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Fold-yard (föld'yärd), n. A yard for folding
or feeding cattle or sheep.
Folehardiness, n. Foolhardiness; rash-
Fole-large,+ a. Foolishly liberal. Chaucer.

ness. Chaucer. Put not your

foists upon me, I shall scent them.' Jonson.

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Foist (foist), n. A light and fast-sailing ship.

Foister (foist'ér), n. One who foists or inserts without authority.

Foistied (foist'id), a. Fusty (which see). Foistiness (foist'i-nes), n. Fustiness (which see).

Foisty (foist'i), a. [See FOIST.] Fusty (which see).

Folc-land (fōk'land), n. Same as Folkland. Fold (föld), n. [A. Sax. falud, falod, faled, fald. Cog. Dan. fold, Sw. falla, a fold, a pen for sheep.] 1. A pen or inclosure for sheep or like animals; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.-2. A flock of sheep; hence, in Scrip. the church, the flock of Christ.

Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Jn. x. 16. 3. A limit; a boundary.

Secure from meeting, they're distinctly roll'd; Nor leave their seats, and pass the dreadful fold. Creech.

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Fold (föld), n. [A. Sax. fald, feald, a plait, a fold, fealden, to lay together, to fold. Cog. Fris. fald, G. falte, Goth. falths, a doubling, a plait; Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Goth. falthan, to fold; same root as L. plecto, to weave.] 1. The doubling or double of any flexible substance, as cloth; a plait; one part turned or bent and laid on another; as, a fold of linen.

Let the draperies be nobly spread upon the body and let the folds be large. Dryden.

2. A clasp; an embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.' Shak.-It is often used following a numeral as the second part of a compound, signifying times or repetitions, as twofold, fourfold, tenfold, that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.

Fold (föld), v.t. [A. Sax. fealden, G. falten, to lay together, to fold. See the noun.] 1. To double; to lap or lay in plaits; to lay one part over another part of; as, to fold a piece of cloth; to fold a letter. 'As a vesture shalt thou fold them up.' Heb. i. 12.-2. To double or lay together, as the arms; to lay one over the other, as the hands.

Conscious of its own impotence, it folds its arms in despair. Collier.

3. To inclose as in folds; to enfold; to embrace.

We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak. 4. To wrap in obscurity; to make intricate or perplexed, as words.

Lay open to my earthly gross conceit, The folded meaning of your words' deceit. Shak. Fold (föld), v.i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold. Foldage (föld'áj), n. Faldage (which see). Foldage (föld'áj), n. In her a term applied to leaves having several foldings and turnings, one from the other.

Folder (föld'ér), n. One who or that which folds; especially, a flat knife-like instrument, frequently of bone or ivory, used in folding paper.

Folding (föld'ing), n. A fold; a double. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison. Folding-doors (föld′ing-dōrz), n. pl. Two doors which meet in the middle, and either slide back or turn back on hinges, leaving a wide communication between two apartments.

Folding-machine (föld'ing-ma-shen), n. A machine which delivers newspapers or printed book-work folded. Simmonds. Folding-screen (föld'ing-skrén), n. An upright portable screen, in several leaves or parts, which shuts up and can be put away

when not in use.

Folding-stool (föld'ing-stöl), n. A campstool; a kneeling-stool. See FALDSTOOL. Foldless (föld'les), a. Having no fold. Foldnet föld'net), n. Among sportsmen, a sort of net, with which small birds are taken in the night.

Foldy (föld'i), a. Full of folds; plaited into
folds; hanging in folds. [Rare.]
Those limbs beneath their foldy vestments moving.
J. Baillie.

Foliaceous (fō-li-a'shus), a. [L. foliaceus, from folium, a leaf. See FOIL.] 1. In bot. belonging to or having the texture or nature of a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.-2. In mineral. consisting of leaves or thin lamina; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.

Foliage (fo'li-āj), n. [O. Fr. foillage, Fr. feuillage, from foille, feuille, L. folium, a leaf. See FOIL, a leaf or plate.] 1. Leaves in general; a collection of leaves as produced or arranged by nature; as, a tree of beautiful foliage.-2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; particularly, in arch. the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, &c. Foliage (foli-aj), v. t. To work or to form into the representation of leaves; to furnish with foliage, or work in imitation of foliage. Foliar (fō'li-ér), a. Consisting of or pertaining to leaves; inserted in or proceeding from a leaf; as, foliar appendages. Foliate (fo'li-at), v.t. [From L. folium, a leaf.] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate, or lamina.

If gold be foliated, and held between your eyes and the light, the light looks of a greenish blue. Sir I. Newton.

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver, &c.; as, to foliate a lookingglass.

Foliate (fō'li-at), a. In bot. leafy; furnished with leaves; as, a foliate stalk.-Foliate curve, in geom. a curve of the third order. It is one of the species of defective hyperbolas, having one asymptote and two infinite branches, and a figure bearing some resemblance to a leaf, whence the name. Foliated (fo'li-at-ed), p. and a. 1. Spread or covered with a thin plate or foil.-2. In mineral. consisting of plates; resembling or in the form of a plate; lamellar; as, a foliated fracture.

Minerals that consist of grains, and are at the same time foliated, are called granularly foliated.

Kirwan.

3. Containing foils; as, a foliated arch.Foliated coal, a sub-species of black coal occurring in the coal formations, and distinguished by its lamellar concretions, splendid lustre, and easy frangibility. Foliation (fō-li-a'shon), n. [L. foliatio, from foliatus, leaved, from folium, a leaf.] 1. In bot. the leafing of plants; vernation; the disposition of the nascent leaves within the bud. 2. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, or foil.-3. The act or operation of spreading foil over the back surface of a mirror or looking-glass.-4. In geol. the property or quality in certain rocks, as gneiss, mica-schist, and other metamorphic rocks, of dividing into lamina or plates which consist each of a distinct material, and which are generally parallel to the primitive planes of stratification.

Cleavage may be applied to those divisional planes which render a rock fissile, although it may appear to the eye quite or nearly homogeneous; foliation

may be used for those alternating layers or plates of different mineralogical nature, of which gneiss and other metamorphic schists are composed." Darwin. 5. In arch. the act of enriching with ornamental cusps, as in the tracery of Gothic windows; the ornaments themselves; feathering. This style of ornamentation is based on the form of natural foliage, but it generally exhibits conventional rather than real leaves and flowers. Foliature (fö'li-a-tur), n. 1. The state of being beaten into foil.-2. Leafage. They wreathed together a foliature of the fig tree.' Shuckford.

Folier (fo'li-ér), n. Goldsmiths' foil. [Rare.] Foliferous (fö-lif'èr-us), a. [L. folium, leaf, and fero, to bear.] Producing leaves. Foliiparous (fö-li-ip'a-rus), a. In bot. producing leaves only, as leaf-buds. Maunders. Folily, adv. Foolishly. Chaucer. Folio (fo'li-o), n. [L., ablative case of folium, a leaf (in folio).] 1. A sheet of paper once folded.-2. A book of the largest size, formed by once doubling a sheet of paper.-3. In book-keeping, a page, or rather both the right and left hand pages, of an accountbook, expressed by the same figure.-4. In printing, the number appended to each page. 5. In law, a certain number of words, in conveyances, &c., amounting to seventy-two, and in parliamentary proceedings to ninety.

FOLLICLE

Folio (foli-ō), a. Denoting the size of a book, &c., having the sheet doubled into two leaves; as, a folio volume.

Folio (fō'li-o), v.t. In printing, to number the pages of, as a book, periodical, &c.; to page; to paginate. Foliolate (fo'li-o-lát), a. In bot. of or pertaining to, or consisting of leaflets: used in composition; as, bifoliolate, having two leaflets; trifoliolate, having three leaflets. Foliole (foli-ōl), n. [Fr., dim. of L. folium, a leaf.] In bot. a leaflet; a separate piece or partial blade of a compound leaf. Foliomort (fō'li-ō-mort), a. Same as Feuillemot or Filemot.

Foliose (fō'li-òs), a. In bot. covered closely with leaves; having leaves intermixed with the flowers; leafy; folious. Foliosity (fō-li-os'i-ti), n. The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness; copiousness; diffuseness.

It is exactly because he is not tedious, because he does not shoot into German foliosuty, that Schlosser finds him intolerable.' De Quincey.

Burton.

Foliot (fō'li-ot), n. [Fr. follet, a goblin, from 0. Fr. fol, Fr. fou, foolish.] The generic name for a comparatively harmless devil or goblin, allied to Puck or Robin Goodfellow. Terrestrial devils are wood-nymphs, foliots, fairies, robin-goodfellows, &c. Folious (fo'li-us), a. 1. Leafy; thin; unsubstantial.-2. In bot. folious (which see). Folk (fök), n. [A. Sax. folc. Cog. L.G. Fris. Dan. Sw. and Icel. folk; O. G. fole, folk, folch; D. and G. volk. Probably connected with E. flock, full, L. pleo, to fill, plebs, the common people, &c.] People in general, or a separate class of people: frequently used in the plural and with a qualifying adjective; as, old folks; young folks; poor folks.

Thou shalt judge the folk righteously. Ps. lvii.4. Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. Fielding Folkland (fōk'land), n. [A. Sax. folcland fole, people, and land.] Land of the folk or people, as distinguished from bookland, or land held by charter or deed. Folkland was the property of the people, and while it continued to be folkland it could not be alienated. It was sometimes, however, parcelled out for a term to individuals, on the expiration of which it reverted to the community. Folkland might be held by freemen of any rank, but could not be devised by will. It seems to have been assigned as a reward for military services. Folklore (fök'lor), n. [Folk and lore: a word of recent formation.] Rural superstitions, tales, traditions, or legends.

Some of the most remarkable incidents of Greek mythology are to be found in the folklore of English Cox.

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Follet (fol-la), n. [Fr.] Same as Foliot. Follicle (folli-kl), n. [L. folliculus, dim. of follis, a bag or bellows.] 1. In bot. (a) a dry seedvessel or pod opening on one side only; a carpel dehiscing by the ventral suture, and having no dorsal suture; a univalvular pericarp formed of a simple pistil. (b) A vessel distended with air, as on the roots, stems, and Follicle of Columbine leaves of Utricularia and (Aquilegia vulgaris), on the leaves of Aldrovanda. 2. In anat a little bag in animal bodies; a gland; a folding; a minute secreting cavity; as, the sebaceous follicles; the mucous follicles.

FOLLICULAR

Follicular (fol-lik'ü-lér), a. Like, pertaining to, or consisting of follicles. Folliculares (fol-lik'ū-lä"réz), n. pl.

A section of Proteaceae, characterized by their woody follicles containing one or several seeds, and including Grevillea, Hakea, Lambertia, Rhopala, Knightia, Telopia, Lomatia, Banksia, &c.

Folliculated (fol-lik'u-lât-ed), a. Having follicles; follicular.

Folliculous (fol-lik'u-lus), a. Having or producing follicles.

Folliful (fol'li-ful), a. Full of folly. Follily (folli-li), adv. Foolishly. Wycliffe. Follow (follo), v.t. [A. Sax. folgian, fyligean, G. folgen, Icel. fylgia, to follow. By some regarded as connected with folk, full, &c.] 1. To go or come after or behind; to move behind, in the same direction. We'll follow him that's fled.' Shak. 2. To pursue; to chase, as an enemy, or as game; to pursue as an object of desire; to endeavour to obtain. Follow peace with all men.' Heb. xii. 14. This gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking fire. Tennyson. 3. To go with, as a leader; to be led or guided by: to accompany; to attend in a journey; to accept as authority; to adopt the opinions, cause, or side of; to adhere to; to side with.

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. Gen. xxiv. 61.

The house of Judah followed David. 2 Sam, ii. 10. 4. To imitate, as a forerunner or example; to take as an example; to copy; as, to follow a pattern or model; to follow fashion. 5. To come after in order of time, rank, or office.

Signs following signs lead on the mighty year. Pope. 6. To result from, as an effect from a cause or an inference from premises; as, intemperance is often followed by disease or poverty, or by both.--7. To pursue with the eye; to keep the eyes fixed on while in motion.

He followed with his eyes the fleeting shade.

Dryden.

8. To keep the attention fixed upon while in progress, as a speech, piece of music, and the like; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as a course of thought or an argument. 9. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. O, had he but followed the arts!' Shak. 10. To come after, as one pursuing and driving forward; to drive; to impel.

O Antony!

Shak.

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or dependant; one of the same faction or party; as, the followers of Plato; the warrior distributed the plunder among his followers. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb. vi 12.

2. A male sweetheart. [Colloq.]-3. Among law-stationers, the name given to a sheet of parchment added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed. - 4. In mach. the part of a machine that receives motion from another part.-5. In the steam-engine, the cover of a piston; the cover of a stuffing-box. Following (follo-ing), n. 1. Body of followers or retainers; a sect or party following the lead of their chief; body of adherents or disciples; body of attendants.

While burghers with important face
Described each new-come lord,
Discussed his lineage, told his name,

His following and his feudal fame. Sir W. Scott. 2. Vocation; calling; occupation.

In every age men in general attend more to their own immediate pursuits and followings than to the ... claims of discontented factions. Sharon Turner.

Following (follo-ing), a. Being next after; succeeding; related, described, or explained next after; as, the following story; in the following manner.

Folly (folli), n. [Fr. folie, folly. See FOOL.] 1. Weakness of intellect; imbecility of mind; want of understanding.

Here (in newspaper) Fraud and Falsehood labour to
deceive,
And Folly aids them both, impatient to believe.
Crabbe.

2. A weak or absurd act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or lightminded conduct.

What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. Shak. 3. Criminal weakness; depravity of mind or actions.

She turn'd to folly, and she was a whore. Shak. Folwe,t v.t. To follow. Chaucer. Foly, a. Foolish. Chaucer. Fomalhaut (fo'mal-hat), n. [Ar. fom-al-hút, mouth of the large fish-fom, fum, mouth, and hut, a large fish.] A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Piscis Australis or Southern Fish. It is much used in astronomical measurements. Foment (fo-ment), v.t. [Fr. fomenter; L. fomento, from fomentum, for fovimentum, a warm application, from foveo, to warm, to cherish.] 1. To apply warm lotions to; to bathe with warm medicated liquids or warm water. -2. To cherish with heat; to encourage or promote the growth of. [Rare.] Every kind that lives.

Fomented by his virtual power, and warm'd.
Milton.

I have followed thee to this. -To follow suit, in card-playing, to play a card of the same suit as that first played; hence, to follow the line of speech, argument, conduct, adopted by a predecessor. Follow (folló), v. i. 1. To go or come after another; to attend or accompany another. The famine... shall follow close after you. Jer. xlii. 16. 2. To be posterior in time; as, following ages. 3 To be consequential, as effect to cause; to result, as an inference; as, from such measures great mischiefs must follow; the facts may be admitted, but the inference drawn from them does not follow. To follow on, to continue pursuit or endeavour; Fomenter (fo-ment'èr), n. One who foments;

to persevere.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. Hos. vi. 3. Follow, Succeed, Ensue. Follow and succeed are applied to persons or things; ensue, in modern literature, to things only. FolLow denotes the mere going in order in a track or line, but tells nothing of the relative positions, in respect of either place or time, of the individuals; succeed, implying a regular series, denotes the being in the same place which another has held imme

diately before; as, a crowd may follow, but only one person or event can succeed to another. Ensue is to follow close upon, to follow as the effect of, or on some settled principle of order; as, nothing but suffering can ensue from such a course. Follow-board (follō-bōrd), n. In founding, the board on which the pattern for a mould is laid; a moulding-board. Follower (fol'ló-ér), n. 1. One who comes, goes, or moves after another in the same course; one who takes another as his guide in doctrines, opinions, or example; one who receives the opinions and imitates the example of another; an attendant; an adherent; a disciple; an imitator; an associate

3. To encourage; to abet; to cherish and promote by excitements: used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humours. Quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Fomentation (fo-ment-a'shon), n. 1. In med. (a) the act of applying warm liquids to a part of the body, by means of flannels or other cloths dipped in hot water or medicated decoctions, for the purpose of easing pain by relaxing the skin or of discussing tumours. (b) The lotion applied or to be applied to a diseased part.-2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest fomentation of your pride.' Young.

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one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition. A perpetual fomenter of sin.' Hale.

Fomes (fo'mez), n. pl. Fomites (fō'mi-těz). [L., touchwood, tinder.] In med. any porous substance capable of absorbing and retaining contagion.

Font (fon), n. [O. E. fonne, a fool. See FOND.]
A fool; an idiot.

Thou art a fon of thy love to bost,
All that is lent to love will be lost.

Spenser.

Fond (fond), a. [O.E. fonne, to be foolish, fond, stupid; fon, a fool; Sc. fon, to play the fool, fone, to fondle; Icel. fána, to play the fool; Sw. fane, fatuous. Wedgwood cites as cognate Gael. faoin, vain, foolish, idle, empty. The final d does not properly belong to the word; compare in this respect sound.] 1. Foolish; silly; weak; indiscreet; imprudent.

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dently; delighted with: followed by of; as, he is fond of highly seasoned food; a child is fond of play; a gentleman is fond of his sports or of his country-seat.

Fame is, in itself, a real good, if we may believe Cicero, who was perhaps too fond of it. Dryden. 4. Valued by folly; foolishly or extravagantly prized; trifling; trivial. Trivial fond records. Shak.

Not with fond shekels of the tested gold, Or stones, whose rate are either rich or poor As fancy values them. Shak. Fondt (fond), v.t. To treat with great indulgence or tenderness; to caress; to fondle. The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden. Fond (fond), v.i. To be fond; to be in love; to dote.

My master loves her dearly; And I, poor monster, fond as much on him. "Shak, Fondt (fond), v. i. [A. Sax. fundian, fandian, to endeavour to find, to strive.] To study; to endeavour; to attempt; to try.

For in the sea to drowne herselfe she fond, Rather than of the tyrant to be caught. Spenser. Fond,+ Fonde,t v.t. 1o endeavour to find; to seek; to try; to engage.

And everich on, in the best wise he can, To strengthen hire shall all his frendes fonde. Chaucer. Fond, pret. of find. Found. Chaucer. Fonding, n A joke. Chaucer. Fondle (fon'dl), v.t. pret. & pp. fondled; ppr. fondling." [From fond, a.j To treat with tenderness; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

The rabbit fondles his own harmless face. Tennyson. Fondling (fond'ling), n. 1. A person who is fond or foolish; a silly person; a fool; an idiot.

And mock the fondling for his mad aspire.
Спартан.

2. A person or thing fondled or caressed. He was his parents' darling, not their fondling. Fulier. Fondly (fond'li), adv. In a fond manner; with indiscreet or excessive affection; affectionately; tenderly.

Fondly we think we merit honour then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. Pope. Fondness (fond'nes), n. The state or quality of being fond; foolishness; weakness; want of sense or judgment; foolish tenderness; tender passion; strong inclination or propensity; strong appetite or relish.

Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, tho' they golden be. Spenser. Her fondness for a certain earl Began when I was but a girl. Swift. SYN. Attachment, affection, love, tenderness, inclination, propensity, appetite, relish. Fondus (fon-dü), n. [Fr. fondu, pp. of fondre, to melt, to soften, to blend, from L. fundo, to pour out, to cast, to found.] A term applied to that kind of printing of calico, paper-hangings, &c., in which the colours are blended into each other. Fonet (fón), n. pl. Foes.

Chaucer.

Chaucer.

He fought great batteils with his salvage fore. Spenser Fong,t v.t. [A. Sax. fangan, to take. See FANG.] To take. Chaucer. Fonne, n. [See FON.] A fool. Font (font), n. [From L. fons, fontis, a founFonne, tv.i. To be foolish. tain. The word font was introduced in A. Sax. direct from the L., among other L. ecclesiastical terms. See FOUNT.] 1. The vessel used in churches as the repository of the baptismal water. When baptism by immersion was practised the baptistery was furnished with a basin sufficiently capacious to admit of the administration of the rite according to the then prevailing form. When affusion took the place of immersion the size of the basin was diminished. and assumed the dimensions familiar to us in most of the medieval churches in Great Britain and upon the Continent. The bap tismal font consists of a basin or cup hollowed out of a solid block and supported. upon a stem. It is usually of stone, sometimes of lead, and sometimes of copper or bronze. In general, the font, in external form and character, followed the prevailing style of architecture and ornamentation. When not in use the font was covered. Originally, the covers were flat movable lids, but were afterwards often very highly ornamented, and sometimes carried up to a very considerable height in the form of spires, and enriched with a variety of little buttresses, pinnacles, and other decoration.

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The baptismal font must not be confounded with the holy-water fount, which usually stands near the entrance of Roman Catholic churches, and from which persons entering

Font with Cover, St. Gregory's, Sudbury.

sprinkle their forehead. 2. A spring or fountain of water; a source. Drayton. Font (font), n. [Fr. fonte, from fondre, to melt or cast; L. fundo, to pour out.] A complete assortment of printing types of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that size or variety of type.

Fontal (font'al), a. Pertaining to a fount, fountain, source, or origin.

From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power. Coleridge. Fontanel (font'a-nel), n. [Fr. fontanelle.] 1. In med. an issue for the discharge of humours from the body. - 2. In anat. a vacancy in the infant cranium between the frontal and parietal bones, and also between the parietal and occipital, at the two extremities of the sagittal suture. Fontange (fon-tanzh), n. [Fr., after Mlle. (afterwards Duchesse) de Fontange, a mistress of Louis XIV., who, when her hat had been accidentally blown off, caused her head-dress to be fastened up with a ribbon, the bows of which fell so gracefully over her brow that the king ordered her to retain the arrangement all the evening. Next day many of the ladies of the court appeared with a similar head-dress, and from the court of France the fashion spread to all the courts of Europe.] A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress. Fontinalis (fon-tin-a'lis), n. [From L. fons, fontis, a fountain-in allusion to the place of growth.] Water-moss, a genus of cryptogamic plants, nat. order Musci.

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are long branched plants, with many lateral fruits furnished with a mitriform calyptra. Two species are found in the streams and rivulets of Britain.

Food (föd), n. [A. Sax. foda, food, whence fédan, to feed, to nourish; Dan fode, Sw foda, See FEED] 1. Whatever supplies nourishment to organic bodies; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment; victuals; provisions; as, the food of plants; the food of animals consists mainly of organic substances; a great scarcity of food.

Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. 2. Something that sustains, nourishes, and augments.

This may prove food to my displeasure. Shak.
The food of hope

Is meditated action. Tennyson. SYN. Aliment, sustenance, nutriment, feed, fare, victuals, provisions, provender, meat. Food (fod), v.t. To feed.

He was fooded forth in vain with long talk.

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Food + (föd), n. A feud.

Hurles forth his thundring dart with deadly food. Spenser. Foodful (föd'ful), a. Supplying food; full of food. The foodful earth.' Dryden. Foodless (fod'les), a. Without food; destitute of provisions; barren. "The foodless Thomson.

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wilds. Foody (föd'i), a. fertile; fruitful. Who brought them to the sable fleet from Ida's foody Chapman. Foo-foo (fö'fö), n. A negro name for dough made from plantains, the fruit being boiled and then pounded in a mortar. Fool (fol), n. [Fr. fol, fou, foolish, a fool, from follus, which occurs in the L.L. of the ninth century, and is derived from L. follis, bellows, a ball inflated with wind, cheeks puffed out with air; the follus or fool being originally no doubt one who made facial grimaces.] 1. One who is destitute of reason or the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.-2. A person who is somewhat deficient in intellect; a person who acts absurdly, irrationally, or unwisely; one who does not exercise his reason; one who acts or thinks in a manner not in accordance with the dictates of wisdom.

Eatable; fit for food;

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Ps. xiv. 1. 3. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept by persons of rank for the purpose of making sport, dressed in motley, with a pointed cap and bells on the head, and a mock sceptre or bauble in the hand. See BAUBLE.

I scorn, although their drudge, to be their fool or jester. Milton. -To play the fool, (a) to act the buffoon; to jest; to make sport.

Let me play the fool:
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Shak.

(b) To act like one void of understanding.
I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.
1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
-To put the fool on or upon, to charge with
folly; to account as a fool.

To be thought knowing, you must first put the fool upon all mankind. Dryden.

-To make a fool of, to cause to appear ridiculous; to frustrate; to defeat; to disappoint.

Fool (fol), v.i. To act like a fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idleness, sport, or mirth.

If you have the luck to be court-fools, those that have either wit or honesty, you may fool withal and spare not. Denham.

Fool (föl), v. t. 1. To make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disappoint; to defeat; to frustrate; to deceive; to impose on.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat;
For fooled with hope, men favour the deceit.

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Daring the foe that cannot him defend. Spenser. Foolhardy (föl'har-di), a. [O.Fr. fol-hardi.] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold. - Foolhardy, Rash. See RASH.-SYN. Venturesome, venturous, precipitate, headlong, incautious. Fool-hasty (föl'hast-i), a. Foolishly hasty. Holland.

Foolify + (föl'i-fi), v.t. [E. fool, and L. facio, to make.] To make a fool of; to fool. Holland.

Foolish (föl'ish), a. 1. Marked with or exhibiting folly; void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.-2. Proceeding from folly; exhibiting a want of judgment, wisdom, or prudence; silly; vain; trifling. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid. 2 Tim. ii. 23.

3. Ridiculous; despicable.

Prior.

A foolish figure he must make. -Absurd, Foolish, Irrational, Infatuated. See under ABSURD.-SYN. Absurd, shallow, shallow-brained, brainless, simple, irrational, unwise, imprudent, indiscreet, incautious, silly, ridiculous, preposterous, vain, trifling, contemptible.

Foolishly (fol'ish-li), adv. 1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.-2. Wickedly; sinfully.

I have done very foolishly. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. Foolishness (föl'ish-nes), n. 1. The quality or condition of being foolish; want of understanding; folly.-2. A foolish practice; an absurdity.

The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18. Foolscap (fölzkap), n. Paper of the smallest regular size but one: so called from its water-mark in early times being the outline of a fool's head and cap, for which British paper-makers now substitute the figure of Britannia.

Fool's-errand (folz'er-rand), n. The pursuit of what cannot be found; an absurd or fruitless search or enterprise.

Fool's Paradise, n. Dryden.

2. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak.-3. To cheat; as, to fool one out of his money. -To fool away, (a) to spend to no advantage, or on objects of little or no value; as, to fool away time; to fool away money. (b) To cause or induce to act foolishly; to lead astray or into folly.

My Tuscan mother, who had fooled away

A wise man from wise courses. E. B. Browning. Fool (föl), n. [From Fr. fouler, to press, to tread, to crush] A mixture of gooseberries scalded and pounded with cream. Fool-begged† (fol'begd), a. Foolishly begged; idiotical; absurd.

If thou live to see like right bereft; This fool-begged patience in thee will be left. Shak. Fool-boldt (fölböld), a. Foolishly bold; foolhardy.

Some in corners have been fool-bold. Leland.

Fool-born, Fool-borne (föl'born, föl'börn),

a. Produced by a fool or tolerated by fools. Reply not to me with a fool-born jest. Shak. 2 Hen. IV. v. 5.

[The old editions read fool-borne.] Foolery (folê-ri), n. 1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.-2. An act of folly or weakness. These your pretty tricks and fooleries.' Tennyson.-3. Object of folly.

That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus believed in any of these fooleries, it cannot be suspected. Raleigh. Fool-fish (fol'fish), n. A name applied to the long-finned file-fish, of the genus Monocanthus, from its ridiculous manner of swimming with a wriggling motion, its body

Barret.

Deceptive happiness; vain hopes; unlawful pleasure.

If ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, it were Shak a gross... behaviour.

Fool's Parsley, n. The popular name of Athusa Cynapium, nat. order Umbelliferæ. It is a common British weed, growing in cultivated grounds. The smell is nauseous, and it is a poisonous plant, somewhat resembling hemlock in its properties. Serious accidents have occurred from its being mistaken for parsley. Its unilateral reflexed floral leaves distinguish it from most plants to which it is allied.

Foolstones (fol'stonz), n. A plant, a species

of Orchis.

Fooltrap (föl'trap), n. A trap or snare to catch fools in.

Bets, at first, were foaltraps, where the wise, Like spiders, lay in ambush for the flies. Dryden. Foor (for), past tense of fare. Fared; journeyed. [Scotch.]

Foorsday (forz'da), n. Thursday. [Scotch.] Foot (fut), n. pl. Feet (fét). [A. Sax. főt, pl. fet. Cog. L.G. foot, Icel. fótr, Sw. fot. Goth. fotus, G. fuss, Lith. padas, L pes, pedis; Gr. pous, podos; Zend. pádha; Skr. páda, from pad, to go. This word, with modifications of form, appears to pervade every branch of the great Indo-European or Aryan family of tongues.] 1. In animal bodies, the lower extremity of the leg; the part of the leg which treads the earth in standing or walking, and by which the animal is sustained and enabled to step, or that surface of the body by which progression is effected among the mollusca; as, the

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middle portion of the foot is in the form of an arch, and in consequence resists shocks and supports pressure much better than it could if it were flat. The elasticity is also further increased by the toes.2. That which bears some resemblance to an animal's foot in shape or office, as the part of a stocking or boot which receives the foot; the lower end of anything that supports a body; as, the foot of a chair.3. The lowest part or foundation; the part opposite to the head or top; the bottom; also, the last of a row or series; as, the foot of a mountain, of a column, of a class.-4. Recognized condition; rank; state; footing: used only in the singular. As to his being on the foot of a servant.' Walpole.-5. Plan of establishment; fundamental principles; basis: used only in the singular.

Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason and argument. Berkeley.

6. Milit, soldiers who march and fight on foot; infantry, as distinguished from cavalry. 'Both horse and foot.' Milton.-7. A measure consisting of 12 inches, supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. Geometricians divide the foot into 10 digits, and the digit into 10 lines.-8. In pros. a certain number of syllables constituting part of a verse, as the iambus, the dactyl, and the spondee.-9. Step; tread; footfall. 10. Level; par.

Were it not for this easy borrowing upon interest, men's necessities would draw upon theni a most sudden undoing, in that they would be forced to sell their means, be it lands or goods, far under foot. Bacon. -Square foot, a square whose side is one foot, and which therefore contains 144 square inches.-Cubic foot, a cube whose side is one foot, and which therefore contains 1728 cubic inches. By foot, on foot, by walking; as, to go or pass on foot; to pass a stream on foot. See the next definition. To set on foot, to originate; to begin; to put in motion; as, to set on foot a subscription. To cover the feet, in Scrip. (a) to ease nature. 1 Sam. xxiv. 3. (b) To compose one's self to sleep. Judg. iii. 24.-To keep the foot, in Scrip. to maintain a proper conduct and decorum. Eccl. v. 1-To put one's foot in, to spoil completely; to ruin; to make a mess; to get one's self into a scrape. To put one's best foot foremost, to use all possible despatch; to adopt all the means at one's command. Foot (fut), vi 1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to skip.

He saw a quire of ladies in a round,
That featly footing seem'd to skin the ground.
Dryden.

2. To walk; opposed to ride or fly: commonly followed by it.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden. Foot (fut), vt. 1. To kick; to strike with the foot; to spurn. Shak.-2. To organize; to set on foot; to originate. [Rare.]

What confederacy have you with the traitors,
Late footed in the kingdom?

Shak.

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7. To add or make a foot to; as, to foot a stocking or boot.

Foot-and-mouth Disease, n. Eczema epizootica, a highly contagious eczematous affection which attacks the feet and mouths of cattle, manifesting itself by lameness, indisposition to eat, and general febrile symptoms, with ultimately eruptions of small vesicles on the parts affected, and general indisposition of the animal. The disease occasionally spreads to the udder of milchcattle, and it is believed that it may be communicated to persons who drink the milk

of cows so affected. Football (futbal), n.

1. A ball consisting of an inflated ox-bladder, or a hollow globe of india-rubber, cased in leather, to be driven by the foot; hence, fig. any object subjected to many vicissitudes or changes of condition; as, he was the football of for tune. 2. A game played with a football by two parties of players, on a large level piece of ground, generally oblong in shape, and having in the middle of either of the ends a goal formed by two upright posts, 6 to 8 yards apart, with a bar or tape extended between them at the height of 8 or 10 feet from the ground. There are various styles of playing the game, but the two recognized in all important matches are the Rugby game and the Football Association game. In both games the main object is for either party to drive the ball (which is kicked off in the centre of the field) through the goal that their opponents are guarding, and thus count a goal against them. In the Rugby game the goal-posts are 18 feet apart, and joined by a cross-bar at a height of 10 feet from the ground; and to score a goal the ball must be kicked over this bar by one of the opposite side. In the Association game the upright poles are 8 yards apart, and joined at 8 feet from the ground by a tape, under which the ball must pass to secure a goal. The Rugby game is much rougher and less scientific than the Association game, which discourages rough play and relies mainly on the skilful manoeuvring of the ball with the feet, it being forbidden to touch the ball with the hands, while by the Rugby rules the player may catch the ball in his hands, run with it, and kick it dropping. When a goal is made, or at some other arranged interval, the parties change ground for the next struggle, so that any inequalities of situation may be balanced. Footband (fut'band), n. 1. A band of infantry.-2. A band having some connection with the foot or feet.

Footbank (fut'bangk), n. In fort. a little raised way along the inside of a parapet. See BANQUETTE.

Foot-barracks (fut'ba-raks), n. pl. Barracks for infantry.

Footbase (fut'bas), n. In arch. the moulding above the plinth of an apartment. Foot-bath (fut'bath), n. 1. A vessel for bathing or washing the feet.-2. Act of bathing of the feet; as, take a foot-bath. Foot-board (fut'bord), n. A support for the foot, as in a boat, gig, or at a workman's bench; a board at the foot of a bed; the platform on which the driver and fireman of a locomotive engine stand; a foot-plate. Footboy (fut'boi), n. A menial; an attendant in livery.

Footbreadth (futbredth), n. The breadth

of the foot.

Footbridge (futʼbrij), n. A narrow bridge for foot passengers. Footcloth (fut'kloth), n. A sumpter cloth, or housings of a horse, which covered his body and reached down to his heels.

Beware of supposing the beast itself to be called footcloth, as some would have it. Sir Bounteous is said to alight from his footcloth, as one might say 'alighted from his saddle.' Nares. Foot-company (fut'kum-pa-ni), n. A company of foot soldiers. Milton. Foot-cushion (fut'kush-on), n. A cushion for the feet.

Footed (fut'ed), a. Provided with a foot or feet: usually in composition; as, four-footed. Footfall (fut'fal), n. A footstep; tread of the foot. Ghostly footfall echoing on the stair. Tennyson.

Like hedgehogs, which .... mount
Their pricks at my footfall.

Shak.

Footfast (fut'fast), a. Captive.
Footfight (fut' fit), n. A conflict by persons
on foot, in opposition to a fight on horse-
back.

Footgear (fut'ger), n. The covering of the Shak. feet; shoes or boots.

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Four gentlemanlike, handsome, well-dressed French soldiers waded for a time beside our carriage, and had such art of picking their steps, that their footgear testified no higher than the ankle to the muddy pilgrimage these good people found themselves engaged in. Carlyle.

Footgeld (fut'geld), n. [Foot, and A. Sax. geld, a fine. In old law, a fine for not expeditating dogs, or cutting out the balls of their feet in a royal forest. Foot-glovet (fut'gluv), n. A kind of stock

ing.

The buskins and foot-gloves we wore.

Defoe.

Foot-guards (fut'gärdz), n. pl. Guards of infantry. The foot-guards in the British army form the garrison of the metropolis and the guard of the sovereign at Windsor They consist of three regiments, the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Guards. A disease incident Foothalt (fut'halt), n. to sheep, and said to proceed from a worm Foot-hill (fut'hil), n. which enters between the hoofs. A hill lying at the Foothold (fut'hold), n. That which sustains base of a range of mountains. Goodrich. the feet firmly and prevents them from slipping or moving; that on which one may tread or rest securely; firm standing; hold; footing; stable position; settlement.

He determined to march at once against the enemy, and prevent his gaining a permanent foothold in the kingdom. Prescott.

Same as Futtock.

Foot-hook (fut'huk), n.
Foothot (fut hot), adv. Immediately: a
Footing (fut'ing), n.
word borrowed from hunting.

1. The act of putting

a foot to anything, or that which is added as a foot.-2. The act of adding up a column of figures, or the amount of such a column. 3. Ground for the foot; that which sustains; firm foundation to stand on; established place; permanent settlement; foothold. 'As soon as he had obtained a footing at court.' Macaulay.

In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. Holder.

4. Basis; foundation. "Taking things on the footing of this life only. Blair. - 5. Tread; step; walk. Hark! I hear the footing of a man.' Shak.-6. Dance; rhythmical tread. Make holiday; your rye-straw hats put on, And these fresh nymphs encounter every one In country footing. Shak.

7. Road; track. [Rare.]

Like footings up and down impossible to be traced. Bacon. 8. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.' Macaulay. 9. A plain cotton lace without figures.10. The finer detached fragments of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.-11. In arch. a spreading course at the base or foundation of a wall.--To pay one's footing, to pay money, usually to be spent on drink, on first doing anything, as on entering on a trade or on entering a new place to prosecute one's trade.

Footing-beam (fut'ing-bem), n. In arch. the tie-beam of a roof.

Foot-iron (fut'i-ern), n. 1. A carriage-step.

2. A fetter for the feet. Foot-jaw (fut'ją), n. A name commonly given to those limbs of crustacea which are so modified as to act as instruments of mastication, but are not so specially modified as the mandibles and maxillæ. Footless (fut'les), a. Having no feet. Footlicker (fut'lik-ér), n. One who licks the feet; a mean flatterer; a sycophant; a fawner.

Foot-lights (fut'lits), n. pl. In theatres, a row of lights placed on the front of the stage and on a level with it to light it up. -To appear before the footlights, to appear on the stage.

Footman (fut'man), n. 1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot.

The other princes put on harnesse light,
As footmen use.

Fairfax.

2. (a) Originally, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage for the purpose of assisting in lifting it out of ruts, or help. ing it through rivers, but mainly as a mark of the consequence of the traveller: usually called a running footman. He was usually dressed in a light black cap, a jockey-coat, white linen trousers, and carried a pole 6 or 7 feet long. (b) A male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, &c.; a man in waiting. Footmanship (fut'man-ship), n. The art or faculty of a footman. Footmantle (fut'man-tl), n. A long garment to keep the gown clean in riding.

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Footmark (fut'märk), n. a foot.

A track; mark of Foot-muff (fut'muf), n. A covering for the feet, lined with fur, &c., for keeping them warm in winter.

Foot-note (fut'nōt), n. In printing, a note of reference at the bottom of a page. Footpace (fut'pās), n. 1. A slow step, as in walking. 2. A landing or resting place at the end of a short flight of steps. If it occurs at the angle where the stair turns, it is called a quarter-pace.-3. The dais or raised floor at the upper end of an ancient hall.— 4. A hearth-stone. [Rare.]

Footpad (fut'pad), n. A highwayman that robs on foot.

Foot-page (fut'pāj), n. An attendant or lackey; an errand-boy.

Foot-passenger (fut'pas-sen-jér), n. One who passes on foot, as along a bridge, &c.; one who travels on foot. Footpath (fut'path), n. A narrow path or way for foot-passengers only. Foot-pavement (fut'pav-ment), n. A paved way for passengers on foot; a foot-way. Foot-plate (fut'plāt), n. The platform on which the engine-man and fireman of a locomotive engine attend to their duties; a carriage-step. Weale.

Footplough, Footplow (fut'plou), n. A kind of swing-plough.

Foot-poet (fut'pō-et), n. A servile or inferior poet. Dryden. [Rare.]

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2. Tread; footfall; sound of the step or setting down the foot; as, I hear his footstep on the stair.-3. Token; mark; visible sign of a course pursued. "Thy footsteps are unknown.' Ps. lxxvii. 19.-4. În mech. the pillow in which the foot of an upright or vertical shaft works. 5. An inclined plane under a hand printing-press. Footstick (fut'stik), n. In printing, a wedge-shaped piece placed against the foot of the page in making up a forme in a chase. The quoins are driven in between it and the chase.

Footstool (fut'stöl), n. A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one when sitting.

Foot-stove (fut'stov), n. A contrivance for warming the feet; a foot-warmer. Foot-tubercle (fut'tu-bėr-kl), n. In zool. one of the unarticulated appendages of the Annelida: often called Parapodia. Footvalve (fut'valv), n. The valve between the condenser and air-pump in a steamengine.

Footwaling (fut'wal-ing), n. The whole inside planks or lining of a ship below the lower deck.

Foot-wall (fut'wal), n. In mining, the wall or side of the rock under the mineral vein: commonly called the Underlaying Wall. Foot-warmer (fut'warm-ér), n. A footstove or other contrivance for warming or keeping warm the feet.

Footpost (fut'post), n. A post or messenger Footway (fut'wa), n. 1. A path for pas

that travels on foot.

Why so fast, sir? I took you for a footpost. Brome. Foot-pound (fut'pound), n. The term expressing the unit selected in measuring the work done by a mechanical force. A footpound represents 1 lb. weight raised through a height of 1 foot; and a force equal to a certain number of foot-pounds, fifty for example, is a force capable of raising 50 lbs. through a height of 1 foot. Rodwell. Footprint (fut'print), n. The mark of a foot; in geol. an impression of the foot of an animal on the surface of rocks, such impression having been made at the time the stone was in a state of loose sand or moist clay; an ichnite.

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time. Longfellow.

Foot-race (fut'ras), n. A race performed by

men on foot.

Footrope (fut'rōp), n. Naut. (a) the lower bolt-rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. (b) A rope to support men when reefing, &c.

Footrot (fut'rot), n. A disease in the feet of sheep, the more common form of which is an inordinate growth of hoof, which at the toe, or round the margin, becomes turned down, cracked, or torn, thus affording lodgment for sand and dirt. In the second form of the disease the foot becomes hot, tender, and swollen; there are ulcerations between

the toes, followed by the sprouting of proud flesh.

Foot-rule (fyt'röl), n. A rule or measure of 12 inches long; a rule for taking measurements in feet and inches.

Foot-secretion (fut'se-kre-shon), n. In zool. the term applied by Mr. Dana to the sclerobasic corallum of certain Actinozoa. Foot-shackles (fut'shak-lz), n. pl. Shackles for the feet.

A soldier that

Foot-soldier (fut'sōl-jèr), n. serves on foot. Foot-sore (fut'sōr), a. Having the feet rendered sore or tender, as by much walking.

The heat of the ground made me foot-sore. Defoe.

Footspace-rail (fut'spas-ral), n. In shipbuilding, that rail in the balcony in which the balusters rest.

Footstalk (fut'stak), n. [Foot and stalk.] 1. In bot. a petiole; the stalk supporting the leaf, or connecting it with the stem or branch. Sometimes, but rarely, the

same footstalk supports both the leaf and fructification, as in Turnera. This is due to the adhesion of the flower-stalk to the leaf-stalk. 2. In zool. a process resembling the footstalk in botany, as the muscular process by which certain of the Brachiopoda are attached, the stem which bears the body in barnacles, the stalk which supports the eyes in certain crustaceans.--3. In mach. the lower portion of a mill-spindle. Footstall (fut'stal), n. 1. A woman's stirrup.-2. In arch. the plinth or base of a pillar.

Footstep (fut'step), n. 1. A track; the mark or impression of the foot; footprint.

sengers on foot.-2. In mining, the ladders by which the miners descend into and ascend from the mine.

Foot-worn (fut'wōrn), p. and a. 1. Worn by the feet; as, a foot-worn track.-2. Worn or wearied in the feet; foot-sore; as, a footworn traveller.

Footy (fut'i), a. Having foots or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, &c. Goodrich. Fop (fop), n. [Probably akin to fob, G. foppen, to make a fool of.] A vain man of weak understanding and much ostentation; one whose ambition is to gain admiration by showy dress and pertness; a gay, trifling man; a coxcomb; a dandy.

Fopdoodle (fop'dö-dl), n. An insignificant fellow. Hudibras.

Fopling (fop'ling), n. A petty fop.
Foppery (fop'pé-ri), n.

1. Affectation of

show or importance; showy folly; as, the foppery of dress or of manners.-2. Folly; impertinence; foolery; idle affectation.

Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house.
Shak.

3. A gew-gaw; a vain ornament. Swift. Foppish (fop'ish), a. Vain of dress; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; dressing in the extreme of fashion; affected in manners.

Foppishly (fop'ish-li), adv. With vain ostentation of dress; in a trifling or affected

manner.

Foppishness (fop'ish-nes), n. The condition or quality of being foppish. Foppity, Foppitie + (fop'i-ti), n. A trifler; a simpleton.

Why does this little foppitie laugh always. Cowley. For (for), prep. [A. Sax. for. Cog. D. voor, G. für. Goth. faur, for-allied to E. fore, far, fare, and from; L. præ, pro, Gr. pro, Lith. and Bohem. pro, Lett. par; Skr. pra, before. The radical idea is that of going before, as of one event going before another-the cause or reason preceding the effect.] 1. In the place of, as a substitute or equivalent; as, to exchange one thing for another; to quit the profession of law for that of medicine. 'And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for flocks, and for the cattle of the herds.' Gen. xlvii. 17.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. Mat. v. 38. [To this head is referable the use of for in such asseverations as, for my life, for my head, for my hand, for my heart, &c.; as, 'I dare not for my head. Shak.; also in the expressions once for all,' now for all.' Shak. 2. In the place of; instead of; on behalf of; indicating substitution of persons or agency of one in the place of another with equivalent authority; as, an attorney is empowered to act for his principal; will you take a letter and deliver it for me at the post-office- that is, in my place, or for my benefit.-3. Corresponding to; accompanying; as, pace for pace; line for line; groan for groan.

Weep, wretched man, I'll aid thee tear for tear. Shak.

FOR

4. In the character of; as being: a sense derived from substitution or standing in the place of.

If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. Philips. I hear for certain, and do speak the truth. Shak. He quivered with his feet, and lay for dead. Dryden. [Under this head fall such expressions as. I for one, for the most part, for the twentieth time, for the nonce.]-5. Toward; with the intention of going to.

We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon. 6. Toward; with a tendency to; as, an inclination for drink.-7. For the advantage of; for the sake of; on account of; for the use of; to be used as or in.

Bacon,

An ant is a wise creature for itself. Shall I think the world was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured. Dryden. The oak for nothing ill,

The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. Spenser 8. For the share of; for the lot of; as the duty of.

For himself Julian reserved a more difficult part.
Gibbon,
There's fennel for you.
Shak.

9. Conducive to; beneficial to; in favour of.
It is for the general good of human society, and
consequently of particular persons, to be true and
just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.
10. Leading or inducing to.

Tillotson.

There is a natural, immutable, and eternal reason for that which we call virtue and against that which we call vice. Tillotson.

11. In expectation of; with a view to obtain; in order to arrive at; to come to; as, to wait for the morning; we depend on divine aid for success; he writes for money or for fame; to search for arguments.

And now, my Lord Savelli, for my question. Lord Lytton. 12. Suitable for; adapted for; proper to. Both law and physic are for petty wits. Marlow. Since first this subject for heroic song Pleased me long choosing. Milton.

13. Against; in opposition to; with a tendency to resist and destroy; in order to ward off the evil or unpleasant effects of; as, a remedy for the headache or toothache; alkalies are good for the heartburn; to provide clothes or stores for winter or against winter. 14. Against; with a view to the prevention of.

She wrapped him close for catching cold. Richardson. [This use is nearly obsolete.]-15. Because; on account of; by reason of; as, he cried out for anguish; I cannot go for want of time; for this cause I cannot believe the report.

That which we for our unworthiness are afraid to crave, our prayer is that God for the worthiness of his Son would notwithstanding vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

Edward and Richard,

With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath,
Are at our backs.

Shak. If it were not for us, . . . Drury Lane would be uninhabited. Gay. In this usage but comes very often before the for.

He would have put me into the hands of the Prince of Orange but for God's special providence.

Macaulay.

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It was young counsel for the persons and violent counsel for the matters. Thus much for the beginning and progress of the deluge. Burnet. These suns, then, are eclipsed for us. Coleridge, So we say, for me; for myself; or, as for me I have no anxiety, but for you I have apprehensions. In the general sense of in relation to for is used with a considerable number of adjectives to indicate the object with reference to which the person or thing qualified by the adjective is so qualified. Such adjectives are heavy, easy, difficult, possible, impossible, lawful, ready, fit, ripe, sufficient, necessary, requisite, and the like; as, A heavy reckoning for you, sir.' Shak.; His habit fit for speed succinct.' Milton; 'An income sufficient for a gentleman's wants.' Trollope.

Is hard.

For man to tell how human life began Milton. Seeing that it was too late for there to be any hope. T. A. Trollope.

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