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   fatty liver
         n 1: yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of
               certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by
               alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain
               toxins

English Dictionary: food elevator by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiddle-faddle
n
  1. trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
food elevator
n
  1. a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
    Synonym(s): dumbwaiter, food elevator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foot lever
n
  1. a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
      Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
      gross; as, a fatty substance.
  
      {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
            monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
            called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
            acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
            fatlike substances.
  
      {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.
  
      {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
            the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
            so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
            efficient parts of these organs.
  
      {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
            etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
            or infiltration.
  
      {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
            excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
            destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
  
      {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
            tissue; lipoma.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle-faddle \Fid"dle-fad`dle\, v. i.
      To talk nonsense. [Colloq.] --Ford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foddle-faddle \Fod"dle-fad`dle\, n.
      A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot,
      foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D.
      voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod,
      Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet
      step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way.
      [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet}
      to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess,
      {Pedal}.]
      1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal;
            esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an
            animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See
            {Manus}, and {Pes}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It
            is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body,
            often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See
            Illust. of {Buccinum}.
  
      3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as,
            the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
  
      4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as
            of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or
            series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with
            inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the
            procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
  
                     And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their
                     feet.                                                --Milton.
  
      5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the
            singular.
  
                     Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
                                                                              --Berkeley.
  
      6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the
            singular. [R.]
  
                     As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.
  
      7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third
            of a yard. See {Yard}.
  
      Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of
               a man's foot. It differs in length in different
               countries. In the United States and in England it is
               304.8 millimeters.
  
      8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry,
            usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the
            cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton.
  
      9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical
            element of a verse, the syllables being formerly
            distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern
            poetry by the accent.
  
      10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
  
      Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or
               pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or
               lower part. It is also much used as the first of
               compounds.
  
      {Foot artillery}. (Mil.)
            (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot.
            (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.
  
      {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
  
      {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
  
      {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.
  
      {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.
  
      {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or
            boots.
  
      {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a
            treadle.
  
      {Foot iron}.
            (a) The step of a carriage.
            (b) A fetter.
  
      {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}.
  
      {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal.
  
      {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any
            proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance.
            --Farrow.
  
      {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding;
            a riding skirt. [Obs.]
  
      {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]
  
      {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or
            bridge.
  
      {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway;
            a trottoir.
  
      {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.
  
      {Foot post}.
            (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot.
            (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
  
      {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound}
            and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing
            press, moved by a treadle.
  
      {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.
  
      {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the
            lower side.
  
      {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
  
      {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long.
  
      {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and
            serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an
            uneven place.
  
      {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}.
  
      {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot.
  
      {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed
            against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
           
  
      {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot
            coals for warming the feet.
  
      {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}.
  
      {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air
            pump from the condenser.
  
      {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by
            a treadle.
  
      {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a
            vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.
  
      {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.
  
      {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream
            on foot.
  
      {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}.
  
      {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema
            epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc.,
            characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in
            the mouth and about the hoofs.
  
      {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an
            acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of
            land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.;
            also {Chirograph}. (b).
  
      {Square foot}. See under {Square}.
  
      {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of
            execution.
  
      {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep
            thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl.
            v. 1.
  
      {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be
            determined. [Colloq.]
  
      {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance;
            to do one's best. [Colloq.]
  
      {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set
            on foot a subscription.
  
      {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a
            position to go on; to assist to start.
  
      {Under foot}.
            (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample
                  under foot. --Gibbon.
            (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell .
                  . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Foothill Farms, CA (CDP, FIPS 24722)
      Location: 38.67759 N, 121.34672 W
      Population (1990): 17135 (6792 housing units)
      Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fdlibm
  
      A new version of the {C} maths library, libm, by Dr. K-C Ng.
      It is the basis for the bundled /usr/lib/libm.so in Solaris
      2.3 for SPARC and for future Solaris 2 releases for x86 and
      PowerPC.   It provides the standard functions necessary to pass
      the usual test suites.   This new libm can be configured to
      handle exceptions in accordance with various language
      standards or in the spirit of {IEEE 754}. The C source code
      should be portable to any IEEE 754 system.
  
      E-mail: ("send all from fdlibm"),
      (comments and bug
      reports).
  
      {(ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib)}.
  
      (1993-12-18).
  
  
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