English Dictionary: freewheeler | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. | |
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Ferular \Fer"u*lar\, n. A ferule. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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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 | |
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Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE. forlesen. See {Forlorn}.] To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer. | |
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Forlore \For*lore"\, imp. pl. & p. p. of {Forlese}. [Obs.] The beasts their caves, the birds their nests forlore. --Fairfax. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE. forlesen. See {Forlorn}.] To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer. | |
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Forlornly \For*lorn"ly\, adv. In a forlorn manner. --Pollok. | |
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Forlornness \For*lorn"ness\, n. State of being forlorn. --Boyle. | |
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Four-wheeler \Four"-wheel`er\, n. A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.] | |
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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 |