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Fain \Fain\, a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f[91]gen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice, OS. fagan[omac]n, Icel. fagna, Goth. fagin[omac]n, cf. Goth. fah[emac]ds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr {Fair}, a., and cf. {Fawn} to court favor.] 1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Men and birds are fain of climbing high. --Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. --Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. --Locke. | |
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Fain \Fain\, adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. --Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. --Shak. | |
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Fain \Fain\, v. t. & i. To be glad; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. --Spencer. | |
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Fame \Fame\, n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?] a saying, report, [?][?][?][?][?] to speak. See {Ban}, and cf. {Fable}, {Fate}, {Euphony}, {Blame}.] 1. Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. --Gen. xlv. 16. 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak. Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation. | |
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Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Famed},; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faming}.] 1. To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton. | |
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Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24. 2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion. 3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. {Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket. {Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways. {Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family {Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1. {Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. {Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. {Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower. {Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above). | |
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Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van} a winnowing machine.] 1. To move as with a fan. The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. --Milton. 2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. 3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. --Dryden. 4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2. 5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. {Fanning machine}, [or] {Fanning mill}, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner. | |
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Fane \Fane\, n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See {Fame}.] A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.] Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. --Wordsworth. | |
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Fane \Fane\, n. [See {Vane}.] A weathercock. [Obs.] | |
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Faun \Faun\, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See {Favor}.] (Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man. Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. --Milton. | |
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Fauna \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See {Faun}.] (Zo[94]l.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna. | |
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d8Faunus \[d8]Fau"nus\, n.;pl. {Fauni}. [L.] (Myth.) See {Faun}. | |
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Fawn \Fawn\, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. | |
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Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn. | |
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Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay. | |
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Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See {Buck}. 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. --Holland. 3. A fawn color. | |
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Fawn \Fawn\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak. | |
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Feine \Feine\, v. t. & i. To feign. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fen \Fen\, n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen, OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth. fani mud.] Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh. 'Mid reedy fens wide spread. --Wordsworth. Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens. {Fen boat}, a boat of light draught used in marshes. {Fen duck} (Zo[94]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.] {Fen fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens. {Fen goose} (Zo[94]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.] {Fen land}, swamp land. | |
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Fenny \Fen"ny\, a. [AS. fennig.] Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy. [bd]Fenny snake.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Ion \I"on\, n. 1. One of the electrified particles into which, according to the electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of electrolytes are divided by water and other solvents. An ion consists of one or more atoms and carries a unit charge of electricity, 3.4 x 10^{-10} electrostatic units, or a multiple of this. Those which are positively electrified (hydrogen and the metals) are called {cations}; negative ions (hydroxyl and acidic atoms or groups) are called {anions}. Note: Thus, hydrochloric acid ({HCl}) dissociates, in aqueous solution, into the hydrogen ion, H^{+}, and the chlorine ion, Cl^{-}; ferric nitrate, {Fe(NO3)3}, yields the ferric ion, Fe^{+++}, and nitrate ions, NO3^{-}, NO3^{-}, NO3^{-}. When a solution containing ions is made part of an electric circuit, the cations move toward the cathode, the anions toward the anode. This movement is called migration, and the velocity of it differs for different kinds of ions. If the electromotive force is sufficient, electrolysis ensues: cations give up their charge at the cathode and separate in metallic form or decompose water, forming hydrogen and alkali; similarly, at the anode the element of the anion separates, or the metal of the anode is dissolved, or decomposition occurs. 2. One of the small electrified particles into which the molecules of a gas are broken up under the action of the electric current, of ultraviolet and certain other rays, and of high temperatures. To the properties and behavior of ions the phenomena of the electric discharge through rarefied gases and many other important effects are ascribed. At low pressures the negative ions appear to be electrons; the positive ions, atoms minus an electron. At ordinary pressures each ion seems to include also a number of attached molecules. Ions may be formed in a gas in various ways. | |
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Feyne \Feyne\, v. t. To feign. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fin \Fin\, n. (A[89]ronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship. | |
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Fin \Fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finning}.] [Cf. {Fin} of a fish.] To carve or cut up, as a chub. | |
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Fin \Fin\, n. [See {Fine}, n.] End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] [bd]She knew eke the fin of his intent.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Fin \Fin\, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf. {pen} a feather.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. 3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. --Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline. 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. {Apidose fin}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Adipose}, a. {Fin ray} (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. {Fin whale} (Zo[94]l.), a finback. {Paired fins} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. {Unpaired, [or] Median}, {fins} (Zo[94]l.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. | |
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Fine \Fine\, adv. 1. Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.] 2. (Billiards & Pool) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side. | |
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Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. {To fine} {away, down, off}, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle. I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down in the westward until I lost of her hull. --W. C. Russel. | |
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Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}. {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8] It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence. | |
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Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fining}.] [From {Fine}, a.] 1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold. It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. --Hobbes. 2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey. 3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. --Browning. | |
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Fine \Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See {Finish}, and cf. {Finance}.] 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] [bd]To see their fatal fine.[b8] --Spenser. Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. 2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct. 3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. --Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. {Fine for alienation} (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. --Burrill. {Fine of lands}, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. --Burrill. See {Concord}, n., 4. {In fine}, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up. | |
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Fine \Fine\, v. i. To pay a fine. See {Fine}, n., 3 (b) . [R.] Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. --Hallam. | |
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Fine \Fine\, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See {Finish}, v. t.] To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.] | |
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Fine \Fine\, v. t. [From {Fine}, n.] To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars. | |
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Finew \Fin"ew\, n. [See {Fenowed}.] Moldiness. [R.] | |
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Finn \Finn\, a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn[?] in the ethnological sense. See {Finns}. | |
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Finns \Finns\, n. pl.; sing. {Finn}. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also {Fins}.] | |
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Finny \Fin"ny\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes. 2. Abounding in fishes. With patient angle trolls the finny deep. --Goldsmoth. | |
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Foam \Foam\, n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. {Foam cock}, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities. | |
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Foam \Foam\, v.i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foaming}.] [AS. f?man. See {Foam}, n.] 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix. 18. 2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action. | |
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Foam \Foam\, v.t. To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. [bd]Foaming out their own shame.[b8] --Jude 13. | |
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Foamy \Foam"y\, a. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy. Behold how high the foamy billows ride! --Dryden. | |
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Foin \Foin\ (foin), n. [F. fouine a marten.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The beech marten ({Mustela foina}). See {Marten}. 2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.] He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins. --Fuller. | |
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Foin \Foin\, v. i. [OE. foinen, foignen; of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F. fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.] To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.] He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed. --Spenser. They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. --Dryden. | |
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Foin \Foin\, v. t. To prick; to st?ng. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
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Foin \Foin\, n. A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Fon \Fon\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. f[be]ni silly, f[be]na to act silly, Sw. f[86]ne fool. Cf. {Fond}, a.] A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fone \Fone\, n.; pl. of {Foe}. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Fonne \Fon"ne\, n. A fon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fum \Fum\, v. i. To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.] Follow me, and fum as you go. --B. Jonson. | |
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Fume \Fume\, n. (Metal.) Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate). | |
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Fume \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. {To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fume \Fume\ (f[umac]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[umac]ma smoke, dh[umac] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fum[82]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell}, {Thyme}.] 1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. --T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. --Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South. 3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination. A show of fumes and fancies. --Bacon. 4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton. {In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fume \Fume\, v. t. 1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room. She fumed the temple with an odorous flame. --Dryden. 2. To praise inordinately; to flatter. They demi-deify and fume him so. --Cowper. 3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. --Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! --Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fumy \Fum"y\, a. Producing fumes; fumous. [bd]Drowned in fumy wine.[b8] --H. Brooke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fun \Fun\, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn pleasure.] Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. [bd]Oddity, frolic, and fun.[b8] --Goldsmith. {To make fan of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Funny \Fun"ny\, n.; pl. {Funnies}. A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.] [From {Fun}.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fan n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang out with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly `fen', but this usage is not automatic to hackers. "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a fan." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fine adj. [WPI] Good, but not good enough to be {cuspy}. The word `fine' is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit comparison to the higher level implied by {cuspy}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
finn v. [IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on {IRC}. The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. There may be some influence from the `Finn' character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel "Count Zero", who at one point says to another (much younger) character "I have a pair of shoes older than you are, so shut up!" | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
FM /F-M/ n. 1. [common] _Not_ `Frequency Modulation' but rather an abbreviation for `Fucking Manual', the back-formation from {RTFM}. Used to refer to the manual itself in the {RTFM}. "Have you seen the Networking FM lately?" 2. Abbreviation for "Fucking Magic", used in the sense of {black magic}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fum n. [XEROX PARC] At PARC, often the third of the standard {metasyntactic variable}s (after {foo} and {bar}). Competes with {baz}, which is more common outside PARC. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
finn time one has spent on {IRC}. The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. [{Jargon File}] (2000-08-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FM 1. 2. Used to refer to the manual itself. 3. (2001-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fm Micronesia. Heavily used for {vanity domains} by FM radio stations. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FM 1. 2. Used to refer to the manual itself. 3. (2001-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fm Micronesia. Heavily used for {vanity domains} by FM radio stations. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FPM {Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FP/M for {functional languages}, used to implement {Hope}. FP/M is an optimisation of the {SECD machine}. ["The Compilation of FP/M Programs into Conventional Machine Code", A.J. Field, Imperial College, London, 1985]. ["Functional Programming", A.J. Field & P.G. Harrison, A-W 1988]. (1994-10-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FPM {Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FP/M for {functional languages}, used to implement {Hope}. FP/M is an optimisation of the {SECD machine}. ["The Compilation of FP/M Programs into Conventional Machine Code", A.J. Field, Imperial College, London, 1985]. ["Functional Programming", A.J. Field & P.G. Harrison, A-W 1988]. (1994-10-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fum {metasyntactic variable} after {foo} and {bar}. {baz} is more common outside PARC. [{Jargon File}] (2003-09-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fun A {typed lambda-calculus}, similar to {SOL}[2]. "On Understanding Types, Data Abstractions and Polymorphism", L. Cardelli et al, ACM Comp Surveys 17(4) (Dec 1985). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fan a winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See {AGRICULTURE}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Foam (Hos. 10:7), the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of wood as compared with the irresistable current. |