English Dictionary: fainthearted | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Faint \Faint\ (f[amac]nt), a. [Compar. {Fainter} (-[etil]r); superl. {Faintest}.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See {Feign}, and cf. {Feint}.] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, [bd]Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.[b8] --Old Proverb. 3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. 4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. --Sir J. Davies. | |
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Fainthearted \Faint"*heart`ed\, a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. --Is. vii. 4. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Fainthearted \Faint"*heart`ed\, a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. --Is. vii. 4. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Fainthearted \Faint"*heart`ed\, a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. --Is. vii. 4. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Faint"*heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24. 2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion. 3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. {Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket. {Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways. {Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family {Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1. {Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. {Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. {Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower. {Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above). | |
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Training \Train"ing\, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. {Fan training} (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. {Horizontal training} (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. {Training college}. See {Normal school}, under {Normal}, a. {Training day}, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.] {Training ship}, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors. Syn: See {Education}. | |
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Fender \Fen"der\, n. [From {Fend}, v. t. & i., cf. {Defender}.] One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm; as: (a) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor. (b) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf. (c) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard. (d) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels. | |
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Finder \Find"er\, n. (Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision. | |
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Finder \Find"er\, n. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily. | |
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Finedraw \Fine"draw`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finedrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finedrawing}.] To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. --Marryat. | |
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Finedrawer \Fine"draw`er\, n. One who finedraws. | |
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Finedraw \Fine"draw`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finedrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finedrawing}.] To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. --Marryat. | |
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Finedraw \Fine"draw`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finedrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finedrawing}.] To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. --Marryat. | |
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Finedrawn \Fine"drawn`\, a. Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations. | |
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Fond \Fond\, a. [Compar. {Fonder}; superl. {Fondest}.] [For fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See {Fon}.] 1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. --Shak. 2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate. 3. Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. --Addison. 4. Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on). More fond on her than she upon her love. --Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. --Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. --Irving. 5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.] Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. --Byron. 6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. {Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. {Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fear[82] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. 3. To fail; to miscarry. [bd]All his tricks founder.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See {Chest ffounder}. --James White. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fear[82] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. 3. To fail; to miscarry. [bd]All his tricks founder.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Foundery \Found"er*y\, n.; pl. {Founderies}. [F. fonderie, fr. fondre. See {Found} to cast, and cf. {Foundry}.] Same as {Foundry}. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fear[82] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. 3. To fail; to miscarry. [bd]All his tricks founder.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Founderous \Foun"der*ous\, a. Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] --Burke. | |
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Founder \Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. {Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding. | |
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Foundershaft \Found"er*shaft`\, n. (Mining) The first shaft sunk. --Raymond. | |
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Foundery \Found"er*y\, n.; pl. {Founderies}. [F. fonderie, fr. fondre. See {Found} to cast, and cf. {Foundry}.] Same as {Foundry}. | |
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Foundress \Found"ress\, n. A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund. | |
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Foundry \Found"ry\, n.; pl. {Foundries}. [See {Foundery}.] 1. The act, process, or art of casting metals. 2. The buildings and works for casting metals. {Foundry ladle}, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds. | |
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Foundry \Found"ry\, n.; pl. {Foundries}. [See {Foundery}.] 1. The act, process, or art of casting metals. 2. The buildings and works for casting metals. {Foundry ladle}, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds. | |
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Foundry \Found"ry\, n.; pl. {Foundries}. [See {Foundery}.] 1. The act, process, or art of casting metals. 2. The buildings and works for casting metals. {Foundry ladle}, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds. | |
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{Scrap forgings}, forgings made from wrought iron scrap. {Scrap iron}. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also {wrought-iron scrap}. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also {foundry scrap}, or {cast scrap}. | |
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Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, a. [See {Fumatorium}.] Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor. | |
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Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, n. See {Fumitory}. [Obs.] | |
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Fumetere \Fu"me*tere"\, n. Fumitory. [Obs.] | |
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Fumitory \Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See {Fume}, and {Terrace}.] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. {F. officinalis} is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. {Climbing fumitory} (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ({Adlumia cirrhosa}); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice. | |
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Fentress, VA Zip code(s): 23322 | |
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Fentress County, TN (county, FIPS 49) Location: 36.38401 N, 84.92765 W Population (1990): 14669 (6120 housing units) Area: 1291.5 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) | |
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