English Dictionary: fetishism | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetch \Fetch\, n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. Every little fetch of wit and criticism. --South. 2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith. The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. --Dickens. {Fetch candle}, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
fetichism \fe"tich*ism\, Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? [or] ?); 277), n.[Cf. F. f[82]tichisme.] [Written also {feticism}.] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. 2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. --Tylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetichist \Fe"tich*ist\, Fetishist \Fe"tish*ist\, n. A believer in fetiches. He was by nature a fetichist. --H. Holbeach. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetichistic \Fe`tich*is"tic\, Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a. Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Feticism \Fe"ti*cism\, n. See {Fetichism}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
fetichism \fe"tich*ism\, Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? [or] ?); 277), n.[Cf. F. f[82]tichisme.] [Written also {feticism}.] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. 2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. --Tylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Feticism \Fe"ti*cism\, n. See {Fetichism}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
fetichism \fe"tich*ism\, Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? [or] ?); 277), n.[Cf. F. f[82]tichisme.] [Written also {feticism}.] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. 2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. --Tylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
fetichism \fe"tich*ism\, Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ (? [or] ?); 277), n.[Cf. F. f[82]tichisme.] [Written also {feticism}.] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. 2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. --Tylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ ([?] [or] [?]; 277), n., Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a. See {Fetich}, n., {Fetichism}, n., {Fetichistic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetichist \Fe"tich*ist\, Fetishist \Fe"tish*ist\, n. A believer in fetiches. He was by nature a fetichist. --H. Holbeach. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetichistic \Fe`tich*is"tic\, Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a. Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetish \Fe"tish\, n., Fetishism \Fe"tish*ism\ ([?] [or] [?]; 277), n., Fetishistic \Fe`tish*is"tic\, a. See {Fetich}, n., {Fetichism}, n., {Fetichistic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fetus \Fe"tus\, n.; pl. {Fetuses}. [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be.] The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also {f[d2]tus}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fidejussion \Fi`de*jus"sion\, n. [L. fidejussio, from fidejubere to be surety or bail; fides faith + jubere to order: cf. F. fid[82]jussion.] (Civil Law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fidejussor \Fi`de*jus"sor\, n. [L.: cf. F. fid[82]jusseur.] (Civil Law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Fitches}. [See {Vetch}.] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.] 2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of {Nigella sativa}, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? [or] ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.] (Zo[94]l.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot secretion}. See Illust. under {Gorgoniacea}, and {C[d2]nenchyma}. -- {Scler`o*ba"sic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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]: | |
Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? [or] ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.] (Zo[94]l.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot secretion}. See Illust. under {Gorgoniacea}, and {C[d2]nenchyma}. -- {Scler`o*ba"sic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fitzhugh, OK (town, FIPS 26250) Location: 34.66226 N, 96.77556 W Population (1990): 196 (82 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74843 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fetch-execute cycle {central processing unit} performs to execute each {machine code} instruction in a program. At the beginning of each cycle the CPU presents the value of the {program counter} on the {address bus}. The CPU then fetches the instruction from {main memory} (possibly via a {cache} and/or a {pipeline}) via the {data bus} into the {instruction register}. From the instruction register, the data forming the instruction is decoded and passed to the {control unit} which sends a sequence of control signals to the relevant {function units} of the CPU to perform the actions required by the instruction such as reading values from {registers}, passing them to the {ALU} to add them together and writing the result back to a register. The program counter is then incremented to address the next instruction and the cycle is repeated. The fetch-execute cycle was first proposed by {John von Neumann}. (1998-06-25) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fitches (Isa. 28:25, 27), the rendering of the Hebrew _ketsah_, "without doubt the Nigella sativa, a small annual of the order Ranunculacece, which grows wild in the Mediterranean countries, and is cultivated in Egypt and Syria for its seed." It is rendered in margin of the Revised Version "black cummin." The seeds are used as a condiment. In Ezek. 4:9 this word is the rendering of the Hebrew _kussemeth_ (incorrectly rendered "rye" in the Authorized Version of Ex. 9:32 and Isa. 28:25, but "spelt" in the Revised Version). The reading "fitches" here is an error; it should be "spelt." |