English Dictionary: fisheye lens | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Merlin \Mer"lin\, n. [OE. merlion, F. [82]merillon; cf. OHG. smirl, G. schmerl; prob. fr. L. merula blackbird. Cf. {Merle}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European falcon ({Falco lithofalco}, or {F. [91]salon}). | |
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Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}. [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.] | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Facial \Fa"cial\, a. [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.] Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- {Fa"cial*ly}, adv. {Facial angle} (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See {Gnathic index}, under {Gnathic}. | |
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Facile \Fac"ile\a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr {Fact}, and cf. {Faculty}.] 1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. --Evelyn. 2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered. The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. --Milton. 3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B. Jonson. 4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. --Milton. This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. --Prof. Wilson. 5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen. -- {Fac"ile-ly}, adv. -- {Fac"ile*ness}, n. | |
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Feculence \Fec"u*lence\, n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. f[82]culence.] 1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness. 2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs. | |
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Feculency \Fec"u*len*cy\, n. Feculence. | |
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Feculent \Fec"u*lent\, a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. f[82]culent. See {Fecula}.] Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid. Both his hands most filthy feculent. --Spenser. | |
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Fickleness \Fic"kle*ness\, n. The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. --Shak. | |
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Figuline \Fig"u*line\, a. [L. figulinus. See {Figulate}.] 1. Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of clay. 2. Made of clay, as by the potter; -- said of vessels, ornamental figures, or the like; as, figuline ware. | |
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Figuline \Fig"u*line\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., fr. L. figulina pottery, fr. figulus. See {Figulate}.] A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. --Longfellow. | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fissilingual \Fis`si*lin"gual\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. lingual.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the tongue forked. | |
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d8Fissilinguia \[d8]Fis`si*lin"gui*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. o f findere to split) + lingua tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [Written also {Fissilingues}.] | |
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Fizzle \Fiz"zle\ (f[icr]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled} (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[icr]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. --B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] {To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.] | |
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Foozle \Foo"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Foozled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foozling}.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.] To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf. She foozles all along the course. --Century Mag. | |
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Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.] 1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter. 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? --Job xxxix. 10. Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under {Reem}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}. 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.] {Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. {Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo[94]l.), the narwhal. {Unicorn moth} (Zo[94]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[d2]lodasys unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}. {Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the blazing star ({Cham[91]lirium luteum}). Both are used in medicine. {Unicorn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros} and {Leucozonia}. | |
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Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.] 1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter. 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? --Job xxxix. 10. Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under {Reem}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}. 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.] {Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. {Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo[94]l.), the narwhal. {Unicorn moth} (Zo[94]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[d2]lodasys unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}. {Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the blazing star ({Cham[91]lirium luteum}). Both are used in medicine. {Unicorn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros} and {Leucozonia}. | |
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Fugleman \Fu"gle*man\, n.; pl. {Fuglemen}. [G. fl[81]gelmann file leader; fl[81]gel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf. {Flugrelman}.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also {flugelman}.] 2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose] | |
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Fugleman \Fu"gle*man\, n.; pl. {Fuglemen}. [G. fl[81]gelmann file leader; fl[81]gel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf. {Flugrelman}.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also {flugelman}.] 2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose] | |
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Foosland, IL (village, FIPS 26662) Location: 40.36042 N, 88.42873 W Population (1990): 132 (48 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61845 | |
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Fjolnir from the {University of Iceland}. [Pall Haraldsson (1995-03-17) |