fail-safe
         adj 1: guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese
                  souffle"
         2: eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a
            failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear
            weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of
            accident"
         n 1: a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case
               there is a failure or malfunction

English Dictionary: Felsplateaus	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falciform adj curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" Synonym(s): falcate, falciform, sickle- shaped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falciform ligament n a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Falco peregrinus n a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus]
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false baby's breath n Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America Synonym(s): wild madder, white madder, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath, Galium mollugo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false beachdrops n fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys Synonym(s): pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false belief n a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: fallacy, false belief]
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false bittersweet n twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Synonym(s): bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false bottom n a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false bracken n resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia Synonym(s): false bracken, Culcita dubia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false buckthorn n deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false bugbane n tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers Synonym(s): false bugbane, Trautvetteria carolinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false face n a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false flax n annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia Synonym(s): Camelina, genus Camelina, false flax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false foxglove n sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia Synonym(s): false foxglove, Aureolaria virginica, Gerardia virginica multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia Synonym(s): false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false fruit n a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part Synonym(s): pome, false fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false pimpernel n weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves [syn: chaffweed, bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false pregnancy n physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant Synonym(s): false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false pretence n (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation Synonym(s): false pretense, false pretence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false pretense n (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation Synonym(s): false pretense, false pretence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false vampire n any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects Synonym(s): false vampire, false vampire bat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false vampire bat n any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects Synonym(s): false vampire, false vampire bat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false verdict n a manifestly unjust verdict; not true to the evidence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false vocal cord n either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization Synonym(s): false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
false vocal fold n either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization Synonym(s): false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsifiable adj capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation Synonym(s): confirmable, verifiable, falsifiable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsification n any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Synonym(s): disproof, falsification, refutation a willful perversion of facts Synonym(s): falsification, misrepresentation the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting Synonym(s): falsification, falsehood the act of determining that something is false Synonym(s): falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsifier n someone who falsifies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsify v make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Synonym(s): falsify, distort, garble, warp tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" Synonym(s): fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent prove false; "Falsify a claim" falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" Antonym(s): correct, rectify, right insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby Synonym(s): interpolate, alter, falsify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsifying n the act of determining that something is false [syn: falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Felicia bergeriana n softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays Synonym(s): kingfisher daisy, Felicia bergeriana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Felis bengalensis n small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia [syn: leopard cat, Felis bengalensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Felis pardalis n nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat Synonym(s): ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fellowship n an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" Synonym(s): family, fellowship the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends" Synonym(s): company, companionship, fellowship, society money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
felspar n any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium Synonym(s): feldspar, felspar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
file cabinet n office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order Synonym(s): file, file cabinet, filing cabinet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Filicopsida n ferns [syn: Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flag captain n the captain of a flagship
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flag of truce n flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce Synonym(s): white flag, flag of truce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flag officer n a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flag waving n an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: {flag waving}, jingoism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flag-waver n an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flag-waving adj fanatically patriotic [syn: chauvinistic, {flag- waving(a)}, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flagfish n a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida Synonym(s): flagfish, American flagfish, Jordanella floridae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flagpole n surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors Synonym(s): range pole, ranging pole, flagpole a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised Synonym(s): flagpole, flagstaff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flagship n the chief one of a related group; "it is their flagship newspaper" the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flake off v come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" Synonym(s): peel off, peel, flake off, flake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash back v return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" Synonym(s): cut back, flash back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash bulb n a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph Synonym(s): flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash butt welding n butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe Synonym(s): flash welding, flash butt welding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash flood n a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Synonym(s): flash flood, flashflood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash point n point at which something is ready to blow up [syn: {flash point}, flashpoint] the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air Synonym(s): flash point, flashpoint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash-forward n a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story Antonym(s): flashback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash-freeze v freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors; "quick-freeze the shrimp" Synonym(s): quick-freeze, flash-freeze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash-frozen adj (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" Synonym(s): flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashback n a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story Antonym(s): flash- forward an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashboard n boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height Synonym(s): flashboard, flashboarding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashboarding n boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height Synonym(s): flashboard, flashboarding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashbulb n a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph Synonym(s): flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashflood n a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Synonym(s): flash flood, flashflood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashover n an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashpoint n point at which something is ready to blow up [syn: {flash point}, flashpoint] the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air Synonym(s): flash point, flashpoint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaskful n the quantity a flask will hold Synonym(s): flask, flaskful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flax family n a widely distributed family of plants [syn: Linaceae, family Linaceae, flax family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fleeceable adj naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" Synonym(s): fleeceable, green, gullible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flesh fly n fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals Synonym(s): flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexibility n the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] Antonym(s): inflexibility, inflexibleness the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" Synonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness Antonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness the trait of being easily persuaded Synonym(s): tractability, tractableness, flexibility Antonym(s): intractability, intractableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexible adj capable of being changed; "flexible schedules" [ant: inflexible] able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches" Synonym(s): flexible, flexile Antonym(s): inflexible able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" Synonym(s): elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant bending and snapping back readily without breaking Synonym(s): flexible, whippy making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" Synonym(s): compromising, conciliatory, flexible Antonym(s): inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexible joint n a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other Synonym(s): hinge, flexible joint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexible sigmoidoscope n an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon Synonym(s): sigmoidoscope, flexible sigmoidoscope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexible sigmoidoscopy n visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps Synonym(s): sigmoidoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexibleness n the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] Antonym(s): inflexibility, inflexibleness the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" Synonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness Antonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexibly adv with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly" Antonym(s): inflexibly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flux applicator n an applicator for applying flux (as in soldering)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flyspeck adj very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" Synonym(s): bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck n a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
folk ballad n a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture Synonym(s): folk song, folksong, folk ballad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
folk poet n a folk writer who composes in verse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fool's cap n a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils Synonym(s): dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap
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fool's paradise n an illusory state of wellbeing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fool's parsley n European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten Synonym(s): fool's parsley, lesser hemlock, Aethusa cynapium
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foolscap n a size of paper used especially in Britain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foul-spoken adj using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once" Synonym(s): foul-mouthed, foul- spoken
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falciform \Fal"ci*form\, a. [L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form:       cf. F. falciforme.]       Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping       hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peregrine \Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.]       Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.       [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] [bd]Peregrine and preternatural       heat.[b8] --Bacon.          {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a courageous and swift falcon             ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution             over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish             ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,             white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called             also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and             {great-footed hawk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falcon \Fal"con\, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon,       [?]. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a       sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf.       {Falchion}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) One of a family ({Falconid[91]}) of raptorial birds,                   characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws,                   and powerful flight.             (b) Any species of the genus {Falco}, distinguished by                   having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible;                   especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit                   of other birds, or game.                               In the language of falconry, the female                            peregrine ({Falco peregrinus}) is exclusively                            called the falcon.                        --Yarrell.          2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon.          {Chanting falcon}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chanting}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Shahin \[d8]Sha*hin"\, n. [Ar. sh[be]h[c6]n.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large and swift Asiatic falcon ({Falco pregrinator}) highly       valued in falconry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.       vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also {vampyre}.]       1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person             superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander             about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus             causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in             parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in             Hungary about the year 1730.                         The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,                      witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a                      violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or                      by the church,                                    --Encyc. Brit.          2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;             a bloodsucker.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two or more species of South             American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera             {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. These bats are destitute of             molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with             which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the             blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as             man, chiefly during sleep. They have a c[91]cal appendage             to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge             themselves is stored.          4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical             American bats of the genus {Vampyrus}, especially {V.             spectrum}. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but             were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of             man and animals. Called also {false vampire}.          {Vampire bat} (Zo[94]l.), a vampire, 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.       vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also {vampyre}.]       1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person             superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander             about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus             causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in             parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in             Hungary about the year 1730.                         The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,                      witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a                      violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or                      by the church,                                    --Encyc. Brit.          2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;             a bloodsucker.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two or more species of South             American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera             {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. These bats are destitute of             molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with             which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the             blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as             man, chiefly during sleep. They have a c[91]cal appendage             to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge             themselves is stored.          4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical             American bats of the genus {Vampyrus}, especially {V.             spectrum}. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but             were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of             man and animals. Called also {false vampire}.          {Vampire bat} (Zo[94]l.), a vampire, 3.
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False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
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False-faced \False"-faced`\, a.       Hypocritical. --Shak.
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Falsifiable \Fal"si*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. falsifiable.]       Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.       --Johnson.
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Falsification \Fal`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.]       1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting;             the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it             is not.                         To counterfeit the living image of king in his                      person exceedeth all falsifications.   --Bacon.          2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.                         Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold                      and violent falsification of the doctrine of the                      alliance.                                          --Bp.                                                                               Warburton.          3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be             wrong. --Story.
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Falsificator \Fal"si*fi*ca`tor\, n. [Cf. F. falsificateur.]       A falsifier. --Bp. Morton.
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Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Falsified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Falsifying}.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F.       falsifier. See {False}, a.]       1. To make false; to represent falsely.                         The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything                      as they list, to please or displease any man.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.          3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to             disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.                         By how much better than my word I am, By so much                      shall I falsify men's hope.               --Shak.                         Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under                      Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the                      prediction.                                       --Addison.          4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's             faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney.          5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler.          6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.             --Blackstone.          7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge             inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell.          8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with;             as, to falsify a record or document.
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Falsifier \Fal"si*fi`er\, n.       One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive       appearance; a liar.
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Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Falsified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Falsifying}.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F.       falsifier. See {False}, a.]       1. To make false; to represent falsely.                         The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything                      as they list, to please or displease any man.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.          3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to             disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.                         By how much better than my word I am, By so much                      shall I falsify men's hope.               --Shak.                         Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under                      Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the                      prediction.                                       --Addison.          4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's             faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney.          5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler.          6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.             --Blackstone.          7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge             inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell.          8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with;             as, to falsify a record or document.
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Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. i.       To tell lies; to violate the truth.                   It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and                falsify.                   South.
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Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Falsified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Falsifying}.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F.       falsifier. See {False}, a.]       1. To make false; to represent falsely.                         The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything                      as they list, to please or displease any man.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.          3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to             disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.                         By how much better than my word I am, By so much                      shall I falsify men's hope.               --Shak.                         Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under                      Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the                      prediction.                                       --Addison.          4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's             faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney.          5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler.          6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.             --Blackstone.          7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge             inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell.          8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with;             as, to falsify a record or document.
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Fe-licify \Fe-lic"ify\, v. t. [L. felix happy = -fy.]       To make happy; to felicitate. [Obs.] --Quarles.
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Leopard \Leop"ard\ (l[ecr]p"[etil]rd), n. [OE. leopart, leparde,       lebarde, libbard, OF. leopard, liepart, F. l[82]opard, L.       leopardus, fr. Gr. leo`pardos; le`wn lion + pa`rdos pard. See       {Lion}, and {Pard}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large, savage, carnivorous mammal ({Felis leopardus}). It       is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters       of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in       Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther ({Felis       pardus}) is regarded as a variety of leopard.          {Hunting leopard}. See {Cheetah}.          {Leopard cat} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species or             varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern             Asia, and the East Indies; esp., {Felis Bengalensis}.          {Leopard marmot}. See {Gopher}, 2.
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Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx                ({Felis borealis}); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier                ({F. Canadensis}); the bay lynx of America ({F. rufa}),                and its western spotted variety ({var. maculata}); and                the pardine lynx ({F. pardina}) of Southern Europe.          2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.
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Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]       Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine       Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a       wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern       Patagonia.          {Pampas cat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis             pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or             brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also             {straw cat}.          {Pampas deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South             American deer ({Cervus, [or] Blastocerus, campestris}).          {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass             ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle.             It is a native of the pampas of South America.
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Ocelot \O"ce*lot\, n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zo[94]l.)       An American feline carnivore ({Felis pardalis}). It ranges       from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is       covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are       variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray       to tawny yellow.
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Pardine \Par"dine\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Spotted like a pard.          {Pardine lynx} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lynx ({Felis             pardina}) inhabiting Southern Europe. Its color is rufous,             spotted with black.
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Leopard \Leop"ard\ (l[ecr]p"[etil]rd), n. [OE. leopart, leparde,       lebarde, libbard, OF. leopard, liepart, F. l[82]opard, L.       leopardus, fr. Gr. leo`pardos; le`wn lion + pa`rdos pard. See       {Lion}, and {Pard}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large, savage, carnivorous mammal ({Felis leopardus}). It       is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters       of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in       Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther ({Felis       pardus}) is regarded as a variety of leopard.          {Hunting leopard}. See {Cheetah}.          {Leopard cat} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species or             varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern             Asia, and the East Indies; esp., {Felis Bengalensis}.          {Leopard marmot}. See {Gopher}, 2.
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Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, n. [Fellow + -ship.]       1. The state or relation of being or associate.          2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms;             frequent and familiar intercourse.                         In a great town, friends are scattered, so that                      there is not that fellowship which is in less                      neighborhods.                                    --Bacon.                         Men are made for society and mutual fellowship.                                                                               --Calamy.          3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership;             association; hence, confederation; joint interest.                         The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our                      fellowship.                                       --Shak.                         Fellowship in pain divides not smart. --Milton.                         Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage.   --Shak.                         The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof                      this world holds record.                     --Tennyson.          4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a             company.                         The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. --Chaucer.                         With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels.                                                                               --Spenser.          5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the             maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a             fellow, who usually resides at the university.
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Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fellowshiped};       p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fellowshiping}.] (Eccl.)       To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according       to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian       fellowship.
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Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fellowshiped};       p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fellowshiping}.] (Eccl.)       To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according       to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian       fellowship.
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Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fellowshiped};       p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fellowshiping}.] (Eccl.)       To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according       to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian       fellowship.
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Felspar \Fel"spar`\, Felspath \Fel"spath`\, n. (Min.)       See {Feldspar}.
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Felspar \Fel"spar`\, Felspath \Fel"spath`\, n. (Min.)       See {Feldspar}.
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Felspathic \Fel*spath"ic\, a.       See {Feldspathic}.
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Filiciform \Fi*lic"i*form\, a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -form:       cf. F. filiciforme]       Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. --Smart.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.]       (Bot.)       An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to       either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}.          {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long             leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels             to make the latter water-tight.          {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}.          {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or             rushes.          {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag.          {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.       vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]       1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.          2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to             indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask             information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved             by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;             as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of                   certain hawks, owls, etc.             (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.             (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.          {Black flag}. See under {Black}.          {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers             attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.          {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an             admiral, or commodore.          {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an             enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose             of making some communication not hostile.          {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.          {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not             stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or             waved.          {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which             some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.          {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of             danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.          {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to             its place; -- done as a mark of respect.          {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in             some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a             white flag.          {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise             it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign             of mourning.          {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in             token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of             surrender.          {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also             carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious             disease is on board.
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Flag \Flag\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called       also {flag feather}.
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Truce \Truce\, n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a       truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. tre[a2]w       fidelity, faith, troth. See {True}.]       1. (Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders             of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities,             for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.          2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary             cessation; short quiet.                         Where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless                      thoughts.                                          --Milton.          {Flag of truce} (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by             one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which             hostilities are suspended.          {Truce of God}, a suspension of arms promulgated by the             church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages,             putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain             periods.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.       vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]       1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.          2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to             indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask             information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved             by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;             as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of                   certain hawks, owls, etc.             (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.             (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.          {Black flag}. See under {Black}.          {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers             attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.          {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an             admiral, or commodore.          {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an             enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose             of making some communication not hostile.          {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.          {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not             stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or             waved.          {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which             some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.          {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of             danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.          {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to             its place; -- done as a mark of respect.          {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in             some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a             white flag.          {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise             it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign             of mourning.          {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in             token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of             surrender.          {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also             carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious             disease is on board.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.       vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]       1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.          2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to             indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask             information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved             by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;             as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of                   certain hawks, owls, etc.             (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.             (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.          {Black flag}. See under {Black}.          {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers             attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.          {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an             admiral, or commodore.          {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an             enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose             of making some communication not hostile.          {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.          {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not             stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or             waved.          {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which             some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.          {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of             danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.          {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to             its place; -- done as a mark of respect.          {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in             some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a             white flag.          {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise             it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign             of mourning.          {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in             token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of             surrender.          {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also             carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious             disease is on board.
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Flagship \Flag"ship`\, n. (Naut.)       The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or       squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
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Flash boiler \Flash boiler\       A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam       automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very       little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as       it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately       flashed into steam and superheated.
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Flash burner \Flash burner\       A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
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Flashboard \Flash"board`\, n.       A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water       in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]
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Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G.       flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L.       plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. [?] to weave, plait.       See {Ply}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Linum}, esp. the {L.             usitatissimum}, which has a single, slender stalk, about a             foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the             bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,             cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from             the seed.          2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken             and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.          {Earth flax} (Min.), amianthus.          {Flax brake}, a machine for removing the woody portion of             flax from the fibrous.          {Flax comb}, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.          {Flax cotton}, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in             bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared             for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.          {Flax dresser}, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares             it for the spinner.          {Flax mill}, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen             manufactured.          {Flax puller}, a machine for pulling flax plants in the             field.          {Flax wench}.             (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]             (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Mountain flax} (Min.), amianthus.          {New Zealand flax} (Bot.) See {Flax-plant}.
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Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G.       flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L.       plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. [?] to weave, plait.       See {Ply}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Linum}, esp. the {L.             usitatissimum}, which has a single, slender stalk, about a             foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the             bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,             cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from             the seed.          2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken             and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.          {Earth flax} (Min.), amianthus.          {Flax brake}, a machine for removing the woody portion of             flax from the fibrous.          {Flax comb}, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.          {Flax cotton}, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in             bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared             for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.          {Flax dresser}, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares             it for the spinner.          {Flax mill}, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen             manufactured.          {Flax puller}, a machine for pulling flax plants in the             field.          {Flax wench}.             (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]             (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Mountain flax} (Min.), amianthus.          {New Zealand flax} (Bot.) See {Flax-plant}.
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Flax-plant \Flax"-plant`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant in new Zealand ({Phormium tenax}), allied to the       lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several       feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making       ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.
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, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies,    such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also    rich in phosphate of potash.          2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;             especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as             distinguished from fish.                         With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.                                                                               --Chaucer.          3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the             corporeal person.                         As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were                      brass impregnable.                              --Shak.          4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.                         All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.                                                                               --Gen. vi. 12.          5. Human nature:             (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.                               There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.                                                                               --Cowper.             (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical                   pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.             (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal                   propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by                   spiritual influences.          6. Kindred; stock; race.                         He is our brother and our flesh.         --Gen. xxxvii.                                                                               27.          7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a             root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.          Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining                compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush                or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.          {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or             earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John             viii. 15.          {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid.          {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water.          {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose             larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle             fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and             {blowfly}. See {Blowly}.          {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift.          {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to             the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.          {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate             the hue of the living body.          {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See             {Flesh fly} (above).          {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}.          {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to             become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies,    such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also    rich in phosphate of potash.          2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;             especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as             distinguished from fish.                         With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.                                                                               --Chaucer.          3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the             corporeal person.                         As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were                      brass impregnable.                              --Shak.          4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.                         All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.                                                                               --Gen. vi. 12.          5. Human nature:             (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.                               There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.                                                                               --Cowper.             (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical                   pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.             (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal                   propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by                   spiritual influences.          6. Kindred; stock; race.                         He is our brother and our flesh.         --Gen. xxxvii.                                                                               27.          7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a             root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.          Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining                compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush                or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.          {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or             earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John             viii. 15.          {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid.          {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water.          {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose             larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle             fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and             {blowfly}. See {Blowly}.          {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift.          {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to             the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.          {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate             the hue of the living body.          {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See             {Flesh fly} (above).          {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}.          {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to             become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
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Fleshpot \Flesh"pot`\, n.       A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence (pl.),       plenty; high living.                   In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and                . . . did eat bread to the full.            --Ex. xvi. 3.
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Flexibility \Flex`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F.       flexibilite.]       The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness;       pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of       hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.       --Sir I. Newton.                   All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. --Macaulay.
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Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]       1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being             turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;             yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.                         When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of                      knotted oaks.                                    --Shak.          2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not             invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;             ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.                         Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways                      flexible to the will of the people.   --Bacon.                         Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.          3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a             flexible language.                         This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.                                                                               --Rogers.          Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;                obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- {Flex"i*ble*ness},                n. -- {Flex"i*bly}, adv.
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Sandstone \Sand"stone`\, n.       A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or       siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.          Note: Different names are applied to the various kinds of                sandstone according to their composition; as, granitic,                argillaceous, micaceous, etc.          {Flexible sandstone} (Min.), the finer-grained variety of             itacolumite, which on account of the scales of mica in the             lamination is quite flexible.          {Red sandstone}, a name given to two extensive series of             British rocks in which red sandstones predominate, one             below, and the other above, the coal measures. These were             formerly known as the Old and the New Red Sandstone             respectively, and the former name is still retained for             the group preceding the Coal and referred to the Devonian             age, but the term New Red Sandstone is now little used,             some of the strata being regarded as Permian and the             remained as Triassic. See the Chart of {Geology}.
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Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]       1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being             turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;             yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.                         When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of                      knotted oaks.                                    --Shak.          2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not             invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;             ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.                         Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways                      flexible to the will of the people.   --Bacon.                         Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.          3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a             flexible language.                         This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.                                                                               --Rogers.          Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;                obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- {Flex"i*ble*ness},                n. -- {Flex"i*bly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]       1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being             turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;             yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.                         When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of                      knotted oaks.                                    --Shak.          2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not             invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;             ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.                         Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways                      flexible to the will of the people.   --Bacon.                         Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.          3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a             flexible language.                         This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.                                                                               --Rogers.          Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;                obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- {Flex"i*ble*ness},                n. -- {Flex"i*bly}, adv.
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Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.       floccho, Icel. fl[omac]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,       or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]       1. A lock of wool or hair.                         I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks                      in the point [pommel].                        --Shak.          2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. [or] pl.), old rags, etc.,             reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for             stuffing unpholstered furniture.          3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from             shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall             paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,             the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.          {Flock bed}, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse             wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. [bd]Once a flock             bed, but repaired with straw.[b8] --Pope.          {Flock paper}, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or             size.
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Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.       floccho, Icel. fl[omac]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,       or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]       1. A lock of wool or hair.                         I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks                      in the point [pommel].                        --Shak.          2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. [or] pl.), old rags, etc.,             reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for             stuffing unpholstered furniture.          3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from             shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall             paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,             the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.          {Flock bed}, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse             wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. [bd]Once a flock             bed, but repaired with straw.[b8] --Pope.          {Flock paper}, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or             size.
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Flossification \Flos`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. {Florification}.]       A flowering; florification. [R.] --Craig.
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Flush \Flush\, a.       1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.                         With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence,             liberal; prodigal.                         Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot.          3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level             with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface;             as, a flush panel; a flush joint.          4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.          {Flush bolt}.             (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be                   flush with a surface.             (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so                   as to be flush therewith.          {Flush deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}, n., 1.          {Flush tank}, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for             flushing drainpipes, etc.
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Flushboard \Flush"board`\, n.       Same as {Flashboard}.
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Fluxibility \Flux`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. LL. fluxibilitas       fluidity.]       The quality of being fluxible. --Hammond.
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Fluxible \Flux"i*ble\, a. [Cf.LL. fluxibilis fluid, OF.       fluxible.]       Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. --Holland. --       {Flux"i*ble*ness}, n.
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Fluxible \Flux"i*ble\, a. [Cf.LL. fluxibilis fluid, OF.       fluxible.]       Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. --Holland. --       {Flux"i*ble*ness}, n.
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Fluxive \Flux"ive\, a.       Flowing; also, wanting solidity. --B. Jonson.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]                         A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.          5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for             hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]          6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,             the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.          7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the             wind blows.          8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are             marked; the compass card. --Totten.          9. (Mech.)             (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a                   fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of                   machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the                   striking part of a clock.             (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends                   on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the                   motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the                   power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,                   is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining                   press. See {Fly wheel} (below).          10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which             holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is             penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.          11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a             spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.          12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or             jerk. --Knight.          13.             (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from                   the press.             (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power                   to a power printing press for doing the same work.          14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn             over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof             of the tent at no other place.          15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.          16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,             overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.          17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable             distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a             ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.          {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under             {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom             ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in             sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}             (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the             working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used             in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing             Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by             the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for             anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,             formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a             reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the             driving power being applied by the hand through a cord             winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it             rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the             act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial             flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing             flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the             speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes             revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant             of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem             and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.             Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an             artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the             beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --       {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.          {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.          {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger             nut.          {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose             flowers resemble flies.          {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that             feed upon or are entangled by it.          {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.          {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,             operated by hand and having a heavy fly.          {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged             leaf of a table.          {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.          {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.          {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla             nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male             is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.          {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to             equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by             its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to             accumulate or give out energy for a variable or             intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.          {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a             batted ball caught before touching the ground.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]                         A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.          5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for             hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]          6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,             the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.          7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the             wind blows.          8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are             marked; the compass card. --Totten.          9. (Mech.)             (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a                   fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of                   machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the                   striking part of a clock.             (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends                   on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the                   motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the                   power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,                   is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining                   press. See {Fly wheel} (below).          10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which             holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is             penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.          11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a             spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.          12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or             jerk. --Knight.          13.             (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from                   the press.             (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power                   to a power printing press for doing the same work.          14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn             over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof             of the tent at no other place.          15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.          16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,             overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.          17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable             distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a             ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.          {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under             {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom             ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in             sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}             (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the             working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used             in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing             Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by             the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for             anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,             formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a             reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the             driving power being applied by the hand through a cord             winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it             rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the             act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial             flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing             flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the             speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes             revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant             of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem             and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.             Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an             artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the             beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --       {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.          {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.          {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger             nut.          {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose             flowers resemble flies.          {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that             feed upon or are entangled by it.          {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.          {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,             operated by hand and having a heavy fly.          {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged             leaf of a table.          {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.          {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.          {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla             nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male             is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.          {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to             equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by             its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to             accumulate or give out energy for a variable or             intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.          {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a             batted ball caught before touching the ground.
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Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl?'sp?k), n.       A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any       insignificant dot.
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Flyspeck \Fly"speck\, v. t.       To soil with flyspecks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, n. [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage,       fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium.       See 3d {Foil}, and cf. {Foliation}, {Filemot}.]       1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature;             leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.          2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially,             the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in             architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals,             friezes, pediments, etc.          {Foliage plant} (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty             of its leaves, as many kinds of {Begonia} and {Coleus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folk \Folk\ (f[omac]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[omac]ks), n. collect. &       pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk,       Icel. f[omac]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and       perh. to E. follow.]       1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group             of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]                         The organization of each folk, as such, sprang                      mainly from war.                                 --J. R. Green.          2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --             generally used in the plural form, and often with a             qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.             [Colloq.]                         In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With                      good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.                                                                               --Shak.          3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all             well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.          {Folk song}, one of a class of songs long popular with the             common people.          {Folk speech}, the speech of the common people, as             distinguished from that of the educated class.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;       a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated       ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.]       1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of             understanding; an idiot; a natural.          2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or             pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one             without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.                         Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.                         Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn                      in no other.                                       --Franklin.          3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious             wisdom; a wicked person.                         The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.                                                                               --Ps. xiv. 1.          4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or             buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed             fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.                         Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?                                                                               --Milton.          {April fool}, {Court fool}, etc. See under {April}, {Court},             etc.          {Fool's cap}, a cap or hood to which bells were usually             attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.          {Fool's errand}, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure             or undertaking.          {Fool's gold}, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in             color.          {Fool's paradise}, a name applied to a limbo (see under             {Limbo}) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and             nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain             self-satistaction.          {Fool's parsley} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant             ({[92]thusa Cynapium}) resembling parsley, but nauseous             and poisonous.          {To make a fool of}, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to             shame. [Colloq.]          {To play the fool}, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish             part. [bd]I have played the fool, and have erred             exceedingly.[b8] --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.       Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an       inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,       pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]       1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed             after their creation.          2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.                         To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke                                                                               xxiii. 43.                         It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in                      Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.          3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;             hence, a state of happiness.                         The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.                         Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.                                                                               --Beaconsfield.          4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a             church, as the space within a cloister, the open court             before a basilica, etc.          5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.          {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.          {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under             {Pepper}.          {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among             the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina             superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and             the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The             long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include             some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired             paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,             and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,             ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}             in the Vocabulary.          {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic             fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.             It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.          {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus             {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely             elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with             the head glossy dark green, and crested.          {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New             Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety             plumage with brilliant metallic tints.          {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.             [Local, U. S.]          {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;       a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated       ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.]       1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of             understanding; an idiot; a natural.          2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or             pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one             without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.                         Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.                         Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn                      in no other.                                       --Franklin.          3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious             wisdom; a wicked person.                         The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.                                                                               --Ps. xiv. 1.          4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or             buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed             fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.                         Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?                                                                               --Milton.          {April fool}, {Court fool}, etc. See under {April}, {Court},             etc.          {Fool's cap}, a cap or hood to which bells were usually             attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.          {Fool's errand}, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure             or undertaking.          {Fool's gold}, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in             color.          {Fool's paradise}, a name applied to a limbo (see under             {Limbo}) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and             nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain             self-satistaction.          {Fool's parsley} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant             ({[92]thusa Cynapium}) resembling parsley, but nauseous             and poisonous.          {To make a fool of}, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to             shame. [Colloq.]          {To play the fool}, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish             part. [bd]I have played the fool, and have erred             exceedingly.[b8] --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parsley \Pars"ley\, n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L.       petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. [?]; [?] stone + [?] parsley.       Cf. {Celery}.] (Bot.)       An aromatic umbelliferous herb ({Carum Petroselinum}), having       finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a       garnish.                   As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a                rabbit.                                                   --Shak.          {Fool's parsley}. See under {Fool}.          {Hedge parsley}, {Milk parsley}, {Stone parsley}, names given             to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.          {Parsley fern} (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling             parsley ({Cryptogramme crispa}).          {Parsley piert} (Bot.), a small herb ({Alchemilla arvensis})             formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;       a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated       ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.]       1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of             understanding; an idiot; a natural.          2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or             pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one             without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.                         Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.                         Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn                      in no other.                                       --Franklin.          3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious             wisdom; a wicked person.                         The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.                                                                               --Ps. xiv. 1.          4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or             buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed             fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.                         Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?                                                                               --Milton.          {April fool}, {Court fool}, etc. See under {April}, {Court},             etc.          {Fool's cap}, a cap or hood to which bells were usually             attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.          {Fool's errand}, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure             or undertaking.          {Fool's gold}, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in             color.          {Fool's paradise}, a name applied to a limbo (see under             {Limbo}) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and             nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain             self-satistaction.          {Fool's parsley} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant             ({[92]thusa Cynapium}) resembling parsley, but nauseous             and poisonous.          {To make a fool of}, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to             shame. [Colloq.]          {To play the fool}, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish             part. [bd]I have played the fool, and have erred             exceedingly.[b8] --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolscap \Fools"cap`\, n. [So called from the watermark of a       fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's       cap, under {Fool}.]       A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches,       and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See {Paper}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.          {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground             outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of             certain limits.          {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base,             through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the             field.          {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of             fouling another vesel.          {Foul bill}, [or] {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly             authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a             contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are             infected.          {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;             -- opposed to fair or clean copy. [bd]Some writers boast             of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their             foul copies.[b8] --Cowper.          {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an             excessive quantity of errors.          {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any             part of his person is outside of the lines of his             position.          {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] [bd]If they             be any ways offended, they fall foul.[b8] --Burton.          {To} {fall, [or] run}, {foul of}. See under {Fall}.          {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the             ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul-spoken \Foul"-spo`ken\, a.       Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.       --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Falkville, AL (town, FIPS 25648)       Location: 34.37694 N, 86.90972 W       Population (1990): 1337 (425 housing units)       Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35622
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Falls Village, CT       Zip code(s): 06031
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fallsburg, NY       Zip code(s): 12733
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False Pass, AK (CDP, FIPS 24670)       Location: 54.84103 N, 163.43685 W       Population (1990): 68 (36 housing units)       Area: 38.3 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99583
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flag Pond, TN       Zip code(s): 37657
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flaxville, MT (town, FIPS 26800)       Location: 48.80371 N, 105.17317 W       Population (1990): 88 (47 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 59222
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Flyspeck 3 n.   Standard name for any font that is so tiny as to    be unreadable (by analogy with names like `Helvetica 10' for    10-point Helvetica).   Legal boilerplate is usually printed in    Flyspeck 3.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
File Separator          (FS) {ASCII} character 28.          (1996-06-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flash EPROM          {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flyspeck 3          A standard name for any {font} that is so tiny as to       be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for       10-point Helvetica.   Legal boilerplate is usually printed in       Flyspeck 3.          (1994-11-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fellowship       (1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job       22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual       affection (Rom. 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Ps. 4:6);       conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participation of       his felicity (1 John 1:3, 4; Eph. 3:14-21).                (2.) Of saints with one another, in duties (Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor.       12:1; 1 Thess. 5:17, 18); in ordinances (Heb. 10:25; Acts 2:46);       in grace, love, joy, etc. (Mal. 3:16; 2 Cor. 8:4); mutual       interest, spiritual and temporal (Rom. 12:4, 13; Heb. 13:16); in       sufferings (Rom. 15:1, 2; Gal. 6:1, 2; Rom. 12:15; and in glory       (Rev. 7:9).