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Factor \Fac"tor\, n. [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See {Fact}.] 1. (Law) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. --Story. --Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. --Marlowe. 2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product. 4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. --H. Spencer. | |
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Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. | |
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Factorage \Fac"tor*age\, n. [Cf. F. factorage.] The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a {commission}. | |
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Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. | |
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Factoress \Fac"tor*ess\, n. A factor who is a woman. [R.] | |
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Factorial \Fac*to"ri*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a factory. --Buchanan. 2. (Math.) Related to factorials. | |
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Factorial \Fac*to"ri*al\, n. (Math.) (a) pl. A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. --Brande & C. (b) The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number. | |
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Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r[?]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.] 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. [bd]The Company's factory at Madras.[b8] --Burke. 2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. 3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. {Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. | |
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Factor \Fac"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factored} (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factoring}.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. | |
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Factoring \Fac"tor*ing\, n. (Math.) The act of resolving into factors. | |
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Factorize \Fac"tor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factorized} (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factorizing} (-?"z?ng).] (Law) (a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See {Garnish}. [Vt. & Conn.] | |
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Factorize \Fac"tor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factorized} (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factorizing} (-?"z?ng).] (Law) (a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See {Garnish}. [Vt. & Conn.] | |
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Factorize \Fac"tor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Factorized} (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Factorizing} (-?"z?ng).] (Law) (a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See {Garnish}. [Vt. & Conn.] | |
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Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. {Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the {process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or {factorizing process}. [U. S.] | |
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Factorship \Fac"tor*ship\, n. The business of a factor. | |
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Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r[?]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.] 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. [bd]The Company's factory at Madras.[b8] --Burke. 2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. 3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. {Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. | |
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Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r[?]z). [Cf. F. factorerie.] 1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. [bd]The Company's factory at Madras.[b8] --Burke. 2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. 3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. {Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. | |
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Facture \Fac"ture\, n. [F. facture a making, invoice, L. factura a making. See {Fact}.] 1. The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. --Bacon. 2. (Com.) An invoice or bill of parcels. | |
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Fagot \Fag"ot\n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] bundle, fagot. Cf. {Fagotto}.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. --Shak. 2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. 3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See {Fagotto}. 4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] --Addison. 5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] {Fagot iron}, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. {Fagot vote}, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.] | |
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Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[?]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. {Fast}, adv., {Fast}, v., {Avast}.] 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke. 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser. 3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. 5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon. 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak. 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray. {Fast and loose}, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. [bd]Play fast and loose with faith.[b8] --Shak. {Fast and loose pulleys} (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re[89]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. {Hard and fast} (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. {To make fast} (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door. | |
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Faster \Fast"er\, n. One who abstains from food. | |
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Feaster \Feast"er\, n. 1. One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. --Johnson. | |
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Fester \Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. --Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. --South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. --Macaulay. 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. | |
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Fester \Fes`ter\, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. --Marston. | |
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Fester \Fes"ter\, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. {Fistula}.] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. 2. A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. --I. Taylor. | |
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Fester \Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. --Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. --South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. --Macaulay. 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. | |
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Fester \Fes"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Festered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festering}.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See {Fester}, n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. --Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. --South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. --Macaulay. 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. | |
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Festerment \Fes"ter*ment\, n. A festering. [R.] --Chalmers. | |
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Fictor \Fic"tor\, n. [L.] An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material. [R.] --Elmes. | |
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Fig \Fig\, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. {Fico}.] 1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica}) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands. 2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors. Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See {Caprification}. 3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.] 4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. [bd]A fig for Peter.[b8] --Shak. {Cochineal fig}. See {Conchineal fig}. {Fig dust}, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds. {Fig faun}, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. [bd]Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns.[b8] --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version). {Fig gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs. {Fig leaf}, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty. {Fig marigold} (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers. {Fig tree} (Bot.), any tree of the genus {Ficus}, but especially {F. Carica} which produces the fig of commerce. | |
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Figeater \Fig"eat`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large beetle ({Allorhina nitida}) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See {Figpecker}. | |
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Fighter \Fight"er\, n. [AS. feohtere.] One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. --Shak. | |
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Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also {crampfish}, and {numbfish}. See {Electrical fish}, under {Electrical}. Note: The common European torpedo ({T. vulgaris}) and the American species ({T. occidentalis}) are the best known. 2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: (a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore. (b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship. 3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it. 4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal. 5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil. 6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. {Fish torpedo}, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo. {Spar torpedo}, a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo. {Torpedo boat}, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. | |
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Trowel \Trow"el\, n. [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. [?] a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. [thorn]vara, AS. [thorn]wiril. Cf. {Twirl}.] 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. 2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc. 3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold. {Trowel bayonet}. See {Spade bayonet}, under {Spade}. {Fish trowel}. See {Fish slice}, under {Fish}. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. | |
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Fixture \Fix"ture\ (f[icr]ks"t[usl]r; 135), n. [Cf. {Fixure}.] 1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away. 2. State of being fixed; fixedness. The firm fixture of thy foot. --Shak. 3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. --Wharton (Law Dict.). --Bouvier. Note: This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works. | |
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Foister \Foist"er\, n. One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. --Mir. for Mag. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, n. A forester. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, n. One who, or that which, fosters. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, v. i. To be nourished or trained up together. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fostered}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fostering}.] [OE. fostren, fr. AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, food, nourishment, fr. f[d3]da food. [fb]75. See {Food}.] 1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. --Shak. 2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Fosterage \Fos"ter*age\ (?; 48), n. The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fostered}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fostering}.] [OE. fostren, fr. AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, food, nourishment, fr. f[d3]da food. [fb]75. See {Food}.] 1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. --Shak. 2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fostered}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fostering}.] [OE. fostren, fr. AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, food, nourishment, fr. f[d3]da food. [fb]75. See {Food}.] 1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. --Shak. 2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius. | |
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Fosterling \Fos"ter*ling\, n. [AS. f[d3]storling.] A foster child. | |
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Fosterment \Fos"ter*ment\, n. Food; nourishment. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fostress \Fos"tress\, n. [For fosteress.] A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse. --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusteric \Fus"ter*ic\, n. The coloring matter of fustet. --Ure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusty \Fusty\, a. [Compar. {Fustier}; superl {Fustiest}.] [See {2d Fust}.] 1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. [bd]A fusty plebeians.[b8] --Shak. 2. Moping. [Archaic] A melancholy, fusty humor. --Pepys. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Factoryville, PA (borough, FIPS 24488) Location: 41.56004 N, 75.78346 W Population (1990): 1310 (355 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18419 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Feasterville Tre, PA Zip code(s): 19053 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Feasterville-Trevose, PA (CDP, FIPS 25520) Location: 40.15265 N, 74.98659 W Population (1990): 6696 (2690 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fishtrap, KY Zip code(s): 41557 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foster, KY (city, FIPS 28630) Location: 38.79977 N, 84.21387 W Population (1990): 65 (34 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41043 Foster, MO (town, FIPS 25372) Location: 38.16670 N, 94.50798 W Population (1990): 161 (68 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64745 Foster, NE (village, FIPS 17320) Location: 42.27368 N, 97.66502 W Population (1990): 57 (32 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68737 Foster, OK Zip code(s): 73039 Foster, OR Zip code(s): 97345 Foster, RI Zip code(s): 02825 Foster, WV Zip code(s): 25081 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foster City, CA (city, FIPS 25338) Location: 37.56381 N, 122.24467 W Population (1990): 28176 (11747 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 41.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94404 Foster City, MI Zip code(s): 49834 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foster County, ND (county, FIPS 31) Location: 47.45977 N, 98.88531 W Population (1990): 3983 (1876 housing units) Area: 1645.3 sq km (land), 29.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Foster Falls, VA Zip code(s): 24360 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fosterdale, NY Zip code(s): 12726 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fosters, AL Zip code(s): 35463 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fostoria, IA (city, FIPS 28650) Location: 43.24157 N, 95.15476 W Population (1990): 205 (86 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51340 Fostoria, MI Zip code(s): 48435 Fostoria, OH (city, FIPS 28014) Location: 41.15917 N, 83.41358 W Population (1990): 14983 (6167 housing units) Area: 18.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44830 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
factor n. See {coefficient of X}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
factor A quantity which is multiplied by another quantity. See {coefficient of X}. See also {divisor}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Faster LEX generator}, by Vern Paxson {Flex++} produces {C++} and {aflex} produces {Ada}. FTP flex-2.3.8.tar.Z from a {GNU archive site} or {(ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/pub/flex-2.4.3.tar.Z)}. ["The FLEX Scanner Generator", Vern Paxson Systems Engineering, LBL, CA]. [Home? Current version?] (2003-12-16) |