English Dictionary: fibril | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fabrile \Fab"rile\, a. [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See {Forge}.] Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill. | |
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Favorless \Fa"vor*less\, a. 1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support. 2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] [bd]Fortune favorless.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Febrile \Fe"brile\ (?; 277), a. [F. f[82]brile, from L. febris fever. See {Fever}.] Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. --Dunglison. | |
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Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf. {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement. 2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. 3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement. 4. (Mus.) (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. [bd]Any change of time is a change of movement.[b8] --Busby. (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony. 5. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch. {Febrille movement} (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. {Movement cure}. (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}. {Movement of the bowels}, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge. Syn: Motion. Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress. | |
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Fiberless \Fi"ber*less\, Fibreless \Fi"bre*less\, a. Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber. | |
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Fiberless \Fi"ber*less\, Fibreless \Fi"bre*less\, a. Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber. | |
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Fibril \Fi"bril\, n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.] A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. --Cheyne. | |
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d8Fibrilla \[d8]Fi*bril"la\, n.; pl. {Fibrill[92]}. [NL. See {Fibril}.] A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril. | |
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Fibrillar \Fi"bril*lar\, a. Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings. | |
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Fibrillary \Fi"bril*la*ry\ (? [or] ?), a. Of of pertaining to fibrils. | |
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Fibrillated \Fi"bril*la`ted\ (? [or] ?), a. Furnished with fibrils; fringed. | |
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Fibrillation \Fi`bril*la"tion\, n. The state of being reduced to fibers. --Carpenter. | |
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Fibrillose \Fi*bril"lose\ (? [or] ?), a. Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages. | |
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Fibrillous \Fi*bril"lous\ (? [or] ?), a. [Cf. F. fibraleux.] Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers. | |
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Fibrolite \Fi"bro*lite\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also {sillimanite}, and {bucholizite}. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
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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. | |
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Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. --Milton. 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. | |
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. |