English Dictionary: fifth | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {fifing}.] To play on a fife. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifth \Fifth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[c6]fta. See {Five}.] 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. {Fifth monarchy men} (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. {Fifth wheel}, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifty \Fif"ty\, a. [AS. f[c6]ftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. f[81]nfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See {Five}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fifteen}.] Five times ten; as, fifty men. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fifty \Fif"ty\, n.; pl. {Fifties}. 1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects. 2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l. | |
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foveate \Fo"ve*ate\, a. [L. fovea a pit.] Having pits or depressions; pitted. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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