English Dictionary: fatigue duty | by the DICT Development Group |
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Fad \Fad\, n. [Cf. {Faddle}.] A hobby; freak; whim. -- {Fad"dist}, n. It is your favorite fad to draw plans. --G. Eliot. | |
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Fat \Fat\, n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See {Adipose tissue}, under {Adipose}. Note: Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc. 2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land. 3. (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. {Fat acid}. (Chem.) See {Sebacic acid}, under {Sebacic}. {Fat series}, {Fatty series} (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. {Natural fats} (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids. | |
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Fatigate \Fat"i*gate\, a. [L. fatigatus, p. p. of fatigare. See Fatigue.] Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.] Requickened what in flesh was fatigate. --Shak. | |
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Fatigate \Fat"i*gate\, v. t. To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Fatigation \Fat`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. fatigatio: cf. OF. fatigation.] Weariness. [Obs.] --W. Montaqu. | |
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Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.] 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. --Dryden. 3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. {Fatigue call} (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. {Fatigue dress}, the working dress of soldiers. {Fatigue duty} (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. --Farrow. {Fatigue party}, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty. | |
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Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.] 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. --Dryden. 3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. {Fatigue call} (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. {Fatigue dress}, the working dress of soldiers. {Fatigue duty} (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. --Farrow. {Fatigue party}, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty. | |
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Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fatigued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fatiguing}, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See {Fatigue}, n.] To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. Syn: To jade; tire; weary; bore. See {Jade}. | |
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Fat-kidneyed \Fat"-kid`neyed\, a. Gross; lubberly. Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! --Shak. | |
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Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS. f[aemac]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.] 1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10. 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. 4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle. 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift. 6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints. | |
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Fatty \Fat"ty\, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}. {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma. | |
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Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion. | |
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Fd2ticide \F[d2]"ti*cide\, n. Same as {Feticide}. | |
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Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion. | |
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Fd2ticide \F[d2]"ti*cide\, n. Same as {Feticide}. | |
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Feat \Feat\, a. [Compar. {Feater}; superl. {Featest}.] [F. fait made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See {Feat}, n.] Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic] Never master had a page . . . so feat. --Shak. And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than before. --Shak. | |
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Fetch \Fetch\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [root] 77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. --Milton. He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bred in thine hand. --1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. --Macaulay. 3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon. 4. To reduce; to throw. The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. --South. 5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak. He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South. 6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. --Chapman. 7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W. Barnes. {To fetch a compass} (Naut.), to make a sircuit; to take a circuitious route going to a place. {To fetch a pump}, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. {To fetch} {headway [or] sternway} (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. {To fetch out}, to develop. [bd]The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble][b8] --Addison. {To fetch up}. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] [bd]Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.[b8] --L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly. | |
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Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion. | |
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Feudist \Feud"ist\, n. [Cf. F. feudiste.] A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. --Spelman. | |
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Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. --Moore. | |
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Fidget \Fidg"et\, n. 1. Uneasiness; restlessness. --Cowper. 2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. --Dunglison. | |
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Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. --Moore. | |
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Fidgetiness \Fidg"et*i*ness\, n. Quality of being fidgety. | |
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Fidgety \Fidg"et*y\, a. Restless; uneasy. --Lowell. | |
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Fitched \Fitched\, a. (her.) Fitch[82]. [Also {fiched}.] | |
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Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See {Poultry}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. | |
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Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zo[94]l.) The European polecat ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). See {Polecat}. | |
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Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See {Poultry}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. | |
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Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zo[94]l.) The European polecat ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). See {Polecat}. | |
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Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. {Fitter}; superl. {Fittest}.] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f[?]tjan to adorn. [?] 77.] 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. --Shak. Fit audience find, though few. --Milton. 2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.] So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. --Fairfax. 3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job xxxiv. 18. Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate. | |
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Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. --Moore. | |
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf. {Estufa}, {Stew}, {Stufa}.] 1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts. When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of Strafford. How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole! --Burton. 2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes. {Cooking stove}, a stove with an oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking. {Dry stove}. See under {Dry}. {Foot stove}. See under {Foot}. {Franklin stove}. See in the Vocabulary. {Stove plant} (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates. {Stove plate}, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves. | |
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Footstalk \Foot"stalk`\, n. 1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk. 3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Footstall \Foot"stall`\, n. [Cf. {Pedestal}.] 1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle. 2. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Footstep \Foot"step`\, n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. --Bryant. 2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Footstone \Foot"stone`\ (?; 110), n. The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Footstool \Foot"stool`\, n. A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ftiction \Ftic"tion\, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action. 2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion. 3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress. {Angle of friction} (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane. Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes of different materials. {Anti-friction wheels} (Mach.), wheels turning freely on small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft, to relieve it of friction; -- called also {friction wheels}. {Friction balls}, or {Friction rollers}, balls or rollers placed so as to receive the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel. {Friction brake} (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by observing the force required to keep the clamp from revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake. {Friction chocks}, brakes attached to the common standing garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and prevent its running back. --Earrow. {Friction clutch}, {Friction coupling}, an engaging and disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc., acting by friction; esp.: (a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that the two will revolve together; as, in the illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives. (b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in starting. {Friction drop hammer}, one in which the hammer is raised for striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip the hammer rod. {Friction gear}. See {Frictional gearing}, under {Frictional}. {Friction machine}, an electrical machine, generating electricity by friction. {Friction meter}, an instrument for measuring friction, as in testing lubricants. {Friction powder}, {Friction composition}, a composition of chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which readily ignites by friction. {Friction primer}, {Friction tube}, a tube used for firing cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the friction powder or composition with which the tube is filled. {Friction wheel} (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional gearing. See under {Frictional}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fudging}.] 1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate. Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N. Fairfax. 2. To foist; to interpolate. That last [bd]suppose[b8] is fudged in. --Foote. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fayette City, PA (borough, FIPS 25456) Location: 40.10018 N, 79.83909 W Population (1990): 713 (340 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15438 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fittstown, OK Zip code(s): 74842 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fudgets interface} {widgets} available as The Fudget library - a toolkit for concurrent programming of graphical user interfaces, {client/servers} and more written in {Haskell} by Thomas Hallgren Version: h9 1995-07-04 (Baastad Spring School Release). {Home (http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Fudgets/)}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/haskell/chalmers)}. (1996-03-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FUDGIT A double-precision multi-purpose fitting program by Thomas Koenig columns of numbers in the form of vector arithmetic. FUDGIT is also an expression language {interpreter} understanding most of {C} {grammar} except pointers. Morever, FUDGIT is a front end for any plotting program supporting commands from stdin, e.g. {Gnuplot}. Version 2.27 runs on {AIX}, {HP-UX}, {Linux}, {IRIX}, {NeXT}, {SunOS}, {Ultrix}. {(ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/)}. (1993-03-22) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Footstool connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5; 132:7). And as heaven is God's throne, so the earth is his footstool (Ps. 110:1; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:35). |