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   face cloth
         n 1: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the
               face and body [syn: {washcloth}, {washrag}, {flannel},
               {face cloth}]

English Dictionary: Fagus sylvatica by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus sylvatica
n
  1. large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
    Synonym(s): common beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus sylvatica atropunicea
n
  1. variety of European beech with shining purple or copper- colored leaves
    Synonym(s): copper beech, purple beech, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus sylvatica pendula
n
  1. variety of European beech with pendulous limbs [syn: weeping beech, Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus sylvatica purpurea
n
  1. variety of European beech with shining purple or copper- colored leaves
    Synonym(s): copper beech, purple beech, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fascicle
n
  1. an installment of a printed work [syn: fascicle, fascicule]
  2. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
    Synonym(s): fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fasciculation
n
  1. muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fascicule
n
  1. an installment of a printed work [syn: fascicle, fascicule]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fasciculus
n
  1. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) [syn: {fiber bundle}, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus elastica
n
  1. large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    Synonym(s): India-rubber tree, India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, rubber plant, Assam rubber, Ficus elastica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fiji Islands
n
  1. a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
    Synonym(s): Fiji Islands, Fijis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish eagle
n
  1. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
    Synonym(s): osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish glue
n
  1. gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish scale
n
  1. scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish slice
n
  1. a food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre,
      bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan.
      bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body
      of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same
      root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.]
      1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
            receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
            gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
            bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
            inflated with air.
  
      2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
            a thin, watery fluid.
  
      3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
  
      4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with
            bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester.
  
      {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants
            ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods.
  
      {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with
            inflated seed pods.
  
      {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with
            membranaceous, inflated pods.
  
      {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of
            tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts
            of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}.
  
      {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
            seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called
            also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --McElrath.
  
      Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a
               compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth;
               face plan or face-plan; face hammer.
  
      {Face ague} (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by
            acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by
            twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive
            twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic
            douloureux}.
  
      {Face card}, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human
            face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.
  
      {Face cloth}, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
  
      {Face guard}, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by
            workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of
            metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.
  
      {Face hammer}, a hammer having a flat face.
  
      {Face joint} (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other
            structure.
  
      {Face mite} (Zo[94]ll.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex
            folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the
            face.
  
      {Face mold}, the templet or pattern by which carpenters,
            ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from
            boards, sheet metal, ect.
  
      {Face plate}.
            (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe,
                  to which the work to be turned may be attached.
            (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or
                  shock.
            (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.
  
      {Face wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A crown wheel.
            (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and
                  polishing; a lap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. {Beeches}. [OE. beche, AS. b[?]ce; akin
      to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b[94]g,
      Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. [?] oak, [?] to eat, Skr.
      bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent
      fruit. See {Book}, and cf. 7th {Buck}, {Buckwheat}.] (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Fagus}.
  
      Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
               thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
               which swine are fond. The {Fagus sylvatica} is the
               European species, and the {F. ferruginea} that of
               America.
  
      {Beech drops} (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the
            roots of beeches ({Epiphegus Americana}).
  
      {Beech marten} (Zo[94]l.), the stone marten of Europe
            ({Mustela foina}).
  
      {Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
            the trees, in autumn.
  
      {Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
            tree.
  
      {Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with
            copper-colored, shining leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicle \Fas"ci*cle\, n.
      One of the divisions of a book published in parts;
      fasciculus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicle \Fas"ci*cle\, n. [L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See
      {Fasces}.]
      A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a
      fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicled \Fas"ci*cled\, a.
      Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the
      fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of
      the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicular \Fas*cic"u*lar\, a.
      Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicularly \Fas*cic"u*lar*ly\, adv.
      In a fascicled manner. --Kirwan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fasciculate \Fas*cic"u*late\, Fasciculated \Fas*cic"u*la`ted\,a.
      Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fasciculate \Fas*cic"u*late\, Fasciculated \Fas*cic"u*la`ted\,a.
      Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fascicule \Fas"ci*cule\, n. [See {Fascicle}.]
      A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of
      fibers, hairs, or spines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fasciculus \[d8]Fas*cic"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Fasciculi}. [L. See
      {Fascicle}.]
      1. A little bundle; a fascicle.
  
      2. A division of a book.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   India \In"di*a\, n. [See {Indian}.]
      A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and
      Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or
      Hindostan.
  
      {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from
            China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in
            square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and
            animal glue. Called also {China ink}. The true India ink
            is sepia. See {Sepia}.
  
      {India matting}, floor matting made in China, India, etc.,
            from grass and reeds; -- also called {Canton, [or] China,
            matting}.
  
      {India paper}, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not
            glossy surface, used for printing from engravings,
            woodcuts, etc.
  
      {India proof} (Engraving), a proof impression from an
            engraved plate, taken on India paper.
  
      {India rubber}. See {Caoutchouc}.
  
      {India-rubber tree} (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but
            especially the East Indian {Ficus elastica}, often
            cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isinglass \I"sin*glass\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. D. huizenblas
      (akin to G. hausenblase), lit., bladder of the huso, or large
      sturgeon; huizen sturgeon + blas bladder. Cf. {Bladder},
      {Blast} a gust of wind.]
      1. A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin,
            chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of
            various species of sturgeons (as the {Acipenser huso})
            found in the of Western Russia. It used for making
            jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are
            not unfrequently so called. Called also {fish glue}.
  
      2. (Min.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin
            sheets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glue \Glue\, n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to
      draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
      A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
      jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated
      with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a
      cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to
      other adhesive or viscous substances.
  
      {Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.
  
      {Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
            and bladders; isinglass.
  
      {Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
           
  
      {Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid
            oralcohol.
  
      {Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
            shellac, used in shipbuilding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isinglass \I"sin*glass\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. D. huizenblas
      (akin to G. hausenblase), lit., bladder of the huso, or large
      sturgeon; huizen sturgeon + blas bladder. Cf. {Bladder},
      {Blast} a gust of wind.]
      1. A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin,
            chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of
            various species of sturgeons (as the {Acipenser huso})
            found in the of Western Russia. It used for making
            jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are
            not unfrequently so called. Called also {fish glue}.
  
      2. (Min.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin
            sheets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glue \Glue\, n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to
      draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
      A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
      jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated
      with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a
      cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to
      other adhesive or viscous substances.
  
      {Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.
  
      {Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
            and bladders; isinglass.
  
      {Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
           
  
      {Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid
            oralcohol.
  
      {Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
            shellac, used in shipbuilding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuchsia \Fuch"si*a\, n.; pl. E. {Fuchsias}, L. {Fuchsl[91]}.
      [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.] (Bot.)
      A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers,
      with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single
      pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America.
      Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fucusol \Fu"cu*sol\, n. [Fucus + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
      An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with,
      furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fishkill, NY (village, FIPS 25967)
      Location: 41.53455 N, 73.89416 W
      Population (1990): 1957 (1057 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12524

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fox Island, WA (CDP, FIPS 25370)
      Location: 47.25180 N, 122.62784 W
      Population (1990): 2017 (858 housing units)
      Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98333
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