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English Dictionary: fashion	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fashion n how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" Synonym(s): manner, mode, style, way, fashion characteristic or habitual practice the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode v make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" Synonym(s): fashion, forge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feign v make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" Synonym(s): feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" Synonym(s): simulate, assume, sham, feign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fijian adj of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture; "the Fijian population"; "Fijian folktales" n a native or inhabitant of Fiji the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fission n reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy Synonym(s): fission, nuclear fission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fujiyama n an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages Synonym(s): Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujinoyama, Fuji-san
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fukien n any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province [syn: Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fusain n a stick of black carbon material used for drawing [syn: charcoal, fusain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fusion n an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn: fusion, merger, unification] the state of being combined into one body Synonym(s): coalition, fusion the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy Synonym(s): fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept Synonym(s): fusion, optical fusion correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization Synonym(s): fusion, spinal fusion the act of fusing (or melting) together
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fascine \Fas*cine"\, n. [F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis. See {Fasces}.] (Fort. & Engin.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Faction}.] 1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke ix. 29. I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak. 2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke. As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer. 3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion. 4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. [bd]After his sour fashion.[b8] --Shak. {After a fashion}, to a certain extent; in a sort. {Fashion piece} (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. {Fashion plate}, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.] 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay. Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper. 2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to. Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. --Spenser. 3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. --Locke. 4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak. {Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fauchion \Fau"chion\, n. See {Falchion}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fausen \Fau"sen\, n. [Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like fl.] (Zo[94]l.) A young eel. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fijian \Fi"ji*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants. -- n. A native of the Fiji islands. [Written also {Feejeean}, {Feejee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feigning}.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See {Dough}, and cf. {Figure}, {Faint}, {Effigy}, {Fiction}.] 1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. 2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak. 3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figgum \Fig"gum\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A juggler's trick; conjuring. [Obs.] The devil is the author of wicked figgum. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fijian \Fi"ji*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants. -- n. A native of the Fiji islands. [Written also {Feejeean}, {Feejee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.] 1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer. Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon. 2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.] Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl. {Fish maw}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fission \Fis"sion\, n. [L. fissio. See {Fissure}.] 1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts. 2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See {Segmentation}, and {Cell division}, under {Division}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See {Strobilation}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foison \Foi"son\, n. [F. foison, fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See {Fusion}.] Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic] --Lowell. That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossane \Fos"sane`\, n. [Cf. F. fossane.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of civet ({Viverra fossa}) resembling the genet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foyson \Foy"son\, n. [Obs.] See {Foison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuegian \Fue"gian\, a. Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego. -- n. A native of Terra del Fuego.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melanin \Mel"a*nin\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.] (Physiol.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called {fuscin}), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuscin \Fus"cin\, n. [L. fuscus dark-colored, tawny.] (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melanin \Mel"a*nin\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.] (Physiol.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called {fuscin}), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuscin \Fus"cin\, n. [L. fuscus dark-colored, tawny.] (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuscine \Fus"cine\, n. (Chem.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fusion \Fu"sion\, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour, melt: cf. F. fusion. See {Fuse}, v. t., aud cf, {Foison}.] 1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals. 2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion. 3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together. The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs . . . had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. --C. Kingsley. {Watery fusion} (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization. 4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fusome \Fu"some\, a. [AS. f[?]san to hasten, fr. f[?]s ready, prompt, quick; akin to OS. f[?]s, OHG. funs, Icel. fuss willing; prob. from the root of E. find.] Handy; reat; handsome; notable. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Faison, NC (town, FIPS 22560) Location: 35.11660 N, 78.13660 W Population (1990): 701 (319 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28341
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Faxon, OK (town, FIPS 25650) Location: 34.46037 N, 98.57825 W Population (1990): 127 (64 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73540
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Foxhome, MN (city, FIPS 22202) Location: 46.27674 N, 96.31023 W Population (1990): 160 (71 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56543
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
FIXME imp. [common] A standard tag often put in C comments near a piece of code that needs work. The point of doing so is that a `grep' or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly. /* FIXME: note this is common in {GNU} code. */ Compare {XXX}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FIXME A standard tag often put in {comments} near a piece of code that needs work. The point of doing so is that a {grep} or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly. This is common in {GNU} code. Compare {XXX}. [{Jargon File}] (2001-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FSM 1. {Finite State Machine}. 2. {FDDI Switching Module}. ({3Com} implements this device on its {LAN} switches). [What is it?] (1997-05-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FUSION Software package supplied by Network Research Corporation claiming to connect various different configurations of LAN.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fusion A {program transformation} where a {composition} of two functions is replaced by in-lining them and combining their bodies. E.g. f x = g (h x) ==> f x = g (2 * x) g x = x + 1 f x = 2 * x + 1 h x = 2 * x This has the beneficial effect of reducing the number of function calls. It can be especially useful where the intermediate result is a large data structure which can be eliminated. See also {vertical loop combination}. (1994-12-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FUSION Software package supplied by Network Research Corporation claiming to connect various different configurations of LAN.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fusion A {program transformation} where a {composition} of two functions is replaced by in-lining them and combining their bodies. E.g. f x = g (h x) ==> f x = g (2 * x) g x = x + 1 f x = 2 * x + 1 h x = 2 * x This has the beneficial effect of reducing the number of function calls. It can be especially useful where the intermediate result is a large data structure which can be eliminated. See also {vertical loop combination}. (1994-12-05)