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   fire alarm
         n 1: a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out
         2: an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke [syn: {fire
            alarm}, {smoke alarm}]

English Dictionary: freewheeler by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forlorn
adj
  1. marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forlorn hope
n
  1. a hopeless or desperate enterprise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forlornly
adv
  1. in a forlorn manner; "a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forlornness
n
  1. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness, loneliness, desolation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-wheeler
n
  1. a hackney carriage with four wheels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freewheeler
n
  1. someone acting freely or even irresponsibly [syn: {free agent}, free spirit, freewheeler]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Farewell \Fare"well`\, a.
      Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his
      farewell bow.
  
               Leans in his spear to take his farewell view.
                                                                              --Tickell.
  
      {Farewell rock} (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called
            because no coal is found worth working below this stratum.
            It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist
            intense heat. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferular \Fer"u*lar\, n.
      A ferule. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[ymac]r; akin
      to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[ymac]ri,
      f[umac]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
      {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.]
      1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
            bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
  
      Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
               in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
               Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
               the four elements of which all things are composed.
  
      2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
            stove or a furnace.
  
      3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
  
      4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
  
      5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
            consuming violence of temper.
  
                     he had fire in his temper.                  --Atterbury.
  
      6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
            enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
  
                     And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
  
      7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
  
                     Stars, hide your fires.                     --Shak.
  
                     As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
  
      9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
            exposed to a heavy fire.
  
      {Blue fire}, {Red fire}, {Green fire} (Pyrotech.),
            compositions of various combustible substances, as
            sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
            colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
            strontium, barium, etc.
  
      {Fire alarm}
            (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
            (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
  
      {Fire annihilator}, a machine, device, or preparation to be
            kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
            some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
  
      {Fire balloon}.
            (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
                  heated by a fire placed in the lower part

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE.
      forlesen. See {Forlorn}.]
      To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlore \For*lore"\,
      imp. pl. & p. p. of {Forlese}. [Obs.]
  
               The beasts their caves, the birds their nests forlore.
                                                                              --Fairfax.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlorn \For*lorn"\, n.
      1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
  
                     Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. --Shak.
  
      2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
  
                     Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the
                     enemy.                                                --Oliver
                                                                              Cromvell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlorn \For*lorn"\, a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly,
      AS. forle[a2]san (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + le[a2]san (in
      comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw.
      f[94]rlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See
      {For-}, and {Lorn}, a., {Lose}, v. t.]
      1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
  
                     Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. --Spenser.
  
                     Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched;
            miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
  
                     For here forlorn and lost I tread.      --Goldsmith.
  
                     The condition of the besieged in the mean time was
                     forlorn in the extreme.                     --Prescott.
  
                     She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still
                     living.                                             --Thomson.
  
      {A forlorn hope} [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or
            troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band;
            akin to E. heap. See {For-}, and {Heap}.] (Mil.), a body
            of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verlornen
            posten) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a
            breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other
            extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case
            or enterprise.
  
      Syn: Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary;
               helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched;
               miserable; pitiable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE.
      forlesen. See {Forlorn}.]
      To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlornly \For*lorn"ly\, adv.
      In a forlorn manner. --Pollok.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlornness \For*lorn"ness\, n.
      State of being forlorn. --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Four-wheeler \Four"-wheel`er\, n.
      A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frail \Frail\, a. [Compar. {Frailer}; superl. {Frailest}.] [OE.
      frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[88]le, fr. L.
      fragilis. See {Fragile}.]
      1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to
            fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life;
            weak; infirm.
  
                     That I may know how frail I am.         --Ps. xxxix.
                                                                              4.
  
                     An old bent man, worn and frail.         --Lowell.
  
      2. Tender. [Obs.]
  
                     Deep indignation and compassion.         --Spenser.
  
      3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong
            against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; --
            often applied to fallen women.
  
                     Man is frail, and prone to evil.         --Jer. Taylor.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Farler, KY
      Zip code(s): 41774
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