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   fifth
         adj 1: coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in
                  position [syn: {fifth}, {5th}]
         n 1: a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States
               gallon
         2: position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth
            out of several hundred runners"
         3: one part in five equal parts [syn: {one-fifth}, {fifth},
            {fifth part}, {twenty percent}]
         4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes
            away from it

English Dictionary: fifty by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifty
adj
  1. being ten more than forty
    Synonym(s): fifty, 50, l
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
    Synonym(s): fifty, 50, L
  2. a United States bill worth 50 dollars
    Synonym(s): fifty dollar bill, fifty
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]:
   Fifth
  
      An enhanced version of FORTH.   M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click
      , Texas A&M, 1985.   Available from the
      Software Construction Co, (409)696-5432.
  
  
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