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   Fabian Society
         n 1: an association of British socialists who advocate gradual
               reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism

English Dictionary: fibbing by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fabianism
n
  1. socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibbing
n
  1. a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: fibbing, paltering]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fibonacci number
n
  1. a number in the Fibonacci sequence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fibonacci sequence
n
  1. a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluebill \Blue"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A duck of the genus {Fuligula}. Two American species ({F.
      marila} and {F. affinis}) are common. See {Scaup duck}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feoff \Feoff\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feoffed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n.. {Feoffing}.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F.
      fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See
      {Fief}.] (Law)
      To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal
      hereditament to; to enfeoff.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fib \Fib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fibbing}.]
      To speak falsely. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fife \Fife\, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[c6]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare
      to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip,
      chirp, as a chiken. See {Pipe}.] (Mus.)
      A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
      chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
  
      {Fife major} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who
            superintends the fifers of a regiment.
  
      {Fife rail}. (Naut.)
      (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying
            pins, etc.
      (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fife \Fife\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {fifing}.]
      To play on a fife.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fob \Fob\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Fobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fobbing}.] [Cf.Fop.]
      1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
  
      2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.
  
      {To fob off}, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to
            delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could
            prostrate and fob off the right of the people." --Milton.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fabens, TX (CDP, FIPS 25032)
      Location: 31.50800 N, 106.15379 W
      Population (1990): 5599 (1499 housing units)
      Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   feeping creature n.   [from {feeping creaturism}] An unnecessary
   feature; a bit of {chrome} that, in the speaker's judgment, is the
   camel's nose for a whole horde of new features.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   feeping creaturism /fee'ping kree`ch*r-izm/ n.   A deliberate
   spoonerism for {creeping featurism}, meant to imply that the system
   or program in question has become a misshapen creature of hacks.
   This term isn't really well defined, but it sounds so neat that most
   hackers have said or heard it.   It is probably reinforced by an
   image of terminals prowling about in the dark making their customary
   noises.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   feeping creature
  
      [{feeping creaturism}] An unnecessary feature; a bit of
      {chrome} that, in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose
      for a whole horde of new features.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   feeping creaturism
  
      /fee'ping kree"ch*r-izm/ A deliberate spoonerism for {creeping
      featurism}, meant to imply that the system or program in
      question has become a misshapen creature of hacks.   This term
      isn"t really well defined, but it sounds so neat that most
      hackers have said or heard it.   It is probably reinforced by
      an image of terminals prowling about in the dark making their
      customary noises.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fibonacci sequence
  
      The {infinite} sequence of numbers beginning
  
      1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...
  
      in which each term is the sum of the two terms preceding it.
  
      The ratio of successive Fibonacci terms tends to the {golden
      ratio}, namely (1 + sqrt 5)/2.
  
      [Why not "Fibonacci {series}"?]
  
      (2002-10-15)
  
  
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