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Fabric \Fab"ric\, n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See {Forge}.] 1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric. 2. That which is fabricated; as: (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. --Milton. (b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics. 3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor. --Milman. 4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. --Macaulay. | |
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Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricking}.] To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] [bd]Fabric their mansions.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Fabricant \Fab"ri*cant\, n. [F.] One who fabricates; a manufacturer. --Simmonds. | |
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Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricating}.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See {Fabric}, {Farge}.] 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. --Paley. | |
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Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricating}.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See {Fabric}, {Farge}.] 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. --Paley. | |
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Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricating}.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See {Fabric}, {Farge}.] 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. --Paley. | |
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Fabrication \Fab`ri*ca"tion\, n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.] 1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. --Burke. 2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication. Syn: See {Fiction}. | |
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Fabricator \Fab"ri*ca`tor\, n. [L.] One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. The fabricator of the works of Ossian. --Mason. | |
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Fabricatress \Fab"ri*ca`tress\, n. A woman who fabricates. | |
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Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricking}.] To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] [bd]Fabric their mansions.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fabricking}.] To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] [bd]Fabric their mansions.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Favier explosive \Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive\ [After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman.] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining. | |
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Favoress \Fa"vor*ess\, n. A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written also {fovouress}.] | |
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Febricitate \Fe*bric"i*tate\, v. i. [L. febricitare, fr. febris. See {Febrile}.] To have a fever. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Febriculose \Fe*bric"u*lose`\, a. [L. febriculosus.] Somewhat feverish. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Fever \Fe"ver\, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi[8a]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.] 1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever. Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit. 2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever. An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation. --Shak. After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak. {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain}, {Continued}, etc. {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See {Spicewood}. {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}. {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus {Triosteum} ({T. perfoliatum}); -- called also {feverwort} amd {horse gentian}. {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner. | |
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Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. [bd]The feverish north.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. [bd]The feverish north.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. [bd]The feverish north.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Feverous \Fe"ver*ous\, a. [Cf.F. fi[82]vreux.] 1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish. His heart, love's feverous citadel. --Keats. 2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse. All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. --Milton. 3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Feverously \Fe"ver*ous*ly\, adv. Feverishly. [Obs.] --Donne. | |
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Fiber \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant. 3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman. 4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. {Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. {Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc. | |
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Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent ({Fiber zibethicus}). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also {musquash}, {musk beaver}, and {ondatra}. | |
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Fibrocartilage \Fi`bro*car"ti*lage\, n. [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- {Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous}, a. | |
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Fibrocartilage \Fi`bro*car"ti*lage\, n. [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- {Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous}, a. | |
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Fibrochondrosteal \Fi`bro*chon*dros"te*al\, a. [L. fibra a fiber + gr. [?] cartilage + [?] bone.] (Anat.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. --St. George Mivart. | |
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Fibrous \Fi"brous\, a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- {Fi"brous*ness}, n. | |
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Fibrous \Fi"brous\, a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- {Fi"brous*ness}, n. | |
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Foppery \Fop"per*y\, n.; pl. {Fopperies}. [From {Fop}.] 1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly. 2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. --Shak. | |
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Favoress \Fa"vor*ess\, n. A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written also {fovouress}.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fibre Channel originally intended for high-speed {SAN}s connecting {servers}, {disc arrays}, and {backup} devices, also later adapted to form the {physical layer} of {Gigabit Ethernet}. Development work on Fibre channel started in 1988 and it was approved by the ANSI standards committee in 1994, running at 100Mb/s. More recent innovations have seen the speed of Fibre Channel SANs increase to 10Gb/s. Several topologies are possible with Fibre Channel, the most popular being a number of devices attached to one (or two, for redundancy) central Fibre Channel switches, creating a reliable infrastructure that allows servers to share storage arrays or tape libraries. One common use of Fibre Channel SANs is for high availability databaseq clusters where two servers are connected to one highly reliable {RAID} array. Should one server fail, the other server can mount the array itself and continue operations with minimal {downtime} and loss of data. Other advanced features include the ability to have servers and {hard drives} seperated by hundreds of miles or to rapidly {mirror} data between servers and hard drives, perhaps in seperate geographic locations. {Fibre Channel Industry Association (http://www.fibrechannel.org)} (FCIA). (2003-09-27) | |
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Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop standard intended to replace {SCSI} on high-end {servers}. FC-AL has a number of advantages over SCSI. It offers higher speed: the base speed is 100 {megabytes} per second, with 200, 400, and 800 planned. Many devices are dual ported, i.e., can be accessed through two independent ports, which doubles speed and increases fault tolerance. Cables can be as long as 30 m (coaxial) or 10 km (optical). FC-AL enables {self-configuring} and {hot swapping} and the maximum number of devices on a single port is 126. Finally, it provides software compatibility with SCSI. Despite all these features FC-AL is unlikely to appear on desktops anytime soon, partly because its price, partly because typical {desktop computers} would not take advantage of many of the advanced features. On these systems {FireWire} has more potential. [Current status? Reference?] (1999-09-12) |