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Fair \Fair\, a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[91]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[81]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. {Fang}, {Fain}, {Fay} to fit.] 1. Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure. A fair white linen cloth. --Book of Common Prayer. 2. Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful. Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made. --Shak. 3. Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. The northern people large and fair-complexioned. --Sir M. Hale. 4. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day. You wish fair winds may waft him over. --Prior. 5. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. --Sir W. Raleigh. 6. (Shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 7. Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. [bd]I would call it fair play.[b8] --Shak. 8. Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc. When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. --L' Estrange. 9. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting. 10. Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. The news is very fair and good, my lord. --Shak. {Fair ball}. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a {fair hit}. {Fair maid}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European pilchard ({Clupea pilchardus}) when dried. (b) The southern scup ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). [Virginia] {Fair one}, a handsome woman; a beauty, {Fair play}, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. {From fair to middling}, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] {The fair sex}, the female sex. Syn: Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See {Candid}. | |
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Fairhood \Fair"hood\, n. Fairness; beauty. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Farad \Far"ad\, n. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt. | |
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Fard \Fard\, n. [F., prob. fr. OHG. gifarit, gifarwit p. p. of farwjan to color, tinge, fr. farawa color, G. farbe.] Paint used on the face. [Obs.] [bd]Painted with French fard.[b8] --J. Whitaker. | |
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Fard \Fard\, v. t. [F. farder to paint one's face.] To paint; -- said esp. of one's face. [Obs.] --Shenstone. | |
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Fare \Fare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faring}.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] a way through, [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] a ferry, strait, [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to convey, [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to go, march, [?][?][?][?][?] beyond, on the other side, [?][?][?][?][?] to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. [root]78. Cf. {Chaffer}, {Emporium}, {Far}, {Ferry}, {Ford}, {Peril}, {Port} a harbor, {Pore}, n.] 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. --Milton. 2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill. So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. --Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras. 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. --Luke xvi. 19. 4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. --Milton. 5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.] She ferde [fared] as she would die. --Chaucer. | |
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Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f[?]ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. {Farrow weed} a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. {To draw a straight furrow}, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell. | |
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Farfow \Far"fow\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Farrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Farrowing}.] To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine. --Tusser. | |
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Fear \Fear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fearing}.] [OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. f[?]ran to terrify. See {Fear}, n.] 1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude. I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. --Ps. xxiii. 4. Note: With subordinate clause. I greatly fear my money is not safe. --Shak. I almost fear to quit your hand. --D. Jerrold. 2. To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of. Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. --Milton. 3. To be anxious or solicitous for. [R.] The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. --Shak. 4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.] Ay what else, fear you not her courage? --Shak. 5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. [Obs.] fear their people from doing evil. --Robynsin (More's utopia). Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. --Shak. Syn: To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate. | |
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Ferde \Ferde\, obs. imp. of {Fare}. --Chaucer. | |
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Ferity \Fer"i*ty\, n. [L. feritas, from ferus wild.] Wildness; savageness; fierceness. [Obs.] --Woodward. | |
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Ferrate \Fer"rate\, n. [L. ferrum iron.] (Chem.) A salt of ferric acid. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [F. furet, cf. LL. furo; prob. fr. L. fur thief (cf. {Furtive}); cf. Arm. fur wise, sly.] (Zo[94]l.) An animal of the Weasel family ({Mustela [or] Putorius furo}), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferreting}.] [Cf. F. fureter. See {Ferret}, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. --Shak. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. {Floret}.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also {ferreting}. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [F. feret, dim. or fer iron, L. ferrum.] (Glass Making) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. | |
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Ferret-eye \Fer"ret-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes. | |
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Ferretto \Fer*ret"to\, n. [It. ferretto di Spagna, dim. of ferro iron, fr. L. ferrum.] Copper sulphide, used to color glass. --Hebert. | |
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Ferry \Fer"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferrying}.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See {Fare}.] To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. | |
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Ferthe \Ferthe\, a. Fourth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fiorite \Fi"o*rite\, n. (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia. | |
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Fire \Fire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fring}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile. 2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery. 3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge. Love had fired my mind. --Dryden. 4. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man. 5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler. 6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. --Shak. 7. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc. 8. To drive by fire. [Obs.] Till my bad angel fire my good one out. --Shak. 9. (Far.) To cauterize. {To fire up}, to light up the fires of, as of an engine. | |
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Fireweed \Fire"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant ({Erechthites hiercifolia}), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb ({Epilobium spicatum}). | |
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Firewood \Fire"wood`\, n. Wood for fuel. | |
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Firth \Firth\, n. [Scot. See {Frith}.] (geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith. | |
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For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra, L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First}, {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[91]sar's health. --Dryden. 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. 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. 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. --Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; [?]ntending to go to. We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru[?]? --Locke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under {As}. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of. {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak. {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that; seeing that; since. {For by}. See {Forby}, adv. {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}. {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me. {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.] [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak. {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8] --Spenser. {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See {To}, prep., 4. {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse of fire.[b8] --Shak. {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra, L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First}, {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[91]sar's health. --Dryden. 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. 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. 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. --Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; [?]ntending to go to. We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru[?]? --Locke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under {As}. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of. {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak. {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that; seeing that; since. {For by}. See {Forby}, adv. {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}. {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me. {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.] [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak. {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8] --Spenser. {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See {To}, prep., 4. {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse of fire.[b8] --Shak. {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Ford \Ford\ (f[omac]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fj[94]r[edh]r bay, and to E. fare. [root] 78. See {Fare}, v. i., and cf. {Frith} arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. --Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. --Dryden. | |
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Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fording}.] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. --Milton. | |
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Fordo \For*do"\, v. t. [OE. fordon, AS. ford[?]n; pref. for- + d[?]n to do. See {For-}, and {Do}, v. i.] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. --Shak. 2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. --M. Arnold. All with weary task fordone. --Shak. | |
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Forehead \Fore"head\ (?; 277), n. 1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow. 2. The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. --Shak. 3. The front or fore part of anything. Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. --Milton. So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action. --Shak. | |
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Forewit \Fore"wit`\, n. 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. --B. Jonson. 2. Foresight; prudence. Let this forewit guide thy thought. --Southwell. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forewot \Fore*wot"\, pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of {Forewite}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. {Forte}, {Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow. | |
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Forte \Forte\ (f[omac]rt), n. [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See {Fort}.] 1. The strong point; that in which one excels. | |
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Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[edh], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See {Fore}, {For}, and cf. {Afford}, {Further}, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. --Tyndale. From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. 2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden. 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. {And so forth}, {Back and forth}, {From forth}. See under {And}, {Back}, and {From}. {Forth of}, {Forth from}, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. {To bring forth}. See under {Bring}. | |
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Forth \Forth\, prep. Forth from; out of. [Archaic] Some forth their cabins peep. --Donne. | |
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Forth \Forth\, n. [OE., a ford. [?] 78. See {Frith}.] A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] --Todd. | |
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For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra, L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First}, {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[91]sar's health. --Dryden. 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. 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. 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. --Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; [?]ntending to go to. We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru[?]? --Locke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under {As}. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of. {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak. {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that; seeing that; since. {For by}. See {Forby}, adv. {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}. {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me. {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.] [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak. {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8] --Spenser. {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See {To}, prep., 4. {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse of fire.[b8] --Shak. {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Forthy \For*thy"\, adv. [AS. for[edh][ymac]; for, prep. + [edh][ymac], instrumental neut. of se, se[a2], [edh][91]t, pron. demonstrative and article. See {The}.] Therefore. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Forty \For"ty\, n.; pl. {Forties} (-t[icr]z). 1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects. 2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl. | |
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Forty \For"ty\ (f[ocir]r"t[ycr]), a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. fe[a2]wertig; fe[a2]wer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fj[94]rut[c6]u, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidw[omac]r tigjus. See {Four}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fourteen}.] Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more. | |
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Forwete \For*wete"\, v. t. See {Forewite}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forwete \For*wete"\, v. t. See {Forewite}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forwot \For*wot"\, pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of {Forwete}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Foryete \For*yete"\, v. t. To forget. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fourth \Fourth\, a. [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fe[a2]r[edh]a, fr. fe[a2]wer four.] 1. Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four. 2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided. | |
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Fourth \Fourth\, n. 1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third. 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. {The Fourth}, specifically, in the United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth. | |
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Fraud \Fraud\ (fr[add]d), n. [F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis; prob. akin to Skr. dh[umac]rv to injure, dhv[rsdot] to cause to fall, and E. dull.] 1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. If success a lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends. --Pope. 2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another. 3. A trap or snare. [Obs.] To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud. --Milton. {Constructive fraud} (Law), an act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. --Mozley & W. {Pious fraud} (Ch. Hist.), a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. {Statute of frauds} (Law), an English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See {Deception}. | |
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Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frayed} (fr[amac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraying}.] [See 1st {Fray}, and cf. {Affray}.] To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? --Spenser. | |
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Fred \Fred\ (fr[ecr]d), n. [AS. fri[edh] peace. See {Frith} inclosure.] Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic. | |
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Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Freeing}.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre[a2]gan. See {Free}, a.] 1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon. Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. --Milton. 2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of. This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. --Dryden. 3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Fret \Fret\ (fr[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[84]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. 2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1. | |
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Fret \Fret\ (fr[ecr]t), n. [Obs.] See 1st {Frith}. | |
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Fret \Fret\, v. i. 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges. 2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. --Wiseman. 3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast. 4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. | |
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Fret \Fret\, n. 1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See {Fretwork}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art. His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney-piece with . . . carving. --Evelyn. | |
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Fret \Fret\, n. 1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. --Addison. 2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. --Pope. 3. Herpes; tetter. --Dunglison. 4. pl. (Mining) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins. | |
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Fret \Fret\, n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.] 1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle. 2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed. | |
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Fret \Fret\, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. fr[91]twan, fr[91]twian; akin to OS. fratah[omac]n, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also AS. fr[91]twe ornaments, OS. fratah[c6] adornment.] To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify. Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. --Spenser. Yon gray lines, That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. --Shak. | |
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Fret \Fret\, v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music. | |
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d8Fretum \[d8]Fre"tum\, n.; pl. {Freta}. [L.] A strait, or arm of the sea. | |
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Frett \Frett\, n. [See 2d {Fret}.] (Mining) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th {Fret}, n., 4. | |
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Frett \Frett\, n. [See {Frit}.] A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda. | |
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Fretty \Fret"ty\, a. [See 5th {Fret}.] Adorned with fretwork. | |
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Friday \Fri"day\, n. [AS. friged[91]g, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + d[91]g day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Fr[c6]atag, Icel. Frj[be]dagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See {Free}, and {Day}.] The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday. | |
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Fried \Fried\ (fr[imac]d), imp. & p. p. of {Fry}. | |
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Fry \Fry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. [?], Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts. | |
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Frit \Frit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fritted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fritting}.] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. --Ure. | |
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Frit \Frit\, v. t. To fritter; -- with away. [R.] --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Frit \Frit\, n. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See {Far}, v. t.] 1. (Glass Making) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. --Ure. 2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery. {Frit brick}, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot. | |
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Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj[94]r[?]r; akin to Sw. fj[84]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See {Ford}, n., and cf. {Firth}, {Fiord}, {Fret} a frith, {Port} a harbor.] 1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew. | |
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Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri[?] peace; akin to freno[?] peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri[?]r, and from the root of E. free, friend. See {Free}, a., and cf. {Affray}, {Defray}.] 1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] --Drayton. 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne. | |
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Frithy \Frith"y\, a. Woody. [Obs.] --Skelton. | |
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Frote \Frote\, v. t. [F. frotter.] To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eb]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [be]freo[eb]an to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. {Froth insect} (Zo[94]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}. {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo. | |
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Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Frothing}.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson. 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. | |
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Froth \Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. | |
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Frothy \Froth"y\, a. [Compar. {Frothier}; superl. {Frothiest}.] 1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. 2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. --Bacon. 3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. --Tillotson. | |
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Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural. Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof. --Ex. xxiii. 10. 2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. 3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds. 4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them. 6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body. King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. --Shak. 6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance. The fruit of rashness. --Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. --Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. --Macaulay. Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc. {Fruit bat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also {fruit-eating bat}. {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most oplants the same as the power bud. {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See {Sorus}. {Fruit fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware. {Fruit pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family {Carpophagid[91]}, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors. {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey. {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit. {Fruit worm} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of insect larv[91]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera. {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fruit \Fruit\, v. i. To bear fruit. --Chesterfield. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fruit'y \Fruit'y\, a. Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. --Dickens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fur \Fur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furring}.] 1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. [bd]You fur your gloves with reason.[b8] --Shak. 2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue. 3. (Arch.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp. --Gwill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furrowing}.] [From {Furrow}, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fyrd \Fyrd\, Fyrdung \Fyr"dung\, n. [AS.; akin to E. fare, v. i.] (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. --J. R. Green. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fairwood, WA (CDP, FIPS 23165) Location: 47.76705 N, 117.41635 W Population (1990): 5807 (2025 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ferriday, LA (town, FIPS 25440) Location: 31.63452 N, 91.55530 W Population (1990): 4111 (1614 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Firth, ID (city, FIPS 27910) Location: 43.30560 N, 112.18313 W Population (1990): 429 (149 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83236 Firth, NE (village, FIPS 16935) Location: 40.53435 N, 96.60399 W Population (1990): 471 (174 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68358 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Forada, MN (city, FIPS 21608) Location: 45.78951 N, 95.35540 W Population (1990): 171 (105 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ford, KS (city, FIPS 23725) Location: 37.63699 N, 99.75400 W Population (1990): 247 (122 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67842 Ford, WA Zip code(s): 99013 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fred, TX Zip code(s): 77616 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Froid, MT (town, FIPS 29500) Location: 48.33547 N, 104.49101 W Population (1990): 195 (133 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59226 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fruita, CO (city, FIPS 28745) Location: 39.15651 N, 108.72730 W Population (1990): 4045 (1583 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81521 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fred n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. In Great Britain, `fred', `jim' and `sheila' are common metasyntactic variables because their uppercase versions were _official_ names given to the 3 memory areas that held I/O status registers on the lovingly-remembered BBC Microcomputer! (It is reported that SHEILA was poked the most often.) Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or `J. Random Loser', the name `fred' has no positive or negative loading (but see {Dr. Fred Mbogo}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for `Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device'; other F-verbs may be substituted for `flipping'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fried adj. 1. [common] Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see {glitch}), {drop-outs}, a short, or some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke -- see {friode}, {SED} and {LER}. However, this term is also used metaphorically.) Compare {frotzed}. 2. [common] Of people, exhausted. Said particularly of those who continue to work in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse. "Yeah, I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I put it in." Esp. common in conjunction with `brain': "My brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
friode /fri:'ohd/ n. [TMRC] A reversible (that is, fused or blown) diode. Compare {fried}; see also {SED}, {LER}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FORTH 1. {postfix syntax} and a data stack, developed by Charles H. Moore in the 1960s. FORTH is highly user-configurable and there are many different implementations, the following description is of a typical default configuration. Forth programs are structured as lists of "words" - FORTH's term which encompasses language keywords, primitives and user-defined {subroutines}. Forth takes the idea of subroutines to an extreme - nearly everything is a subroutine. A word is any string of characters except the separator which defaults to space. Numbers are treated specially. Words are read one at a time from the input stream and either executed immediately ("interpretive execution") or compiled as part of the definition of a new word. The sequential nature of list execution and the implicit use of the data stack (numbers appearing in the lists are pushed to the stack as they are encountered) imply postfix syntax. Although postfix notation is initially difficult, experienced users find it simple and efficient. Words appearing in executable lists may be "{primitives}" (simple {assembly language} operations), names of previously compiled procedures or other special words. A procedure definition is introduced by ":" and ended with ";" and is compiled as it is read. Most Forth dialects include the source language structures BEGIN-AGAIN, BEGIN-WHILE-REPEAT, BEGIN-UNTIL, DO-LOOP, and IF-ELSE-THEN, and others can be added by the user. These are "compiling structures" which may only occur in a procedure definition. FORTH can include in-line {assembly language} between "CODE" and "ENDCODE" or similar constructs. Forth primitives are written entirely in {assembly language}, secondaries contain a mixture. In fact code in-lining is the basis of compilation in some implementations. Once assembled, primitives are used exactly like other words. A significant difference in behaviour can arise, however, from the fact that primitives end with a jump to "NEXT", the entry point of some code called the sequencer, whereas non-primitives end with the address of the "EXIT" primitive. The EXIT code includes the scheduler in some {multi-tasking} systems so a process can be {deschedule}d after executing a non-primitive, but not after a primitive. Forth implementations differ widely. Implementation techniques include {threaded code}, dedicated Forth processors, {macros} at various levels, or interpreters written in another language such as {C}. Some implementations provide {real-time} response, user-defined data structures, {multitasking}, {floating-point} arithmetic, and/or {virtual memory}. Some Forth systems support virtual memory without specific hardware support like {MMU}s. However, Forth virtual memory is usually only a sort of extended data space and does not usually support executable code. FORTH does not distinguish between {operating system} calls and the language. Commands relating to I/O, {file systems} and {virtual memory} are part of the same language as the words for arithmetic, memory access, loops, IF statements, and the user's application. Many Forth systems provide user-declared "vocabularies" which allow the same word to have different meanings in different contexts. Within one vocabulary, re-defining a word causes the previous definition to be hidden from the interpreter (and therefore the compiler), but not from previous definitions. FORTH was first used to guide the telescope at NRAO, Kitt Peak. Moore considered it to be a {fourth-generation language} but his {operating system} wouldn't let him use six letters in a program name, so FOURTH became FORTH. Versions include fig-FORTH, FORTH 79 and FORTH 83. {FAQs (http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/faq/faq-general-2.html)}. {ANS Forth standard, dpANS6 (http://www.taygeta.com/forth/dpans.html)}. FORTH Interest Group, Box 1105, San Carlos CA 94070. See also {51forth}, {F68K}, {cforth}, {E-Forth}, {FORML}, {TILE Forth}. [Leo Brodie, "Starting Forth"]. [Leo Brodie, "Thinking Forth"]. [Jack Woehr, "Forth, the New Model"]. [R.G. Loeliger, "Threaded Interpretive Languages"]. 2. {FOundation for Research and Technology - Hellas}. (1997-04-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FRAD | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FRED Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fred 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or "J. Random Loser", this name has no positive or negative loading (but see {Mbogo, Dr. Fred}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for "Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device"; other F-verbs may be substituted for "flipping". | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FRED Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fred 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or "J. Random Loser", this name has no positive or negative loading (but see {Mbogo, Dr. Fred}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for "Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device"; other F-verbs may be substituted for "flipping". | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fried 1. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see {glitch}), {drop-outs}, a short, or some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke - see {friode}, {SED} and {LER}. However, this term is also used metaphorically.) Compare {frotzed}. 2. who continue to work in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse. "Yeah, I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I put it in." Especially common in conjunction with "brain": "My brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep." [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
friode fused, blown, or {fried}) {diode}. A friode may have been a {SED} at some time. See also {LER}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-28) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ferret Lev. 11:30 (R.V., "gecko"), one of the unclean creeping things. It was perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the Hebrew word (anakah, a cry, "mourning," the creature which groans) here used, i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko which makes a mournful wail. The LXX. translate it by a word meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there are three species in Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as the hedgehog. The translation of the Revised Version is to be preferred. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ford Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer. 51:32). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Forehead The practice common among Oriental nations of colouring the forehead or impressing on it some distinctive mark as a sign of devotion to some deity is alluded to in Rev. 13:16, 17; 14:9; 17:5; 20:4. The "jewel on thy forehead" mentioned in Ezek. 16:12 (R.V., "a ring upon thy nose") was in all probability the "nose-ring" (Isa. 3:21). In Ezek. 3:7 the word "impudent" is rightly rendered in the Revised Version "an hard forehead." (See also ver. 8, 9.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fruit a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, "corn-fruit" (Heb. dagan); all kinds of grain and pulse. (2.) The fruit of the vine, "vintage-fruit" (Heb. tirosh); grapes, whether moist or dried. (3.) "Orchard-fruits" (Heb. yitshar), as dates, figs, citrons, etc. Injunctions concerning offerings and tithes were expressed by these Hebrew terms alone (Num. 18:12; Deut. 14:23). This word "fruit" is also used of children or offspring (Gen. 30:2; Deut. 7:13; Luke 1:42; Ps. 21:10; 132:11); also of the progeny of beasts (Deut. 28:51; Isa. 14:29). It is used metaphorically in a variety of forms (Ps. 104:13; Prov. 1:31; 11:30; 31:16; Isa. 3:10; 10:12; Matt. 3:8; 21:41; 26:29; Heb. 13:15; Rom. 7:4, 5; 15:28). The fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; James 3:17, 18) are those gracious dispositions and habits which the Spirit produces in those in whom he dwells and works. |