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{Cylinder face} (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. {Face of an anvil}, its flat upper surface. {Face of a bastion} (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. {Face of coal} (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. {Face of a gun}, the surface of metal at the muzzle. {Face of a place} (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm. {Face of a square} (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. {Face of a} {watch, clock, compass, card etc.}, the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. {Face to face}. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. [bd]Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.[b8] 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [85] vis; -- opposed to {back to back}. {To fly in the face of}, to defy; to brave; to withstand. {To make a face}, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. --Shak. | |
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Factive \Fac"tive\, a. Making; having power to make. [Obs.] [bd]You are . . . factive, not destructive.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Fagot \Fag"ot\n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] bundle, fagot. Cf. {Fagotto}.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak. 2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. 3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See {Fagotto}. 4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] --Addison. 5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] {Fagot iron}, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. {Fagot vote}, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.] | |
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Fast \Fast\, adv. [OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f[91]ste. See {Fast}, a.] 1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. --Judg. xv. 13. 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. {Fast by}, [or] {Fast beside}, close or near to; near at hand. He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. --Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope. | |
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Fast \Fast\, adv. [OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f[91]ste. See {Fast}, a.] 1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. --Judg. xv. 13. 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. {Fast by}, [or] {Fast beside}, close or near to; near at hand. He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. --Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope. | |
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Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. {Pulleys}. [F. poulie, perhaps of Teutonic origin (cf. {Poll}, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine, polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. {Pullet}, {Foal}). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam, originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See {Block}. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion. {Band pulley}, [or] {Belt pulley}, a pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt. {Cone pulley}. See {Cone pulley}. {Conical pulley}, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities. {Fast pulley}, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft. {Loose pulley}, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {Parting pulley}, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft. {Pulley block}. Same as {Block}, n. 6. {Pulley stile} (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides. {Split pulley}, a parting pulley. | |
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Guardian \Guard"i*an\, a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. {Feast of Guardian Angels} (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. {Guardian angel}. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. --O. W. Holmes. {Guardian spirit}, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region. | |
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Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See {Tabern}.] 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb. xi. 9. Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. --Evelyn. 2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. --Ex. xxvi. 3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. --Acts xv. 16. 4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet. i. 14. 5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: (a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. (b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture. (c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like. (d) A tryptich for sacred imagery. (e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy. 6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. {Feast of Tabernacles} (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. {Tabernacle work}, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
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Week \Week\, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik[?], probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. {Weak}.] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. I fast twice in the week. --Luke xviii. 12. Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. --Encyc. Brit. {Feast of Weeks}. See {Pentecost}, 1. {Prophetic week}, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix. 24. {Week day}. See under {Day}. | |
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Pentecost \Pen"te*cost\, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. [?] fiftieth, fr. [?] fifty, fr. [?] five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the {Feast of Weeks}. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. 2. A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also {Whitsunday}. --Shak. | |
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Feastful \Feast"ful\, a. Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. [bd]Feastful days.[b8] --Milton. -- {Feast"ful*ly}, adv. | |
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Feastful \Feast"ful\, a. Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. [bd]Feastful days.[b8] --Milton. -- {Feast"ful*ly}, adv. | |
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Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak. | |
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Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton. Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See {Feast}. | |
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Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak. | |
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Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton. Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See {Feast}. | |
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Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See {feast}, and cf. {Festivous}.] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- {Fes"tive*ly}, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson. | |
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Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See {feast}, and cf. {Festivous}.] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- {Fes"tive*ly}, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson. | |
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Festivity \Fes*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Festivities}. [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivit[82].] 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. --Bp. Hurd. 2. A festival; a festive celebration. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Festivity \Fes*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Festivities}. [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivit[82].] 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. --Bp. Hurd. 2. A festival; a festive celebration. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Festivous \Fes"ti*vous\, a. [See {Festive}.] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Fictive \Fic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. [bd]The fount of fictive tears.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Davit \Dav"it\, n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the {fish davit}. (b) pl. Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also {boat davits}. --Totten. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Davit \Dav"it\, n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the {fish davit}. (b) pl. Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also {boat davits}. --Totten. | |
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Fixative \Fix"a*tive\, n. That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. {Fugitive from justice} (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See {Bow} to bend, and cf. {Feverfew}.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. {Fugitive compositions}, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See {Bow} to bend, and cf. {Feverfew}.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. {Fugitive compositions}, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. {Fugitive from justice} (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitively \Fu"gi*tive*ly\, adv. In a fugitive manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fugitiveness \Fu"gi*tive*ness\, n. The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
face-to-face interaction in real life as opposed to via some digital or electronic communications medium. (1997-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fast Fourier Transform transform} of a set of discrete data values. Given a finite set of data points, for example a periodic sampling taken from a real-world signal, the FFT expresses the data in terms of its component frequencies. It also solves the essentially identical inverse problem of reconstructing a signal from the frequency data. The FFT is a mainstay of {numerical analysis}. Gilbert Strang described it as "the most important algorithm of our generation". The FFT also provides the asymptotically fastest known algorithm for multiplying two {polynomial}s. Versions of the algorithm (in {C} and {Fortran}) can be found on-line from the {GAMS} server {here (http://gams.nist.gov/cgi-bin/gams-serve/class/J1.html)}. ["Numerical Methods and Analysis", Buchanan and Turner]. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fast Packet {Asynchronous Transfer Mode} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory Random Access Memory}? (1996-10-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fixed point for which f x = x. A function may have any number of fixed points from none (e.g. f x = x+1) to infinitely many (e.g. f x = x). The {fixed point combinator}, written as either "fix" or "Y" will return the fixed point of a function. See also {least fixed point}. (1995-04-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fixed point combinator {fixed point} function, also written as "{fix}". (1994-10-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fixed-point is represented by an {integer} N such that R=N*B, where B is the (assumed) base of the representation. On computers with no {floating-point unit} fixed-point calculations can be significantly faster as all the operations are basically integer operations. Apart from that, fixed-point representation has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is B throughout the representable range, in sharp contrast to {floating-point} representations. (1998-05-18) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Festivals, Religious There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9; 27:20). (1.) The septenary festivals were, (a) The weekly Sabbath (Lev. 23:1-3; Ex. 19:3-30; 20:8-11; 31:12, etc.). (b) The seventh new moon, or the feast of Trumpets (Num. 28:11-15; 29:1-6). (c) The Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:10, 11; Lev. 25:2-7). (d) The year of jubilee (Lev. 23-35; 25: 8-16; 27:16-25). (2.) The great feasts were, (a) The Passover. (b) The feast of Pentecost, or of weeks. (c) The feast of Tabernacles, or of ingathering. On each of these occasions every male Israelite was commanded "to appear before the Lord" (Deut. 27:7; Neh. 8:9-12). The attendance of women was voluntary. (Comp. Luke 2:41; 1 Sam. 1:7; 2:19.) The promise that God would protect their homes (Ex. 34:23, 24) while all the males were absent in Jerusalem at these feasts was always fulfilled. "During the whole period between Moses and Christ we never read of an enemy invading the land at the time of the three festivals. The first instance on record is thirty-three years after they had withdrawn from themselves the divine protection by imbruing their hands in the Saviour's blood, when Cestius, the Roman general, slew fifty of the people of Lydda while all the rest had gone up to the feast of Tabernacles, A.D. 66." These festivals, besides their religious purpose, had an important bearing on the maintenance among the people of the feeling of a national unity. The times fixed for their observance were arranged so as to interfere as little as possible with the industry of the people. The Passover was kept just before the harvest commenced, Pentecost at the conclusion of the corn harvest and before the vintage, the feast of Tabernacles after all the fruits of the ground had been gathered in. (3.) The Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the seventh month (Lev. 16:1, 34; 23:26-32; Num. 29:7-11). (See ATONEMENT, DAY {OF}.) Of the post-Exilian festivals reference is made to the feast of Dedication (John 10:22). This feast was appointed by Judas Maccabaeus in commemoration of the purification of the temple after it had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes. The "feast of Purim" (q.v.), Esther 9:24-32, was also instituted after the Exile. (Cf. John 5:1.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fugitive Gen. 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n'a); Judg. 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2 Kings 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb. nophel); Ezek. 17:21, one who has broken away in flight (Heb. mibrah); Isa. 15:5; 43:14, a breaker away, a fugitive (Heb. beriah), one who flees away. |