English Dictionary: fiasco | by the DICT Development Group |
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Strawberry \Straw"ber*ry\, n. [AS. stre[a0]wberige; stre[a0]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus {Fragaria}, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is {Fragaria virginiana}; the European, {F. vesca}. There are also other less common species. {Strawberry bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Calico bass}, under {Calico}. {Strawberry blite}. (Bot.) See under {Blite}. {Strawberry borer} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of insects whose larv[91] burrow in the crown or roots of the strawberry vine. Especially: (a) The root borer ({Anarsia lineatella}), a very small dark gray moth whose larv[91] burrow both in the larger roots and crown, often doing great damage. (b) The crown borer ({Tyloderma fragari[91]}), a small brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the plant. {Strawberry bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Euonymus Americanus}), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril. {Strawberry crab} (Zo[94]l.), a small European spider crab ({Eurynome aspera}); -- so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles. {Strawberry fish} (Zo[94]l.), the amadavat. {Strawberry geranium} (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage ({Saxifraga sarmentosa}) having reniform leaves, and producing long runners like those of the strawberry. {Strawberry leaf}. (a) The leaf of the strawberry. (b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. [bd]The strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on her ladyship's heart.[b8] --Thackeray. {Strawberry-leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moths whose larv[91] roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of the strawberry vine; especially, {Phoxopteris fragari[91]}, and {Eccopsis permundana}. {Strawberry moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moth whose larv[91] feed on the strawberry vines; as: (a) The smeared dagger ({Apatela oblinita}), whose large hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright yellow spots on each side. (b) A geometrid ({Angerona crocataria}) which is yellow with dusky spots on the wings. Called also {currant moth}. {Strawberry pear} (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West Indian plant of the genus Cereus ({C. triangularia}). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. {Strawberry sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfly ({Emphytus maculatus}) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine. {Strawberry tomato}. (Bot.) See {Alkekengi}. {Strawberry tree}. (Bot.) See {Arbutus}. {Strawberry vine} (Bot.), the plant which yields the strawberry. {Strawberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any moth which feeds on the strawberry vine. | |
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Fac \Fac\ (f[acr]k), n. [Abbrev. of facsimile.] A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. --Brande & C. | |
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Face \Face\, n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. --Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. --Byron. 2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces. 3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. 4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type. 5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired. To set a face upon their own malignant design. --Milton. This would produce a new face of things in Europe. --Addison. We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. --Wordsworth. 6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. --Gen. iii. 19. 7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. We set the best faceon it we could. --Dryden. 8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. --Chaucer. 9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. --Tillotson. 10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of. 11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. --Num. vi. 25. My face [favor] will I turn also from them. --Ezek. vii. 22. 12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. 13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. | |
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Face \Face\, v. i. 1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. [bd]To lie, to face, to forge.[b8] --Spenser. 2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left. Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! --Dryden. 3. To present a face or front. | |
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Face \Face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle. I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. --Dryden. 2. To Confront impudently; to bully. I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak. 3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park. He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. --Milton. 4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble. 5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress. 6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc. 7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface. 8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. {To face down}, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. [bd]He faced men down.[b8] --Prior. {To face (a thing) out}, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. [bd]That thinks with oaths to face the matter out.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Facia \Fa"ci*a\, n. (Arch.) See {Fascia}. | |
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Fag \Fag\, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss Austen. {Brain fag}. (Med.) See {Cerebropathy}. | |
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Fag \Fag\n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.] | |
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Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging}.] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[be]ch devoted to death, OS. f[?]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[?]ge, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. --G. Mackenzie. 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge. 3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. {To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. | |
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Falk \Falk\ (f[add]k), n. (Zo[94]l.) The razorbill. [Written also {falc}, and {faik}.] [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Fake \Fake\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.] 1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 2. To make; to construct; to do. 3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it. | |
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Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f[91]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. | |
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Fake \Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang] | |
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Fake \Fake\, v. t. (Naut.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. {Faking box}, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot. | |
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d8Fascia \[d8]Fas"ci*a\, n.; pl. {Fasci[91]}. [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See {Fasces}, and cf. {Fess}.] 1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. 2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of {Column}. 3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A broad well-defined band of color. | |
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Fash \Fash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fashing}.] [OF. faschier, F. f[?]cher, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L. fastidium dilike. See {Fastidious}.] To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.] | |
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Fash \Fash\, n. Vexation; anxiety; care. [Scot.] Without further fash on my part. --De Quincey. | |
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Faugh \Faugh\, interj. [Cf. {Foh}.] An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. | |
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Faze \Faze\, v. t. See {Feeze}. | |
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Feague \Feague\, v. t. [Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. f[91]gia to cleanse, polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.] To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] --Otway. | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.] | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feazing}.] [Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. f[91]s fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.] To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. --Johnson. | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [See {Feese}. | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl. {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.] | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.] | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feazing}.] [Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. f[91]s fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.] To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. --Johnson. | |
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Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [See {Feese}. | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl. {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.] | |
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Fecche \Fec"che\, v. t. To fetch. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Feck \Feck\, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.] 1. Effect. [Obs.] 2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] He had a feck o' books wi' him. --R. L. Stevenson. {The most feck}, [or] {The feck}, the greater or larger part. [bd]The feck o' my life.[b8] --Burns. | |
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Fecks \Fecks\, n. A corruption of the word faith. --Shak. | |
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Feejee \Fee"jee\, a. & n. (Ethnol) See {Fijian}. | |
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Fijian \Fi"ji*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants. -- n. A native of the Fiji islands. [Written also {Feejeean}, {Feejee}.] | |
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Feese \Feese\, n. [Cf. OE. fesien to put to flight, AS. f[c7]sian, f[df]sian, f[df]san, fr. f[d4]s, prompt, willing.] the short run before a leap. [Obs.] --Nares. | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl. {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.] | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, n. Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See {Feaze}. | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl. {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.] | |
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Feize \Feize\, v. t. See {Feeze}, v. t. | |
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Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl. {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.] | |
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Feize \Feize\, v. t. See {Feeze}, v. t. | |
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Troilite \Tro"i*lite\, n. [Named after Dominico Troili, an Italian of the 18th century.] (Min.) Native iron protosulphide, {FeS}. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color. | |
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Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[ecr]s"k[usl]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. f[82]tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.] 1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. [bd]Pedantic fescue.[b8] --Sterne. To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton. 2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] --Chapman. 3. The style of a dial. [Obs.] 4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Festuca}. {Fescue grass} (Bot.), a genus of grasses ({Festuca}) containing several species of importance in agriculture. {Festuca ovina} is {sheep's fescue}; {F. elatior} is {meadow fescue}. | |
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Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[ecr]s"k[usl]), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Fescued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fescuing}.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. --Milton. | |
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Fess \Fess\, Fesse \Fesse\, n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See {Fascia}.] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. {Fess point} (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. | |
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Fess \Fess\, Fesse \Fesse\, n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See {Fascia}.] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. {Fess point} (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. | |
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Fez \Fez\, n. [F., fr. the town of Fez in Morocco.] A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See {Tarboosh}. --B. Taylor. | |
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Fice \Fice\, n. A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Fich82 \Fi*ch[82]\, a. (Her.) See {Fitch[90]}. | |
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Fichu \Fich"u\, n. [F., neckerchief.] A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders. | |
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Fig \Fig\, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. {Fico}.] 1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica}) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands. 2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors. Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See {Caprification}. 3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.] 4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. [bd]A fig for Peter.[b8] --Shak. {Cochineal fig}. See {Conchineal fig}. {Fig dust}, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds. {Fig faun}, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. [bd]Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns.[b8] --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version). {Fig gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs. {Fig leaf}, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty. {Fig marigold} (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers. {Fig tree} (Bot.), any tree of the genus {Ficus}, but especially {F. Carica} which produces the fig of commerce. | |
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Fig \Fig\, v. t. [See {Fico}, {Fig}, n.] 1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See {Fico}. [Obs.] When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like The bragging Spaniard. --Shak. 2. To put into the head of, as something useless o[?] contemptible. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Fig \Fig\, n. Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.] Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? --Prof. Wilson. | |
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Fike \Fike\, n. See {Fyke}. | |
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Fisc \Fisc\, n. [F. fisc, fr. L. fiscus basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to fascis bundle. See {Fasces}.] A public or state treasury. --Burke. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n. [F. fiche peg, mark, fr. fisher to fix.] A counter, used in various games. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fishing}.] 1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. 2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments. Any other fishing question. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Fish \Fish\, v. t. [OE. fischen, fisken, fissen, AS. fiscian; akin to G. fischen, OHG. fisc[?]n, Goth. fisk[?]n. See {Fish} the animal.] 1. To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor. 2. To search by raking or sweeping. --Swift. 3. To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream. --Thackeray. 4. To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See {Fish joint}, under {Fish}, n. {To fish the anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}. | |
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Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n. [F. fiche peg, mark, fr. fisher to fix.] A counter, used in various games. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fishing}.] 1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. 2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments. Any other fishing question. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Fish \Fish\, v. t. [OE. fischen, fisken, fissen, AS. fiscian; akin to G. fischen, OHG. fisc[?]n, Goth. fisk[?]n. See {Fish} the animal.] 1. To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor. 2. To search by raking or sweeping. --Swift. 3. To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream. --Thackeray. 4. To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See {Fish joint}, under {Fish}, n. {To fish the anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}. | |
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Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}. | |
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Fishy \Fish"y\, a. 1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. --Pope. 2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.] | |
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Fisk \Fisk\, v. i. [Cf. Sw. fjeska to bustle about.] To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.] He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. --Latimer. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller. 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon. {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. | |
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Fix \Fix\, n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey. 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.] | |
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Fettling \Fet"tling\, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[icr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.] 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. | |
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Fix \Fix\ (f[icr]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller. 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon. {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. | |
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Fix \Fix\, n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey. 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.] | |
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Fettling \Fet"tling\, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[icr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.] 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. | |
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Fix \Fix\ (f[icr]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller. 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon. {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. | |
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Fix \Fix\, n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey. 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.] | |
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Fettling \Fet"tling\, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. | |
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Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[icr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.] 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. | |
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Fix \Fix\ (f[icr]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fizz \Fizz\ (f[icr]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzed} (f[icr]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzing}.] [Cf. Icel. f[c6]sa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. {Foist}.] To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse. | |
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Fizz \Fizz\, n. A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly. | |
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Focus \Fo"cus\, n.; pl. E. {Focuses}, L. {Foci}. [L. focus hearth, fireplace; perh. akin to E. bake. Cf. {Curfew}, {Fuel}, {Fusil} the firearm.] 1. (Opt.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror. 2. (Geom.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant. Note: Thus, in the ellipse FGHKLM, A is the focus and CD the directrix, when the ratios FA:FE, GA:GD, MA:MC, etc., are all equal. So in the hyperbola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio HA:HK is constant for all points of the curve; and in the parabola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio BA:BC is constant. In the ellipse this ratio is less than unity, in the parabola equal to unity, and in the hyperbola greater than unity. The ellipse and hyperbola have each two foci, and two corresponding directrixes, and the parabola has one focus and one directrix. In the ellipse the sum of the two lines from any point of the curve to the two foci is constant; that is: AG+GB=AH+HB; and in the hyperbola the difference of the corresponding lines is constant. The diameter which passes through the foci of the ellipse is the major axis. The diameter which being produced passes through the foci of the hyperbola is the transverse axis. The middle point of the major or the transverse axis is the center of the curve. Certain other curves, as the lemniscate and the Cartesian ovals, have points called foci, possessing properties similar to those of the foci of conic sections. In an ellipse, rays of light coming from one focus, and reflected from the curve, proceed in lines directed toward the other; in an hyperbola, in lines directed from the other; in a parabola, rays from the focus, after reflection at the curve, proceed in lines parallel to the axis. Thus rays from A in the ellipse are reflected to B; rays from A in the hyperbola are reflected toward L and M away from B. 3. A central point; a point of concentration. {Aplanatic focus}. (Opt.) See under {Aplanatic}. {Conjugate focus} (Opt.), the focus for rays which have a sensible divergence, as from a near object; -- so called because the positions of the object and its image are interchangeable. {Focus tube} (Phys.), a vacuum tube for R[d2]ntgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect. {Principal, [or] Solar}, {focus} (Opt.), the focus for parallel rays. | |
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Fog \Fog\, n. (Photog.) Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear. | |
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Fog \Fog\, v. t. (Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc. | |
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Fog \Fog\ (f[ocr]g), n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage rank grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffwg dry grass.] (Agric.) (a) A second growth of grass; aftergrass. (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also {foggage}. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell. Note: Sometimes called, in New England, {old tore}. In Scotland, fog is a general name for moss. | |
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Fog \Fog\ v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from. | |
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Fog \Fog\ v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.] Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee? --Dryden. | |
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Fog \Fog\ n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj[umac]k snowstorm, fj[umac]ka to drift.] 1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See {Cloud}. 2. A state of mental confusion. {Fog alarm}, {Fog bell}, {Fog horn}, etc., a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. {Fog bank}, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. {Fog ring}, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland. | |
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Fog \Fog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fogging}.] To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure. | |
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Fog \Fog\, v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11. 3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title. 4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary. | |
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Foge \Foge\, n. The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. --Raymond | |
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Fo'gey \Fo'gey\, n. See {Fogy}. | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. {Fogies}. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as [bd]an invalid or garrison soldier,[b8] and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. | |
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Fo'gey \Fo'gey\, n. See {Fogy}. | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. {Fogies}. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as [bd]an invalid or garrison soldier,[b8] and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. | |
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Foggy \Fog"gy\, a. [Compar. {Foggier}; superl. {Foggiest}.] [From 4th {Fog}.] 1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. --Shak. | |
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Fogie \Fo"gie\, n. See {Fogy}. | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. {Fogies}. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as [bd]an invalid or garrison soldier,[b8] and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. | |
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Fogie \Fo"gie\, n. See {Fogy}. | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. {Fogies}. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as [bd]an invalid or garrison soldier,[b8] and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n. (Mil.) In the United States service, extra pay granted to officers for length of service. [Colloq.] | |
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Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. {Fogies}. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as [bd]an invalid or garrison soldier,[b8] and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. | |
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d8Fossa \[d8]Fos"sa\, n.; pl. {Foss[92]}. [L., a ditch. See {Fosse}.] (Anat.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal foss[91] containing the nostrils in most birds. | |
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Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth. | |
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Fosse \Fosse\, n. [F., fr. L. fossa, fr. fodere, fossum, to dig.] 1. (Fort.) A ditch or moat. 2. (Anat.) See {Fossa}. {Fosse road}. See {Fosseway}. | |
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Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth. | |
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Fosse \Fosse\, n. [F., fr. L. fossa, fr. fodere, fossum, to dig.] 1. (Fort.) A ditch or moat. 2. (Anat.) See {Fossa}. {Fosse road}. See {Fosseway}. | |
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Fosseway \Fosse"way`\, n. One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry. | |
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Dragonet \Drag"on*et\, n. 1. A little dragon. --Spenser. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small British marine fish ({Callionymuslyra}); -- called also {yellow sculpin}, {fox}, and {gowdie}. | |
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Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
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Fox \Fox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foxing}.] [See {Fox}, n., cf. Icel. fox imposture.] 1. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. --Pepys. 2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. 3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. | |
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Fox \Fox\, v. i. To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. | |
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Dragonet \Drag"on*et\, n. 1. A little dragon. --Spenser. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small British marine fish ({Callionymuslyra}); -- called also {yellow sculpin}, {fox}, and {gowdie}. | |
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Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
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Fox \Fox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foxing}.] [See {Fox}, n., cf. Icel. fox imposture.] 1. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. --Pepys. 2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. 3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. | |
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Fox \Fox\, v. i. To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. | |
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Foxy \Fox"y\, a. 1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily. Modred's narrow, foxy face. --Tennyson. 2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color. 3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling. 4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape. | |
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Fozy \Fo"zy\, a. Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.] | |
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Fuzzy \Fuzz"y\, a. [See {Fuzz}, n.] 1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also {fozy}.] [Prov. Eng.] 2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach. | |
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Fozy \Fo"zy\, a. Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.] | |
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Fuzzy \Fuzz"y\, a. [See {Fuzz}, n.] 1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also {fozy}.] [Prov. Eng.] 2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach. | |
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Fuage \Fu"age\, n. Same as {Fumage}. | |
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Fucus \Fu"cus\, n.; pl. {Fuci}. [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.] 1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. [Obs.] 2. (Bot.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed. Note: Formerly most marine alg? were called fuci. | |
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Fugh \Fugh\, interj. An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. --Dryden. | |
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Fugue \Fugue\, n. [F., fr. It. fuga, fr. L. fuga a fleeing, flight, akin to fugere to fiee. See {Fugitive}.] (Mus.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears. All parts of the scheme are eternally chasing each other, like the parts of a fugue. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Fuse \Fuse\, [or] Fuze plug \Fuze, plug\ . 1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse. 2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring. | |
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Fuse \Fuse\, [or] Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. | |
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Fuse \Fuse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fused} (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fusing}.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See {Foundo} to cast, and cf. Futile.] 1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt. 2. To unite or blend, as if melted together. Whose fancy fuses old and new. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuse \Fuse\, v. i. 1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt. 2. To be blended, as if melted together. {Fusing point}, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuse \Fuse\, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d {Fusil}.] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also {fuzee}. See {Fuze}. {Fuse hole}, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. --Farrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. 1. (Railroads) A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [See 2d {Fusil}, and cf. {Fuse}, n.] 1. A flintlock gun. See 2d {Fusil}. [Obs.] 2. A fuse. See {Fuse}, n. 3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The track of a buck. --Ainsworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [F. fus[82]e a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle.] (a) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring. (b) A similar wheel used in other machinery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuss \Fuss\, n. [Cf. {Fusome}.] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. --Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise --Carlyle. 2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.] I am a fuss and I don't deny it. --W. D. Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuss \Fuss\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fussing}.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fussy \Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. {Fussier}; superl {Fussiest}.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety. Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G. White. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bickford fuse \Bick"ford fuse\ [or] fuze \fuze\, or Bickford match \Bickford match\ A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuse \Fuse\, [or] Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuze \Fuze\, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n. {Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. {Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. {Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. {Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. {Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. {Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bickford fuse \Bick"ford fuse\ [or] fuze \fuze\, or Bickford match \Bickford match\ A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuse \Fuse\, [or] Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuze \Fuze\, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n. {Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. {Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. {Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. {Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. {Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. {Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuse \Fuse\, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d {Fusil}.] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also {fuzee}. See {Fuze}. {Fuse hole}, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. --Farrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i. To fly off in minute particles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. t. To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuzz \Fuzz\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze to untwist.] Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter. {Fuzz ball}, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fuzzy \Fuzz"y\, a. [See {Fuzz}, n.] 1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also {fozy}.] [Prov. Eng.] 2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fyke \Fyke\, n. [D. fuik a bow net.] A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also {fyke net}. --Cozzens. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fisk, MO (city, FIPS 24328) Location: 36.78222 N, 90.20741 W Population (1990): 422 (196 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63940 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foss, OK (town, FIPS 27450) Location: 35.45064 N, 99.17157 W Population (1990): 148 (80 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73647 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fouke, AR (town, FIPS 24640) Location: 33.26078 N, 93.88645 W Population (1990): 634 (265 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71837 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fox, AK (CDP, FIPS 26870) Location: 64.96074 N, 147.62126 W Population (1990): 275 (154 housing units) Area: 45.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fox, AR Zip code(s): 72051 Fox, OR Zip code(s): 97831 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fu]ig, PR (comunidad, FIPS 29727) Location: 17.98833 N, 66.91769 W Population (1990): 1172 (424 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
FAQ /F-A-Q/ or /fak/ n. [Usenet] 1. A Frequently Asked Question. 2. A compendium of accumulated lore, posted periodically to high-volume newsgroups in an attempt to forestall such questions. Some people prefer the term `FAQ list' or `FAQL' /fa'kl/, reserving `FAQ' for sense 1. This lexicon itself serves as a good example of a collection of one kind of lore, although it is far too big for a regular FAQ posting. Examples: "What is the proper type of NULL?" and "What's that funny name for the `#' character?" are both Frequently Asked Questions. Several FAQs refer readers to this file. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fish n. [Adelaide University, Australia] 1. Another {metasyntactic variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. A pun for `microfiche'. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a `fish tank'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fix n.,v. What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
f2c A {Fortran 77} to {C} translator by S. I. Feldman, D. M. Gay, M. W. Maimone and N. L. Schryer. Produces {ANSI C} or {C++}. {(ftp://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/f2c)}. E-mail: Current version: 1997.07.24. (1997-08-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
F68K A portable {Forth} system for {Motorola} {680x0} computers by Joerg Plewe {Atari ST}, {Atari TT}, {Amiga}, {Sinclair QL} and {OS9}. Easily ported to {Motorola} {68000} based systems. {(ftp://archive.umich.edu/atari/Languages/)}. (1992-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FAC Functional Array Calculator. An {APL}-like language, but {purely functional} and {lazy}. It allows infinite {array}s. ["FAC: A Functional APL Language", H.-C. Tu and A.J. Perlis, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 3(1):36-45 (Jan 1986)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FAQ {frequently asked question} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fas 1. Frankenstein Cross Assemblers. A reconfigurable assembler package, especially suited for 8-bit processors, consisting of a base assembler module and a {yacc} parser, for each {microprocessor}, to handle {mnemonics} and addressing. Second party parser modules available from many sites. Base assembler and yacc parser modules by Mark Zenier. FTP: ftp.njit.edu/pub/msdos/frankasm/frankasm.zoo. 2. FAS. A general purpose language sponsored by the Finnish government in the 70's and 80's. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FASE Fundamentally Analyzable Simplified English. L.E. McMahon, Bell Labs. [Sammet 1969, p.720]. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fax {facsimile} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FC ["FC Manual", L. Augustsson, Memo 13, Programming Methodology Group, Chalmers U, Sweden 1982]. (1995-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FCS {Frame Check Sequence} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FEC {Forward Error Correction} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ffccc {Floppy} {Fortran} coding convention checker. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FhG {Fraunhofer Gesellschaft} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FHS {Filesystem Hierarchy Standard} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fish (Adelaide University, Australia) 1. Another {metasyntactic variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. referred to as a "fish tank". [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FIX 1. 2. (2001-05-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fix 1. {combinatory logic}. Fix is a {higher-order function} which returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function). fix :: (a -> a) -> a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive {lambda abstraction}: fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x)) Since this involves self-application, it has an {infinite type}. A function defined by f x1 .. xN = E can be expressed as f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E) = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E) (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) in \ x1 ... \xN . E If f does not occur {free} in E (i.e. it is not {recursive}) then this reduces to simply f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an infinite data object, e.g. ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones) = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : 1 : ... Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E. Compare {quine}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-13) 2. {bug fix}. (1998-06-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FIX 1. 2. (2001-05-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fix 1. {combinatory logic}. Fix is a {higher-order function} which returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function). fix :: (a -> a) -> a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive {lambda abstraction}: fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x)) Since this involves self-application, it has an {infinite type}. A function defined by f x1 .. xN = E can be expressed as f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E) = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E) (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) in \ x1 ... \xN . E If f does not occur {free} in E (i.e. it is not {recursive}) then this reduces to simply f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an infinite data object, e.g. ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones) = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : 1 : ... Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E. Compare {quine}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-13) 2. {bug fix}. (1998-06-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fj (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fk (Malvinas). (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FOSI {Formatting Output Specification Instance} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fpc A translator from {Backus}'s {FP} to {C}. {(ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/Volume20)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FPGA {Field-Programmable Gate Array} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fps {frames per second} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FS 1. 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fsck checks a {file system} for internal consistency and bad blocks etc. and can repair some faults. fsck is often used after a {crash} when the file system has been left in an inconsistent state, e.g. due to incomplete flushing of {buffers}. Used on {Usenet} {newsgroup} alt.sysadmin.recovery as substitute for "fuck" and became more main-stream after the {Communications Decency Act}. (1998-03-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FSK {Frequency Shift Keying} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fugue ["Fugue: A Functional Language for Sound Synthesis", R.B. Dannenberg et al, Computer 24(7):36-41 (Jul 1991)]. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FUSE A {DEC} {software development environment} for {ULTRIX}, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintenance. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fx Apprently not widely used. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FX-87 Effects. A {polymorphic} language based on {Scheme}, allowing {side effects} and {first-class} functions. It attempts to integrate functional and {imperative} programming. Expressions have types, side effects (e.g. reading, writing or allocating) and regions (stating where the effects may occur). Versions: FX-89, {FX-90}. {(ftp://brokaw.lcs.mit.edu/)}. ["The FX-87 Reference Manual", D.K. Gifford (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FX-90 A language with partial type and effect reconstruction and first-class {modules}. (1995-01-31) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Face means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V., 'presence'] of the Lord God" (Gen. 3:8; comp. Ex. 33:14, 15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favour (Ps. 44:3; Dan. 9:17). "Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity (Gen. 16:6, 8; Ex. 2:15; Ps. 68:1; Rev. 6:16). To "provoke God to his face" (Isa. 65:3) is to sin against him openly. The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:38, 44, 48; Dan. 6:10). To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour (Ps. 17:15; 27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels (Matt. 18:10; Luke 1:19). The "face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (John 1:14, 18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fig First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products of Palestine. It was a sign of peace and prosperity (1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zech. 3:10). Figs were used medicinally (2 Kings 20:7), and pressed together and formed into "cakes" as articles of diet (1 Sam. 30:12; Jer. 24:2). Our Lord's cursing the fig-tree near Bethany (Mark 11:13) has occasioned much perplexity from the circumstance, as mentioned by the evangelist, that "the time of figs was not yet." The explanation of the words, however, lies in the simple fact that the fruit of the fig-tree appears before the leaves, and hence that if the tree produced leaves it ought also to have had fruit. It ought to have had fruit if it had been true to its "pretensions," in showing its leaves at this particular season. "This tree, so to speak, vaunted itself to be in advance of all the other trees, challenged the passer-by that he should come and refresh himself with its fruit. Yet when the Lord accepted its challenge and drew near, it proved to be but as the others, without fruit as they; for indeed, as the evangelist observes, the time of figs had not yet arrived. Its fault, if one may use the word, lay in its pretensions, in its making a show to run before the rest when it did not so indeed" (Trench, Miracles). The fig-tree of Palestine (Ficus carica) produces two and sometimes three crops of figs in a year, (1) the bikkurah, or "early-ripe fig" (Micah 7:1; Isa. 28:4; Hos. 9:10, R.V.), which is ripe about the end of June, dropping off as soon as it is ripe (Nah. 3:12); (2) the kermus, or "summer fig," then begins to be formed, and is ripe about August; and (3) the pag (plural "green figs," Cant. 2:13; Gr. olynthos, Rev. 6:13, "the untimely fig"), or "winter fig," which ripens in sheltered spots in spring. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fish called _dag_ by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. Two of the villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee derived their names from their fisheries, Bethsaida (the "house of fish") on the east and on the west. There is probably no other sheet of water in the world of equal dimensions that contains such a variety and profusion of fish. About thirty-seven different kinds have been found. Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly African and tropical, such as the eel-like silurus. There was a regular fish-market apparently in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 33:14; Neh. 3:3; 12:39; Zeph. 1:10), as there was a fish-gate which was probably contiguous to it. Sidon is the oldest fishing establishment known in history. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fox (Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and solitary in its habits, is destructive to vineyards, being a plunderer of ripe grapes (Cant. 2:15). The Vulpes Niloticus, or Egyptian dog-fox, and the Vulpes vulgaris, or common fox, are also found in Palestine. The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek. 13:4, and in Luke 13:32, where our Lord calls Herod "that fox." In Judg. 15:4, 5, the reference is in all probability to the jackal. The Hebrew word _shu'al_ through the Persian _schagal_ becomes our jackal (Canis aureus), so that the word may bear that signification here. The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are (1) that it is more easily caught than the fox; (2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind, while the jackal does not; and (3) that foxes are difficult, jackals comparatively easy, to treat in the way here described. Jackals hunt in large numbers, and are still very numerous in Southern Palestine. | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Fiji Fiji:Geography Location: Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 18,270 sq km land area: 18,270 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,129 km Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 65% other: 19% Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation; soil erosion natural hazards: cyclonic storms can occur from November to January international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94 Note: includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited Fiji:People Population: 772,891 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 36% (female 136,570; male 142,581) 15-64 years: 61% (female 235,491; male 235,411) 65 years and over: 3% (female 11,943; male 10,895) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.16% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.69 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.42 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.42 years male: 63.13 years female: 67.82 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.87 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Fijian(s) adjective: Fijian Ethnic divisions: Fijian 49%, Indian 46%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% Religions: Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2% note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986) Languages: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1986) total population: 87% male: 90% female: 84% Labor force: 235,000 by occupation: subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15% (1987) Fiji:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Fiji conventional short form: Fiji Digraph: FJ Type: republic note: military coup leader Maj. Gen. Sitiveni RABUKA formally declared Fiji a republic on 6 October 1987 Capital: Suva Administrative divisions: 4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*, Western Independence: 10 October 1970 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 10 October (1970) Constitution: 10 October 1970 (suspended 1 October 1987); a new Constitution was proposed on 23 September 1988 and promulgated on 25 July 1990; the 1990 Constitution is under review; the review is scheduled to be complete by 1997 Legal system: based on British system Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Ratu Sir Kamisese MARA (since 12 January 1994); First Vice President Ratu Sir Josaia TAIVAIQIA (since 12 January 1994); Second Vice President Ratu Inoke TAKIVEIKATA (since 12 January 1994); note - President GANILAU died on 15 December 1993 and Vice President MARA became acting president; MARA was elected president by the Great Council of Chiefs on 12 January 1994 head of government: Prime Minister Sitiveni RABUKA (since 2 June 1992) Presidential Council: appointed by the governor general Great Council of Chiefs: highest ranking members of the traditional chiefly system cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by prime minister from members of Parliament and responsible to Parliament Legislative branch: the bicameral Parliament was dissolved following the coup of 14 May 1987 Senate: nonelective body containing 34 seats, 24 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 9 for Indians and others, 1 for the island of Rotuma; appointed by President House of Representatives: elections last held 18-25 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (70 total, with ethnic Fijians allocated 37 seats, ethnic Indians 27 seats, and independents and other 6 seats) number of seats by party SVT 31, NFP 20, FLP 7, FA 5, GVP 4, independents 2, ANC 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: Fijian Political Party (SVT - primarily Fijian), leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini RABUKA; National Federation Party (NFP; primarily Indian), Jai Ram REDDY; Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP), Sakeasi BUTADROKA; Fiji Labor Party (FLP), Mahendra CHAUDHRY; General Voters Party (GVP), Bill SORBY; Fiji Conservative Party (FCP), Isireli VUIBAU; Conservative Party of Fiji (CPF), Jolale ULUDOLE and Viliame SAVU; Fiji Indian Liberal Party, Swami MAHARAJ; Fiji Indian Congress Party, Ishwari BAJPAI; Fiji Independent Labor (Muslim), leader NA; Four Corners Party, David TULVANUAVOU; Fijian Association (FA), leader NA; General Electors' Association, leader NA note: in early 1995, ethnic Fijian members of the All National Congress (ANC) merged with the Fijian Association (FA); the new FA is scheduled to hold its first meeting in April 1995 at which time the leaders of the party will be chosen; it is likely that Josevata KAMIKAMICA, the leader of the FA before the merger, will be elected leader and Adi Kuini Bavadra SPEED, the leader of the ANC before the merger, will be elected deputy leader; the remaining members of the ANC have renamed their party the General Electors' Association Member of: ACP, AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, PCA, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Pita Kewa NACUVA chancery: Suite 240, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007 telephone: [1] (202) 337-8320 FAX: [1] (202) 337-1996 consulate(s): New York US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Michael W. MARINE embassy: 31 Loftus Street, Suva mailing address: P. O. Box 218, Suva telephone: [679] 314466 FAX: [679] 300081 Flag: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove Economy Overview: Fiji's economy is primarily agricultural, with a large subsistence sector. Sugar exports and tourism are the major sources of foreign exchange. Industry contributes 13% to GDP, with sugar processing accounting for one-third of industrial activity. Roughly 250,000 tourists visit each year. Political uncertainty and drought, however, contribute to substantial fluctuations in earnings from tourism and sugar and to the emigration of skilled workers. In 1992, growth was approximately 3%, based on growth in tourism and a lessening of labor-management disputes in the sugar and gold-mining sectors. In 1993, the government's budgeted growth rate of 3% was not achieved because of a decline in non-sugar agricultural output and damage from Cyclone Kina. Growth in 1994 is estimated to be 5%, largely attributed to increased tourism and expansion in domestic production, particularly in the manufacturing sector. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $5,650 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (1994) Unemployment rate: 5.4% (1992) Budget: revenues: $485 million expenditures: $579 million, including capital expenditures of $58 million (1994) Exports: $405 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: sugar 40%, clothing, gold, processed fish, lumber partners: EC 26%, Australia 15%, Pacific Islands 11%, Japan 6% Imports: $634 million (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, consumer goods, chemicals partners: Australia 30%, NZ 17%, Japan 13%, EC 6%, US 6% External debt: $670 million (1994 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 0% (1993 est.); accounts for 13% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 200,000 kW production: 480 million kWh consumption per capita: 581 kWh (1993) Industries: sugar, tourism, copra, gold, silver, clothing, lumber, small cottage industries Agriculture: accounts for 23% of GDP; principal cash crop is sugarcane; coconuts, cassava, rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; small livestock sector includes cattle, pigs, horses, and goats; fish catch nearly 33,000 tons (1989) Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1980-89), $815 million Currency: 1 Fijian dollar (F$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Fijian dollars (F$) per US$1 - 1.4140 (January 1995), 1.4641 (1994), 1.5418 (1993), 1.5030 (1992), 1.4756 (1991), 1.4809 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Fiji:Transportation Railroads: total: 644 km; note - belongs to the government owned Fiji Sugar Corporation narrow gauge: 644 km 0.610-m gauge Highways: total: 3,300 km paved: 1,590 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 1,290 km; unimproved earth 420 km (1984) Inland waterways: 203 km; 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges Ports: Labasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Savusavu, Suva Merchant marine: total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,267 GRT/17,884 DWT ships by type: chemical tanker 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 Airports: total: 23 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 16 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4 Fiji:Communications Telephone system: 53,228 telephones; 71 telephones/1,000 persons; modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio center local: NA intercity: NA international: important COMPAC cable link between US-Canada and NZ-Australia; 1 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 1, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Fiji:Defense Forces Branches: Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF; includes army, navy, and air elements) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 201,441; males fit for military service 111,046; males reach military age (18) annually 8,466 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $22.4 million, about 2% of GDP (FY91/92) |