English Dictionary: Favas | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Favas | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Favas \Fa"vas\, n. See {Favus}, n., 2. --Fairholt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Favus \[d8]Fa"vus\, n. [L., honeycomb.] 1. (Med.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also {favas} and {sectila}. --Mollett. |