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   figurine
         n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: {figurine},
               {statuette}]

English Dictionary: fishworm by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figuring
n
  1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisherman
n
  1. someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: fisherman, fisher]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisherman's bend
n
  1. a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisherman's knot
n
  1. a knot for tying the ends of two lines together [syn: fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisherman's lure
n
  1. (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers
    Synonym(s): fisherman's lure, fish lure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fishworm
n
  1. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
    Synonym(s): earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foghorn
n
  1. a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
    Synonym(s): foghorn, fogsignal
  2. a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fusarium wilt
n
  1. wilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied
            to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
            whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
            {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
            parrot}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
               the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin
               ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
  
      {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
  
      2. (Bot.) The puffball.
  
      3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figurant \Fig"u*rant`\ (? [or] ?), n. masc. [F., prop. p. pr. of
      figurer figure, represent, make a figure.]
      One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or
      figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in
      its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in
      any scene, without taking a prominent part.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figurante \Fig"u*rante`\ (? [or] ?), n. fem. [F.]
      A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Figured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Figuring}.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See
      {Figure}, n.]
      1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an
            image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into
            a determinate form; to shape.
  
                     If love, alas! be pain I bear,
  
                     No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.
  
      2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
  
                     The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with
                     burning meteors.                                 --Shak.
  
      3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
  
                     As through a crystal glass the figured hours are
                     seen.                                                --Dryden.
  
      4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
  
                     Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.
  
      5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
  
                     In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.
  
      6. (Mus.)
            (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other
                  characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
                  chords.
            (b) To embellish.
  
      {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
           
  
      {To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fisherman \Fish"er*man\, n.; pl. {Fishermen}.
      1. One whose occupation is to catch fish.
  
      2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of
            taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fisherman \Fish"er*man\, n.; pl. {Fishermen}.
      1. One whose occupation is to catch fish.
  
      2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of
            taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fissure \Fis"sure\, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to
      cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.]
      A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a
      cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
  
      {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which
            the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows
            first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the
            cerebrum.
  
      {Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching
            together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight.
  
      {Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the
            frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.
  
      {Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure
            separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust.
            under {Brain}.
  
      {Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface
            filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fog \Fog\ n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow,
      driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj[umac]k
      snowstorm, fj[umac]ka to drift.]
      1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere
            and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud
            only in being near the ground, and from mist in not
            approaching so nearly to fine rain. See {Cloud}.
  
      2. A state of mental confusion.
  
      {Fog alarm}, {Fog bell}, {Fog horn}, etc., a bell, horn,
            whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often
            automatically, near places of danger where visible signals
            would be hidden in thick weather.
  
      {Fog bank}, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and
            resembling distant land.
  
      {Fog ring}, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, --
            often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fog \Fog\ n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow,
      driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj[umac]k
      snowstorm, fj[umac]ka to drift.]
      1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere
            and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud
            only in being near the ground, and from mist in not
            approaching so nearly to fine rain. See {Cloud}.
  
      2. A state of mental confusion.
  
      {Fog alarm}, {Fog bell}, {Fog horn}, etc., a bell, horn,
            whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often
            automatically, near places of danger where visible signals
            would be hidden in thick weather.
  
      {Fog bank}, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and
            resembling distant land.
  
      {Fog ring}, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, --
            often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fox Run, PA (CDP, FIPS 27207)
      Location: 40.70230 N, 80.08302 W
      Population (1990): 2384 (768 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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