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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fair-weather \Fair"-weath`er\, a. 1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. --Pope. 2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. {Fair-weather sailor}, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of {carpet knight}. | |
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Fair-weather \Fair"-weath`er\, a. 1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. --Pope. 2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. {Fair-weather sailor}, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of {carpet knight}. | |
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Far \Far\, adv. 1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other. 2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity. 3. In great part; as, the day is far spent. 4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly. Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. --Prov. xxxi. 10. {As far as}, to the extent, or degree, that. See {As far as}, under {As}. {Far off}. (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. [bd]But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.[b8] --Eph. ii. 13. {Far other}, different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike. --Pope. {Far and near}, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. {Far and wide}, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. [bd]Far and wide his eye commands.[b8] --Milton. {From far}, from a great distance; from a remote place. Note: Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread. | |
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Far \Far\, a. [{Farther}and {Farthest}are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See {Further}.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa[c6]rra, adv., Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beyond, Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. {Farther}, {Farthest}.] 1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. They said, . . . We be come from a far country. --Josh. ix. 6. The nations far and near contend in choice. --Dryden. 2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty. 3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. They that are far from thee ahsll perish. --Ps. lxxiii. 27. 4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. --F. Anstey. 5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated. {By far}, by much; by a great difference. {Far between}, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. [bd]The examinations are few and far between.[b8] --Farrar. | |
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Farther \Far"ther\ (f[aum]r"[th][etil]r), a., compar. of {Far}. [superl. {Farthest} (-[th][ecr]st). See {Further}.] [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. {Farthest}.] 1. More remote; more distant than something else. 2. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. Before our farther way the fates allow. --Dryden. Let me add a farther Truth. --Dryden. Some farther change awaits us. --MIlton. | |
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Farther \Far"ther\, adv. 1. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther. 2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. {No farther}, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. It will be dangerous to go on. No farther ! --Shak. | |
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Farther \Far"ther\, v. t. To help onward. [R.] See {Further}. | |
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Fartherance \Far"ther*ance\, n. [Obs.] See {Furtherance}. | |
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Fartherer \Far"ther*er\, n. One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. --Shak. | |
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Farthermore \Far"ther*more*"\, adv. [Obs.] See {Furthermore}. | |
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Farthermost \Far"ther*most`\, a. Most remote; farthest. | |
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Feretory \Fer`e*to*ry\, n. [L. feretrum bier, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to bear, akin to L. ferre, E. bear to support.] A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. --Mollett. | |
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Ferreter \Fer"ret*er\, n. One who ferrets. --Johnson. | |
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Fir tree \Fir" tree`\ See {Fir}. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
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Firedrake \Fire"drake`\, n. [AS. f[?]rdraca; f[?]r fire + draca a dragon. See {Fire}, and {Drake} a dragon.] [Obs.] 1. A fiery dragon. --Beau. & Fl. 2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket. 3. A worker at a furnace or fire. --B. Jonson. | |
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For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra, L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First}, {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[91]sar's health. --Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. --Hooker. 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. --Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; [?]ntending to go to. We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru[?]? --Locke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under {As}. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of. {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak. {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that; seeing that; since. {For by}. See {Forby}, adv. {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}. {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me. {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.] [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak. {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8] --Spenser. {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See {To}, prep., 4. {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse of fire.[b8] --Shak. {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Fordrive \For*drive"\, v. t. To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Fordrunken \For*drunk"en\, a. Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Fordry \For*dry"\, a. Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] [bd]A tree fordry.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Fore \Fore\, a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. {Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. {Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body. {Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. {Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight. {Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. {Fore carriage}. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. {Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under {Sail}. {Fore door}. Same as {Front door}. {Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. {Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] {Fore end}. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. {Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. {Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. {Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. {Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. {Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. {Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight. {Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales. {Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. {Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}. {Fore shore}. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. --Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. {Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. {Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. {Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the Vocabulary. {Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey. | |
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Forthright \Forth"right`\ (? [or] ?), adv. [Forth, adv. + right, adv.] Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Archaic] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Forthright \Forth"right`\, a. Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic] --Lowell. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Piligrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson. | |
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Forthright \Forth"right`\, n. A straight path. [Archaic] Here's a maze trod, indeed, Through forthrights and meanders! --Shak. | |
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Forthrightness \Forth"right`ness\, n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic] Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. --Hawthorne. | |
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Forthward \Forth"ward\, adv. [Forth, adv. + -ward.] Forward. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher. | |
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Fortread \For*tread"\, v. t. To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.] In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. --Chaucer. | |
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Fortress \For"tress\, v. t. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. --Shak. | |
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Fortress \For"tress\, n.; pl. {Fortresses}. [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, and cf. {Fortalice}.] A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn: {Fortress}, {Fortification}, {Castle}, {Citadel}. Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only, and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a fortress of early times which was ordinarily a palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a fortress or city, etc. | |
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Fortress \For"tress\, n.; pl. {Fortresses}. [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, and cf. {Fortalice}.] A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn: {Fortress}, {Fortification}, {Castle}, {Citadel}. Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only, and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a fortress of early times which was ordinarily a palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a fortress or city, etc. | |
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Fourdrinier \Four`dri`nier"\, n. A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. | |
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d8Frater \[d8]Fra"ter\, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] --Shipley. {Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a {fratery}. | |
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Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy}, {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea parrot}. Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill. {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}. 2. (Bot.) The puffball. 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640). | |
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Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr. L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See {Brother}.] Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- {Fra*ter"nal*ly}, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison. | |
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Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr. L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See {Brother}.] Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- {Fra*ter"nal*ly}, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison. | |
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Fraternate \Fra*ter"nate\, v. i. To fraternize; to hold fellowship. --Jefferson. | |
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Fraternation \Fra`ter*na"tion\, Fraternism \Fra"ter*nism\, n. Fraternization. [R.] --Jefferson. | |
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Fraternation \Fra`ter*na"tion\, Fraternism \Fra"ter*nism\, n. Fraternization. [R.] --Jefferson. | |
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Fraternity \Fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Fraternities}. [F. fraternit[82], L. fraternitas.] 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. 2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. 3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! --South. | |
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Fraternity \Fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Fraternities}. [F. fraternit[82], L. fraternitas.] 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. 2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. 3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! --South. | |
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Fraternization \Fra`ter*ni*za"tion\ (? [or] ?), n. The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. --Burke. | |
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Fraternize \Fra"ter*nize\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fraternized}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fraternizing}.] [Cf. F. fraterniser.] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. | |
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Fraternize \Fra"ter*nize\, v. t. To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. --Burke. | |
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Fraternize \Fra"ter*nize\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fraternized}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fraternizing}.] [Cf. F. fraterniser.] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. | |
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Fraternizer \Frat"er*ni`zer\ (?; 277), n. One who fraternizes. --Burke. | |
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Fraternize \Fra"ter*nize\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fraternized}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fraternizing}.] [Cf. F. fraterniser.] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. | |
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Fratery \Fra"ter*y\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a brotherhood of monks. See {Friar}.] A frater house. See under {Frater}. | |
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d8Frater \[d8]Fra"ter\, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] --Shipley. {Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a {fratery}. | |
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Fratery \Fra"ter*y\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a brotherhood of monks. See {Friar}.] A frater house. See under {Frater}. | |
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d8Frater \[d8]Fra"ter\, n. [L., a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] --Shipley. {Frater house}, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a {fratery}. | |
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Fratrage \Fra"trage\ (? [or] ?; 48), n. [L. frater a brother.] (Law) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.] --Crabb. | |
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d8Fratricelli \[d8]Fra`tri*cel"li\, n. pl. [It. fraticelli, lit., little brothers, dim. fr. frate brother, L. frater.] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century. (b) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also {Fratricellians} and {Fraticelli}. | |
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Fratricidal \Frat"ri*ci`dal\, a. Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide. | |
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Fratricide \Frat"ri*cide\, n. [L. fratricidium a brother's murder, fr. fratricida a brother's murderer; frater, fratris, brother + caedere to kill: cf. F. fratricide.] 1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother. 2. [L. fratricida: cf. F. fratricide.] One who murders or kills his own brother. | |
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl. {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray}, {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. --Locke. 2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty. 3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior. 5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. --Milton. 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden. 7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. --Milward. 8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. --Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. --Shelley. 9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money. 10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet. 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy. 12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse. 13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. --Dryden. 14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you? --Shak. 15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift. 16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc. 17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill. 18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill. 19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}. {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] --Bouvier. {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. {Free church}. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy ways.[b8] --W. Black. {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty. {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. {Free port}. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds. {Free school}. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. --Burrill. {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. --Abbott. {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade. {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind. | |
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl. {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray}, {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. --Locke. 2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty. 3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior. 5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. --Milton. 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden. 7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. --Milward. 8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. --Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. --Shelley. 9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money. 10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet. 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy. 12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse. 13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. --Dryden. 14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you? --Shak. 15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift. 16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc. 17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill. 18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill. 19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}. {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] --Bouvier. {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. {Free church}. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy ways.[b8] --W. Black. {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty. {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. {Free port}. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds. {Free school}. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. --Burrill. {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. --Abbott. {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade. {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind. | |
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Fretter \Fret"ter\, n. One who, or that which, frets. | |
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Fretwork \Fret"work\, n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. --Macaulay. | |
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Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc. | |
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Fritter \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See {Far}, v. t.] 1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras. {Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}. | |
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Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc. | |
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Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc. | |
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Froterer \Fro"ter*er\, n. One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] --Marston. | |
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Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eb]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [be]freo[eb]an to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. {Froth insect} (Zo[94]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}. {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo. | |
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Frothy \Froth"y\, a. [Compar. {Frothier}; superl. {Frothiest}.] 1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. 2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. --Bacon. 3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. --Tillotson. | |
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First \First\, a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f[94]rste, OHG. furist, G. f[81]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See {For}, {Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.] 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. 3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. {At first blush}. See under {Blush}. {At first hand}, from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent. It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens. {First coat} (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. {First day}, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends. {First floor}. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] {First} {fruit [or] fruits}. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results. See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! --Milton. {First mate}, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain. {First name}, same as {Christian name}. See under {Name}, n. {First officer} (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as {First mate} (above). {First sergeant} (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow. {First watch} (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time. {First water}, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls. Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost. | |
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Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs. Note: Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush ({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[91]}), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}. {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}. {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}. {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul. {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}. {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2. {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. {Water thrush}. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}). | |
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Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural. Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof. --Ex. xxiii. 10. 2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. 3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds. 4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them. 6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body. King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. --Shak. 6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance. The fruit of rashness. --Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. --Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. --Macaulay. Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc. {Fruit bat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also {fruit-eating bat}. {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most oplants the same as the power bud. {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See {Sorus}. {Fruit fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware. {Fruit pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family {Carpophagid[91]}, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors. {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey. {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit. {Fruit worm} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of insect larv[91]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera. {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc. | |
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Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural. Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof. --Ex. xxiii. 10. 2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. 3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds. 4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them. 6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body. King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. --Shak. 6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance. The fruit of rashness. --Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. --Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. --Macaulay. Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc. {Fruit bat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also {fruit-eating bat}. {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most oplants the same as the power bud. {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See {Sorus}. {Fruit fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware. {Fruit pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family {Carpophagid[91]}, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors. {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey. {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit. {Fruit worm} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of insect larv[91]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera. {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc. | |
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Fruiter \Fruit"er\, a. A ship for carrying fruit. | |
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Fruiterer \Fruit"er*er\, n. [Cf. F. fruitier.] One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits. | |
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Fruiteress \Fruit"er*ess\, n. A woman who sells fruit. | |
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Fruitery \Fruit"er*y\, n.; pl. {Fruiteries}. [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.] 1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. --J. Philips. 2. A repository for fruit. --Johnson. | |
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Fruitery \Fruit"er*y\, n.; pl. {Fruiteries}. [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.] 1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. --J. Philips. 2. A repository for fruit. --Johnson. | |
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Further \Fur"ther\, a. compar. [Positive wanting; superl. {Furthest}.] 1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See {Farther}. 2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest. Note: The forms further and farther are in general not differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by many when application to quantity or degree is implied. | |
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Further \Fur"ther"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furthered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furthering}.] [OE. furthren, forthren, AS. fyr[edh]ran, fyr[edh]rian. See {Further}, adv.] To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. --Dryden. I should nothing further the weal public. --Robynsom (More's Utopia). | |
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Further \Fur"ther\, adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur[?]or, far[?]ur; akin to G. f[81]rder. See {Forth}, adv.] To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See {Farther}. Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. --M. Arnold. They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). {Further off}, not so near; apart by a greater distance. | |
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Further \Fur"ther\, adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur[?]or, far[?]ur; akin to G. f[81]rder. See {Forth}, adv.] To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See {Farther}. Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. --M. Arnold. They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). {Further off}, not so near; apart by a greater distance. | |
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Furtherance \Fur"ther*ance\, n. The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith. --Phil. i. 25. Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. --Emerson. | |
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Further \Fur"ther"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furthered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furthering}.] [OE. furthren, forthren, AS. fyr[edh]ran, fyr[edh]rian. See {Further}, adv.] To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. --Dryden. I should nothing further the weal public. --Robynsom (More's Utopia). | |
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Further \Fur"ther"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furthered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furthering}.] [OE. furthren, forthren, AS. fyr[edh]ran, fyr[edh]rian. See {Further}, adv.] To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. --Dryden. I should nothing further the weal public. --Robynsom (More's Utopia). | |
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Furthermore \Fur"ther*more"\, adv. or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said. | |
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Furthermost \Fur"ther*most"\, a. Most remote; furthest. | |
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Furthersome \Fur"ther*some\, a. Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.] You will not find it furthersome. --Carlyle. | |
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Fort Ritchie, MD (CDP, FIPS 29450) Location: 39.70051 N, 77.50378 W Population (1990): 1249 (345 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21719 | |
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Fort Rock, OR Zip code(s): 97735 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Rucker, AL (CDP, FIPS 27640) Location: 31.34340 N, 85.71514 W Population (1990): 7593 (1553 housing units) Area: 28.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36362 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Worth, TX (city, FIPS 27000) Location: 32.75390 N, 97.33625 W Population (1990): 447619 (194429 housing units) Area: 728.0 sq km (land), 16.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76102, 76103, 76104, 76105, 76106, 76107, 76109, 76110, 76111, 76112, 76115, 76116, 76119, 76120, 76123, 76131, 76132, 76133, 76134, 76135, 76137, 76155, 76177 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fort Wright, KY (city, FIPS 28612) Location: 39.04712 N, 84.53688 W Population (1990): 6570 (2637 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederic, MI Zip code(s): 49733 Frederic, WI (village, FIPS 27500) Location: 45.65642 N, 92.46397 W Population (1990): 1124 (559 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederica, DE (town, FIPS 28440) Location: 39.00885 N, 75.46477 W Population (1990): 761 (317 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19946 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederick, CO (town, FIPS 28360) Location: 40.10497 N, 104.94242 W Population (1990): 988 (375 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Frederick, IL Zip code(s): 62639 Frederick, KS (city, FIPS 24550) Location: 38.51310 N, 98.26742 W Population (1990): 18 (11 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Frederick, MD (city, FIPS 30325) Location: 39.42819 N, 77.41690 W Population (1990): 40148 (16611 housing units) Area: 47.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Frederick, OK (city, FIPS 27800) Location: 34.38894 N, 99.01211 W Population (1990): 5221 (2341 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73542 Frederick, PA Zip code(s): 19435 Frederick, SD (town, FIPS 22860) Location: 45.83284 N, 98.50665 W Population (1990): 241 (140 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57441 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederick County, MD (county, FIPS 21) Location: 39.47240 N, 77.39679 W Population (1990): 150208 (54872 housing units) Area: 1717.0 sq km (land), 11.5 sq km (water) Frederick County, VA (county, FIPS 69) Location: 39.20559 N, 78.26295 W Population (1990): 45723 (17864 housing units) Area: 1073.8 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredericksburg, IA (city, FIPS 28965) Location: 42.96461 N, 92.19829 W Population (1990): 1011 (415 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50630 Fredericksburg, IN (town, FIPS 25720) Location: 38.43295 N, 86.18846 W Population (1990): 155 (71 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47120 Fredericksburg, OH (village, FIPS 28616) Location: 40.67738 N, 81.86973 W Population (1990): 502 (192 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44627 Fredericksburg, PA (CDP, FIPS 27648) Location: 41.64760 N, 80.17950 W Population (1990): 1269 (584 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fredericksburg, PA (CDP, FIPS 27656) Location: 40.45632 N, 76.42557 W Population (1990): 2338 (880 housing units) Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17026 Fredericksburg, TX (city, FIPS 27348) Location: 30.27048 N, 98.87224 W Population (1990): 6934 (3161 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78624 Fredericksburg, VA (city, FIPS 630) Location: 38.29925 N, 77.48713 W Population (1990): 19027 (8063 housing units) Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fredericksburg, VA (city, FIPS 29744) Location: 38.29925 N, 77.48713 W Population (1990): 19027 (8063 housing units) Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22401, 22406, 22407, 22408 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederickson, WA (CDP, FIPS 25475) Location: 47.08648 N, 122.36187 W Population (1990): 3502 (1213 housing units) Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredericktown, MO (city, FIPS 25768) Location: 37.56460 N, 90.29645 W Population (1990): 3950 (1782 housing units) Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Fredericktown, OH (village, FIPS 28658) Location: 40.47888 N, 82.54531 W Population (1990): 2443 (1010 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43019 Fredericktown, PA Zip code(s): 15333 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fredericktown-Millsboro, PA (CDP, FIPS 27683) Location: 39.99743 N, 80.00511 W Population (1990): 1237 (577 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederika, IA (city, FIPS 29010) Location: 42.88359 N, 92.30588 W Population (1990): 188 (113 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederiksted, VI (town, FIPS 37900) Location: 17.71368 N, 64.88167 W Population (1990): 1064 (501 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Frederiksted Southeast, VI (CDP, FIPS 39700) Location: 17.70736 N, 64.88014 W Population (1990): 3002 (992 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Friday Harbor, WA (town, FIPS 25615) Location: 48.53692 N, 123.03132 W Population (1990): 1492 (819 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98250 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fruithurst, AL (city, FIPS 28432) Location: 33.73025 N, 85.43186 W Population (1990): 177 (73 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36262 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
for the rest of us adj. [from the Mac slogan "The computer for the rest of us"] 1. Used to describe a {spiffy} product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe {spiffy} but very overpriced products. 2. Describes a program with a limited interface, deliberately limited capabilities, non-orthogonality, inability to compose primitives, or any other limitation designed to not `confuse' a naive user. This places an upper bound on how far that user can go before the program begins to get in the way of the task instead of helping accomplish it. Used in reference to Macintosh software which doesn't provide obvious capabilities because it is thought that the poor lusers might not be able to handle them. Becomes `the rest of _them_' when used in third-party reference; thus, "Yes, it is an attractive program, but it's designed for The Rest Of Them" means a program that superficially looks neat but has no depth beyond the surface flash. See also {WIMP environment}, {Macintrash}, {point-and-drool interface}, {user-friendly}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Fortrash /for'trash/ n. Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
fritterware n. An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see {macdink}); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also {window shopping}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
for The Rest Of Them {for The Rest Of Us} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
for The Rest Of Us rest of us") 1. Used to describe a {spiffy} product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe {spiffy} but very overpriced products. 2. Describes a program with a limited interface, deliberately limited capabilities, non-{orthogonal}ity, inability to compose primitives, or any other limitation designed to not "confuse" a naïve user. This places an upper bound on how far that user can go before the program begins to get in the way of the task instead of helping accomplish it. Used in reference to {Macintosh} software which doesn't provide obvious capabilities because it is thought that the poor {luser} might not be able to handle them. Becomes "the rest of *them*" when used in third-party reference; thus, "Yes, it is an attractive program, but it's designed for The Rest Of Them" means a program that superficially looks neat but has no depth beyond the surface flash. See also {point-and-drool interface}, {user-friendly}. [{Jargon File}] (2000-08-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran time, the most widely used programming language for numerical and scientific applications. The original versions lacked {recursive} procedures and {block structure} and had a line-oriented {syntax} in which certain columns had special significance. There have been a great many versions. The name is often written "FORTRAN", harking back to the days before computers were taught about lower case, but {ANSI} decreed, in about 1985 via the ANSI {FORTRAN} Technical Committee {TC}, that it should be "Fortran". See also: {Fortrash}. [Was {Fortran I} the first version?] (2000-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran 66 Fortran IV standardised. ASA X3.9-1966. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran 77 A popular version of {Fortran} with Block IF, PARAMETER and SAVE statements added, but still no WHILE. It has fixed-length character strings, format-free I/O, and {array}s with lower bounds. [ANSI X3.9-1978]. {GNU version (ftp://gnu.org/pub/gnu/g77)}. {Amiga version (ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/amiga/fish/ff470/BCF)}. (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran 90 (Previously "Fortran 8x" and "Fortran Extended") An extensive enlargement of {Fortran 77}. Fortran 90 has {derived type}s, {assumed shape array}s, {array section}s, functions returning arrays, case statement, {module} subprograms and internal subprograms, optional and keyword subprogram arguments, {recursion}, and {dynamic allocation}. It is defined in ISO 1539:1991, soon to be adopted by {ANSI}. ["Fortran 90 Explained", M. Metcalf et al, Oxford University Press 1990]. (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran Automatic Symbol Translator {MITRE Corporation}. [CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. [Sammet 1969, p.526]. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran D A {data-parallel} {Fortran} developed by {Ken Kennedy} at {Rice University}. ["Fortran D Language Specification", G. Fox et al, TR 90079, Rice U, March 1991]. E-mail: Theresa Chapman (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran I An early version of {Fortran} designed by {John Backus} at {IBM} for the {IBM 704}. The design was begun in 1954 and a {compiler} released in April 1957. [Was this the first Fortran?] (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran II 1958. Added subroutines. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran III This was only distributed to ca. 20 sites. See Wexelblat. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran IV IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran M Parallel extensions to Fortran with processes and channels by Ian Foster ["Fortran M: A Language for Modular Parallel Programming", I. Foster et al, MCS-P327-0992, ANL, 1992]. (1994-10-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique Fortran printing and plotting of large matrices. ["FORMAT-FORTRAN Matrix Abstraction Technique (Vol. V)" AFFDL-TR-66-207, Douglas Aircraft Co. Oct 1968]. (1996-09-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran V Preliminary work on adding character handling to {Fortran} by {IBM} ca. 1962. This name as never really used. (1994-10-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran VI {IBM}'s internal name for early {PL/I} work ca. 1963. [Sammet 1969, p. 540]. (1994-10-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran-Linda Scientific Computer Assocs | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortran-Plus Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FORTRANSIT A subset of {Fortran} translated into {IT} on the {IBM 650}. It was in use in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Compilation took place in several steps (using {punched card}s as the only input/output media). FORTRANSIT was converted to IT {Internal Translator} which was converted into {SOAP} and thence to {machine code}. In the SOAP -> machine code step, the user had to include card decks for all the subroutines used in his FORTRANSIT program (including e.g. square root, sine, and even basic {floating point} routines). [Sammet 1969, p. 141]. (1995-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fortrash language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular {syntax}, limited {control constructs}, and slippery, exception-filled {semantics}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FORTRUNCIBLE A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
fritterware An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see {macdink}); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also {window shopping}. [{Jargon File}] |