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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fadme \Fad"me\, n. A fathom. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fathom \Fath"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fathoming}.] 1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.] --Purchas. 2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. --Dryden. The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. --Hawthotne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fathom \Fath"om\, n. [OE. fadme, fa[edh]me, AS. f[91][edh]m fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa[edh]mos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa[edh]mr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to spread out, [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] outspread, flat, L. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. {Patent}, {Petal}.] 1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. 2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fattining}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.] 1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat. 2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. --Otway. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}. (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}. {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foot ton \Foot ton\ (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fithian, IL (village, FIPS 26233) Location: 40.11395 N, 87.87472 W Population (1990): 512 (208 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61844 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FDMA {frequency division multiple access} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management: an application layer protocol for file transfer and remote manipulation (ISO 8571). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fathom (Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego, "I stretch"), the distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched out. |