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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Famine \Fam"ine\, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] want, need, Skr. h[be]ni loss, lack, h[be] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. [bd]Worn with famine.[b8] --Milton. There was a famine in the land. --Gen. xxvi. 1. {Famine fever} (Med.), typhus fever. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fanion \Fan"ion\, n. [See {Fanon}.] 1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.] 2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fanon \Fan"on\, n. [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See {Vane}, and cf. {Fanion}, {Gonfalon}.] (Eccl.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also {fannel}, {phanon}, etc.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Feminye \Fem"i*nye\, n. [OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex, realm of women.] The people called Amazons. [Obs.] [bd][The reign of] feminye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Fenian \Fe"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism. | |
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Fenian \Fe"ni*an\, n. [From the Finians or Fenii, the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin or Finn, Fionn, or Fingal, a popular hero of Irish traditional history.] A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland. | |
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Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[omac]"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Foemen} (-m[eit]n). [AS. f[amac]hman.] An enemy in war. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. --Sir W. Scott | |
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Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[omac]"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Foemen} (-m[eit]n). [AS. f[amac]hman.] An enemy in war. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. --Sir W. Scott | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Famine The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But the most remarkable of all was that which arose in Egypt in the days of Joseph, which lasted for seven years (Gen. 41-45). Famines were sent as an effect of God's anger against a guilty people (2 Kings 8:1, 2; Amos 8:11; Deut. 28:22-42; 2 Sam. 21:1; 2 Kings 6:25-28; 25:3; Jer. 14:15; 19:9; 42:17, etc.). A famine was predicted by Agabus (Acts 11:28). Josephus makes mention of the famine which occurred A.D. 45. Helena, queen of Adiabene, being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from Alexandria and figs from Cyprus for its poor inhabitants. |