African tribes. See FETICH. Hence-2. Ex(c) To come up with; to overtake. an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious;

cessive devotion to one object or idea; abject

The hare laid himself down and took a nap; for, a festive celebration.

superstition. says he, I can fetch up the tortoise when I please. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Sir R. L'Estrange.

Fetichistic (fé-tish-ist'ik), a. Of or pertainFestive (fes'tiv), a. [L. festivus, from fextum.

-To fetch a pump, to pour water into it to ing to, or characterized by fetichism; abSee FEAST.) Pertaining to or becoming a

make it draw water. - To fetch headway or jectly superstitious. feast; joyous; gay; mirthful.

sternuray (naut.), to move ahead or astern: Our resuscitated spirit was not a pagan philosopher said of a ship.

nor a pliilosophizing pagan poet, but a man of the The glad circle round them yield their souls Fetch (fech), v.i. 1. To move or turn; as, to

15th century, inheriting its strange web of belief and To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall.

unbelief, of Epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. Thomson fetch about. -- 2. Naut. to reach or attain.

George Elick Festively (fes'tiv-li), adv. In a festive man- We shall fetch to windward of the lighthouse this Feticide, Fæticide (feʼti-sid), n. (L. fetus,

taik.

Falconer

fætus, a fetus, and cado, to kill.] In mediFestivity (fes-tiv'i-ti), n. (L festivitas, from - To fetch and carry, to perform menial cal jurisprudence, the destruction of the festivus. See FEAST.] 1. The condition of services; to become a servile drudge.

fetus in the womb, or the act by which being festive; joyfulness: gaiety; social joy Fetch (fech), n. [Probably from the verb. criminal abortion is produced. or exhilaration of spirits at an entertain

In the second sense, however, it may be Feticism, n. See FETICHISM. ment. -2. + A festival. 'A great and solemn

identical with Vaett, a Scandinavian goblin, Fetid (fe'tid), a. (L. fætidus, from fateo, to festivity, South.

especially as the fetch-candle of England is have an ill smell, to stink) Having an offenFestivous (fes'tiv-us), a. Pertaining to a paralleled by the l'aette-lys or will-o'-the- sive smell; having a strong or rancid scent. feast; joyous. wisp of Norway.] 1. A stratagem, by which

Most putrefactions smell either setid or mouldy. Festlich, a. Used to feasts. Chaucer. a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or

Bacon. Festoon (fes-tön'), n. [Fr. feston, It. festone,

by which one thing seems intended and Fetidness (fé'tid-nes), n. The quality of from L. festum, a feast. Primarily, a festal

another is done; a trick; an artifice; as, & smelling offensively; a fetid quality: garland] 1. A string or chain of any kind fetch of wit.

Fetiferous (fé-tifer-us), a.L fetifer of materials su pended between two points;

Straight cast about to overreach

fetus, and fero, to bear.) Producing young, specifically, a chain or garland of flowers,

Th' unwary conqueror with a fetch. Hudibras.

as animals. foliage, drapery, &c., suspended so as to 2. The apparition of a living person; a Fetise, t a. (See FEAT. ) Well made; neat. form one or more depending curves. wraith.

Chaucer.
The wandering ivy and vine,

The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp, bonnet Fetisely,t adv. Featly; neatly; properly. This way and that, in many a wild festoon

and all, might be seen hanging up, any hour in the Chaucer. Ran riot.

Tennyson.
day, in at least a dozen of the second-hand clothing

Fetish (fe'tish), n. Same as Fetich.
shops.

Dickens. 2. In arch. a sculptured ornament in imita

Fetch, n. A vetch Chaucer. tion of a garland of fruits, leaves, or flowers Fetch-candle (fech'kan-ul), n. A light seen

Fetlock (fet'lok), n. (Commonly believed to

be compounded of foot or feet and lock; but suspended between two points; an encarpus at night, and believed by the superstitious

Wedgwood refers, as pointing in another (which see).

direction, to D. ritlok, ritslok, the pastern of Festoon (fes-ton'), v.t. To form in festoons

to portend a person's death.
Fetcher (fech'èr), n. One who fetches or

a horse: L.G. fiss, fine thread, fibres; Swiss or to adorn with festoons; to connect by brings.

sisel, gefisel, unravelled threads hanging from festoons.

a garment, also the fetlock, or long hair Growths of jasmine twined Fete, n. A feat; an exploit; a work. Chaucer,

growing on the pastern.) 1. A tuft of hair Their humid arins festooning tree to tree.

Féte (fat), n. (Fr.) A feast; a holiday; a
festival-day.- Féte de Dieu, a feast of the

growing behind the pastern joint of horses. Tennyson. Festoony (fes-tön'i), a.

And smoothed his fetlocks and his mane,
Of or belonging to
Roman Catholic Church in honour of the

And slacked his girth and stripped his rein, Byron.
festoons; consisting of festoons. Sir J. real presence in the Eucharist, kept on the
Herschel
Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

2. The joint on which Festuca (fes-tū’ka), n.

the hair grows. – 3. An Fescue-grass, a geFête (fat), 2. t. pret. & pp. fited; ppr. féting.

instrument fixed on the nus of grasses containing a great number of [See the noun.) To entertain with a feast; species, found in the temperate and colder to honour with a festive entertainment; as,

leg of a horse when put regions of the world.

to pasture for the purNine species are

he was fêted everywhere. natives of Britain, and among them are Fête-champêtre (fat-shän-patr), n. [Fr.) A

pose of preventing him found some of our best meadow and pasture festival or entertainment in the open air; a

from running off. The grasses, as F. pratensis (the meadow fescue) rural entertainment.

fetlock is made consiand F. ovina (the sheep's fescue). Fetich (fé'tish), n. [Fr. fétiche, Pg. feitiço,

derable use of in heraldFestucinet (fes'tu-sin), a.

ry; thus, some branches IL festuca, a

sorcery, witchcraft, from L. factitius, artistalk, straw.) Being of a straw colour.

of the Scotch family of 'A ficial, from facin, to make; or fatidicus, pro- Falcon and Fetlock Lockhart have for arms little insect of a festucine or pale green.' phetic--fatum, fate, and dico, to tell.] 1. Any (Badge of Edward

a man's heart within a Sir T. Browne. Festucine (fes'tü-sin), n. In mineral. a

fetlock, in allusion to the

circumstance that one of the heads of it splintery fracture. Crabb, Worchester.

accompanied Sir James Douglas when he Festucoust (fes'tū-kus), a. Formed of straw.

set out with Bruce's heart for Jerusalem; Festuet (fes'tū), n. A straw; a fescue. Hol

and a falcon within a fetlock was a badge of land.

Edward IV., for the duchy of York. Fett (fet), n. (Probably connectel with G. fet

Fetlocked (fet'lokt), a. 1. Having a feilock. zen, a shred, Icel. fut, a garment.) A piece.

2. Tied by the fetlock. Fett (fet), v.t. To fetch.

Fetlock-joint (fet'lok-joint), n. The joint And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet.

of a horse's leg next to the hoof, Spenser.

Fetlow (fet'ló), it. A whitlow or felon in Fet (fet), pp. Fetched.

cattle. On, you noblest English,

Fetor (fé'ter), n. (L. fotor, a bad smell, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof. Shak.

stench.) Any strong offensive smell; stench. Fetal, Foetal (fē'tal), a. [From fetus (which

Fette, pp. Fetched; brought. Chaucer. see).) Pertaining to a fetus,

Fetter (fet'ér), n. (A. Sax, feter, fetor, a Fetation, Fotation (fe-tā'shon), n. The

fetter, O.G. fezzera, G. fessel, Icel. fiötur, pl. formation of a fetus.

Probably connected with E. foot] 1. A chain Fetch (fech), v.t. [O. E. fetchum, fetchen,

for the feet; a chain by which a person or A. Sax. feccan, gefeccan, to fetch, to draw,

animal is confined by the foot, so that he is to take, to seek; akin to 0. Fris. faka, to

either made entirely fast to an object, or prepare ] 1. To go and bring; to bring; to

prevented from free motion as by having Fear toward the person speaking.

one foot attached to the other. Go to the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids

Fetiches of Dahomey.

The Philistines ... bound him (Samson) with felof the goats. Gen. xxvii. 9.

Judg. xvi. 21. 2. To derive; to draw, as from a source. object, animate or inanimate, natural or arti- 2. Anything that confines or restrains from And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub.

ters of brass.

ficial, regarded with a feeling of awe, as motion; a restraint. Milton. having mysterious powers residing in it or Passions too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.

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Fetter (fet'er), v.t. 1. To put fetters on; to ment anciently subsisting in Europe, and the cold stage of the disease. They are of shackle or contine with a chain.

which forms the basis of many of our mod- various kinds; but the principal division of My heels are setter'd, but my fist is free. Milton. ern forms and customs. According to this fevers is into (a) continued fever, which in2. To bind; to enchain; to confine; to restrain.

system, persons holding in feud or fee were cludes simple fever or febricula, typhus * To jetter them in verse.' Dryden.

bound by an oath of fealty to serve the fever, typhoid, enteric or gastric fever, re

owner of the fee-simple at home or abroad lapsing or famine fever; (b) intermittent Fetter strong madness in a silken thread. Shak.

in all wars and military expeditions when fever or ague; (c) remittent fever, comFettered (fet'érd), p. and a. In zool. a term required.

prising simple remittent fever and yellow applied to the feet of animals when they Feudal (fūd'al), n. A fief.

fever; (d) eruptive fever, including smallare stretched backwards and appear unfit Feudalism (füd'al-izm), n.

The feudal sys

pox, cow-pox, chicken-pox, measles, scarlet for the purpose of walking (as in the seals), tem and its belongings; the system of hold- fever, erysipelas, plague, and dengue fever. or when they are concealed within the in- ing lands by military services.

2. Heat; agitation; excitement by anything teguments of the abdomen.

Shakespeare's noble feudalism, as beautiful as it that strongly affects the passions; as, this Fetterless (fet'ér-les), a.

Free from fetters once looked and was, has to end in a French Revolu- news has given me a fever; this quarrel has or restraint.

tion.

Carlyle. set my blood in a fever. Fetterlock (fet'er-lok), n. Same as Fetlock, 3. Feudalist (fūd'al-ist), n. 1. A supporter of

Duncan is in his grave: Fettle (fet'l), v.t. (Wedgwood compares Icel. the feudal system.-2. One versed in feudal

After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Shak. Atla, to touch lightly with the fingers, L. G.

law; a feudist.

Fever (fe' vér), v.t. fiseln, to pass the fingers gently over, fisseln, Feudality (fūd-al'i-ti), n. The state or qua

To put in a fever.

Henceforth the white hand of a lady to be occupied in cleaning ] To repair; to lity of being feudal; feudal form or consti

fever thee.

Shak, put in right order; to put the finishing

tution.

Fever (fe'ver), v.i. To be seized with fever. touches to. (Provincial.)

It had doubtless a powerful tendency to cherish the Fever-bush (fë'ver-bụsh), n. In the United (The world) needs fettling, and who's to settle it? influence of feudality and clanship. Hallinn.

States, the popular name of the Laurus Mrs. Gaskell. Fettle (fet'l), v.i. To make preparations; to

Feudalization (fūd'al-iz-ī"shon), n. The act Benzoin, an aromatic shrub with a flavour put things to rights; to do trifling business.

of reducing to feudal tenure, or conforming

resembling benzoin. Fettle (fet'i), n. The state of being prepared,

to feudalism.

Feverett (fe'vér-et), n. A slight fever. or in high condition or order; as, he is in Feudalize (fūd'al-iz), v.t. pret. & pp. feud- Feverfew (fe'vėr-fú), n. (A. Sax. feferfuge, splendid jettle to-day. (Provincial.) alized; ppr. feudalizing. To reduce to a

from L. febrifugia, from febris, fever, and Fettstein (fet'stin), n. (G., fat-stone.) A

feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. fugo, to drive away.) The common name name sometimes given to elæolite (which Feudally (fūd'al-li),adv. In a feudal manner. of Pyrethrum Parthenium, a European llallam.

plant which is common in gardens, and see). Fetuous (fet'ü-us), a. Neat; feat. Herrick. Feudary (fūd'a-ri), a. Held by or pertaining

which has escaped into helge-banks and to feudal tenure. Fetus, Foetus(fé'tus), n. (L., from the root fe,

waste places. It has tonic and bitter quaimplying fruitfulness, productiveness, in Feudary (fūu'a-ri), n. 1. A tenant who holds lities, and was supposed to be a valuable crease. See FECUND.) The young of viviparous his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.-

febrifuge, hence the name. 2. An ancient officer of the court of wards. Feverish (fe' vér-ish), a. animals in the womb, and of oviparous ani

1. Having fever; mals in the egg, after it is perfectly formed; Written also Feodary (which see).

affected with fever, especially with a slight before which time it is called Embryo. Feudatary (fūd'a-ta-ri), a. and n. Same as

degree of fever; as, the patient is fererish. Fetwa, Fetwah (fet'wä), n. [Ar.] In Turk. Feudatory (which see).

2. Indicating or pertaining to fever; as, law, the written decision of a Turkish mufti Feudatory (füu'a-to-ri), a Holding from fererish symptoms. --3. Uncertain; inconon some legal point. another on some conditional tenure.

stant; fickle; now hot, now cold. There is besides a collection of all the fetwas or

Feudatory(fūd'a-to-ri), n. A tenantor vassal We toss and turn about our feverish will. Dryden, decisions pronounced by the different muftis. holding his lands of a superior on condition

4. Hot; sultry; burning. • The feverish Brougham. of military service; the tenant of a feud or

north.' Dryden. Feu (fű), n. (L. L. feudum. Same origin as fief. fee (which see)] In law, (a) a free and gra- Feudbotet (fūd'bot), n. [ Feud and obs

Feverishly (lë'ver-ish-li), adv. In a feverish

maner. tuitous right to lands made to one for ser- bote.) A recompense for engaging in a feud Feverishness (fe'vėr-ish-nes), n. The state vice to be performed by him according to the or quarrel.

of being feverish; a slight febrile affection; proper tenure thereof; specifically, in Scots Feu de joie (fed-zhwa). (Fr., fire of joy.) A

hence, anxious, heated excitement. The law, a right to the use and enjoyment of lands, bonfire, or a firing of guns in token of joy. houses, or other heritable subjects in perpe- Feudist (fūd'ist), n. A writer on feuds; one

feverishness of his apprehensions.' Sir W'.

Scott. tuity in consideration of agricultural services versed in feudal law. or an annual payment in grain or money, Feu-duty (fü'dū-ti), n. In Scots law, the Feverly (fe'ver-li), a. Like a fever. (Rare.) called feu-duty, and certain other contingent

Feverous (fe' ver-us), a. 1. Affected with annual duty or rent paid by a feuar to his suburdens. This was anciently deemed an ig- perior according to the tenure of his right.

fever or ague.--2. Having the nature of fever.

*All feverous kinds.' Milton.-3. Having a noble tenure, as distinguished from ward. Feuillage (fè - yazh), n. (Fr., foliage.] A holding, where the service rendered was bunch or row of leaves.

tendency to produce fever. 'A fererous dispurely military, and to blench, where it was Feuillans, Feuillants (fe-yanız), n. pl. A re- Feverously (fé'ver-us-li), adv. In a feverous

position of the year.' Bacon. (Rare.) merely nominal. (6) The land or piece of ligious order, an offshoot of the Bernardines, ground so held; a fief.

founded by Jean de la Barriere in 1577 : 80

manner; feverishly. (Rare.) Feu (fū), v.t. In Scots law, to give or take

Fever-root (fe’ver-röt), n. 1. A plant of the called from the convent of Feuillant in Lanin feu. guedoc, where they were first established.

genus Triosteum(T. perfoliatum); feverwort: Feuar (fü'ér), n. In Scots law, one who

used as a cathartic and sometimes as an eme. Written also Feuillians. holds a feu. Feuillea (fū-il'é-a), 1.

tic.--2. A name given to Pterospora Androne

A genus of plants, Feu-contract (fū'kon-trakt), n. In Scots nat, order Cucurbitacere. The species are

dea, a simple, purplish-brown North Ame.

rican herb of the heath tribe, with scatlaw, a contract which regulates the giving natives of the tropical regions of America, out of land in feu between the superior and and are frutescent, climbing herbs. The

tered lanceolate scales in place of leaves vassal or feuar. seeds are oily and of a bitter taste; they are

and a long-bracted raceme of nodding white

flowers. Feud (füd), it. (In sense this word corre- anthelminticand cathartic. F. trilobata and sponds to A. Sax. fæhth, fægth, from fûh,

Fever-sore(fé'vér-sör), n. The popular name F. cordifolia are said to be poweful antidotes

of a carious ulcer or necrosis. füg, hostile (whence foe); comp. D. veede, against vegetable poisons, and the former is G. jehde, Dan fejde, Icel. fæd, Sw. fejd, also used in South America to prevent the Fever-weed (fe'ver-wêu), 11. A plant of the feuil; but its form seems to have been modi. fatal effects of serpent bites The seeds of Feverwort (lē’vėr-wėrt), n.

genus Eryngium.

See FEVERtied through confusion with L.L feudum. one Peruvian species coutain so much oil

ROOT. See FEE) 1. A contention or quarrel; en- that they are used for making candles.

Affected with fever; mity; inveterate hatred; hostility: often, Feuillemort (fwėl'mor), n. [Fr., dead leaf.] Fevery! (fever:i), a. hostility between families or parties in a

feverish. 'All thy body fevery.' B. Jonson. A colour like that of a faded leaf. state; the discord and animosities which Feuilleton (fwil-tor), n. (Fr., from feuille, a

Few (fū), a. (0. E. fewe, Sc. feow, A. Sax. prevail among the citizens of a state or city.

fedwa, feûwe, also feâ, Dan. faa, Goth. favs, leaf; lit. a small leaf. That part of a French Wherein my sword had not impressure

pl javai, little, few; of cognate origin with newspaper devoted to light literature or made of our rank feud.' Shak. criticism, and generally marked off from

1. paucus, few, paulus, little, Gr. pauros. ]

Not many; smallin number: used frequently, Yet of times in his maddest mirthful mond

the rest of the page by a line. The feuilleton Strange pangs would flash along Childe Harold's very commonly contains a tale.

by ellipsis of a noun, for not many persons or brow,

things. A few is common, and generally As if the memory of some deadly feud

Feuillians, n. pl. See FEUILLANS. Or disappointed passion lurk'd below.

means more than jew alone; a few being Byron,

Feutert (fu'tér), v.t. [0. Fr. feutrer, to stuff Ring out the feud of rich and poor, with felt or cow's hair, to pad, to equip,

equivalent to some, few to next to none.

Shak.

There's fetv or none do know me. Ring in redress to all mankind. Tennyson.

from feutre, felt, something stuffed, as a

pad or cushion, support for the lance. See What though my winged hours of bliss have been, 2. In a narrower sense, a war waged by one family or small tribe on another to avenge FELT.) To make ready by placing in the

Like angels' visits, few and far between. Campbell, rest, as a spear.

-- In few, t in a few words; shortly; briefly. the death of or injury done to one of its members; a combination of the kindred of

His spear he feutred, and at him it bore. Spenser. Thus Jupiter in few unfolds the charge. Dryden. a murdered or injured person to avenge his Feuterer + (fü'tér-ér), n. 10. Fr. vautrier, Fewelt (fü'el), n. and v.t. See FUEL. death or injuries upon the offender and all vaultrier, from rautre, riaultre, a kind of Fewmet (fü'met). See FUMET. his race.

hound; It. veltro, L.L. veltrus, L. vertragus, Fewness (fü'nes), n. 1. The state of being Feud fud), n. (See Feu, FEE.] In law, same a greyhound.) A dog-keeper.

few; smallness; paucity. "The fewness of as Fee (which see).

Fever (fe'vėr), n. 1A. Sax. fefer, from L. good grammarians.' Sir T. Elyor.--2. ^ BreFeudal (füd'al), a. (L. L. feudalis, from febris, a fever; or from 0. Fr. ferre, Mod. vity; conciseness. Fewness and truth 'tis

feudum See FEU, FEE.) 1. Pertaining to Fr. fièvre; same origin.) 1. A diseased state thus. Shak. feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal rights or ser- of the system, characterized by an acceler: Fewterer (fü'tėr-ér), n. Same as Feuterer. vices; feudal tenures. -2. Consisting of or ated pulse, with increase of heat, deranged Fey | (fa), v.t. [Comp. D. reegen, G. fegen, founded upon feuds, fiefs, or fees; embracing functions, diminished strength, and often to sweep.) To cleanse a ditch from mud. tepures by military services; as, the feudal with excessive thirst. Fevers are often or Fey (fy), a. (A. Sax. fæge, Icel, feigr, near system. - Feudal system, a form of govern- generally preceded by chills or rigours, called to death.) 1 t Dying: dead.--2. On the verge

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of a sudden or violent death; acting unac- Fiber (fi'běr), n. [L., a beaver.) A genus of soluble in water, ether, acetic acid, &c., but countably, as persons in health and soon to rodent mammals belonging to the family of dissolves in an ammoniacal copper solution. die are supposed to do in some last and ex- the beavers (Castorina or Castorida), popu- Fibrolite (fi'brol-it), n. (From L fibra, a traordinary effort. Written also Fie, Fye. larly known as musk-rat or musquash, the thread, a fibre, and Gr. lithos, a stone.) A [Scotch.)

only known species of which is the North mineral of a white or gray colour, com. I think' said the old gardener . . . 'the gauger's American musk-rat, or Fiber zibethicus. posed of silica and alumina. fie,' by which word the common people express those Fiber (fi'ber), n. American spelling of Fibre. Fibromucous (fi'bro-mű-kus), a. Possessviolent spirits which they think a presage of death.

Sir IV. Scott,

Fibre (fi'bėr), n. [Fr. fibre, L. fibra, allied to ing the nature of fibrous and of mucous Fey,t n. Faith. Chaucer.

filum, a thread.] 1. A thread or flament; membranes: applied to fibrous membranes, Feydom (fy'dom), n. The state of being fey. one of the fine slender threadlike or hair

which are intimately united with other (Scotch.)

like bodies of which the tissues of animals membranes of a mucous nature, as the pitui. Conscious, perhaps, of the disrepute into which he and plants are partly constituted; the small tary membrane, the membrane of the urehad fallen, . he sunk into a gloomy recklessness slender root of a plant.

thra, &c. Dunglison. of character. The simple people about said he was "under a feydom.'

Old yew which graspest at the stones

Fibroplastic (fi-bro-plast'ik), a. (Fr. fibroAt all events, this unhappy person had a dismal ending. W. Chambers.

That name the under-lying dead,

plastique, from L. fibra, fibre, and Gr. plasso,

Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Feyret n. A fair or market. Chaucer.

Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. Tennyson.

to form.] A term applied to a morbid for

mation, constituted of the elements of Fez (fez), n. (From Fez, the principal town

2. pl. Sinew; strength. 'Yet had no fibres in Morocco, where

cellular tissue transformed, in part, into in him, nor no force.' Chapman. – The fibre. Dunglison. such caps are large

ultimate components of animal fibres, the Fibroserous (fi'bro-sé-rus), a. Possessing ly manufactured.)

fibrillae, are elongated cells. The combina- the nature of fibrous and serous membranes; A red cap or head

tion of these gives rise to muscle, nerve, dress of fine cloth,

specifically applied to membranes composed &c.

In some tissues, as cartilage, the subfitting closely to the

of a fibrous and a serous sheet intimately stance between the cells becomes broken united. head, with a tassel

up into fibres parallel to each other, this Fibrous (fi'brus), a. Containing or consistof blue silk or wool

structure being independent of the cells. at the crown, much

ing of fibres; as, the fibrous coat of the Vegetable fibre, one of the most elementary worn in Turkey, on

cocoa-nut; the fibrous root of the onion. 1, Egyptian Fez. 2, Turk. forms of vegetable tissue, consists of ex- Fibrous fracture, in mineral. a fracture the shores of the

ish Fez.

cessively delicate threads twisted spirally which presents fine threads or slender lines, Levant, in Egypt,

in the interior of a cell or tube. In its naked either straight or curved, parallel, divergand North Africa generally. The core or

state, uncombined with membrane, it is ing, or stellated, like the rays of a star. central part of a turban consists of a fez.

supposed to be very rare. See LIGNINE. Fibrous tissue, in anat. the membrane that Fiacre (fe-ä-kr), n. (Fr., from the Hotel St. Fiacre, where Sauvage, the inventor of

Woody fibre, a tissue consisting of tubes, or covers the bones and cartilages; the menthese carriages, established in 1640 an office

according to some authorities elongated brane that is spread over or that forms a

cells, of a spindle-like shape, having their part of certain muscles, constituting the for the hire of them.) A small four-wheeled

walls thickened so as to give great firmness. carriage; a hackney-coach.

muscular aponeuroses or fasciæ; the memThis form of tissue does not exist in cellular brane that forms the sheaths in which tenFiancet (fi'ans), v.t. To betroth. See Ar

plants. The woody fibre may be separated dons are included; the outer membrane that FIANCE.

from the cellular parts of plants by macerFiancé, Fiancée (fe-än-sā), n. masc. and fem.

envelops the brain and spinal cord; the firm ation. In this way flax and hemp are pro- membrane in which the more delicate (Fr. See AFFIANCE.) An affianced or be

cured, as well as the bast used for mats. trothed person.

muscles and the humours of the eye are Fiants (fi'ants), n. pl. The dung of the fox Fibreless (fi'bér-les), a. Having no fibres. Fibred (fi'bérd), a. Having fibres.

contained; the outer membrane forming the or badger.

bag that contains the heart (the pericarFiar (fè'ar), n. [See FEE.) In Scots law, one Fibril (fibril), n. [Fr. fibrille, a small fibre.]

dium); the membranes by which the bones A small fibre; the branch of a fibre; a very to whom any property belongs in fee, that

in general are tied together, and the joints slender thread. is, who has the property in reversion as con- Fibrilla (fi-bril'la), n. pl. Fibrillæ (fi-bril'lē).

in particular are secured, called ligaments;

and the firm cords in which many muscles trasted with life-rent; the person in whom

(L.L., dim. of L. fibra, a fibre.) One of the terminate, and which form their movable the property of an estate is vested, burdened

elements or components of fibre; specifically, extremities, termed tendons. The same with the right of life-rent.-F'iars' prices or

in bot. one of the hairs produced from the fiars, the prices of grain for the current year

term is also applicable to other epidermis which covers the young roots of in the different counties, fixed by the sheriffs

parts of the body which present plants. They are an increased development respectively in the month of February or

à manifest fibrous structure, March with the assistance of juries. In Fibrillated (fi- bril'at-ed), a. of the absorbing surface of the roots.

such as membranes in general,

Furnished fixing these prices, a jury must be called

muscles, nerves, and bones. and evidence laid before them of the prices Fibrillation (fi-bril-a'shon), n. with fibrils or fibrillæ; fringed.

Fibrous cellular tissue, in bot. a

The state of the different grains raised in the county,

kind of cellular tissue, composed of being reduced to fibrils or fibrilla. and the prices fixed by the opinion of the Fibrillose (fi-bril'os), a.

either of membrane and fibre

In bot. covered jury and sanctioned by the judge, are termed

combined, or of fibre alone. with or composed of little strings or fibres, the fiars of that year in which they are

Fibrous root, a root composed as the head of a mushroom. struck, and regulate the prices of all grain Fibrillous (fi- bril'us), a.

of fibres or filaments, branched

Pertaining to stipulated to be sold at the fars' prices.

or simple. Fibrous coal, or fibres. Uneasy sensations, pains, fibrillous Parish ministers' stipends, in so far as they

Mother-of-coal, a variety of coal consist of grain and crown dues, are also Fibrin, Fibrine (fibrin), n. (See FIBRE.] spasms.' Kinneir.

which occurs in the coal-fields

of Great Britain. It is distinpaid by the fiars' prices of the county for

A peculiar organic compound substance Fibrous Root. guished by its fibrous structure each year. found in animals and vegetables. It is a

and silky lustre. It is in fact a Fiasco (fe-as’ko), n. [It. fiasco, a flask or

soft solid, of a greasy appearance, which bottle. In Italy when a singer fails to please,

less completely mineralized portion of the the audience shout ‘Olà, olà, fiasco,' perhaps

softens in air, becoming viscid, brown, and original vegetable matter.

semi-transparent, but is insoluble in water. Fibrousness (fi'brus-nes), 1. The state or in allusion to the bursting of a bottle.) A

Fibrin is procured in its most characteristic failure in a musical performance; an igno

quality of being fibrous. state from fresh blood by whipping it with Fibrovascular (sī'bro-vas'kū-ler), a. In minious and notorious failure generally. a bundle of twigs. It also exists in chyle, bot. consisting of woody tissue and spiral or Fiat (fi'at), n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers.

and forms the chief part of muscular flesh, other vessels. sing. subj. of fio, to be done.] 1. A com

and it may be regarded as the most abun- Fibster (fib'stér), n. One who tells fibs; a mand to do something; a decisive or effecdant constituent of the soft solids of ani

fibber. "You silly little fibtive command. --2. In law, a short order or mals. Fibrin is composed of carbon, nitro

ster.' Thackeray. (Rare. warrant of some judge for making out and gen, hydrogen, and oxygen, and is closely

Fibula (fi' bū-la), n. pl. allowing certain processes, given by his allied to albumen and caseine. Its exact

Fibulæ (fi'bū-lē). (L., a writing and subscribing the words fiat ut composition is unknown; it very readily un

clasp, a buckle.] 1. In petitur, let it be done as is asked. dergoes decomposition: it is a most import

anat. the outer and lesser Fiaunce,+ n. Affiance; trust. Chaucer. ant element of nutrition.

bone of the leg, much Fiaunt,f n. A fiat; a commission or warFibrination (fi-brin-a'shon), n. In med. the

smaller than the tibia, so rant. acquisition of an excess of fibrine, as in

named on account of its Nought suffered he the Ape to give or graunt, inflammatory diseases; as, the fibrination of

connecting and giving But through his hand must passe the fiaunt. the blood. Spenser.

firmness to the other Fib (fib). n. (Probably an abbreviation and Fibrine (fi'brin), a. Belonging to the fibres

parts. The figure shows corruption from fable, L. fabula. See FABLE) of plants.

the skeleton of knee and A lie or falsehood: a word used as a softer Fibrinous (fi'brin-us), a.

Having or par

lower part of leg :- a, expression than lie. taking of the nature of fibrin.

fibula; b, tibia; c, part of Ask mne no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Fibrocartilage (fi'bro-kär''ti-lāj), n. Mem

femur or thigh-bone; d, Goldsmith. braniform cartilage; the substance inter

patella or knee-cap.-2. A Fib (fib), v.i. pret. & pp. fibbed; ppr. fibbing. mediate between proper cartilage and liga

clasp or buckle. Mere To lie; to speak falsely. ment which constitutes the base of the ear,

fibulæ without robe to If you have any mark, whereby one may know the rings of the trachea, the epiglottis, &c.

Fibula. clasp.' Wordsworth. - 3. when you fib, and when you speak truth, you had Fibrocartilaginous (fi'bro - kar-til- aj "in

In surgery, a needle for best tell it me.

Arbuthnot.

us), a. Pertaining to or composed of fibro- sewing up wounds. Fib (fib), v.t. pret. & pp. fibbed; ppr. fibbing. cartilage.

Fibular (fi'bū-ler), a. Of or pertaining to the To beat or strike, especially by delivering a Fibrocellular (fi'bro-sel"lū-lėr), a. A term fibula; as, fibular artery; fibular nerve, &c. succession of short rapid blows. [Slang,] applied to tissue partaking of the characters Ficaria (fi-kā'ri-a), n. Pilewort, a genus of Fib (fib), v.i. To deliver a succession of short of fibrous and cellular tissues.

plants, nat. order Ranunculaceæ. It inrapid blows. This, in pugilism, is generally Fibroin, Fibroine (fi'bro-in), n. (L. fibra, a cludes Ficaria ranunculoides, a yellow.

effected by seizing a man by the head and thread.) The principal chemical constituent flowered plant, which grows plentifully in pommelling him in the ribs. [Slang. ) of silk, cobwebs, and the horny skeletons of woods in Britain in early spring. It is the Fibber (fib'ér), n. One who tells lies or fibs.

sponges. In the pure state it is white, in- little celandine of the poets.

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Ficellier (fi-sal-yā), n. [Fr., from ficelle, rication, invention, fable, novel, romance, Fiddle - faddle (fid'l-fad-1), a. Trifling; pack-thread ] , reel on which pack-thread falsehood, untruth.

making a bustle about nothing. [Colloq.] is wound

Fictional (fik'shon-al), a. Pertaining to or She was a troublesome fiddle-faddle old woman. Fiched (ficht), a. In her. sharpened to a characterized by fiction; fictitious.

Arbuthnor. point; fitched. See FITCHE. Fichtelite (tish'tel-it), n. A mineral resin,

Elements which are fictional rather than historical. 'Fiddle-faddle (fidél-fad-1), v.i. To trifle; to

Latham. busy one's self with nothing; to talk trifling white and crystallizable, found in the Fich- Fictionist (fik'shon-ist), n. A writer of fic. nonsense. telgebirge, Bavaria. tion.

Ye may as easily Fichu (fi-sho'), n. [Fr.) A light piece of dress

He will come out in time an elegant fictionist.

Outrun a cloud, driven by a northern blast, worn by ladies covering the neck, throat,

Lamb.
As fiddle-faddle so.

Ford. and shoulders. Fictious (fik'shus), a. Fictitious.

Fiddle-faddler (fid'l-fad-lèr), n. One who Passed in review all her gowns, fichus, tags, bob. And studied lines and fictious circles draws. Prior.

busies himself with bins, laces, silk stockings, and fal-lals. Thackeray.

fiddle-faddles. Fickle (lik’l), a. [A. Sax. ficol, inconstant; akin Fictitious (fik-ti'shus), a. [L. fictitius, from

Fiddle-fish (fid'lfingo, to feign.) Feigned ; imaginary; not to wicelian, to wag, to vacillate; to Dan.

fish), n. A local real; counterfeit; false; not genuine. cakle, to shake, to totter; and to G. ficken,

name of the angelHas life so lit:le store of real woes to move quickly to and fro. See FIDGE.]

fish or monk - fish, That here ye wend to taste fictitious grief? 1. Wavering; inconstant; unstable; of a

from its

H. Smith, changeable mind; irresolute; not firm in Fictitiously (fik-ti'shus-li), adv. By fiction;

blance to a fiddle.

See ANGEL-FISH. opinion or purpose; capricious. falsely; counterfeitly.

Fiddle-head (fid'lThey know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden. Fictitiousness (fik-ti'shus-nes), 1. Feigned

hed), n. Naut. the 2. Not fixed or firm; liable to change or vi- representation.

name given to an cissitude. Fictive (fik’tiv), a. 1. Feigned: imaginary;

ornament at the Lest the adversary hypothetical. -2. Of or pertaining to fiction;

bow of a ship, over Triumph and say, Fickle their state, whom God not springing from a real cause. Dabbling

the cut - water, Most favours. Milton, in the fount of fictive tears.' Tennyson.

when it consists of SYN. Wavering, irresolute, unsettled, vacil Fictor (fik'tėr), n. [L., an image-maker, a

Fiddle-head,

carved work in the lating, unstable, inconstant, unsteady, vari- statuary, from fingo, fictum, to fashion,

form of a volute or able, mutable, changeful, capricious. feign.) Any artist who works in wax, clay,

scroll, such as that at the head of a violin. Fickle (Ak'l), v.t. (Probably dim. freq. of or other plastic material, as contradistin

Fiddler (fid'ler), n. 1. One who plays on a or connected with fike or syke.] To puzzle; guished from one who works in bronze,

fiddle or violin.-2. A sixpence. (Slangt to perplex; to reduce to a nonplus. (Scotch.] marble, ivory, or other solid substance.

3. In the United States, the popular name Howsomever, she's a weel-educate woman, and an Ficus (fi'kus), n. [L., a fig.) 1. A genus of

of a small crab (Gelasimus vocans) with one she win to her English, .

she
may come to tickle tropical or subtropical trees or shrubs, nat.

large claw and a very small one. It lives us a' Sir II'. Scott. order Moraceæ. The flowers are incomplete

on the salt-meadows, where it makes its Fickleness (fik'l-nes), n. A wavering; waver- and unisexual, with a four- to six-leaved

burrows.--Fiddler's fare, meat, drink, and ing disposition; inconstancy; unsteadiness perigonium. The staminate flowers have in opinion or purpose; instability; change- one to six stamens, and the pistillate a one

money.-Fiddler's money, a lot of small

silver coins, such small coin being the reableness; as, the fickleness of lovers.

To

celled ovary. The flowers are crowded on exclaim at fortune's fickleness.' Shak. a fleshy receptacle, which in many species,

muneration paid to fiddlers in old times

from each of the company. Fickly (fik’li), adv. In a fickle manner; with- as in the common fig, is edible. There are

Fiddle-shaped (fid'l-shāpt), a. In bot. a out firmness or steadiness. nearly 200 species, of which the best known

term aj plied to a leaf having Awav goes Alce ... after having given her mis. are F. Carica (the common fig), F. indica

a resemblance to a fiddle, from tress warning fickly. Pepys (the banyan), and F. religiosa (the sacred

its deep indentations in either Fico (fe'ko), n. (It.) A fig; a motion of con- tig, peepul or pippul tree).-2. In surg, a

side. tempt done by placing the thumb between fleshy excrescence, often soft and reddish, two of the fingers, expressing A fig for you! sometimes hard and scirrhous, hanging by

Fiddle-stick(fid'l-stik), n. Same

as Fiddle-bow. Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. Shak.

a peduncle or formed like a fig. It occurs
on the eyelids, chin, tongue, anus, or repro-

Fiddle-string (fid'l-string), n. Ficoideæ (-koid'é-e), n. pl. A nat. order of

The

string of a fiddle, fastened ductive organs. calycifloral exogens, nearly related to the Fid, Fidd (fd), n. 1. Naut. (a) a square bar of

at the ends and elevated in the Cactacere. They are annual or perennial and

middle by a bridge. wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, often prostrate herbs, or shrubs with fleshy used to support the topmast when erected

Fiddle - wood (tidl-wud), n. entire leaves and often showy flowers. at the head of the lower mast. (b) A pin of

Fiddle-shaped (From its durable qualities the There are about 500 species, natives of the

Leaf. hard wood or iron, tapering to a point, used

term bois fidèle, stanch or faithwarmer regions of the world and especially to open the strands of a rope in splicing.

ful wood, was applied by the of the Cape of Good Hope. The succulent 2. A bar of wood or metal used to support

French to one of the species, which the Engleaves of some are eaten, while others yield

lish mistook to mean fiddle-wood.] The comor steady anything. soda. Many are in cultivation on account Fiddle (fid'l), n. (A. Sax. fithele; L.G. fidel;

mon name of Citharoxylon, a genus of trees of the beauty of their flowers. Sometimes

or shrubs with some twenty species, natives Dan. fiddel; Icel. fithla; D. vedel; L.L. viducalled Mesembryacere. la; It. viola; Pr. viula; L.L. fidicula, dim. of

of tropical America, nat, order Verbenacea. Fictt (fikt), a. Fictitious. Harvey.

Some of the species are ornamental timber Ficta musica (fik'ta mū’zik-a), n. (L. fictus,

L. fides, fidis =Gr. sphide, gut, catgut, string
of a musical instrument. See VIOLIN.] 1. A

trees; several yield a hard wood valuable fashioned, and musica, music.) Music in

for carpenter work. stringed instrument of music, the finest of Fiddling (fid'ling), a. Trifling; trivial; fusswhich notes were altered by the use of accidentals.

solo instruments, and the leading instrument
in the orchestra. See VIOLIN.-2. Naut. a

ily busy with nothing. Fictile (fik'til), a. [L. fictilis, from fictus,

Good cooks cannot abide what they call Fddling contrivance to prevent things from rolling

work. pp. of fingo, fictum, to form, shape, fashion.]

Swirt. off the table in bad weather: so called from Moulded into form by art; manufactured by the potter; suitable for the potter.

its resemblance to a fiddle, being made of Fidejussion (fi-de-ju'shon), n. [L. fidejussio, small cords passed through wooden bridges

from fidejubeo, to be surety for a person Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. and hauled very taut. - To play first,or second

- fides, faith, and jubeo, to order.) Surety. Bacon. fiddle, to take a leading, or a subordinate

ship; the act of being bound as surety for Fictileness, Fictility (fik'tīl-nes, fik-til'i-ti),

another. part in any project or undertaking: a collon. The quality of being fictile.

quial expression borrowed from the orches: Fidejussor (fi-de-jus'ér), n. [L. See FIDEFiction (tik'shon), n. (L. fictio, a shaping, a tra. -Scotch fiddle, the itch: so called from

JUSSION.) A surety; one bound for another. fashioning, from fingo, fictum, to fashion.) the action of the arm in scratching.

God might have appointed godfathers to give 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagin. Fiddle (fid']), v.i. pret. & pp. fiddled; ppr.

answer in behalf of the children, and to be fidejus. sors for them.

Jer. Taylor. ing. By a mere fiction of the mind.' Stillingfleet. -2. That which is feigned, infiddling. 1. To play on a fiddle or violin.

Fidel,t n. A fiddle. Chaucer. vented, or imagined; a feigned story; an

Themistocles said he could not fiddle, but he could Fidelity (fi-del'i-ti), n. [L. fidelitas, from make a small town a great city.

Bacon. invention; as, the story is a fiction. A

fides, trust, faith, from fido, to trust. See mere fiction of the brain.' Dr. Caird.

2. To trifle; to shift the hands often and do FAITH.] 1. Faithfulness; careful and exact So also was the fiction of those golden apples kept nothing; to tweedle.

observance of duty or performance of obliby a dragon, taken from the serpent which tempted The ladies walked, talking, and fiddling with their

gations; as, we expect fidelity in a public Eve. Raleigh, hats and feathers.

Pepys. minister, in an agent or trustee, in a domestic 3. Fictitious literature. In its widest sense Fiddle (fa'l), v.t. To play on a fiddle; as,

servant, in a friend.-2. Firm adherence to the word comprehends every literary pro- he fiddled the tune beautifully.

a person or party with which one is united duct of the imagination, whether in prose or Fiddle-block (fid'l-blok), 11. Naut. a block

or to which one is bound; loyalty; as, the verse, or in a narrative or dramatic form; having two sheaves of different sizes, one

fidelity of subjects to their king or governbut as used commonly it designates espe- above the other. Also called a Long-tackle

ment; the fidelity of a tenant or liege to his

lord. cially prose narrative in the form of ro- Block.

The fidelity of the allies of Rome, which had not mances, novels, tales, and the like.

Fiddle-bow (fid'l-bo), n. The bow strung been shaken by the defeat of Thrasymenus, could No kind of literature is so attractive as fiction. with horse-hair with which the player draws not resist the fiery trial of Cannæ. The Apulians Quart. Rev. sounds from the violin.

joined the conqueror immediately, and Arpe and 4. In law, an assumption of a thing, made Fiddle-de-dee (fid1-de-dē), interj. An ex

Salapia opened their gates to him. Arnold. for the purposes of justice, though the same clamation nearly equivalent to Nonsense! 3. Observance of the marriage contract; as, thing could not be proved and may be and implying that the object of the excla- the fidelity of a husband or wife.-4. Honliterally untrue. Thus an heir is held to mation is silly or trumpery.

esty; veracity; adherence to truth; as, the be the same person with the ancestor, to Fiddle-dock (fid'l-dok), n. A perennial fidelity of a witness. -SYN. Faithfulness, the effect of making the heir liable for the

plant, the Rumex pulcher. See RUMEX. honesty, trustiness, trustworthiness, integdebts of the ancestor.-5. Any like assump- Fiddle-faddle (fidîî-fad-1), n. Trifling talk; rity, faith, loyalty, constancy, conscientioustion made for convenience, as for passing trifles. [Colloq.] more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. -Syn. Fab

Thalarms of soft vows, and sighs, and fiddle-faddle Fides (l'dēz), n. 1. In class, myth, the god-
Spoils all our trade.

Bean.FI. dess of faith, commonly represented with

[graphic]

ness.

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