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   father
         n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your
               father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: {father},
               {male parent}, {begetter}] [ant: {female parent}, {mother}]
         2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
            [syn: {forefather}, {father}, {sire}]
         3: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches
            (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox
            Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
            [syn: {Father}, {Padre}]
         4: (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from
            the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and
            confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic
            Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of
            the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose,
            Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in
            Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John
            Chrysostom [syn: {Church Father}, {Father of the Church},
            {Father}]
         5: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in
            some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor";
            "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
         6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear
            our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: {Father}, {Father-God},
            {Fatherhood}]
         7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
            Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {founder},
            {beginner}, {founding father}, {father}]
         8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {don}, {father}]
         v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
               children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get},
               {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring
               forth}]

English Dictionary: feature	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FDR n 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945) Synonym(s): Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, FDR
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feather n the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Synonym(s): feather, plume, plumage turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls Synonym(s): feather, feathering v join tongue and groove, in carpentry cover or fit with feathers turn the paddle; in canoeing Synonym(s): feather, square turn the oar, while rowing Synonym(s): feather, square grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" Synonym(s): fledge, feather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feathery adj resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees" Synonym(s): featherlike, feathery characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregation of jays" adorned with feathers or plumes Synonym(s): feathery, feathered, plumy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feature n a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" Synonym(s): feature, characteristic the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" Synonym(s): feature, lineament the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" Synonym(s): feature, feature film a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" Synonym(s): feature, feature article (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind Synonym(s): feature of speech, feature an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles v have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" Synonym(s): have, feature Antonym(s): lack, miss wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" Synonym(s): sport, feature, boast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fedora n a hat made of felt with a creased crown [syn: fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeder n an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening someone who consumes food for nourishment Synonym(s): eater, feeder a branch that flows into the main stream Synonym(s): feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent Antonym(s): distributary a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" Synonym(s): self-feeder, feeder an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds Synonym(s): bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetor n a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetter n a shackle for the ankles or feet Synonym(s): fetter, hobble v restrain with fetters Synonym(s): fetter, shackle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fitter adj improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter, healthier] n someone who fits a garment to a particular person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fodder n soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire Synonym(s): cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop v give fodder (to domesticated animals)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foetor n a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footer n (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer"; "the golfer sank a 40-footer"; "his yacht is a 60-footer" a person who travels by foot Synonym(s): pedestrian, walker, footer a printed note placed below the text on a printed page Synonym(s): footnote, footer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footwear n clothing worn on a person's feet covering for a person's feet Synonym(s): footwear, footgear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
future adj yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" Antonym(s): past, present(a) effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" Synonym(s): future(a), next, succeeding(a) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" n the time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity, time to come] Antonym(s): past, past times, yesteryear a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Synonym(s): future, future tense bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coot \Coot\ (k[oomac]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}. The common European or bald coot is {F. atra} (see under {bald}); the American is {F. Americana}. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of ({[OE]demia} are called coots. See {Scoter}. [bd]As simple as a coot.[b8] --Halliwell. 2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fader \Fa"der\, n. Father. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faitour \Fai"tour\, n. [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See {Factor}.] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Father \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fathering}.] 1. To make one's self the father of; to beget. Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. --Shak. 2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.). Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. --Swift. 3. To provide with a father. [R.] Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? --Shak. {To father on} [or] {upon}, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. [bd]Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor.[b8] --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Father \Fa"ther\, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[91]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa[?]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[be] protect. [?][?][?],[?][?][?]. Cf. {Papa}, {Paternal}, {Patriot}, {Potential}, {Pablum}.] 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1. 2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii. 10. Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16. 3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix. 16. He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. --Gen. xiv. 8. 4. A respectful mode of address to an old man. And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father! --2 Kings xiii. 14. 5. A senator of ancient Rome. 6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also {father confessor}), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak. 7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. 8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. --Gen. iv. 21. Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak. The father of good news. --Shak. 9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9. Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye. --Milton. {Adoptive father}, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. {Apostolic father}, {Conscript fathers, etc.} See under {Apostolic}, {Conscript}, etc. {Father in God}, a title given to bishops. {Father of lies}, the Devil. {Father of the bar}, the oldest practitioner at the bar. {Fathers of the city}, the aldermen. {Father of the Faithful}. (a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. {Father of the house}, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. {Most Reverend Father in God}, a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. {Natural father}, the father of an illegitimate child. {Putative father}, one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. {Spiritual father}. (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. {The Holy Father} (R. C. Ch.), the pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS. f[aemac]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.] 1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10. 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. 4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle. 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift. 6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fautor \Fau"tor\, n. [L., contr. fr. favitor, fr. favere to be favorable: cf. F. fauteur. See {Favor}.] A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. [Obs.] The king and the fautors of his proceedings. --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faytour \Fay"tour\, n. See {Faitour}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fd2tor \F[d2]"tor\, n. Same as {Fetor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feat \Feat\, a. [Compar. {Feater}; superl. {Featest}.] [F. fait made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See {Feat}, n.] Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic] Never master had a page . . . so feat. --Shak. And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than before. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw. fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.] 1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}. 2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species. [R.] I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. --Shak. 3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs. 4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse. 5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. 6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline. 7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. --Knight. 8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure. {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers. {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating. {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers. {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata}) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond. {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}. {Feather weight}. (Racing) (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. --Youatt. (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight}, {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}. {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] {To cut a feather}. (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.] {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feather \Feath"er\, v. i. 1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. 2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or [bd]feathers;[b8] as, the cream feathers [Colloq.] 3. To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars. The feathering oar returns the gleam. --Tickell. Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately. --Macmillan's Mag. 4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form. A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground. --Warren. The ripple feathering from her bows. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feather \Feath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. --L'Estrange. 2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe. A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedions hours. --Loveday. 4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit. They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself. --Bacon. --Dryden. 5. To tread, as a cock. --Dryden. {To feather one's nest}, to provide for one's self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests. {To feather an oar} (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke. {To tar and feather a person}, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feathery \Feath"er*y\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton. Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry Cornwall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feature \Fea"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Facture}.] 1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. What needeth it his feature to descrive? --Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. --Shak. 2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. It is for homely features to keep home. --Milton. 3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. --Spenser. 4. A form; a shape. [R.] So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fedary \Fed"a*ry\, n. A feodary. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feed \Feed\, n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. 2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak. 3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats. 4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.] For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found. --Milton. 5. The water supplied to steam boilers. 6. (Mach.) (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. {Feed head}. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or simply {feed} or {head} --Knight. {Feed heater}. (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. --Knight. {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeder \Feed"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. --Goldsmith. 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. [bd]The feeder of my riots.[b8] --Shak. 3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter. 5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. 6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line. 7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. --Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. --Raymond. 8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. 9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feodary \Feod"a*ry\, n. 1. An accomplice. Art thou a feodary for this act? --Shak. 2. (Eng. Law) An ancient officer of the court of wards. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetor \Fe"tor\, n. [L. fetor, foetor. See {Fetid}.] A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness. --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fettering}.] 1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. --Milton. 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\, n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter[?]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj[94]turr, L. pedi[?]a, Gr. [?], and to E. foot. [root] 77. See {Foot}.] [Chiefly used in the plural, {fetters}.] 1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. [They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi. 21. 2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudary \Feu"da*ry\, a. [LL. feudarius, fr. feudum. See 2d {Feud}.] Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudary \Feu"da*ry\, n. 1. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory. --Foxe. 2. A feodary. See {Feodary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudtory \Feu"dto*ry\, a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
feuter \feu"ter\, v. t. [OE. feutre rest for a lance, OF. feutre, fautre, feltre, felt, cushion, rest for a lance, fr. LL. filtrum, feltrum; of German origin, and akin to E. felt. See {Felt}, and cf. {Filter}.] To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. {Fitter}; superl. {Fittest}.] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f[?]tjan to adorn. [?] 77.] 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. --Shak. Fit audience find, though few. --Milton. 2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.] So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. --Fairfax. 3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job xxxiv. 18. Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitter \Fit"ter\, n. 1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: (a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. (b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other. 2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitter \Fit"ter\, n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.] Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [See 1st {Fother}.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19[frac12] to 24 cwt.; a fother. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [AS. f[?]dder, f[?]ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f?da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[?]r, Sw. & Dan. foder. [root]75. See Food Land cf. {Forage}, {Fur}.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foddered} (-d?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foddering}.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fother \Foth"er\, n. [OE. fother, foder, AS. f[d3][?]er a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. p[be]tr[be] vessel, dish. Cf. {Fodder} a fother.] 1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. --Chaucer. 2. See {Fodder}, a unit of weight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fother \Foth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fothering}.] [Cf. {Fodder} food, and G. f[81]ttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. [fb]75.] To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fouter \Fou"ter\, n. [F. foutre to lecher, L. futuere. Cf. {Fouty}.] A despicable fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Brockett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foutra \Fou"tra\, n. [See {Fouter}.] A fig; -- a word of contempt. [Obs.] A foutra for the world and wordlings base! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fudder \Fud"der\, n. See {Fodder}, a weight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Future \Fu"ture\ (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See {Be}, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. {Future tense} (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Future \Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.] 1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. [bd]Lay the future open.[b8] --Shak. 2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him. 3. (Gram.) A future tense. {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fedora, SD Zip code(s): 57337
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
feature n. 1. [common] A good property or behavior (as of a program). Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2. [common] An intended property or behavior (as of a program). Whether it is good or not is immaterial (but if bad, it is also a {misfeature}). 3. A surprising property or behavior; in particular, one that is purposely inconsistent because it works better that way -- such an inconsistency is therefore a {feature} and not a {bug}. This kind of feature is sometimes called a {miswart}; see that entry for a classic example. 4. A property or behavior that is gratuitous or unnecessary, though perhaps also impressive or cute. For example, one feature of Common LISP's `format' function is the ability to print numbers in two different Roman-numeral formats (see {bells whistles and gongs}). 5. A property or behavior that was put in to help someone else but that happens to be in your way. 6. [common] A bug that has been documented. To call something a feature sometimes means the author of the program did not consider the particular case, and that the program responded in a way that was unexpected but not strictly incorrect. A standard joke is that a bug can be turned into a {feature} simply by documenting it (then theoretically no one can complain about it because it's in the manual), or even by simply declaring it to be good. "That's not a bug, that's a feature!" is a common catchphrase. See also {feetch feetch}, {creeping featurism}, {wart}, {green lightning}. The relationship among bugs, features, misfeatures, warts, and miswarts might be clarified by the following hypothetical exchange between two hackers on an airliner: A: "This seat doesn't recline." B: "That's not a bug, that's a feature. There is an emergency exit door built around the window behind you, and the route has to be kept clear." A: "Oh. Then it's a misfeature; they should have increased the spacing between rows here." B: "Yes. But if they'd increased spacing in only one section it would have been a wart -- they would've had to make nonstandard-length ceiling panels to fit over the displaced seats." A: "A miswart, actually. If they increased spacing throughout they'd lose several rows and a chunk out of the profit margin. So unequal spacing would actually be the Right Thing." B: "Indeed." `Undocumented feature' is a common, allegedly humorous euphemism for a {bug}. There's a related joke that is sometimes referred to as the "one-question geek test". You say to someone "I saw a Volkswagen Beetle today with a vanity license plate that read FEATURE". If he/she laughs, he/she is a geek (see {computer geek}, sense 2).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
feature 1. A good property or behaviour (as of a program). Whether it was intended or not is immaterial. 2. An intended property or behaviour (as of a program). Whether it is good or not is immaterial (but if bad, it is also a {misfeature}). 3. A surprising property or behaviour; in particular, one that is purposely inconsistent because it works better that way - such an inconsistency is therefore a {feature} and not a {bug}. This kind of feature is sometimes called a {miswart}. 4. A property or behaviour that is gratuitous or unnecessary, though perhaps also impressive or cute. For example, one feature of {Common LISP}'s "format" function is the ability to print numbers in two different Roman-numeral formats (see {bells, whistles, and gongs}). 5. A property or behaviour that was put in to help someone else but that happens to be in your way. 6. A bug that has been documented. To call something a feature sometimes means the author of the program did not consider the particular case, and that the program responded in a way that was unexpected but not strictly incorrect. A standard joke is that a bug can be turned into a {feature} simply by documenting it (then theoretically no one can complain about it because it's in the manual), or even by simply declaring it to be good. "That's not a bug, that's a feature!" is a common catch-phrase. Apparently there is a Volkswagen Beetle in San Francisco whose license plate reads "FEATURE". See also {feetch feetch}, {creeping featurism}, {wart}, {green lightning}. The relationship among bugs, features, misfeatures, warts and miswarts might be clarified by the following hypothetical exchange between two hackers on an airliner: A: "This seat doesn't recline." B: "That's not a bug, that's a feature. There is an emergency exit door built around the window behind you, and the route has to be kept clear." A: "Oh. Then it's a misfeature; they should have increased the spacing between rows here." B: "Yes. But if they'd increased spacing in only one section it would have been a wart - they would've had to make nonstandard-length ceiling panels to fit over the displaced seats." A: "A miswart, actually. If they increased spacing throughout they'd lose several rows and a chunk out of the profit margin. So unequal spacing would actually be the Right Thing." B: "Indeed." "Undocumented feature" is a common euphemism for a {bug}. 7. An attribute or function of a {class} in {Eiffel}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-10-22)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Father a name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings 2:12; Matt. 23:9, etc.). (3) The author or beginner of anything is also so called; e.g., Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:20, 21; comp. Job 38:28). Applied to God (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 32:6; 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:27, 28, etc.). (1.) As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews (Jer. 31:9; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; John 8:41, etc.). (2.) Believers are called God's "sons" (John 1:12; Rom. 8:16; Matt. 6:4, 8, 15, 18; 10:20, 29). They also call him "Father" (Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:4)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fodder Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;" Isa. 30:24, provender").