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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx ({Felis borealis}); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier ({F. Canadensis}); the bay lynx of America ({F. rufa}), and its western spotted variety ({var. maculata}); and the pardine lynx ({F. pardina}) of Southern Europe. 2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations. | |
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Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora}, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna}, that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European larch. {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G. flu}. {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia. | |
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Fardingdeal \Far"ding*deal\, n. [See {Farthing}, and {Deal} a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also {farding dale}, {fardingale}, etc.] | |
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Fardingdeal \Far"ding*deal\, n. [See {Farthing}, and {Deal} a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also {farding dale}, {fardingale}, etc.] | |
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Farding-bag \Far"ding-bag`\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. {Fardel}.] The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. | |
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Fardingdale \Far"ding*dale\, n. A farthingale. [Obs.] | |
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Fardingdeal \Far"ding*deal\, n. [See {Farthing}, and {Deal} a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also {farding dale}, {fardingale}, etc.] | |
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Farreation \Far`re*a"tion\, n. [L. farreatio.] Same as {Confarreation}. | |
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Farthing \Far"thing\, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe[a2]r[edh]ung, fr. fe[a2]r[edh]a fourth, fe[a2]r, fe[a2]wer, four. See {Four}.] 1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency. 2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. --Chaucer. 3. A division of land. [Obs.] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. --R. Carew. | |
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Farthingale \Far"thin*gale\, n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See {Verdant}.] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. --Shak. | |
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Ferding \Fer"ding\, n. [See {Farthing}.] A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.] | |
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Ferdness \Ferd"ness\, n. [OE. ferd fear. See {Fear}.] Fearfulness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Feriation \Fe`ri*a"tion\, n. [L. feriari to keep holiday, fr. ferie holidays.] The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferreting}.] [Cf. F. fureter. See {Ferret}, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. --Shak. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. {Floret}.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also {ferreting}. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ferreting}.] [Cf. F. fureter. See {Ferret}, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. --Shak. | |
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Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. {Floret}.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also {ferreting}. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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{Gas fitter}, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. {Gas fitting}. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. {Gas fixture}, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. {Gas generator}, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for a[89]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight. {Gas jet}, a flame of illuminating gas. {Gas machine}, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. {Gas meter}, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. {Gas retort}, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. {Gas stove}, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. {Gas tar}, coal tar. {Gas trap}, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th {Trap}, 5. {Gas washer} (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. --Knight. {Gas water}, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also {gas liquor} and {ammoniacal water}, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson. {Gas well}, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. --Raymond. {Gas works}, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. {Laughing gas}. See under {Laughing}. {Marsh gas} (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, {CH4}, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also {methane}, and in coal mines, {fire damp}. {Natural gas}, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. {Olefiant gas} (Chem.). See {Ethylene}. {Water gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline. | |
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Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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{Gas fitter}, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. {Gas fitting}. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. {Gas fixture}, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. {Gas generator}, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for a[89]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight. {Gas jet}, a flame of illuminating gas. {Gas machine}, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. {Gas meter}, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. {Gas retort}, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. {Gas stove}, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. {Gas tar}, coal tar. {Gas trap}, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th {Trap}, 5. {Gas washer} (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. --Knight. {Gas water}, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also {gas liquor} and {ammoniacal water}, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson. {Gas well}, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. --Raymond. {Gas works}, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. {Laughing gas}. See under {Laughing}. {Marsh gas} (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, {CH4}, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also {methane}, and in coal mines, {fire damp}. {Natural gas}, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. {Olefiant gas} (Chem.). See {Ethylene}. {Water gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline. | |
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Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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{Gas fitter}, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. {Gas fitting}. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. {Gas fixture}, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. {Gas generator}, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for a[89]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight. {Gas jet}, a flame of illuminating gas. {Gas machine}, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. {Gas meter}, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. {Gas retort}, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. {Gas stove}, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. {Gas tar}, coal tar. {Gas trap}, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th {Trap}, 5. {Gas washer} (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. --Knight. {Gas water}, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also {gas liquor} and {ammoniacal water}, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson. {Gas well}, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. --Raymond. {Gas works}, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. {Laughing gas}. See under {Laughing}. {Marsh gas} (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, {CH4}, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also {methane}, and in coal mines, {fire damp}. {Natural gas}, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. {Olefiant gas} (Chem.). See {Ethylene}. {Water gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline. | |
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Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. | |
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Main \Main\, n. [AS. m[91]gen strength, power, force; akin to OHG. magan, Icel. megin, and to E. may, v. [?]. See {May}, v.] 1. Strength; force; might; violent effort. [Obs., except in certain phrases.] There were in this battle of most might and main. --R. of Gl. He 'gan advance, With huge force, and with importable main. --Spenser. 2. The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing. [Obs., except in special uses.] Resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to use the other two . . . but as supporters. --Bacon. 3. Specifically: (a) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc.; the high sea; the ocean. [bd]Struggling in the main.[b8] --Dryden. (b) The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland. [bd]Invaded the main of Spain.[b8] --Bacon. (c) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main. {Forcing main}, the delivery pipe of a pump. {For the main}, [or] {In the main}, for the most part; in the greatest part. {With might and main}, [or] {With all one's might and main}, with all one's strength; with violent effort. With might and main they chased the murderous fox. --Dryden. | |
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Most \Most\, a., superl. of {More}. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. m[?]st; akin to D. meest, OS. m[c7]st, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. [fb]103. See {More}, a.] 1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. [bd]Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness.[b8] --Prov. xx. 6. The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. --Matt. xi. 20. 2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. [bd]In the moste pride.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Highest in rank; greatest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Note: Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion, quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part; preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result; especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the most, at most. A quarter of a year or some months at the most. --Bacon. A covetous man makes the most of what he has. --L'Estrange. {For the most part}, in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing. {Most an end}, generally. See {An end}, under {End}, n. [Obs.] [bd]She sleeps most an end.[b8] --Massinger. | |
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Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. --Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. --Locke. The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble. (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8] --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. --Shak. (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9. All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. --Dryden. (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx. 1. Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. --Milton. Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden. 4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. For he that is not against us is on our part. --Mark ix. 40. Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. --Waller. (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope. (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share. {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a. {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. --Hooker. {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure. {In part}, in some degree; partly. {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.[b8] --Howitt. {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett. Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. | |
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Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fording}.] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. --Milton. | |
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Fordone \For*done"\, a. [See {Fordo}.] Undone; ruined. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Fordwine \For*dwine"\, v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] --Rom of R. | |
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Foreadmonish \Fore`ad*mon"ish\, v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Foredeem \Fore*deem"\, v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] --Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. --J. Webster. | |
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Foredeem \Fore*deem"\, v. i. [Cf. {Foredoom}.] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.] Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. --Genevan Test. | |
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Foredoom \Fore*doom"\, v. t. [Cf. {Foredeem}.] To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. --Dryden. | |
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Foredoom \Fore"doom`\, n. Doom or sentence decreed in advance. [bd]A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult.[b8] --Southey. | |
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Forethink \Fore*think"\, v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.] | |
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Forethink \Fore*think"\, v. t. 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.] The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. --Shak. 2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Foretime \Fore"time`\, n. The past; the time before the present. [bd]A very dim foretime.[b8] --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. {Forewot}, 2d person {Forewost}, pl. {Forewiten}; imp. sing. {Forewiste}, pl. {Forewisten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forewiting}.] [AS. forewitan. See {Wit} to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also {forwete}.] --Chaucer. | |
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Forthink \For*think"\, v. t. To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. [Obs.] [bd]Let it forthink you.[b8] --Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quod this January. --Chaucer. | |
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Fortin \Fort"in\, n. [F. See {Fort}, n.] A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.] | |
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Fortnight \Fort"night`\ (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.] The space of fourteen days; two weeks. | |
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Fortnightly \Fort"night`ly\, a. Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication. -- adv. Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight. | |
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Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See {Fortune}, n.] 1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky. Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy. Usage: {Fortunate}, {Successful}, {Prosperous}. A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous. | |
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Fortunately \For"tu*nate*ly\, adv. In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily. | |
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Fortunateness \For"tu*nate*ness\, n. The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\ (f[ocir]r"t[usl]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Fortuitous}.] 1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. --Shak. 2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. --Cowley. 3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. --Swift. 4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate. {Fortune book}, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. --Crashaw. {Fortune hunter}, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. {Fortune teller}, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. {Fortune telling}, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\, v. t. [OF. fortuner, L. fortunare. See {Fortune}, n.] 1. To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To provide with a fortune. --Richardson. 3. To presage; to tell the fortune of. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\, v. i. To fall out; to happen. It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. --Knolles. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\ (f[ocir]r"t[usl]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Fortuitous}.] 1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. --Shak. 2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. --Cowley. 3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. --Swift. 4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate. {Fortune book}, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. --Crashaw. {Fortune hunter}, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. {Fortune teller}, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. {Fortune telling}, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\ (f[ocir]r"t[usl]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Fortuitous}.] 1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. --Shak. 2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. --Cowley. 3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. --Swift. 4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate. {Fortune book}, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. --Crashaw. {Fortune hunter}, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. {Fortune teller}, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. {Fortune telling}, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\ (f[ocir]r"t[usl]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Fortuitous}.] 1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. --Shak. 2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. --Cowley. 3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. --Swift. 4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate. {Fortune book}, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. --Crashaw. {Fortune hunter}, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. {Fortune teller}, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. {Fortune telling}, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another. | |
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Fortune \For"tune\ (f[ocir]r"t[usl]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Fortuitous}.] 1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. --Shak. 2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. --Cowley. 3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. --Swift. 4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate. {Fortune book}, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. --Crashaw. {Fortune hunter}, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. {Fortune teller}, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. {Fortune telling}, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another. | |
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Fortuneless \For"tune*less\, a. Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. --Spenser. | |
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Fortunize \For"tun*ize\, v. t. To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Forty-niner \For`ty-nin"er\, n. One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.] | |
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Foryetten \For*yet"ten\, obs. p. p. of {Foryete}. --Chaucer. | |
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Fourteen \Four"teen`\, a. [OE. fourtene, feowertene, AS. fe[a2]wert[ymac]ne, fe[a2]wert[emac]ne. See {Four}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Forty}.] Four and ten more; twice seven. | |
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Fourteen \Four"teen`\, n. 1. The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects. 2. A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv. | |
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Fourteenth \Four"teenth`\, n. 1. One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth. 2. (Mus.) The octave of the seventh. | |
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Fourteenth \Four"teenth`\, a. [Cf. OE. fourtende, fourtethe, AS. fe[a2]werteo[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month. 2. Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived. | |
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Tontine insurance \Ton*tine" in*su"rance\ (Life Insurance) Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or {full tontine}, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the {semitontine} plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are called {free tontine}, {deferred dividend}, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement. | |
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl. {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray}, {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. --Locke. 2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty. 3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior. 5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. --Milton. 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden. 7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. --Milward. 8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. --Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. --Shelley. 9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money. 10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet. 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy. 12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse. 13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. --Dryden. 14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you? --Shak. 15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift. 16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc. 17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill. 18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill. 19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}. {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] --Bouvier. {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. {Free church}. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy ways.[b8] --W. Black. {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty. {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. {Free port}. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds. {Free school}. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. --Burrill. {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. --Abbott. {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade. {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind. | |
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Free-denizen \Free"-den`i*zen\, v. t. To make free. [R.] | |
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Freedman \Freed"man\, n.; pl. {Freedmen}. A man who has been a slave, and has been set free. | |
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Freedman \Freed"man\, n.; pl. {Freedmen}. A man who has been a slave, and has been set free. | |
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Freedom \Free"dom\ (fr[emac]"d[ucr]m), n. [AS. fre[a2]d[omac]m; fre[a2]free + -dom. See {Free}, and {-dom}.] 1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. --Milton. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. --Shak. 3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will. 4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom. 5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. --Milton. 6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license. 7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Freedom fine}, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. {Freedom of the city}, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services. Syn: See {Liberty}. | |
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Freedom \Free"dom\ (fr[emac]"d[ucr]m), n. [AS. fre[a2]d[omac]m; fre[a2]free + -dom. See {Free}, and {-dom}.] 1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. --Milton. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. --Shak. 3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will. 4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom. 5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. --Milton. 6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license. 7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Freedom fine}, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. {Freedom of the city}, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services. Syn: See {Liberty}. | |
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Freedom \Free"dom\ (fr[emac]"d[ucr]m), n. [AS. fre[a2]d[omac]m; fre[a2]free + -dom. See {Free}, and {-dom}.] 1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. --Milton. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. --Shak. 3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will. 4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom. 5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. --Milton. 6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license. 7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Freedom fine}, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. {Freedom of the city}, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services. Syn: See {Liberty}. | |
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Freethinker \Free"think`er\, n. One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. --Addison. Syn: Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See {Infidel}. | |
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Freethinking \Free"think`ing\, n. Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. --Berkeley. -- a. Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical. | |
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Free-tongued \Free"-tongued`\, a. Speaking without reserve. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Fretten \Fret"ten\, a. [The old p. p. of fret to rub.] Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox. [Obs.] --Wright. | |
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Fret \Fret\ (fr[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[84]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.] 1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. 2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1. | |
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Friation \Fri*a"tion\, n. [See {Friable}.] The act of breaking up or pulverizing. | |
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Fritinancy \Frit"i*nan*cy\, n. [L. fritinnire to twitter.] A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Frit \Frit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fritted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fritting}.] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. --Ure. | |
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Fritting \Frit"ting\, n. [See {Frit} to expose to heat.] The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion. | |
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Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eb]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [be]freo[eb]an to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. {Froth insect} (Zo[94]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}. {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo. | |
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Frothiness \Froth"i*ness\, n. State or quality of being frothy. | |
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Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Frothing}.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson. 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. | |
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Frothing \Froth"ing\, n. Exaggerated declamation; rant. | |
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Fruiting \Fruit"ing\, a. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit. | |
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Fruiting \Fruit"ing\, n. The bearing of fruit. | |
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Fruition \Fru*i"tion\, n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See {Fruit}, n.] Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. [bd]Capacity of fruition.[b8] --Rogers. [bd]Godlike fruition.[b8] --Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. --Shak. | |
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Fyrd \Fyrd\, Fyrdung \Fyr"dung\, n. [AS.; akin to E. fare, v. i.] (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. --J. R. Green. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fairton, NJ (CDP, FIPS 22530) Location: 39.37790 N, 75.21494 W Population (1990): 1359 (572 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ferdinand, ID (city, FIPS 27460) Location: 46.15282 N, 116.38946 W Population (1990): 135 (59 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83526 Ferdinand, IN (town, FIPS 22990) Location: 38.22825 N, 86.86212 W Population (1990): 2318 (774 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47532 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Ann, NY (village, FIPS 26704) Location: 43.41495 N, 73.49062 W Population (1990): 419 (166 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12827 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Hancock, NJ Zip code(s): 07732 Fort Hancock, TX Zip code(s): 79839 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Hunt, VA (CDP, FIPS 29136) Location: 38.73270 N, 77.05837 W Population (1990): 12989 (4942 housing units) Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Madison, IA (city, FIPS 28605) Location: 40.61974 N, 91.35218 W Population (1990): 11618 (5209 housing units) Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 9.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52627 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Mc Clellan, AL Zip code(s): 36205 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Mc Kavett, TX Zip code(s): 76841 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort McClellan, AL (CDP, FIPS 27544) Location: 33.71883 N, 85.79072 W Population (1990): 4128 (576 housing units) Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Mcdowell, AZ Zip code(s): 85264 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort McKinley, OH (CDP, FIPS 27846) Location: 39.80600 N, 84.25665 W Population (1990): 9740 (3552 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Meade, FL (city, FIPS 24100) Location: 27.75229 N, 81.79561 W Population (1990): 4976 (2114 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33841 Fort Meade, MD (CDP, FIPS 29400) Location: 39.10810 N, 76.74197 W Population (1990): 12509 (3030 housing units) Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fort Meade, SD Zip code(s): 57741 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Mill, SC (town, FIPS 26890) Location: 35.00614 N, 80.94346 W Population (1990): 4930 (1989 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Mitchell, KY (city, FIPS 28558) Location: 39.04515 N, 84.55554 W Population (1990): 7438 (3354 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Monmouth, NJ Zip code(s): 07703 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Montgomery, NY (CDP, FIPS 26902) Location: 41.33758 N, 73.98774 W Population (1990): 1450 (624 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Morgan, AL Zip code(s): 36542 Fort Morgan, CO (city, FIPS 27810) Location: 40.26518 N, 103.79457 W Population (1990): 9068 (3761 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80701 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Motte, SC Zip code(s): 29135 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Myers, FL (city, FIPS 24125) Location: 26.63065 N, 81.85057 W Population (1990): 45206 (21388 housing units) Area: 56.9 sq km (land), 22.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33901, 33903, 33907, 33908, 33912, 33913, 33916, 33917 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Myers Beach, FL (CDP, FIPS 24150) Location: 26.44997 N, 81.93296 W Population (1990): 9284 (9977 housing units) Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 4.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33931 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Myers Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 24175) Location: 26.71351 N, 81.73870 W Population (1990): 5460 (2194 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Necessity, LA Zip code(s): 71243 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Thomas, KY (city, FIPS 28594) Location: 39.08240 N, 84.45032 W Population (1990): 16032 (6544 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41075 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Thompson, SD (CDP, FIPS 22340) Location: 44.04977 N, 99.41198 W Population (1990): 1088 (275 housing units) Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 5.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57339 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Wainwright, AK Zip code(s): 99703 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Wayne, IN (city, FIPS 25000) Location: 41.07375 N, 85.13902 W Population (1990): 173072 (77166 housing units) Area: 162.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46802, 46803, 46804, 46805, 46806, 46807, 46808, 46809, 46815, 46816, 46818, 46819, 46825, 46835, 46845 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fortuna, CA (city, FIPS 25296) Location: 40.58581 N, 124.13967 W Population (1990): 8788 (3711 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95540 Fortuna, MO Zip code(s): 65034 Fortuna, ND (city, FIPS 27820) Location: 48.91106 N, 103.77690 W Population (1990): 53 (46 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fortuna Foothills, AZ (CDP, FIPS 25030) Location: 32.65767 N, 114.41103 W Population (1990): 7737 (6957 housing units) Area: 122.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredon Township, NJ Zip code(s): 07860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredonia, AZ (town, FIPS 25720) Location: 36.96476 N, 112.51885 W Population (1990): 1207 (464 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86022 Fredonia, IA (city, FIPS 29055) Location: 41.28470 N, 91.33895 W Population (1990): 201 (86 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fredonia, KS (city, FIPS 24575) Location: 37.53291 N, 95.82403 W Population (1990): 2599 (1354 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fredonia, KY (city, FIPS 29080) Location: 37.20906 N, 88.05883 W Population (1990): 490 (217 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42411 Fredonia, ND (city, FIPS 28380) Location: 46.32859 N, 99.09487 W Population (1990): 66 (37 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58440 Fredonia, NY (village, FIPS 27419) Location: 42.44045 N, 79.33179 W Population (1990): 10436 (3548 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14063 Fredonia, PA (borough, FIPS 27688) Location: 41.32222 N, 80.25882 W Population (1990): 683 (269 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16124 Fredonia, TX Zip code(s): 76842 Fredonia, WI (village, FIPS 27550) Location: 43.46847 N, 87.95174 W Population (1990): 1558 (512 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredonia (Biscoe), AR (town, FIPS 25060) Location: 34.81858 N, 91.40908 W Population (1990): 484 (190 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Freedom, CA (CDP, FIPS 25576) Location: 36.94003 N, 121.78932 W Population (1990): 8361 (2374 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95019 Freedom, IN Zip code(s): 47431 Freedom, ME Zip code(s): 04941 Freedom, NH Zip code(s): 03836 Freedom, NY Zip code(s): 14065 Freedom, OK (town, FIPS 27850) Location: 36.76652 N, 99.11256 W Population (1990): 264 (147 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73842 Freedom, PA (borough, FIPS 27712) Location: 40.68465 N, 80.25336 W Population (1990): 1897 (774 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15042 Freedom, WY Zip code(s): 83120 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Freetown, IN Zip code(s): 47235 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Friedens, PA (CDP, FIPS 27928) Location: 40.04259 N, 79.00527 W Population (1990): 1576 (569 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15541 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Friedheim, MO Zip code(s): 63747 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fortune cookie n. [WAITS, via Unix; common] A random quote, item of trivia, joke, or maxim printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. Items from this lexicon have often been used as fortune cookies. See {cookie file}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
frednet /fred'net/ n. Used to refer to some {random} and uncommon protocol encountered on a network. "We're implementing bridging in our router to solve the frednet problem." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Forth Modification Lab the West coast of the USA (). (1997-04-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fortune cookie ({WAITS}, via the {Unix} "fortune" program) A quotation, item of trivia, joke, or maxim selected at random from a collection (the "{cookie file}") and printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. There was a fortune program on {TOPS-20}. [First program?] [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fourth normal form {database normalisation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
frednet /fred'net/ Used to refer to some {random} and uncommon {protocol} encountered on a {network}. "We're implementing bridging in our {router} to solve the frednet problem." [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Farthing (1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small _as_, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an _as_, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fortunatus fortunate, a disciple of Corinth who visited Paul at Ephesus, and returned with Stephanas and Achaicus, the bearers of the apostle's first letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 16:17). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Freedom The law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to receive their freedom (Ex. 21:2-4, 7, 8; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-55; Deut. 15:12-18). Under the Roman law the "freeman" (ingenuus) was one born free; the "freedman" (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equal rights with the freeman (Acts 22:28; comp. Acts 16:37-39; 21:39; 22:25; 25:11, 12). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Fortunatus, lucky, fortunate |