fall dandelion
         n 1: fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower;
               naturalized in the United States [syn: {fall dandelion},
               {arnica bud}, {Leontodon autumnalis}]

English Dictionary: flatness	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fall down v lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" Synonym(s): fall, fall down
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faultiness n the state of being defective [syn: defectiveness, faultiness]
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faulting n (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" Synonym(s): fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
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Feldene n a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions Synonym(s): piroxicam, Feldene
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fellation n oral stimulation of the penis [syn: fellatio, fellation]
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field emission n the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field
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field hand n a hired hand on a farm [syn: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker]
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field intensity n the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field Synonym(s): field strength, field intensity
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field magnet n a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor
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field maple n shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge [syn: {hedge maple}, field maple, Acer campestre]
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field marigold n European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields Synonym(s): corn marigold, field marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum
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field marshal n an officer holding the highest rank in the army
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field mint n European mint naturalized in United States [syn: {corn mint}, field mint, Mentha arvensis]
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field mouse n any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows Synonym(s): vole, field mouse any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens Synonym(s): field mouse, fieldmouse
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field mouse-ear n densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone Synonym(s): field chickweed, field mouse-ear, Cerastium arvense
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field mushroom n common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce Synonym(s): meadow mushroom, field mushroom, Agaricus campestris
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field mustard n weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis]
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field tent n a canvas tent for use in the field
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field winding n the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine Synonym(s): field coil, field winding
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field-emission microscope n electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid
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fieldhand n a hired hand on a farm [syn: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker]
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fielding n (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) Synonym(s): Fielding, Henry Fielding
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fielding average n (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
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fieldmouse n any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens Synonym(s): field mouse, fieldmouse
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filet mignon n small steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin
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filiation n the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors Synonym(s): descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline Synonym(s): ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
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filthiness n a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse Synonym(s): filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness moral corruption or pollution; "this deformity and filthiness of sin"
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flatmate n an associate who shares an apartment with you
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flatness n the property of having two dimensions [syn: {two- dimensionality}, flatness, planeness] a want of animation or brilliance; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" a deficiency in flavor; "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils" the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss Synonym(s): flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" Synonym(s): languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness
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flatten v make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" Synonym(s): flatten, flatten out lower the pitch of (musical notes) Synonym(s): flatten, drop Antonym(s): sharpen
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flatten out v become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [syn: flatten, flatten out]
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flattened adj having been flattened Synonym(s): planate, flattened
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fleeting adj lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" Synonym(s): fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
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fleetingness n the property of lasting for a very short time [syn: ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness]
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fleetness n rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot"
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floating adj borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed" continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" Synonym(s): aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game" (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney" not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters" n the act of someone who floats on the water [syn: floating, natation]
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floating bridge n a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons [syn: pontoon bridge, bateau bridge, floating bridge]
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floating dock n dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised Synonym(s): floating dock, floating dry dock
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floating dry dock n dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised Synonym(s): floating dock, floating dry dock
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floating fern n pantropical aquatic fern [syn: floating fern, Ceratopteris thalictroides] aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums Synonym(s): floating fern, water sprite, Ceratopteris pteridioides small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe Synonym(s): mosquito fern, floating fern, Carolina pond fern, Azolla caroliniana
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floating mine n an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it Synonym(s): floating mine, marine mine
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floating policy n an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location Synonym(s): floater, floating policy
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floating voter n a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other Synonym(s): swing voter, floating voter
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floating-moss n free-floating aquatic ferns [syn: floating-moss, Salvinia rotundifolia, Salvinia auriculata]
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floating-point notation n a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent Synonym(s): floating-point notation, floating-point representation system
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floating-point number n a number represented in floating-point notation
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floating-point operation n an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" Synonym(s): floating-point operation, flop
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floating-point representation system n a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent Synonym(s): floating-point notation, floating-point representation system
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Flodden n a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed Synonym(s): Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field
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flood in v arrive in great numbers
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flooding n a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them Synonym(s): implosion therapy, flooding
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fluid mechanics n study of the mechanics of fluids [syn: fluid mechanics, hydraulics]
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fluid ounce n a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) Synonym(s): fluidounce, fluid ounce a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches Synonym(s): fluidounce, fluid ounce
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fluidness n the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" Synonym(s): fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity" Synonym(s): fluidity, fluidness
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fluidounce n a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) Synonym(s): fluidounce, fluid ounce a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches Synonym(s): fluidounce, fluid ounce
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fluting n a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) Synonym(s): flute, fluting
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fly tent n a tent with a fly front
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folding adj capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed" Synonym(s): foldable, foldaway, folding(a) n the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code" Synonym(s): protein folding, folding a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock Synonym(s): fold, folding the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" Synonym(s): fold, folding
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folding chair n a chair that can be folded flat for storage
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folding door n an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges) Synonym(s): folding door, accordion door
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folding money n currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie Synonym(s): paper money, folding money, paper currency
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folding saw n a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds)
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foliation n (botany) the process of forming leaves [syn: foliation, leafing] (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament Synonym(s): foliation, foliage the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves the work of coating glass with metal foil
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full admiral n the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral Synonym(s): admiral, full admiral
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full-time adv for the standard number of hours; "she works full-time" Antonym(s): half-time, part-time adj for the entire time appropriate to an activity; "a full- time job" Antonym(s): part-time, parttime
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Fulton n American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) Synonym(s): Fulton, Robert Fulton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falding \Fald"ing\, n.       A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faultiness \Fault"i*ness\, n.       Quality or state of being faulty.                   Round, even to faultiness.                     --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fault \Fault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faulted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Faulting}.]       1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to             blame. [Obs.]                         For that I will not fault thee.         --Old Song.          2. (Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by             displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in             the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.)       The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which       a fault is produced.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Felt grain \Felt grain\, the grain of timber which is transverse       to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the       medullary rays in oak and some other timber. --Knight. Felt    \Felt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Felting}.]       1. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to             adhere and mat together. --Sir M. Hale.          2. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder             of a steam emgine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Felting \Felt"ing\, n.       1. The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth;             also, the process by which it is made.          2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feuilltonist \Feuill"ton*ist\, n. [F. feuilletoniste.]       A writer of feuilletons. --F. Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel.       ma[?]ra.] (Bot.)       A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much       used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is       cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.          Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,                etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.                madder yellow.          {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia             arvensis}) resembling madder.          {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in             the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.          {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium             Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnet \Mag"net\, n. [OE. magnete, OF. magnete, L. magnes,       -etis, Gr. [?] [?] a magnet, metal that looked like silver,       prop., Magnesian stone, fr. Gr. [?], a country in Thessaly.       Cf. {Magnesia}, {Manganese}.]       1. The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or             magnetic ore, {Fe3O4}) which has the property of             attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely             suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also             {natural magnet}.                         Dinocrates began to make the arched roof of the                      temple of Arsino[89] all of magnet, or this                      loadstone.                                          --Holland.                         Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to bliss, The                      larger loadstone that, the nearer this. --Dryden.          2. (Physics) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the             peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted;             -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an             {artificial magnet}.          Note: An artificial magnet, produced by the action of a                voltaic or electrical battery, is called an                {electro-magnet}.          {Field magnet} (Physics & Elec.), a magnet used for producing             and maintaining a magnetic field; -- used especially of             the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or             electromotor in distinction from that of the moving             portion or armature.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marshal \Mar"shal\, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F.       mar[82]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G.       marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc,       Goth. skalks). F. mar[82]chal signifies, a marshal, and a       farrier. See {Mare} horse, and cf. {Seneschal}.]       1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a             groom. [Obs.]          2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of             ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as,             specifically:             (a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and                   provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.             (b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any                   other assembly, directs the order of procession, and                   the like.             (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in                   ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.                   --Johnson.             (d) (France) The highest military officer. In other                   countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of                   high rank, and called {field marshal}.             (e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each                   judicial district of the United States, to execute the                   process of the courts of the United States, and                   perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff.                   The name is also sometimes applied to certain police                   officers of a city.          {Earl marshal of England}, the eighth officer of state; an             honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the             family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the             office of high constable, the earl marshal has             jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. --Brande & C.          {Earl marshal of Scotland}, an officer who had command of the             cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the             family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715.          {Knight marshal}, [or] {Marshal of the King's house},             formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who             was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the             Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc.             His court was called the Court of Marshalsea.          {Marshal of the Queen's Bench}, formerly the title of the             officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in             Southwark. --Mozley & W.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marshal \Mar"shal\, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F.       mar[82]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G.       marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc,       Goth. skalks). F. mar[82]chal signifies, a marshal, and a       farrier. See {Mare} horse, and cf. {Seneschal}.]       1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a             groom. [Obs.]          2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of             ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as,             specifically:             (a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and                   provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.             (b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any                   other assembly, directs the order of procession, and                   the like.             (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in                   ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.                   --Johnson.             (d) (France) The highest military officer. In other                   countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of                   high rank, and called {field marshal}.             (e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each                   judicial district of the United States, to execute the                   process of the courts of the United States, and                   perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff.                   The name is also sometimes applied to certain police                   officers of a city.          {Earl marshal of England}, the eighth officer of state; an             honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the             family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the             office of high constable, the earl marshal has             jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. --Brande & C.          {Earl marshal of Scotland}, an officer who had command of the             cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the             family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715.          {Knight marshal}, [or] {Marshal of the King's house},             formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who             was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the             Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc.             His court was called the Court of Marshalsea.          {Marshal of the Queen's Bench}, formerly the title of the             officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in             Southwark. --Mozley & W.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Naut.)             (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to                   prevent a running eye from slipping.             (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.          3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.          4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]          5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.          {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},             {Flying}, etc.          {Mouse bird} (Zo[94]l.), a coly.          {Mouse deer} (Zo[94]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.          {Mouse galago} (Zo[94]l.), a very small West American galago             ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a             mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.          {Mouse hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A hawk that devours mice.             (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.          {Mouse lemur} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very             small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in             Madagascar.          {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part             next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;             -- called also {mouse buttock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.       Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;       produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow       ground.[b8] --Milton.          Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see                the particular word in the Vocabulary.          {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.          {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass             ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with             softer spikes.          {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the             genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay             and for pasture. See {Grass}.          {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in             uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or             bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]                      {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.       (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).       (c) The clapper rail.          {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus             of American birds allied to the starlings. The common             species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black             crescent.          {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},             as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called             also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.          {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel             ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.          {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.          {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.          {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.          {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus             {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe.          {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus             {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white             flowers. There are many species.          {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.          {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.          {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe             ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.          {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Naut.)             (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to                   prevent a running eye from slipping.             (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.          3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.          4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]          5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.          {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},             {Flying}, etc.          {Mouse bird} (Zo[94]l.), a coly.          {Mouse deer} (Zo[94]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.          {Mouse galago} (Zo[94]l.), a very small West American galago             ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a             mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.          {Mouse hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A hawk that devours mice.             (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.          {Mouse lemur} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very             small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in             Madagascar.          {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part             next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;             -- called also {mouse buttock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.       Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;       produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow       ground.[b8] --Milton.          Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see                the particular word in the Vocabulary.          {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.          {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass             ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with             softer spikes.          {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the             genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay             and for pasture. See {Grass}.          {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in             uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or             bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]                      {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.       (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).       (c) The clapper rail.          {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus             of American birds allied to the starlings. The common             species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black             crescent.          {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},             as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called             also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.          {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel             ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.          {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.          {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.          {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.          {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus             {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe.          {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus             {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white             flowers. There are many species.          {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.          {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.          {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe             ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.          {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
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2. (Naut.)             (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to                   prevent a running eye from slipping.             (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.          3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.          4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]          5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.          {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},             {Flying}, etc.          {Mouse bird} (Zo[94]l.), a coly.          {Mouse deer} (Zo[94]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.          {Mouse galago} (Zo[94]l.), a very small West American galago             ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a             mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.          {Mouse hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A hawk that devours mice.             (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.          {Mouse lemur} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very             small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in             Madagascar.          {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part             next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;             -- called also {mouse buttock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.       Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;       produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow       ground.[b8] --Milton.          Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see                the particular word in the Vocabulary.          {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.          {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass             ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with             softer spikes.          {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the             genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay             and for pasture. See {Grass}.          {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in             uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or             bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]                      {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.       (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).       (c) The clapper rail.          {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus             of American birds allied to the starlings. The common             species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black             crescent.          {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},             as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called             also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.          {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel             ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.          {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.          {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.          {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.          {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus             {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe.          {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus             {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white             flowers. There are many species.          {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.          {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.          {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe             ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.          {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
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Fielden \Field"en\, a.       Consisting of fields. [Obs.]                   The fielden country also and plains.      --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fielded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fielding}.]       1. To take the field. [Obs.] --Spenser.          2. (Ball Playing) To stand out in the field, ready to catch,             stop, or throw the ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fielding \Field"ing\, n. (Ball Playing)       The act of playing as a fielder.
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Filiation \Fil`i*a"tion\, n.       1. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like             that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a             language.          2. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot;             as, the filiations are from a common stock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filiation \Fil`i*a"tion\, n. [LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son:       cf. F. filiation. See {Filial}.]       1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a             father.                         The relation of paternity and filiation. --Sir M.                                                                               Hale.          2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its             father; affiliation. --Smart.
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Fillet \Fil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filleted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Filleting}.]       To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
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Filleting \Fil"let*ing\, n.       1. (Arch.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and             parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is             employed in better work.          2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets,             collectively.
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Filthiness \Filth"i*ness\, n.       1. The state of being filthy.                         Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the                      flesh and spirit.                              --2 Cor. vii.                                                                               1.          2. That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness;             nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.                         Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.                                                                               --2 Chron.                                                                               xxix. 5.
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Flat \Flat\, a. [Compar. {Flatter}; superl. {Flattest}.] [Akin       to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet       floor, G. fl[94]tz stratum, layer.]       1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so,             without prominences or depressions; level without             inclination; plane.                         Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground;             level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat             on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.                         What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat! --Milton.                         I feel . . . my hopes all flat.         --Milton.          3. (Fine Arts) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without             points of prominence and striking interest.                         A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.                                                                               --Coleridge.          4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink             flat to the taste.          5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit;             monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.                         How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me                      all the uses of this world.               --Shak.          6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings;             depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.          7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive;             downright.                         Flat burglary as ever was committed.   --Shak.                         A great tobacco taker too, -- that's flat.                                                                               --Marston.          8. (Mus.)             (a) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals,                   minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A                   flat.             (b) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.          9. (Phonetics) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the             sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a             nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.          {Flat arch}. (Arch.) See under {Arch}, n., 2. (b).          {Flat cap}, cap paper, not folded. See under {Paper}.          {Flat chasing}, in fine art metal working, a mode of             ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots             and lines made with a punching tool. --Knight.          {Flat chisel}, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing.          {Flat file}, a file wider than its thickness, and of             rectangular section. See {File}.          {Flat nail}, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a             flat, thin head, larger than a tack. --Knight.          {Flat paper}, paper which has not been folded.          {Flat rail}, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar             spiked to a longitudinal sleeper.          {Flat rods} (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods,             for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance.             --Raymond.          {Flat rope}, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting;             gasket; sennit.          Note: Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are                made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a                wide, flat band. --Knight.          {Flat space}. (Geom.) See {Euclidian space}.          {Flat stitch}, the process of wood engraving. [Obs.] -- {Flat       tint} (Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade.                      {To fall flat} (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the             intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.                         Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell                      half so flat as Walter Scott.            --Lord                                                                               Erskine.
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Flat \Flat\, a. [Compar. {Flatter}; superl. {Flattest}.] [Akin       to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet       floor, G. fl[94]tz stratum, layer.]       1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so,             without prominences or depressions; level without             inclination; plane.                         Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground;             level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat             on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.                         What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat! --Milton.                         I feel . . . my hopes all flat.         --Milton.          3. (Fine Arts) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without             points of prominence and striking interest.                         A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.                                                                               --Coleridge.          4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink             flat to the taste.          5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit;             monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.                         How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me                      all the uses of this world.               --Shak.          6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings;             depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.          7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive;             downright.                         Flat burglary as ever was committed.   --Shak.                         A great tobacco taker too, -- that's flat.                                                                               --Marston.          8. (Mus.)             (a) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals,                   minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A                   flat.             (b) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.          9. (Phonetics) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the             sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a             nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.          {Flat arch}. (Arch.) See under {Arch}, n., 2. (b).          {Flat cap}, cap paper, not folded. See under {Paper}.          {Flat chasing}, in fine art metal working, a mode of             ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots             and lines made with a punching tool. --Knight.          {Flat chisel}, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing.          {Flat file}, a file wider than its thickness, and of             rectangular section. See {File}.          {Flat nail}, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a             flat, thin head, larger than a tack. --Knight.          {Flat paper}, paper which has not been folded.          {Flat rail}, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar             spiked to a longitudinal sleeper.          {Flat rods} (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods,             for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance.             --Raymond.          {Flat rope}, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting;             gasket; sennit.          Note: Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are                made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a                wide, flat band. --Knight.          {Flat space}. (Geom.) See {Euclidian space}.          {Flat stitch}, the process of wood engraving. [Obs.] -- {Flat       tint} (Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade.                      {To fall flat} (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the             intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.                         Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell                      half so flat as Walter Scott.            --Lord                                                                               Erskine.
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Flating \Flat"ing\, adv. [Flat, a. + adverbial suff. -ing.]       With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate       position. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Flatness \Flat"ness\, n.       1. The quality or state of being flat.          2. Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the             state of being plane or level.          3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection;             depression.          4. Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.          5. Depression of tone; the state of being below the true             pitch; -- opposed to {sharpness} or {acuteness}.
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Flatten \Flat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Flattening}.] [From {Flat}, a.]       1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;             to make flat; to level; to make plane.          2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;             hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.          3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.          4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less             sharp; to let fall from the pitch.          {To flatten a sail} (Naut.), to set it more nearly             fore-and-aft of the vessel.          {Flattening oven}, in glass making, a heated chamber in which             split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
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Flatten \Flat"ten\, v. i.       To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid,       spiritless, or depressed below pitch.
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Flatten \Flat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Flattening}.] [From {Flat}, a.]       1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;             to make flat; to level; to make plane.          2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;             hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.          3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.          4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less             sharp; to let fall from the pitch.          {To flatten a sail} (Naut.), to set it more nearly             fore-and-aft of the vessel.          {Flattening oven}, in glass making, a heated chamber in which             split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
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Flatten \Flat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Flattening}.] [From {Flat}, a.]       1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;             to make flat; to level; to make plane.          2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;             hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.          3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.          4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less             sharp; to let fall from the pitch.          {To flatten a sail} (Naut.), to set it more nearly             fore-and-aft of the vessel.          {Flattening oven}, in glass making, a heated chamber in which             split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
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Flatten \Flat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Flattening}.] [From {Flat}, a.]       1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;             to make flat; to level; to make plane.          2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;             hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.          3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.          4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less             sharp; to let fall from the pitch.          {To flatten a sail} (Naut.), to set it more nearly             fore-and-aft of the vessel.          {Flattening oven}, in glass making, a heated chamber in which             split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
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Flat \Flat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flatting}.]       1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.          2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.                         Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.                                                                               --Barrow.          3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to             lower in pitch by half a tone.
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Flatting \Flat"ting\, n.       1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of             glass by opening it out.          2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with             turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.          3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching             with size. --Knolles.          4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it             between rolls.          {Flatting coat}, a coat of paint so put on as to have no             gloss.          {Flatting furnace}. Same as {flattening oven}, under             {Flatten}.          {Flatting mill}.             (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,                   the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.             (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel                   rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes                   of ornamentation.
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Flatting \Flat"ting\, n.       1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of             glass by opening it out.          2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with             turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.          3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching             with size. --Knolles.          4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it             between rolls.          {Flatting coat}, a coat of paint so put on as to have no             gloss.          {Flatting furnace}. Same as {flattening oven}, under             {Flatten}.          {Flatting mill}.             (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,                   the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.             (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel                   rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes                   of ornamentation.
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Flatting \Flat"ting\, n.       1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of             glass by opening it out.          2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with             turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.          3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching             with size. --Knolles.          4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it             between rolls.          {Flatting coat}, a coat of paint so put on as to have no             gloss.          {Flatting furnace}. Same as {flattening oven}, under             {Flatten}.          {Flatting mill}.             (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,                   the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.             (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel                   rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes                   of ornamentation.
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Flatting \Flat"ting\, n.       1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of             glass by opening it out.          2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with             turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.          3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching             with size. --Knolles.          4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it             between rolls.          {Flatting coat}, a coat of paint so put on as to have no             gloss.          {Flatting furnace}. Same as {flattening oven}, under             {Flatten}.          {Flatting mill}.             (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,                   the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.             (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel                   rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes                   of ornamentation.
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Fleeten \Fleet"en\, n.       Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]          {Fleeten face}, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e.,             blanched; hence, a coward. [bd]You know where you are, you             fleeten face.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
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Fleeten \Fleet"en\, n.       Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]          {Fleeten face}, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e.,             blanched; hence, a coward. [bd]You know where you are, you             fleeten face.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
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Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.       Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,       the fleeting hours or moments.          Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}.
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Fleet \Fleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle[a2]tan to       swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG.       fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[omac]ta to float, flow, Sw.       flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. [?] to sail, swim,       float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, n. &       a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.]       1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]                         And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit             as a light substance.                         All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .                      Dissolved on earth, fleet hither.      --Milton.          3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan             or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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Fleetingly \Fleet"ing*ly\, adv.       In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
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Fleetings \Fleet"ings\, n. pl.       A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.]       --Wright.
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Fleetness \Fleet"ness\, n.       Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the       fleetness of a horse or of time.
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Flittiness \Flit"ti*ness\, n. [From {Flitty}.]       Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hopkins.
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Flitting \Flitt"ing\, Flytting \Flytt"ing\, n.       Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical       contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th       century. [Obs. or Scot.]                   These [bd]flytings[b8] consisted of alternate torrents                of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the                combatants.                                             --Saintsbury.
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Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flitting}.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.       flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, v.       i.]       1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a             rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits             away; a cloud flits along.                         A shadow flits before me.                  --Tennyson.          2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.          3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to             another; to remove; to migrate.                         It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,                      departing this life, did flit out of one body into                      some other.                                       --Hooker.          4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.             & Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.          5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.                         And the free soul to flitting air resigned.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Flitting \Flit"ting\, n.       1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.          2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov.             Eng.]                         A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and                      it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to                      move away.                                          --Jeffrey.
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Flittingly \Flit"ting*ly\, adv.       In a flitting manner.
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Floating \Float"ing\, n.       The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by       placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also       {fattening}, {plumping}, and {laying out}.
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Float \Float\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float,       swim, fr. fle[a2]tan. See {Float}, n.]       1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed             up.                         The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground.                                                                               --Milton.                         Three blustering nights, borne by the southern                      blast, I floated.                              --Dryden.          2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to             drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on             the surface of a fluid, or through the air.                         They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the                      wind.                                                --Pope.                         There seems a floating whisper on the hills.                                                                               --Byron.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Floating \Float"ing\, n.       1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See {Floating threads}, above.          2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and       1st {Dredge}.]       1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.          2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under             water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.          3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind             of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.          4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.             [Collog.] --Thackeray.          5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.          6.             (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's                   progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a                   canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag                   sail} (below).             (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a                   carriage wheel.             (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to                   progress or enjoyment.                               My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no                            drag.                                          --J. D.                                                                               Forbes.          7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if             clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt.          8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper             part being the cope.          9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing             of soft stone.          10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a             screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the             ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects             of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation             under {Drag}, v. i., 3.          {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout             frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in             order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;             -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor},             {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc.          {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for             cleaning drilled holes.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and       1st {Dredge}.]       1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.          2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under             water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.          3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind             of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.          4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.             [Collog.] --Thackeray.          5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.          6.             (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's                   progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a                   canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag                   sail} (below).             (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a                   carriage wheel.             (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to                   progress or enjoyment.                               My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no                            drag.                                          --J. D.                                                                               Forbes.          7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if             clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt.          8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper             part being the cope.          9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing             of soft stone.          10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a             screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the             ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects             of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation             under {Drag}, v. i., 3.          {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout             frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in             order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;             -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor},             {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc.          {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for             cleaning drilled holes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating charge \Floating charge\, lien \lien\, etc. (Law)       A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such       assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him       more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no       such charge or lien existed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debenture \De*ben"ture\, n.       Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as       evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called          {debenture bonds}) are generally, through not necessarily,             under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other             charge upon property; they may be registered or             unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on             specific property is called a          {mortgage debenture}; one secured by a floating charge (which             see), a          {floating debenture}; one not secured by any charge          {a naked debenture}. In general the term debenture in British             usage designates any security issued by companies other             than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the             United States commonly called {bonds}. When used in the             United States debenture generally designates an instrument             secured by a floating charge junior to other charges             secured by fixed mortgages, or, specif., one of a series             of securities secured by a group of securities held in             trust for the benefit of the debenture holders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL.       doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. [?]       receptacle, fr. [?] to receive.]       1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a             harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and             provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the             tide.          2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or             projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; --             sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down             on the dock.          3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person             stands.          {Balance dock}, a kind of {floating dock} which is kept level             by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the             compartments of side chambers.          {Dry dock}, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped             out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls             and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep             water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in             constructing or repairing ships. The name includes             structures used for the examination, repairing, or             building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks,             hydraulic docks, etc.          {Floating dock}, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and,             by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.          {Graving dock}, a dock for holding a ship for graving or             cleaning the bottom, etc.          {Hydraulic dock}, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of             the water by hydraulic presses.          {Naval dock}, a dock connected with which are naval stores,             materials, and all conveniences for the construction and             repair of ships.          {Sectional dock}, a form of {floating dock} made in separate             sections or caissons.          {Slip dock}, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from             deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a             railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.          {Wet dock}, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a             given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of             ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a             basin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other             waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.          Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one                each side of vertebral column in the back part of the                abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder                by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is                constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically                discharged.          2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.                         There are in later other decrees, made by popes of                      another kidney.                                 --Barrow.                         Millions in the world of this man's kidney.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                         Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that                      kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on                      prudence.                                          --Burns.          Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that                the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of                the condition of an animal as to fatness. [bd]Think of                that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to                heat as butter.[b8] --Shak.          3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.          {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.                      {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its             shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See             under {Bean}.          {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron             sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.          {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.          {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia             ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or             yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,             and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;             lady's-fingers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,       a. & n. from {Wander}, v.          {Wandering albatross} (Zo[94]l.), the great white albatross.             See Illust. of {Albatross}.          {Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses             the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white             corpuscles of the blood.          {Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species             of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,             and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the             joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,             window boxes, etc.          {Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one             kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain             directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable             kidney}.          {Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,             similar to wandering kidney.          {Wandering mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,             mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.          {Wandering spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders             that wander about in search of their prey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other             waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.          Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one                each side of vertebral column in the back part of the                abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder                by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is                constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically                discharged.          2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.                         There are in later other decrees, made by popes of                      another kidney.                                 --Barrow.                         Millions in the world of this man's kidney.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                         Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that                      kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on                      prudence.                                          --Burns.          Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that                the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of                the condition of an animal as to fatness. [bd]Think of                that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to                heat as butter.[b8] --Shak.          3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.          {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.                      {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its             shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See             under {Bean}.          {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron             sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.          {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.          {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia             ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or             yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,             and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;             lady's-fingers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,       a. & n. from {Wander}, v.          {Wandering albatross} (Zo[94]l.), the great white albatross.             See Illust. of {Albatross}.          {Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses             the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white             corpuscles of the blood.          {Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species             of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,             and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the             joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,             window boxes, etc.          {Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one             kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain             directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable             kidney}.          {Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,             similar to wandering kidney.          {Wandering mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,             mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.          {Wandering spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders             that wander about in search of their prey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
1. (Anat.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other             waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.          Note: In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one                each side of vertebral column in the back part of the                abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder                by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is                constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically                discharged.          2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind. --Shak.                         There are in later other decrees, made by popes of                      another kidney.                                 --Barrow.                         Millions in the world of this man's kidney.                                                                               --L'Estrange.                         Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that                      kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on                      prudence.                                          --Burns.          Note: This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that                the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of                the condition of an animal as to fatness. [bd]Think of                that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to                heat as butter.[b8] --Shak.          3. A waiter. [Old Cant] --Tatler.          {Floating kidney}. See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}.                      {Kidney bean} (Bot.), a sort of bean; -- so named from its             shape. It is of the genus {Phaseolus} ({P. vulgaris}). See             under {Bean}.          {Kidney ore} (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron             sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.          {Kidney stone}. (Min.) See {Nephrite}, and {Jade}.          {Kidney vetch} (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia             ({Anthyllis vulneraria}), with cloverlike heads of red or             yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders,             and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds;             lady's-fingers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,       a. & n. from {Wander}, v.          {Wandering albatross} (Zo[94]l.), the great white albatross.             See Illust. of {Albatross}.          {Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses             the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white             corpuscles of the blood.          {Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species             of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,             and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the             joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,             window boxes, etc.          {Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one             kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain             directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable             kidney}.          {Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,             similar to wandering kidney.          {Wandering mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,             mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.          {Wandering spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders             that wander about in search of their prey.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.       lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E.       live, v.] (Anat.)       A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral       cavity of all vertebrates.          Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal                passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it                secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways                changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is                situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly                on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and                {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is                usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs                materially, in form and function, from that of                vertebrates.          {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}.                      {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See             {Hepar}.          {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark,             reddish brown.          {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus             maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe             and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in             length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has             small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured             for the sake of its liver, which often yields several             barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,             by means of which it separates small animals from the sea             water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark},             {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish}
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann,       properly, gift (of heaven).]       1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their             journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely             supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.          2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora},             sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and             Africa, and gathered and used as food.          3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale             yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and             shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the             secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the             manna ashes of Southern Europe.          Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn                (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna},                that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western                Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of                eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European                larch.          {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses             of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles,             and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is             {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G.             flu}.          {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia             mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the             Tamarisk tree in Arabia.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Floating \Float"ing\, a.       1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a             wreck; floating motes in the air.          2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating             ribs in man and some other animals.          3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,             floating capital; a floating debt.                         Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been                      withdrawn in great masses from the island.                                                                               --Macaulay.          {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.                      {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the             hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the             bombardment of a place.          {Floating bridge}.             (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor                   of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau                   bridge. See {Bateau}.             (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one                   projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being                   moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops                   over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.             (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by                   means of chains which are anchored on each side of a                   stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels                   being driven by stream power.             (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.          {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely             in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the             functions of the latter.          {Floating dam}.             (a) An anchored dam.             (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.          {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor             use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor             improvements, etc.          {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}.          {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored             and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships             riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.          {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum             lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water             of American ponds.          {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard             with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.          {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel             moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners             of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy             or floating stage.          {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under             {Wandering}.          {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and             falls with the tide.          {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which             are not connected with the others in front; in man they             are the last two pairs.          {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first             laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the             coat.          {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several             other threads without being interwoven with them, in a             woven fabric.
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Floatingly \Float"ing*ly\, adv.       In a floating manner.
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Flood \Flood\, n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS.       fl[omac]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[omac]d, OHG. fluot, G.       flut, Icel. fl[omac][edh], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth.       fl[omac]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow},       v. i.]       1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing             stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,             rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus             covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.                         A covenant never to destroy The earth again by                      flood.                                                --Milton.          2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise             of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood;             high flood.                         There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken                      at the flood, leads on to fortune.      --Shak.          3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood             of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely             diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of             bank notes; a flood of paper currency.          4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.          {Flood anchor} (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held             while the tide is rising.          {Flood fence}, a fence so secured that it will not be swept             away by a flood.          {Flood gate}, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or             releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.          {Flood mark}, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,             rises; high-water mark.          {Flood tide}, the rising tide; -- opposed to {ebb tide}.          {The Flood}, the deluge in the days of Noah.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flood \Flood\, n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS.       fl[omac]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[omac]d, OHG. fluot, G.       flut, Icel. fl[omac][edh], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth.       fl[omac]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow},       v. i.]       1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing             stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,             rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus             covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.                         A covenant never to destroy The earth again by                      flood.                                                --Milton.          2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise             of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood;             high flood.                         There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken                      at the flood, leads on to fortune.      --Shak.          3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood             of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely             diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of             bank notes; a flood of paper currency.          4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.          {Flood anchor} (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held             while the tide is rising.          {Flood fence}, a fence so secured that it will not be swept             away by a flood.          {Flood gate}, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or             releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.          {Flood mark}, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,             rises; high-water mark.          {Flood tide}, the rising tide; -- opposed to {ebb tide}.          {The Flood}, the deluge in the days of Noah.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flooding}.]       1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river             flooded the valley.          2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with             water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for             irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,             to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flooding \Flood"ing\, n.       The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow;       inundation; the filling anything to excess.          2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from             the uterus. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flotant \Flo"tant\, a. [OF. flotant, F. flottant, p. pr. of       flotter to float.] (Her.)       Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner       flotant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flotten \Flot"ten\, p. p. of {Flote}, v. t.       Skimmed. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D.       fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See {Flute}.]       To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.                   Phillida flouts me.                                 --Walton.                   Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floutingly \Flout"ing*ly\, adv.       With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ounce \Ounce\, n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth       part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. [?] bulk, mass, atom.       Cf. 2d {Inch}, {Oke}.]       1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and             containing 437[?] grains.          2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound.          Note: The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of                twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the                twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also                a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is                sometimes written as one word, {troyounce}.]          3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]                         By ounces hung his locks that he had. --Chaucer.          {Fluid ounce}. See under {Fluid}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluid \Flu"id\, n.       A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among       themselves.          Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as                species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy,                the term is sometimes applied to electricity and                magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic                fluid, though not strictly appropriate.          {Fluid dram}, [or] {Fluid drachm}, a measure of capacity             equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.          {Fluid ounce}.       (a) In the United States, a measure of capacity, in             apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of             a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is             about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains.       (b) In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth             part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight             of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains.          {Fluids of the body}. (Physiol.) The circulating blood and             lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal             juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle             serum are the more important fluids of the body. The             tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined             water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo             with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per             cent of water.          {Burning fluid}, {Elastic fluid}, {Electric fluid}, {Magnetic       fluid}, etc. See under {Burning}, {Elastic}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluidness \Flu"id*ness\, n.       The state of being flluid; fluidity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluidounce \Flu"id*ounce`\, n.       See {Fluid ounce}, under {Fluid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flutemouth \Flute"mouth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A fish of the genus {Aulostoma}, having a much elongated       tubular snout.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.       Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes       collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the       fluting of a lady's ruffle.          {Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called             also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.          {Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on             balusters, table legs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fluting}.]       1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like             that of a flute.                         Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic                      tenderness.                                       --Tennyson.                         The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.         --Emerson.          2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,             etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.       Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes       collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the       fluting of a lady's ruffle.          {Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called             also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.          {Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on             balusters, table legs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.       Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes       collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the       fluting of a lady's ruffle.          {Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called             also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.          {Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on             balusters, table legs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flitting \Flitt"ing\, Flytting \Flytt"ing\, n.       Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical       contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th       century. [Obs. or Scot.]                   These [bd]flytings[b8] consisted of alternate torrents                of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the                combatants.                                             --Saintsbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, n. [From {Fold}, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to       fealdan to fold.]       1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid             over on another part; a plait; a plication.                         Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of                      linen.                                                --Bacon.                         Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous                      regions.                                             --J. D. Dana.          2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in             composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a             geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of             anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a             quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.          3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or             envelops; embrace.                         Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.                                                                               --Shak.          {Fold net}, a kind of net used in catching birds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Folded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Folding}.] [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG.       faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw.       f[86]lla, Goth. fal[?]an, cf. Gr.[?] twofold, Skr. pu[?]a a       fold. Cf. {Fauteuil}.]       1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over             another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a             letter.                         As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12.          2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as,             he folds his arms in despair.          3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to             infold; to clasp; to embrace.                         A face folded in sorrow.                     --J. Webster.                         We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak.          4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.                         Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folding \Fold"ing\, n.       1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a             doubling; a plication.                         The lower foldings of the vest.         --Addison.          2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land,             etc.          {Folding boat}, a portable boat made by stretching canvas,             etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by             tourists, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Folding chair}, a chair which may be shut up compactly for             carriage or stowage; a camp chair.          {Folding door}, one of two or more doors filling a single and             hung upon hinges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folding \Fold"ing\, n.       1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a             doubling; a plication.                         The lower foldings of the vest.         --Addison.          2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land,             etc.          {Folding boat}, a portable boat made by stretching canvas,             etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by             tourists, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Folding chair}, a chair which may be shut up compactly for             carriage or stowage; a camp chair.          {Folding door}, one of two or more doors filling a single and             hung upon hinges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folding \Fold"ing\, n.       1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a             doubling; a plication.                         The lower foldings of the vest.         --Addison.          2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land,             etc.          {Folding boat}, a portable boat made by stretching canvas,             etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by             tourists, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Folding chair}, a chair which may be shut up compactly for             carriage or stowage; a camp chair.          {Folding door}, one of two or more doors filling a single and             hung upon hinges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folding \Fold"ing\, n.       1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a             doubling; a plication.                         The lower foldings of the vest.         --Addison.          2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land,             etc.          {Folding boat}, a portable boat made by stretching canvas,             etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by             tourists, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Folding chair}, a chair which may be shut up compactly for             carriage or stowage; a camp chair.          {Folding door}, one of two or more doors filling a single and             hung upon hinges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Foliating}.]       1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.          2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;             as, to foliate a looking-glass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliation \Fo"li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. foliation.]       1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.          2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo[?]ed within             the bud.                         The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem.                                                                               --De Quincey.          3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil,             or lamina.          4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and             quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.          5. (Arch.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils,             arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the             ornaments. See {Tracery}.          6. (Geol.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks,             of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the             cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or             hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or             cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any             mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it             having been produced by pressure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tontine insurance \Ton*tine" in*su"rance\ (Life Insurance)       Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are       distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or          {full tontine}, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed             policies, on the policies of those who died within the             tontine period only the face of the policy was paid             without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the             end of the tontine period received the entire surplus.             This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the             United States by the          {semitontine} plan, in which the surplus is divided among the             holders of policies in force at the termination of the             tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is             paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that             have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are             called {free tontine}, {deferred dividend}, etc.,             according to the nature of the tontine arrangement.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Felton, CA (CDP, FIPS 23826)       Location: 37.04270 N, 122.07219 W       Population (1990): 5350 (2348 housing units)       Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95018    Felton, DE (town, FIPS 26620)       Location: 39.00907 N, 75.57792 W       Population (1990): 683 (256 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 19943    Felton, GA       Zip code(s): 30140    Felton, MN (city, FIPS 20834)       Location: 47.07644 N, 96.50485 W       Population (1990): 211 (93 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56536    Felton, PA (borough, FIPS 25584)       Location: 39.85627 N, 76.56154 W       Population (1990): 438 (157 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17322
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fielding, UT (town, FIPS 25290)       Location: 41.81201 N, 112.11636 W       Population (1990): 422 (124 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 84311
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fieldon, IL (village, FIPS 26012)       Location: 39.10814 N, 90.49993 W       Population (1990): 277 (106 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62031
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fieldton, TX       Zip code(s): 79326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flatonia, TX (town, FIPS 26028)       Location: 29.68730 N, 97.10747 W       Population (1990): 1295 (536 housing units)       Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78941
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fulton, AL (town, FIPS 28504)       Location: 31.79356 N, 87.74106 W       Population (1990): 384 (151 housing units)       Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36446    Fulton, AR (city, FIPS 25360)       Location: 33.61186 N, 93.81429 W       Population (1990): 269 (113 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71838    Fulton, CA       Zip code(s): 95439    Fulton, IL (city, FIPS 28144)       Location: 41.86503 N, 90.15873 W       Population (1990): 3698 (1533 housing units)       Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61252    Fulton, IN (town, FIPS 26152)       Location: 40.94653 N, 86.26399 W       Population (1990): 371 (152 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Fulton, KS (city, FIPS 24925)       Location: 38.00979 N, 94.71912 W       Population (1990): 191 (86 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66738    Fulton, KY (city, FIPS 29566)       Location: 36.51245 N, 88.88121 W       Population (1990): 3078 (1474 housing units)       Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Fulton, MD       Zip code(s): 20759    Fulton, MI       Zip code(s): 49052    Fulton, MO (city, FIPS 26182)       Location: 38.85314 N, 91.94884 W       Population (1990): 10033 (3750 housing units)       Area: 27.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65251    Fulton, MS (city, FIPS 26300)       Location: 34.26231 N, 88.40172 W       Population (1990): 3387 (1340 housing units)       Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38843    Fulton, NY (city, FIPS 27815)       Location: 43.31679 N, 76.41560 W       Population (1990): 12929 (5536 housing units)       Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 13069    Fulton, OH (village, FIPS 29050)       Location: 40.46236 N, 82.82841 W       Population (1990): 325 (98 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43321    Fulton, SD (town, FIPS 23220)       Location: 43.72823 N, 97.82229 W       Population (1990): 70 (35 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57340    Fulton, TX (town, FIPS 27888)       Location: 28.07129 N, 97.03575 W       Population (1990): 763 (580 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78358
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fulton County, AR (county, FIPS 49)       Location: 36.38311 N, 91.81891 W       Population (1990): 10037 (4839 housing units)       Area: 1601.2 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)    Fulton County, GA (county, FIPS 121)       Location: 33.78940 N, 84.46716 W       Population (1990): 648951 (297503 housing units)       Area: 1369.3 sq km (land), 15.3 sq km (water)    Fulton County, IL (county, FIPS 57)       Location: 40.47937 N, 90.21336 W       Population (1990): 38080 (16480 housing units)       Area: 2242.1 sq km (land), 44.0 sq km (water)    Fulton County, IN (county, FIPS 49)       Location: 41.04392 N, 86.26147 W       Population (1990): 18840 (8656 housing units)       Area: 954.5 sq km (land), 7.4 sq km (water)    Fulton County, KY (county, FIPS 75)       Location: 36.55333 N, 89.18531 W       Population (1990): 8271 (3684 housing units)       Area: 541.2 sq km (land), 55.9 sq km (water)    Fulton County, NY (county, FIPS 35)       Location: 43.11498 N, 74.42378 W       Population (1990): 54191 (26260 housing units)       Area: 1285.1 sq km (land), 95.2 sq km (water)    Fulton County, OH (county, FIPS 51)       Location: 41.59654 N, 84.12454 W       Population (1990): 38498 (14095 housing units)       Area: 1053.7 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)    Fulton County, PA (county, FIPS 57)       Location: 39.92038 N, 78.10900 W       Population (1990): 13837 (6184 housing units)       Area: 1133.4 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fultondale, AL (city, FIPS 28552)       Location: 33.61729 N, 86.80009 W       Population (1990): 6400 (2462 housing units)       Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fultonham, NY       Zip code(s): 12071    Fultonham, OH (village, FIPS 29064)       Location: 39.85608 N, 82.14288 W       Population (1990): 178 (65 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fultonville, NY (village, FIPS 27859)       Location: 42.94510 N, 74.37053 W       Population (1990): 748 (288 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 12072
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flatten vt.   [common] To remove structural information, esp. to    filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple    sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to {flat-ASCII}.    "This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an    equivalent {canonical} form."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
field mouse          {wireless mouse}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flat thunk          A software mechanism that allows a {Win32}       application to load and call a 16-bit {DLL}, or a 16-bit       application to load and call a Win32 DLL.          See also {generic thunk}, {universal thunk}.          (1999-04-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flatten          To remove structural information, especially to filter       something with an implicit tree structure into a simple       sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to       {flat ASCII}.   "This code flattens an expression with       parentheses into an equivalent {canonical} form."          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floating point underflow          {underflow}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floating underflow          {underflow}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floating-point          A number representation consisting of a       {mantissa}, M, an {exponent}, E, and an (assumed) {radix} (or       "base") .   The number represented is M*R^E where R is the       radix - usually ten but sometimes 2.          Many different representations are used for the mantissa and       exponent themselves.   The {IEEE} specify a {standard}       representation which is used by many hardware floating-point       systems.          See also {floating-point accelerator}, {floating-point unit}.          {Normalisation} is the process of converting a floating point       number into {canonical} form where any number other than zero       has a mantissa whose first digit is non-zero.          Opposite: {fixed-point}.          (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floating-point accelerator          (FPA) Additional hardware to perform functions on       floating-point numbers such as addition, multiplication,       logarithms, exponentials, trigonometric functions and various       kinds of rounding and error detection.   A floating-point       accelerator often functions as a {co-processor} to the {CPU}.          The term "floating-point accelerator" suggests a physically       larger system, often an extra circuit board, whereas a       "floating-point unit" is probably a single chip or even part       of a chip.          (1994-12-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floating-Point SPECbaserate          {SPECrate_base_fp92}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floating-Point SPECbaseratio          {SPECbase_fp92}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floating-Point SPECrate          {SPECrate_fp92}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floating-Point SPECratio          {SPECfp92}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floating-Point Unit          (FPU) A {floating-point accelerator}, usually in a single       {integrated circuit}, possible on the same IC as the {central       processing unit}.          (1994-10-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Fully Automated Compiling Technique          (FACT, "Honeywell-800 Business Compiler") A       pre-{COBOL} English-like business data processing language for       the {Honeywell 800}, developed ca. 1959.          [Sammet 1969, p. 327].          (1994-12-01)