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   faineance
         n 1: the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn:
               {faineance}, {idleness}]

English Dictionary: finances by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fawning
adj
  1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
    Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
  2. attempting to win favor by flattery
    Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminisation
n
  1. the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
    Synonym(s): feminization, feminisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminise
v
  1. assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs"
    Synonym(s): feminize, feminise
  2. to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
    Synonym(s): feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminism
n
  1. a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
  2. the movement aimed at equal rights for women
    Synonym(s): feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminist
adj
  1. of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women; "feminist critique"
n
  1. a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, {women's rightist}, women's liberationist, libber]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminist movement
n
  1. the movement aimed at equal rights for women [syn: feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminization
n
  1. the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
    Synonym(s): feminization, feminisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feminize
v
  1. assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs"
    Synonym(s): feminize, feminise
  2. to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
    Synonym(s): feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finance
n
  1. the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
  2. the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
  3. the management of money and credit and banking and investments
v
  1. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
  2. sell or provide on credit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finance committee
n
  1. a committee appointed to consider financial issues
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finance company
n
  1. a financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finance minister
n
  1. the minister responsible for state finances [syn: {finance minister}, minister of finance]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finances
n
  1. assets in the form of money [syn: funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial
adj
  1. involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
    Synonym(s): fiscal, financial
    Antonym(s): nonfinancial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial aid
n
  1. money to support a worthy person or cause [syn: aid, economic aid, financial aid]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial analyst
n
  1. an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations
    Synonym(s): financial analyst, securities analyst
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial audit
n
  1. an attestation that the client's financial statement is accurate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial backing
n
  1. financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
    Synonym(s): support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial center
n
  1. the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial condition
n
  1. the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
n
  1. a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
    Synonym(s): Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial forecast
n
  1. a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial gain
n
  1. the amount of monetary gain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial institution
n
  1. an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
    Synonym(s): financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial loss
n
  1. loss of money or decrease in financial value
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Financial Management Service
n
  1. the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial obligation
n
  1. an obligation to pay money to another party [syn: indebtedness, liability, financial obligation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial officer
n
  1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
    Synonym(s): treasurer, financial officer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial organisation
n
  1. an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
    Synonym(s): financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial organization
n
  1. an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
    Synonym(s): financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial statement
n
  1. a document showing credits and debits [syn: statement, financial statement]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial support
n
  1. financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
    Synonym(s): support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financial year
n
  1. any accounting period of 12 months [syn: fiscal year, financial year]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financially
adv
  1. from a financial point of view; "this was financially unattractive"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financier
n
  1. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
    Synonym(s): financier, moneyman
v
  1. conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
financing
n
  1. the act of financing
    Synonym(s): financing, funding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fineness
n
  1. the quality of being very good indeed; "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine"
    Synonym(s): fineness, choiceness
  2. the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"
    Synonym(s): fineness, thinness
  3. having a very fine texture; "the fineness of the sand on the beach"
    Synonym(s): fineness, powderiness
  4. the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"
    Synonym(s): daintiness, delicacy, fineness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foaminess
n
  1. the property of being foamy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foaming
adj
  1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
    Synonym(s): bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy
  2. producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
    Synonym(s): foaming, foamy, frothing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funniness
n
  1. a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faineance \Fai"ne*ance\, Faineancy \Fai"ne*an*cy\, n. [Cf. OF.
      faineance. See {Fain[82]ant}.]
      Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.
  
               The mask of sneering faineance was gone. --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faineance \Fai"ne*ance\, Faineancy \Fai"ne*an*cy\, n. [Cf. OF.
      faineance. See {Fain[82]ant}.]
      Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.
  
               The mask of sneering faineance was gone. --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Famed},; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Faming}.]
      1. To report widely or honorably.
  
                     The field where thou art famed To have wrought such
                     wonders.                                             --Milton.
  
      2. To make famous or renowned.
  
                     Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
      a winnowing machine.]
      1. To move as with a fan.
  
                     The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
            the air on the face of with a fan.
  
      3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
  
                     Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
            current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
  
      5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a
            flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
            excitement of the populace.
  
      {Fanning machine}, [or] {Fanning mill}, a machine for
            separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
            fanner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
      a winnowing machine.]
      1. To move as with a fan.
  
                     The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
            the air on the face of with a fan.
  
      3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
  
                     Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
            current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
  
      5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a
            flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
            excitement of the populace.
  
      {Fanning machine}, [or] {Fanning mill}, a machine for
            separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
            fanner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
      a winnowing machine.]
      1. To move as with a fan.
  
                     The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
            the air on the face of with a fan.
  
      3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
  
                     Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
            current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
  
      5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a
            flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
            excitement of the populace.
  
      {Fanning machine}, [or] {Fanning mill}, a machine for
            separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
            fanner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
      welcome, flatter, AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
      fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.]
      To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
      flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
  
               You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
               hounds.                                                   --Shak.
  
               Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite,
               obeyest.                                                --Milton.
  
               Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fawningly \Fawn"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a fawning manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feminization \Fem`i*ni*za"tion\, n.
      The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feminize \Fem"i*nize\, v. t. [Cf. F. f[82]miniser.]
      To make womanish or effeminate. --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fenianism \Fe"ni*an*ism\, n.
      The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Financing}.]
      To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
      capital for; to financier.
  
               Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
               undertakings.                                          --B. H.
                                                                              Chamberlain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finance \Fi*nance"\, n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money,
      money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to
      finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.]
      1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public
            money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used
            in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
  
                     All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
            [bd]Versed in the details of finance.[b8] --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Financing}.]
      To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
      capital for; to financier.
  
               Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
               undertakings.                                          --B. H.
                                                                              Chamberlain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financial \Fi*nan"cial\, a.
      Pertaining to finance. [bd]Our financial and commercial
      system.[b8] --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financialist \Fi*nan"cial*ist\, n.
      A financier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financially \Fi*nan"cial*ly\, adv.
      In a dfinancial manner. --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financier \Fin`an*cier"\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. financier.]
      1. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer
            who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. --Burke.
  
      2. One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with
            money matters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financier \Fin`an*cier"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Financiered}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Financiering}.]
      To conduct financial operations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financier \Fin`an*cier"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Financiered}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Financiering}.]
      To conduct financial operations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Financier \Fin`an*cier"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Financiered}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Financiering}.]
      To conduct financial operations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Financing}.]
      To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
      capital for; to financier.
  
               Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
               undertakings.                                          --B. H.
                                                                              Chamberlain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fineness \Fine"ness\, n. [From {Fine}, a.]
      1. The quality or condition of being fine.
  
      2. Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity;
            as, the fineness of liquor.
  
                     The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion,
            or coins.
  
      Note: The fineness of United States coin is nine tenths, that
               of English gold coin is eleven twelfths, and that of
               English silver coin is [?].
  
      4. Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's
            point, or of the edge of a blade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fining}.] [From {Fine}, a.]
      1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to
            fine gold.
  
                     It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men.
                                                                              --Hobbes.
  
      2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.;
            as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey.
  
      3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
            ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
  
                     I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they
                     fined themselves With gradual conscience to a
                     perfect night.                                    --Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fining \Fin"ing\, n.
      1. The act of imposing a fin[?].
  
      2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also
            (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for
            puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
  
      3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of
            isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
  
      {Fining pot}, a vessel in which metals are refined. --Prov.
            xvii. 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fining \Fin"ing\, n.
      1. The act of imposing a fin[?].
  
      2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also
            (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for
            puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
  
      3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of
            isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
  
      {Fining pot}, a vessel in which metals are refined. --Prov.
            xvii. 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fin \Fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Finning}.] [Cf. {Fin} of a fish.]
      To carve or cut up, as a chub.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foam \Foam\, v.i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Foaming}.] [AS. f?man. See {Foam}, n.]
      1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
  
                     He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix.
                                                                              18.
  
      2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a
            steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy,
            as because of chemical action.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foamingly \Foam"ing*ly\, adv.
      With foam; frothily.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foiningly \Foin"ing*ly\, adv.
      With a push or thrust. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fume \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.]
      1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical
            action; to rise up, as vapor.
  
                     Where the golden altar fumed.            --Milton.
  
                     Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his
                     brain.                                                --Roscommon.
  
      2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  
                     Keep his brain fuming.                        --Shak.
  
      3. To pass off in fumes or vapors.
  
                     Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their
                     fixity.                                             --Cheyne.
  
      4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
  
                     He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     While her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to
            storm; also, to pass off in fumes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
      Producing fumes, or vapors.
  
      {Cadet's fuming liquid} (Chem.), alkarsin.
  
      {Fuming liquor of Libsvius} (Old Chem.), stannic chloride;
            the chloride of tin, {SnCl4}, forming a colorless, mobile
            liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it
            solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}. (Chem.) Same as {Disulphuric acid},
            uder {Disulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stannic \Stan"nic\, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.]
      (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin;
      specifically, designating those compounds in which the
      element has a higher valence as contrasted with {stannous}
      compounds.
  
      {Stannic acid}.
      (a) A hypothetical substance, {Sn(OH)4}, analogous to silic
            acid, and called also {normal stannic acid}.
      (b) Metastannic acid.
  
      {Stannic chloride}, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid,
            {SnCl4}, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing;
            -- formerly called {spirit of tin}, or {fuming liquor of
            Libavius}.
  
      {Stannic oxide}, tin oxide, {SnO2}, produced artificially as
            a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the
            mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of
            white enamels, and, under the name of {putty powder}, for
            polishing glass, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
      Producing fumes, or vapors.
  
      {Cadet's fuming liquid} (Chem.), alkarsin.
  
      {Fuming liquor of Libsvius} (Old Chem.), stannic chloride;
            the chloride of tin, {SnCl4}, forming a colorless, mobile
            liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it
            solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}. (Chem.) Same as {Disulphuric acid},
            uder {Disulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphuric \Sul*phu"ric\, a. [Cf. F. sulfurique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
  
      2. (Chem.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur;
            specifically, designating those compounds in which the
            element has a higher valence as contrasted with the
            sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
  
      {Sulphuric acid}.
            (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under {Sulphur}); -- formerly so
                  called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
            (b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, {H2SO4}, colorless
                  when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced
                  by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen
                  (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks
                  and dissolves many metals and other intractable
                  substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and
                  is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric
                  acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also
                  powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity
                  for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood,
                  clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of
                  ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin.
                  It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron
                  scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and
                  in general its manufacture is the most important and
                  fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly
                  called {vitriolic acid}, and now popularly {vitriol},
                  and {oil of vitriol}.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}, or {Nordhausen sulphuric acid}. See
            {Disulphuric acid}, under {Disulphuric}.
  
      {Sulphuric anhydride}, sulphur trioxide. See under {Sulphur}.
           
  
      {Sulphuric ether}, common an[91]sthetic ether; -- so called
            because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on
            alcohol. See {Ether}, 3
            (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disulphuric \Di`sul*phu"ric\, a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
      (Chem.)
      Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of
      sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
  
      {Disulphuric acid}, a thick oily liquid, {H2S2O7}, called
            also {Nordhausen acid} (from Nordhausen in the Harts,
            where it was originally manufactured), {fuming sulphuric
            acid}, and especially {pyrosulphuric acid}. See under
            {Pyrosulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
      Producing fumes, or vapors.
  
      {Cadet's fuming liquid} (Chem.), alkarsin.
  
      {Fuming liquor of Libsvius} (Old Chem.), stannic chloride;
            the chloride of tin, {SnCl4}, forming a colorless, mobile
            liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it
            solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}. (Chem.) Same as {Disulphuric acid},
            uder {Disulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphuric \Sul*phu"ric\, a. [Cf. F. sulfurique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
  
      2. (Chem.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur;
            specifically, designating those compounds in which the
            element has a higher valence as contrasted with the
            sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
  
      {Sulphuric acid}.
            (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under {Sulphur}); -- formerly so
                  called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
            (b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, {H2SO4}, colorless
                  when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced
                  by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen
                  (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks
                  and dissolves many metals and other intractable
                  substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and
                  is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric
                  acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also
                  powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity
                  for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood,
                  clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of
                  ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin.
                  It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron
                  scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and
                  in general its manufacture is the most important and
                  fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly
                  called {vitriolic acid}, and now popularly {vitriol},
                  and {oil of vitriol}.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}, or {Nordhausen sulphuric acid}. See
            {Disulphuric acid}, under {Disulphuric}.
  
      {Sulphuric anhydride}, sulphur trioxide. See under {Sulphur}.
           
  
      {Sulphuric ether}, common an[91]sthetic ether; -- so called
            because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on
            alcohol. See {Ether}, 3
            (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disulphuric \Di`sul*phu"ric\, a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
      (Chem.)
      Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of
      sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
  
      {Disulphuric acid}, a thick oily liquid, {H2S2O7}, called
            also {Nordhausen acid} (from Nordhausen in the Harts,
            where it was originally manufactured), {fuming sulphuric
            acid}, and especially {pyrosulphuric acid}. See under
            {Pyrosulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
      Producing fumes, or vapors.
  
      {Cadet's fuming liquid} (Chem.), alkarsin.
  
      {Fuming liquor of Libsvius} (Old Chem.), stannic chloride;
            the chloride of tin, {SnCl4}, forming a colorless, mobile
            liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it
            solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}. (Chem.) Same as {Disulphuric acid},
            uder {Disulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphuric \Sul*phu"ric\, a. [Cf. F. sulfurique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
  
      2. (Chem.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur;
            specifically, designating those compounds in which the
            element has a higher valence as contrasted with the
            sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
  
      {Sulphuric acid}.
            (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under {Sulphur}); -- formerly so
                  called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
            (b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, {H2SO4}, colorless
                  when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced
                  by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen
                  (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks
                  and dissolves many metals and other intractable
                  substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and
                  is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric
                  acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also
                  powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity
                  for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood,
                  clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of
                  ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin.
                  It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron
                  scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and
                  in general its manufacture is the most important and
                  fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly
                  called {vitriolic acid}, and now popularly {vitriol},
                  and {oil of vitriol}.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}, or {Nordhausen sulphuric acid}. See
            {Disulphuric acid}, under {Disulphuric}.
  
      {Sulphuric anhydride}, sulphur trioxide. See under {Sulphur}.
           
  
      {Sulphuric ether}, common an[91]sthetic ether; -- so called
            because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on
            alcohol. See {Ether}, 3
            (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disulphuric \Di`sul*phu"ric\, a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
      (Chem.)
      Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of
      sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
  
      {Disulphuric acid}, a thick oily liquid, {H2S2O7}, called
            also {Nordhausen acid} (from Nordhausen in the Harts,
            where it was originally manufactured), {fuming sulphuric
            acid}, and especially {pyrosulphuric acid}. See under
            {Pyrosulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuming \Fum"ing\, a.
      Producing fumes, or vapors.
  
      {Cadet's fuming liquid} (Chem.), alkarsin.
  
      {Fuming liquor of Libsvius} (Old Chem.), stannic chloride;
            the chloride of tin, {SnCl4}, forming a colorless, mobile
            liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it
            solidifies to the so-called butter of tin.
  
      {Fuming sulphuric acid}. (Chem.) Same as {Disulphuric acid},
            uder {Disulphuric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumingly \Fum"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a fuming manner; angrily. [bd]They answer fumingly.[b8]
      --Hooker.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fannin County, GA (county, FIPS 111)
      Location: 34.86415 N, 84.31928 W
      Population (1990): 15992 (8363 housing units)
      Area: 999.1 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water)
   Fannin County, TX (county, FIPS 147)
      Location: 33.58824 N, 96.10515 W
      Population (1990): 24804 (11504 housing units)
      Area: 2309.1 sq km (land), 19.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fanning Springs, FL (city, FIPS 21850)
      Location: 29.58372 N, 82.93054 W
      Population (1990): 493 (264 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Financial Information eXchange
  
      (FIX) A {standard} messaging {protocol}
      for the {real-time} electronic exchange of securities
      transactions.
  
      [Reference?]
  
      (2001-05-14)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Fining pot
      a crucible, melting-pot (Prov. 17:3; 27:21).
     
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