English Dictionary: Fanfare | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fanfare \Fan"fare`\, n. [F. Cf. {Fanfaron}.] A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fanfaronade \Fan*far`on*ade"\, n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See {Fanfaron}.] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Fimbria \[d8]Fim"bri*a\, n.; pl. {Fimbri[91]}. [L., fringe. See {Fringle}.] (Anat.) (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- {Fim"bri*al}, a. | |
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d8Fimbria \[d8]Fim"bri*a\, n.; pl. {Fimbri[91]}. [L., fringe. See {Fringle}.] (Anat.) (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- {Fim"bri*al}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fimbriate \Fim*bri*ate\, a. [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See {Fringe}.] Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube. | |
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Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.] To hem; to fringe. --Fuller. | |
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Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.] To hem; to fringe. --Fuller. | |
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Fimbriated \Fim"bri*a`ted\, a. 1. Having a fringed border; fimbriate. 2. (Her.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary. | |
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Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.] To hem; to fringe. --Fuller. | |
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Fimbricate \Fim"bri*cate\, a. 1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate. 2. (Zo[94]l.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antenn[91] of certain insects. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fine \Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See {Finish}, and cf. {Finance}.] 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] [bd]To see their fatal fine.[b8] --Spenser. Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. 2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct. 3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. --Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. {Fine for alienation} (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. --Burrill. {Fine of lands}, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. --Burrill. See {Concord}, n., 4. {In fine}, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up. | |
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Fumiferous \Fu*mif"er*ous\, a. [L. fumifer; fumus smoke + ferre to bear.] Producing smoke. | |
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Funebrial \Fu*ne"bri*al\, a. [L. funebris belonging to a funeral, fr. funus funeral.] Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] [Written also {funebral}.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Funebrial \Fu*ne"bri*al\, a. [L. funebris belonging to a funeral, fr. funus funeral.] Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] [Written also {funebral}.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Funebrious \Fu*ne"bri*ous\, a. Funebrial. [Obs.] |