fa la
         n 1: meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong [syn:
               {fa la}, {fal la}]

English Dictionary: fool	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fail v fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" Synonym(s): fail, neglect be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" Synonym(s): fail, go wrong, miscarry Antonym(s): bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" Synonym(s): fail, betray stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" Synonym(s): fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down be unable; "I fail to understand your motives" Antonym(s): bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students" Antonym(s): pass fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" Synonym(s): fail, flunk, bomb, flush it Antonym(s): make it, pass fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust" become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year" prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" Synonym(s): fail, run out, give out get worse; "Her health is declining"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faille n a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
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fal la n meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong [syn: fa la, fal la]
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fall n the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" Synonym(s): fall, autumn a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" Synonym(s): spill, tumble, fall the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" a downward slope or bend Synonym(s): descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope Antonym(s): acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue" a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" Synonym(s): fall, downfall Antonym(s): rise a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" Antonym(s): ascension, ascent, rise, rising the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" Synonym(s): capitulation, fall, surrender the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" Synonym(s): twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat Synonym(s): fall, pin a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" Synonym(s): drop, fall a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" Synonym(s): drop, dip, fall, free fall v descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" Synonym(s): descend, fall, go down, come down Antonym(s): arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" Synonym(s): fall, come fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" Synonym(s): precipitate, come down, fall suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" Synonym(s): fall, shine, strike be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy" occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" Synonym(s): decrease, diminish, lessen, fall Antonym(s): increase yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward" be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" Synonym(s): accrue, fall fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" Synonym(s): fall, light be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" Synonym(s): fall, return, pass, devolve slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" 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 drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" Synonym(s): hang, fall, flow assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" be cast down; "his eyes fell" come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away" go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" Synonym(s): fall, descend, settle
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fall away v get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: slip, {drop off}, drop away, fall away] diminish in size or intensity Synonym(s): fall off, fall away
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Falla n Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) [syn: Falla, Manuel de Falla]
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fallow adj left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland" undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market" n cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
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feel n an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonym(s): spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell a property perceived by touch Synonym(s): tactile property, feel manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" v undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" Synonym(s): feel, experience come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" Synonym(s): find, feel perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" Synonym(s): feel, sense be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" Synonym(s): feel, finger examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" Synonym(s): palpate, feel find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room" produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again" pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
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fell adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" Synonym(s): barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious n the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) Synonym(s): hide, fell seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges Synonym(s): fell, felled seam the act of felling something (as a tree) v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" Synonym(s): fell, drop, strike down, cut down pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" Synonym(s): fly, fell, vanish sew a seam by folding the edges
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fella n a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" Synonym(s): chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fellah n an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
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felloe n rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted Synonym(s): felloe, felly
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fellow n a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" Synonym(s): chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" Synonym(s): companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" Synonym(s): colleague, confrere, fellow one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" Synonym(s): mate, fellow a member of a learned society; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association" an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" Synonym(s): fellow, dude, buster a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" Synonym(s): boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
felly n rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted Synonym(s): felloe, felly
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file n a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together Synonym(s): file, data file a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other Synonym(s): file, single file, Indian file office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order Synonym(s): file, file cabinet, filing cabinet a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal v record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" Synonym(s): file, register smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails" proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom" file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" Synonym(s): charge, lodge, file place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" Synonym(s): file, file away
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file away v place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" Synonym(s): file, file away put into an archive Synonym(s): archive, file away
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fill n a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench" Synonym(s): filling, fill v make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" Synonym(s): fill, fill up, make full Antonym(s): empty become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" Synonym(s): fill, fill up Antonym(s): discharge, empty occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" Synonym(s): occupy, fill assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" Synonym(s): fill, take, occupy fill or meet a want or need Synonym(s): meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil appoint someone to (a position or a job) eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" Synonym(s): fill up, fill fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" Synonym(s): satiate, sate, replete, fill plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fille n a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille]
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filly n a young female horse under the age of four
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FL n a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War Synonym(s): Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL
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flaw n an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" Synonym(s): defect, fault, flaw defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless" an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness v add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
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flay v strip the skin off
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flea n any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
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flee v run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floe n a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea Synonym(s): ice floe, floe
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flow n the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) Synonym(s): flow, flowing the amount of fluid that flows in a given time Synonym(s): flow, flow rate, rate of flow the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression Synonym(s): flow, stream any uninterrupted stream or discharge something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" Synonym(s): stream, flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" Synonym(s): stream, flow, current the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"-- Aristotle Synonym(s): menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow v move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" Synonym(s): flow, flux move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" Synonym(s): run, flow, feed, course cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding" fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" Synonym(s): hang, fall, flow cover or swamp with water undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" Synonym(s): menstruate, flow
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flow away v flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe" Synonym(s): flow away, flow off
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flu n an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease [syn: influenza, flu, grippe]
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flue n flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue] organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip Synonym(s): flue pipe, flue, labial pipe a conduit to carry off smoke
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fly adj (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked n two-winged insects characterized by active flight flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent Synonym(s): tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth Synonym(s): fly, fly front (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air Synonym(s): fly, fly ball fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect v travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn: fly, wing] move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place" operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" Synonym(s): fly, aviate, pilot transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" cause to fly or float; "fly a kite" be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" Synonym(s): fly, fell, vanish travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" Synonym(s): flee, fly, take flight travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" hit a fly decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" Synonym(s): vanish, fly, vaporize
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flyaway adj guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" [syn: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained] (of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat"
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flyway n the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate Synonym(s): migration route, flyway
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foal n a young horse v give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
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foil n a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils" Synonym(s): foil, enhancer a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils" Synonym(s): hydrofoil, foil picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector Synonym(s): foil, transparency a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button v enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background" hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
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folie n (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness Synonym(s): mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
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folio n the system of numbering pages [syn: pagination, folio, page number, paging] a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) Synonym(s): leaf, folio a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"
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follow v to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" Antonym(s): lead, precede be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" Synonym(s): postdate, follow Antonym(s): antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" Synonym(s): follow, fall out travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" Synonym(s): follow, travel along act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" Synonym(s): comply, follow, abide by come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" Synonym(s): follow, come after behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" Synonym(s): follow, conform to be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" Synonym(s): adopt, follow, espouse to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period" imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" Synonym(s): take after, follow follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" Synonym(s): trace, follow follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" Synonym(s): watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" Synonym(s): succeed, come after, follow Antonym(s): come before, precede perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" Synonym(s): play along, accompany, follow keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" Synonym(s): keep up, keep abreast, follow to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" Synonym(s): come, follow accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" Synonym(s): be, follow keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" Synonym(s): surveil, follow, survey follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" Synonym(s): pursue, follow grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" Synonym(s): stick to, stick with, follow
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folly n the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] Antonym(s): wisdom, wiseness a stupid mistake Synonym(s): stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" Synonym(s): folly, foolishness, craziness, madness foolish or senseless behavior Synonym(s): folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
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fool n a person who lacks good judgment [syn: fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of Synonym(s): chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages Synonym(s): jester, fool, motley fool v make a fool or dupe of Synonym(s): fool, gull, befool spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" Synonym(s): fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" Synonym(s): gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" Synonym(s): horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
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fool away v spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" Synonym(s): fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
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foul adj highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" Synonym(s): fetid, foetid, foul, foul- smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill- scented violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" Synonym(s): cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines Antonym(s): fair (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" Synonym(s): dirty, foul, marked-up characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" Synonym(s): cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" Synonym(s): filthy, foul, nasty especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" Synonym(s): afoul(ip), foul, fouled n an act that violates the rules of a sport v hit a foul ball make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" Synonym(s): pollute, foul, contaminate become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" Synonym(s): clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul Antonym(s): unclog commit a foul; break the rules spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" Synonym(s): foul, befoul, defile, maculate make unclean; "foul the water" become soiled and dirty
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foully adv in an unfair and insulting manner; "this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists" Synonym(s): foully, insultingly in a wicked and shameful manner; "two policemen were foully murdered"
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fowl n a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl Synonym(s): domestic fowl, fowl, poultry the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food Synonym(s): bird, fowl v hunt fowl hunt fowl in the forest
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fuel n a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" v provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" Synonym(s): fuel, fire take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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Ful n a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages Synonym(s): Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul
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Fula n a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith Synonym(s): Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages Synonym(s): Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul
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Fulah n a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith Synonym(s): Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe
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full adv to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged" Synonym(s): fully, to the full, full adj containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" Antonym(s): empty constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" Synonym(s): entire, full, total complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" Synonym(s): full, total filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" Synonym(s): full, replete(p) (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" Antonym(s): thin having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" Synonym(s): full, good being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" Synonym(s): broad(a), full(a) having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" Synonym(s): wide, wide-cut, full n the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full" Synonym(s): full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full v beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth" make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" Synonym(s): wax, full Antonym(s): wane
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fully adv to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged" Synonym(s): fully, to the full, full sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed" Synonym(s): amply, fully Antonym(s): meagerly, meagrely, slenderly, sparingly referring to a quantity; "the amount was paid in full" Synonym(s): in full, fully
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Fail \Fail\, v. t.       1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;             to desert.                         There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1                                                                               Kings ii. 4.          2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]                         Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.                                                                               --Milton.
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Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.]       1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly             superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase             without fail. [bd]His highness' fail of issue.[b8] --Shak.          2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Fail \Fail\v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Failed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Failing}.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive,       akin to E. fall. See {Fail}, and cf. {Fallacy}, {False},       {Fault}.]       1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in             any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be             furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be             altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams             fail; crops fail.                         As the waters fail from the sea.         --Job xiv. 11.                         Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be             deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.                         If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be                      attributed to their size.                  --Berke.          3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;             to sink.                         When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they                      then begin to fail.                           --Milton.          4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,             etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.          5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]                         Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.          6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to             be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not             to fulfill expectation.                         Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra                                                                               iv. 22.                         Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.                                                                               --Shak.          7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;             to be baffled or frusrated.                         Our envious foe hath failed.               --Milton.          8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.                         Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall                      grieve him, if I fail not.                  --Milton.          9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to             be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business             obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
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Fall \Fall\ (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell}; p. p. {Fallen}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS.       & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde,       Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to       fall, Skr. sphal, sphul, to tremble. Cf. {Fail}, {Fell}, v.       t., to cause to fall.]       1. To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to             descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the             apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the             barometer.                         I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke                                                                               x. 18.          2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent             posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters             and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.                         I fell at his feet to worship him.      --Rev. xix.                                                                               10.          3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;             -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the             Mediterranean.          4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die             by violence, as in battle.                         A thousand shall fall at thy side.      --Ps. xci. 7.                         He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,                      fell.                                                --Byron.          5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose             strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind             falls.          6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of             the young of certain animals. --Shak.          7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to             become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline             in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the             falls; stocks fell two points.                         I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord                      and master.                                       --Shak.                         The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and                      vanished.                                          --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.                         Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall,                      that we are innocent.                        --Addison.          9. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded;             to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the             faith; to apostatize; to sin.                         Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest                      any man fall after the same example of unbelief.                                                                               --Heb. iv. 11.          10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be             worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall             into difficulties.          11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or             appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.                         Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.                                                                               --Gen. iv. 5.                         I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.                                                                               --Addison.          12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our             spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.          13. To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new             state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to             fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into             temptation.          14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to             issue; to terminate.                         The Romans fell on this model by chance. --Swift.                         Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the                      matter will fall.                              --Ruth. iii.                                                                               18.                         They do not make laws, they fall into customs. --H.                                                                               Spencer.          15. To come; to occur; to arrive.                         The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council                      fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about                      ten days sooner.                              --Holder.          16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or             hurry; as, they fell to blows.                         They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart                      and soul.                                          --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          17. To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution,             inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his             brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.          18. To belong or appertain.                         If to her share some female errors fall, Look on                      her face, and you'll forget them all. --Pope.          19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded             expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from             him.          {To fall abroad of} (Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to             one vessel coming into collision with another.          {To fall among}, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly.                      {To fall astern} (Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to             be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a             current, or when outsailed by another.          {To fall away}.             (a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.             (b) To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.             (c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize.                   [bd]These . . . for a while believe, and in time of                   temptation fall away.[b8] --Luke viii. 13.             (d) To perish; to vanish; to be lost. [bd]How . . . can                   the soul . . . fall away into nothing?[b8] --Addison.             (e) To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become                   faint. [bd]One color falls away by just degrees, and                   another rises insensibly.[b8] --Addison.          {To fall back}.             (a) To recede or retreat; to give way.             (b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to                   fulfill.          {To fall back upon}.             (a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position                   in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of                   troops).             (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some                   available expedient or support).          {To fall calm}, to cease to blow; to become calm.          {To fall down}.             (a) To prostrate one's self in worship. [bd]All kings                   shall fall down before him.[b8] --Ps. lxxii. 11.             (b) To sink; to come to the ground. [bd]Down fell the                   beauteous youth.[b8] --Dryden.             (c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant.             (d) (Naut.) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river                   or other outlet.          {To fall flat}, to produce no response or result; to fail of             the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.          {To fall foul of}.             (a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled                   with             (b) To attack; to make an assault upon.          {To fall from}, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to;             as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from             allegiance or duty.          {To fall from grace} (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from             the faith.          {To fall home} (Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the             timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much             within a perpendicular.          {To fall in}.             (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in.             (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in                   line; as, to fall in on the right.             (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the                   death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long                   received, fell in.             (d) To become operative. [bd]The reversion, to which he                   had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.[b8]                   --Macaulay.          {To fall into one's hands}, to pass, often suddenly or             unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to             spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands             of the enemy.          {To fall in with}.             (a) To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a                   friend.             (b) (Naut.) To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come                   near, as land.             (c) To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls                   in with popular opinion.             (d) To comply; to yield to. [bd]You will find it                   difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with                   your projects.[b8] --Addison.          {To fall off}.             (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe.             (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as,                   friends fall off in adversity. [bd]Love cools,                   friendship falls off, brothers divide.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse.             (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the                   faith, or from allegiance or duty.                               Those captive tribes . . . fell off From God to                            worship calves.                           --Milton.             (e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off.             (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to                   deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or                   interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the                   magazine or the review falls off. [bd]O Hamlet, what                   a falling off was there![b8] --Shak.             (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the                   point to which the head of the ship was before                   directed; to fall to leeward.          {To fall on}.             (a) To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on                   evil days.             (b) To begin suddenly and eagerly. [bd]Fall on, and try                   the appetite to eat.[b8] --Dryden.             (c) To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. [bd]Fall                   on, fall on, and hear him not.[b8] --Dryden.             (d) To drop on; to descend on.          {To fall out}.             (a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.                               A soul exasperated in ills falls out With                            everything, its friend, itself.   --Addison.             (b) To happen; to befall; to chance. [bd]There fell out a                   bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (c) (Mil.) To leave the ranks, as a soldier.          {To fall over}.             (a) To revolt; to desert from one side to another.             (b) To fall beyond. --Shak.          {To fall short}, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short;             they all fall short in duty.          {To fall through}, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the             engageent has fallen through.          {To fall to}, to begin. [bd]Fall to, with eager joy, on             homely food.[b8] --Dryden.          {To fall under}.             (a) To come under, or within the limits of; to be                   subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of                   the emperor.             (b) To come under; to become the subject of; as, this                   point did not fall under the cognizance or                   deliberations of the court; these things do not fall                   under human sight or observation.             (c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be                   subordinate to in the way of classification; as,                   these substances fall under a different class or                   order.          {To fall upon}.             (a) To attack. [See {To fall on}.]             (b) To attempt; to have recourse to. [bd]I do not intend                   to fall upon nice disquisitions.[b8] --Holder.             (c) To rush against.          Note: Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a                perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of                its applications, implies, literally or figuratively,                velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so                various, and so mush diversified by modifying words,                that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its                applications.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fall \Fall\, n.       1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force             of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the             yard of ship.          2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,             he was walking on ice, and had a fall.          3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.                         They thy fall conspire.                     --Denham.                         Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit                      before a fall.                                    --Prov. xvi.                                                                               18.          4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;             termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;             overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.                         Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.          5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall             of Sebastopol.          6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;             as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.          7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at             the close of a sentence.          8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.          9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water             down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,             sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.          10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the             ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po             into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.          11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,             the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.          12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.                         What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or                      how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.                                                                               --Dryden.          13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy             fall of snow.          14. The act of felling or cutting down. [bd]The fall of             timber.[b8] --Johnson.          15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.             Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first             parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy             of the rebellious angels.          16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling             band; a faule. --B. Jonson.          17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the             power is applied in hoisting.          {Fall herring} (Zo[94]l.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea             mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory             shad}.          {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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Fall \Fall\, v. t.       1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]                         For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. --Shak.          2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.]          3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.]                         Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall                      the price of your native commodities. --Locke.          4. To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] --Shak.          5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. &             Local, U.S.]
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Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin       to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.       f[94]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[ucr] white,       L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.       palita. Cf. {Pale}, {Favel}, a., {Favor}.]       1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.             --Shak.          2. [Cf. {Fallow}, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;             uncultivated; as, fallow ground.          {Fallow chat}, {Fallow finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small European             bird, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). See             {Wheatear}.
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Fallow \Fal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fallowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fallowing}.] [From {Fallow}, n.]       To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for       the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it       mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey       land.
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Fallow \Fal"low\, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat       yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n.,       cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]       1. Plowed land. [Obs.]                         Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.                                                                               --Chaucer.          2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded;             land plowed without being sowed for the season.                         The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.                                                                               --Mortimer.          3. The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a             season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever             been found a sure method of destroying weeds.                         Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender                      and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than                      can be given by a fallow crop.            --Sinclair.          {Fallow crop}, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.]          {Green fallow}, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and             clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as             turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]
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Falwe \Fal"we\, a. & n.       Fallow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Faule \Faule\, n.       A fall or falling band. [Obs.]                   These laces, ribbons, and these faules.   --Herrick.
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Feal \Fe"al\, a. [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fid[8a]le,       L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See {Faith}.]       Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] --Wright.
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Feel \Feel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felt}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Feeling}.] [AS. f[?]lan; akin to OS. gif[?]lian to perceive,       D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. f[81]hlen, Icel. f[be]lma       to grope, and prob. to AS. folm paim of the hand, L. palma.       Cf. {Fumble}, {Palm}.]       1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means             of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body,             especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited             by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.                         Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of                      steel.                                                --Creecn.          2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this             piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often             with out.                         Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son.                                                                               --Gen. xxvii.                                                                               21.                         He hath this to feel my affection to your honor.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to             experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or             sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.                         Teach me to feel another's woe.         --Pope.                         Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil                      thing.                                                --Eccl. viii.                                                                               5.                         He best can paint them who shall feel them most.                                                                               --Pope.                         Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to             have an inward persuasion of.                         For then, and not till then, he felt himself.                                                                               --Shak.          5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To feel the helm} (Naut.), to obey it.
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Feel \Feel\, v. i.       1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything             with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the             surface of the body.          2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected.                         [She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron.                                                                               --Burke.                         And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. --Pope.          3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind,             persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's             self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the             state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.                         I then did feel full sick.                  --Shak.          4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know             certainly or without misgiving.                         Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to                      wear.                                                --Shak.          5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce             an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by             an adjective describing the kind of sensation.                         Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels                      smooth.                                             --Dryden.          {To feel after}, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a             person groping in the dark. [bd]If haply they might feel             after him, and find him.[b8] --Acts xvii. 27.          {To feel of}, to examine by touching.
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Feel \Feel\, n.       1. Feeling; perception. [R.]                         To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its                      genial warmth.                                    --Hazlitt.          2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon             one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy             feel.                         The difference between these two tumors will be                      distinguished by the feel.                  --S. Sharp.
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Fele \Fele\, a. [AS. fela, feola; akin to G. viel, gr. [?]. See       {Full}, a.]       Many. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fall \Fall\ (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell}; p. p. {Fallen}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS.       & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde,       Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to       fall, Skr. sphal, sphul, to tremble. Cf. {Fail}, {Fell}, v.       t., to cause to fall.]       1. To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to             descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the             apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the             barometer.                         I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke                                                                               x. 18.          2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent             posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters             and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.                         I fell at his feet to worship him.      --Rev. xix.                                                                               10.          3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;             -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the             Mediterranean.          4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die             by violence, as in battle.                         A thousand shall fall at thy side.      --Ps. xci. 7.                         He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,                      fell.                                                --Byron.          5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose             strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind             falls.          6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of             the young of certain animals. --Shak.          7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to             become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline             in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the             falls; stocks fell two points.                         I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord                      and master.                                       --Shak.                         The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and                      vanished.                                          --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.                         Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall,                      that we are innocent.                        --Addison.          9. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded;             to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the             faith; to apostatize; to sin.                         Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest                      any man fall after the same example of unbelief.                                                                               --Heb. iv. 11.          10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be             worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall             into difficulties.          11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or             appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.                         Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.                                                                               --Gen. iv. 5.                         I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.                                                                               --Addison.          12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our             spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.          13. To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new             state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to             fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into             temptation.          14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to             issue; to terminate.                         The Romans fell on this model by chance. --Swift.                         Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the                      matter will fall.                              --Ruth. iii.                                                                               18.                         They do not make laws, they fall into customs. --H.                                                                               Spencer.          15. To come; to occur; to arrive.                         The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council                      fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about                      ten days sooner.                              --Holder.          16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or             hurry; as, they fell to blows.                         They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart                      and soul.                                          --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          17. To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution,             inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his             brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.          18. To belong or appertain.                         If to her share some female errors fall, Look on                      her face, and you'll forget them all. --Pope.          19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded             expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from             him.          {To fall abroad of} (Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to             one vessel coming into collision with another.          {To fall among}, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly.                      {To fall astern} (Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to             be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a             current, or when outsailed by another.          {To fall away}.             (a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.             (b) To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.             (c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize.                   [bd]These . . . for a while believe, and in time of                   temptation fall away.[b8] --Luke viii. 13.             (d) To perish; to vanish; to be lost. [bd]How . . . can                   the soul . . . fall away into nothing?[b8] --Addison.             (e) To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become                   faint. [bd]One color falls away by just degrees, and                   another rises insensibly.[b8] --Addison.          {To fall back}.             (a) To recede or retreat; to give way.             (b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to                   fulfill.          {To fall back upon}.             (a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position                   in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of                   troops).             (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some                   available expedient or support).          {To fall calm}, to cease to blow; to become calm.          {To fall down}.             (a) To prostrate one's self in worship. [bd]All kings                   shall fall down before him.[b8] --Ps. lxxii. 11.             (b) To sink; to come to the ground. [bd]Down fell the                   beauteous youth.[b8] --Dryden.             (c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant.             (d) (Naut.) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river                   or other outlet.          {To fall flat}, to produce no response or result; to fail of             the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.          {To fall foul of}.             (a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled                   with             (b) To attack; to make an assault upon.          {To fall from}, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to;             as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from             allegiance or duty.          {To fall from grace} (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from             the faith.          {To fall home} (Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the             timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much             within a perpendicular.          {To fall in}.             (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in.             (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in                   line; as, to fall in on the right.             (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the                   death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long                   received, fell in.             (d) To become operative. [bd]The reversion, to which he                   had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.[b8]                   --Macaulay.          {To fall into one's hands}, to pass, often suddenly or             unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to             spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands             of the enemy.          {To fall in with}.             (a) To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a                   friend.             (b) (Naut.) To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come                   near, as land.             (c) To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls                   in with popular opinion.             (d) To comply; to yield to. [bd]You will find it                   difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with                   your projects.[b8] --Addison.          {To fall off}.             (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe.             (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as,                   friends fall off in adversity. [bd]Love cools,                   friendship falls off, brothers divide.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse.             (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the                   faith, or from allegiance or duty.                               Those captive tribes . . . fell off From God to                            worship calves.                           --Milton.             (e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off.             (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to                   deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or                   interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the                   magazine or the review falls off. [bd]O Hamlet, what                   a falling off was there![b8] --Shak.             (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the                   point to which the head of the ship was before                   directed; to fall to leeward.          {To fall on}.             (a) To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on                   evil days.             (b) To begin suddenly and eagerly. [bd]Fall on, and try                   the appetite to eat.[b8] --Dryden.             (c) To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. [bd]Fall                   on, fall on, and hear him not.[b8] --Dryden.             (d) To drop on; to descend on.          {To fall out}.             (a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.                               A soul exasperated in ills falls out With                            everything, its friend, itself.   --Addison.             (b) To happen; to befall; to chance. [bd]There fell out a                   bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice.[b8]                   --L'Estrange.             (c) (Mil.) To leave the ranks, as a soldier.          {To fall over}.             (a) To revolt; to desert from one side to another.             (b) To fall beyond. --Shak.          {To fall short}, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short;             they all fall short in duty.          {To fall through}, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the             engageent has fallen through.          {To fall to}, to begin. [bd]Fall to, with eager joy, on             homely food.[b8] --Dryden.          {To fall under}.             (a) To come under, or within the limits of; to be                   subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of                   the emperor.             (b) To come under; to become the subject of; as, this                   point did not fall under the cognizance or                   deliberations of the court; these things do not fall                   under human sight or observation.             (c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be                   subordinate to in the way of classification; as,                   these substances fall under a different class or                   order.          {To fall upon}.             (a) To attack. [See {To fall on}.]             (b) To attempt; to have recourse to. [bd]I do not intend                   to fall upon nice disquisitions.[b8] --Holder.             (c) To rush against.          Note: Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a                perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of                its applications, implies, literally or figuratively,                velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so                various, and so mush diversified by modifying words,                that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its                applications.
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Fell \Fell\,       imp. of {Fall}.
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Fell \Fell\, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf.       AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon,       is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir.       feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or       cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf.       {Felon}.]       1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.                         While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.]                         I am so fell to my business.               --Pepys.
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Fell \Fell\, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.]       Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.]                   Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.   --Spenser.
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Fell \Fell\, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell,       Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in [ed]rutsfill leprosy, L.       pellis skin, G. [?]. Cf. {Film}, {Peel}, {Pell}, n.]       A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt;       -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.                   We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you                know, are greasy.                                    --Shak.
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Fell \Fell\, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj[84]ll a       ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and       prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.]       1. A barren or rocky hill. --T. Gray.          2. A wild field; a moor. --Dryton.
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Fell \Fell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Felling}.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to       fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f[84]llen, Icel. fella, Sw.       f[84]lla, Dan. f[91]lde. See {Fall}, v. i.]       To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the       ground; to cut down.                   Stand, or I'll fell thee down.               --Shak.
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Fell \Fell\, n. (Mining)       The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when       the ore is sorted by sifting.
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Fell \Fell\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f[86]ll a       hem.]       To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
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Fell \Fell\, n.       1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the             edges being folded together and the stitches taken through             both thicknesses.          2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of             the weft.
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Felloe \Fel"loe\, n.       See {Felly}.
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Felly \Fel"ly\, n.; pl. {Fellies}. [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS.       felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly       (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.]       The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel,       supported by the spokes. [Written also {felloe}.]                   Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.                                                                               --Shak.
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Felloe \Fel"loe\, n.       See {Felly}.
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Felly \Fel"ly\, n.; pl. {Fellies}. [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS.       felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly       (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.]       The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel,       supported by the spokes. [Written also {felloe}.]                   Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.                                                                               --Shak.
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Fellow \Fel"low\, n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. f[c7]lagi, fr.       f[c7]lag companionship, prop., a laying together of property;       f[c7] property + lag a laying, pl. l[94]g law, akin to liggja       to lie. See {Fee}, and {Law}, {Lie} to be low.]       1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.                         The fellows of his crime.                  --Milton.                         We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow.                                                                               --Shak.                         That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows                      almost of equal magnitude.                  --Gibbon.          Note: Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. --Judges                xi. 37.          2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean             man.                         Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow.                                                                               --Pope.          3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.                         It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy                      fellow.                                             --Shak.          4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to             each other; a mate; the male.                         When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are                      let go to the fellow and breed.         --Holland.                         This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. --Shak.          5. A person; an individual.                         She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. --Dickens.          6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to             a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to             certain perquisites and privileges.          7. In an American college or university, a member of the             corporation which manages its business interests; also, a             graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the             income of the foundation.          8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow             of the Royal Society.          Note: Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively,                signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal.                Usually, such compounds or phrases are                self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow                citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student;                fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or                fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow;                workfellow.                            Were the great duke himself here, and would lift                         up My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles.                                                                               --Ford.
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Fellow \Fel"low\, v. t.       To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Felly \Fel"ly\, adv.       In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.       --Spenser.
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Felly \Fel"ly\, n.; pl. {Fellies}. [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS.       felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly       (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.]       The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel,       supported by the spokes. [Written also {felloe}.]                   Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.                                                                               --Shak.
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Fewel \Fe"wel\, n. [See {Fuel}.]       Fuel. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.       focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,       fire. See {Focus}.] [Formerly written also {fewel.}]       1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which             feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,             coal, peat, etc.          2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or             excitement.          {Artificial fuel}, fuel consisting of small particles, as             coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or             blocks.
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Fewel \Fe"wel\, n. [See {Fuel}.]       Fuel. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.       focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,       fire. See {Focus}.] [Formerly written also {fewel.}]       1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which             feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,             coal, peat, etc.          2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or             excitement.          {Artificial fuel}, fuel consisting of small particles, as             coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or             blocks.
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Fil \Fil\, obs.       imp. of {Fall}, v. i. Fell. --Chaucer.
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File \File\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Filing}.]       1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers             in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to             place on file; to insert in its proper place in an             arranged body of papers.                         I would have my several courses and my dishes well                      filed.                                                --Beau. & Fl.          2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting             proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or             bill. --Burrill.          3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a             court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception             in court.                         To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place                      it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on                      the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper                      the date of its reception, and retain it in his                      office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may                      concern.                                             --Burrill.
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File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., &       It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade},       {Filament}, {Fillet}.]       1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as:             (a)             (Mil) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in                      contradistinction to {rank}, which designates a row                      of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting                      the depth of a body of troops, which, in the                      ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the                      battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.          Note: The number of files in a company describes its width,                as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in                [bd]fours deep[b8] would be spoken of as 25 files in 4                ranks. --Farrow.             (b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence                   or classified for preservation and reference; as,                   files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings                   English files to the 15th instant.             (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers                   are put and kept in order.                               It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.                                                                               --Shak.             (d) A roll or list. [bd]A file of all the gentry.[b8]                   --Shak.
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File \File\, v. i. [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.)       To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one       after another; -- generally with off.          {To file with}, to follow closely, as one soldier after             another in file; to keep pace.                         My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires,                      Yet filed with my abilities.               --Shak.
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File \File\, v. t.       1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with             a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.          2. To smooth or polish as with a file. --Shak.                         File your tongue to a little more courtesy. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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File \File\, n. [AS. fe[a2]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[c6]la,       f[c6]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [?][?]l,       Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[?] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to       E. paint.]       1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made             by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or             smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.          Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made                by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed,                while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the                pyramidal end of a triangular punch.          2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or             figuratively.                         Mock the nice touches of the critic's file.                                                                               --Akenside.          3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding.                         Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Bastard file}, {Cross file}, etc. See under {Bastard},             {Cross}, etc.          {Cross-cut file}, a file having two sets of teeth crossing             obliquely.          {File blank}, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for             cutting to form a file.          {File cutter}, a maker of files.          {Second-cut file}, a file having teeth of a grade next finer             than bastard.          {Single-cut file}, a file having only one set of parallel             teeth; a float.          {Smooth file}, a file having teeth so fine as to make an             almost smooth surface.
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File \File\, v. t. [OE. fulen, filen, foulen, AS. f[?]lan, fr.       f[?]l foul. See {Foul}, and cf. {Defile}, v. t.]       To make foul; to defile. [Obs.]                   All his hairy breast with blood was filed. --Spenser.                   For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind. --Shak.
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Fill \Fill\, n.       That which fills; filling; specif., an embankment, as in       railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the       place which is to be filled.
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Fill \Fill\, v. i.       1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to             have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills             well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.          2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.                         Give me some wine; fill full.            --Shak.          {To back and fill}. See under {Back}, v. i.          {To fill up}, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel             of the river fills up with sand.
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Fill \Fill\, n. [AS. fyllo. See {Fill}, v. t.]       A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives       complete satisfaction. [bd]Ye shall eat your fill.[b8] --Lev.       xxv. 19.                   I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. --Shak.
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Fill \Fill\, n. [See {Thill}.]       One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. --Mortimer.          {Fill horse}, a thill horse. --Shak.
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Fill \Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Filling}.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full;       akin to D. vullen, G. f[81]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan.       fylde, Goth. fulljan. See {Full}, a.]       1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or             contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be             received; to occupy the whole capacity of.                         The rain also filleth the pools.         --Ps. lxxxiv.                                                                               6.                         Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with                      water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John                                                                               ii. 7.          2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush             as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to             swarm in or overrun.                         And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and                      multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i.                                                                               22.                         The Syrians filled the country.         --1 Kings xx.                                                                               27.          3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.                         Whence should we have so much bread in the                      wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt.                                                                               xv. 33.                         Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as             an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a             throne; the president fills the office of chief             magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.          5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a             vacancy. --A. Hamilton.          6. (Naut.)             (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled                   the sails.             (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the                   after side of the sails.          7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the             level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.          {To fill in}, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.          {To fill out}, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to             make complete; as, to fill out a bill.          {To fill up}, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or             entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. [bd]The bliss             that fills up all the mind.[b8] --Pope. [bd]And fill up             that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.[b8]             --Col. i. 24.
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Filly \Fil"ly\, n.; pl. {Fillies}. [Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli       foal. See {Foal}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf.             {Colt}, {Foal}.                         Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. --Shak.          2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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Flaw \Flaw\, n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw,       crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage,       flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]       1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of             continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.                         This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand                      flaws.                                                --Shak.          2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a             will, in a deed, or in a statute.                         Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?                                                                               --South.          3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a             quarrel. [Obs.]                         And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in;                      I heard the mighty flaw.                     --Dryden.          4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.                         Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. --Milton.                         Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. --Tennyson.          Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.
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Flaw \Flaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flawing}.]       1. To crack; to make flaws in.                         The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]                         France hath flawed the league.            --Shak.
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Flawy \Flaw"y\, a.       1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.             --Johnson.          2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
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Flay \Flay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flaying}.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle[a0]n; akin to D. vlaen,       Icel. fl[be], Sw. fl[86], Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. ples[?] to       tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst tear; perh. akin to E. flag to       flat stone, flaw.]       To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an       ox; to flay the green earth.                   With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. --Shak.
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Flea \Flea\, v. t. [See {Flay}.]       To flay. [Obs.]                   He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's                skin.                                                      --J. Fletcher.
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Flea \Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle[a0], fle[a0]h; akin to       D. [?], OHG. fl[?]h, G. floh, Icel. fl[?], Russ. blocha;       prob. from the root of E. flee. [?] 84. See {Flee}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order       Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power       of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most       persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in       Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis})       takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See       Illustration in Appendix.          {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply,             annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a             flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear.          {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, etc.
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Flee \Flee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[a2]n (imperf.       fle[a0]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G.       fliehen, Icel. fl[?]ja (imperf. fl[?][?]i), Dan. flye, Sw.       fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. ([?]) 84. Cf. {Flight}.]       To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed       or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This       is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.                   [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.                                                                               --Shak.                   Flee fornication.                                    --1 Cor. vi.                                                                               18.                   So fled his enemies my warlike father.   --Shak.          Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use                fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost                speed. [bd]Whither shall I fly to 'scape their                hands?[b8] --Shak. See {Fly}, v. i., 5.
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Flew \Flew\,       imp. of {Fly}.
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Fly \Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. {Flew} (fl[umac]); p. p.       {Flown} (fl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flying}.] [OE. fleen,       fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[a2]gan; akin to D. vliegen,       OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[umac]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan.       flyve, Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about,       and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf.       {Fledge}, {Flight}, {Flock} of animals.]       1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.          2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass             or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.          3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.                         Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.                                                                               --Job v. 7.          4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate             rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around;             rumor flies.                         Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.                                                                               --Milton.                         The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.                                                                               --Bryant.          5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an             enemy or a coward flies. See Note under {Flee}.                         Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.   --Milton.                         Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.          6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly             or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door             flies open; a bomb flies apart.          {To fly about} (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time;             -- said of the wind.          {To fly around}, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]          {To fly at}, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack             suddenly.          {To fly in the face of}, to insult; to assail; to set at             defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct             opposition to; to resist.          {To fly off}, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to             revolt.          {To fly on}, to attack.          {To fly open}, to open suddenly, or with violence.          {To fly out}.             (a) To rush out.             (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.          {To let fly}.             (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. [bd]A                   man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim.[b8]                   --Addison.             (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let                   fly the sheets.
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Flo \Flo\ (fl[omac]), n.; pl. {Flon} (fl[omac]n). [AS. fl[be],       fl[be]n.]       An arrow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Floe \Floe\ (fl[omac]), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw.       flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See {Flag} a flat stone.]       A low, flat mass of floating ice.          {Floe rat} (Zo[94]l.), a seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}).
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Flow \Flow\ (fl[omac]), obs.       imp. sing. of {Fly}, v. i. --Chaucer.
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Flow \Flow\ (fl[omac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowed}       (fl[omac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flowing}.] [AS. fl[d3]wan; akin       to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. fl[d3]a to deluge,       Gr. plw`ein to float, sail, and prob. ultimately to E. float,       fleet. [fb]80. Cf. {Flood}.]       1. To move with a continual change of place among the             particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or             circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and             lakes; tears flow from the eyes.          2. To become liquid; to melt.                         The mountains flowed down at thy presence. --Is.                                                                               lxiv. 3.          3. To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry             and economy.                         Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all                      her words and actions.                        --Milton.          4. To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties;             as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly             to the ear; to be uttered easily.                         Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to             run or flow over; to be copious.                         In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk.                                                                               --Joel iii.                                                                               18.                         The exhilaration of a night that needed not the                      influence of the flowing bowl.            --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.          6. To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing             locks.                         The imperial purple flowing in his train. --A.                                                                               Hamilton.          7. To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide             flows twice in twenty-four hours.                         The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between.                                                                               --Shak.          8. To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
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Flow \Flow\, v. t.       1. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to             inundate; to flood.          2. To cover with varnish.
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Flow \Flow\, n.       1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of             water; a flow of blood.          2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of             words.          3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought,             diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady             movement of a river; a stream.                         The feast of reason and the flow of soul. --Pope.          4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the             shore. See {Ebb and flow}, under {Ebb}.          5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also {flow             moss} and {flow bog}. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Flue \Flue\, n.       In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and       the languet.
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Flue \Flue\, n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr.       L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]       An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a       current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:       (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying             flame and smoke to the outer air.       (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or             heated air from one place to another.       (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and             hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; --             distinguished from a tube which holds water and is             surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or             simply tubes.          {Flue boiler}. See under {Boiler}.          {Flue bridge}, the separating low wall between the flues and             the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.          {Flue plate} (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the             flues are fastened; -- called also {flue sheet}, {tube             sheet}, and {tube plate}.          {Flue surface} (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues             exposed to flame or the hot gases.
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Flue \Flue\, n. [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W.       llwch dust. [root]84.]       Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine       lint or hair. --Dickens.
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Fluey \Flue"y\, a. [2d {Flue}.]       Downy; fluffy. [R.]
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Fluo- \Flu"o-\ (Chem.)       A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as in       fluosilicate, fluobenzene.
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Fly \Fly\, v. t.       To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an       a[89]roplane.
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Fly \Fly\, n. (Cotton Manuf.)       Waste cotton.
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Fly \Fly\, v. t.       1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite,             a flag, etc.                         The brave black flag I fly.               --W. S.                                                                               Gilbert.          2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.                         Sleep flies the wretch.                     --Dryden.                         To fly the favors of so good a king.   --Shak.          3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {To fly a kite} (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes.             [Cant or Slang]
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Fly \Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. {Flew} (fl[umac]); p. p.       {Flown} (fl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flying}.] [OE. fleen,       fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[a2]gan; akin to D. vliegen,       OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[umac]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan.       flyve, Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about,       and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf.       {Fledge}, {Flight}, {Flock} of animals.]       1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.          2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass             or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.          3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.                         Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.                                                                               --Job v. 7.          4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate             rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around;             rumor flies.                         Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.                                                                               --Milton.                         The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.                                                                               --Bryant.          5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an             enemy or a coward flies. See Note under {Flee}.                         Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.   --Milton.                         Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.          6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly             or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door             flies open; a bomb flies apart.          {To fly about} (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time;             -- said of the wind.          {To fly around}, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]          {To fly at}, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack             suddenly.          {To fly in the face of}, to insult; to assail; to set at             defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct             opposition to; to resist.          {To fly off}, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to             revolt.          {To fly on}, to attack.          {To fly open}, to open suddenly, or with violence.          {To fly out}.             (a) To rush out.             (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.          {To let fly}.             (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. [bd]A                   man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim.[b8]                   --Addison.             (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let                   fly the sheets.
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Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.       fl[ymac]ge, fle[a2]ge, fr. fle[a2]gan to fly; akin to D.       vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue.       [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;                   as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.             (b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;                   black fly. See {Diptera}, and Illust. in Append.          2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.             [bd]The fur-wrought fly.[b8] --Gay.
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Fly \Fly\, a.       Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.       [Slang] --Dickens.
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Flyaway \Fly"a*way`\, a.       Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free;       -- used of both persons and things. -- n. A flyaway person or       thing. [bd]Truth is such a flyaway.[b8] --Emerson.
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Foal \Foal\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Foaling}.]       To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
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Foal \Foal\, v.i.       To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
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Foal \Foal\, n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G.       fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lf?le, Gr. [?], L. pullus       a young animal. Cf. {Filly}, {Poultry}, {Pullet}.] (Zo[94].)       The young of any animal of the Horse family {(Equid[91])}; a       colt; a filly.          {Foal teeth} (Zo[94]l.), the first set of teeth of a horse.                      {In foal}, {With foal}, being with young; pregnant; -- said             of a mare or she ass.
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Foil \Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr.       & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under       one's feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.]       1. To tread under foot; to trample.                         King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to                      be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless.                         Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In                      filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to             baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.                         And by [?] mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden.                         Her long locks that foil the painter's power.                                                                               --Byron.          3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in             chase. --Addison.
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Foil \Foil\, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille,       fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr.       [?], and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.]       1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin             foil; gold foil.          2. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and             burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors             mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give             color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. --Ure.          3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to             adorn or set off another thing to advantage.                         As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for                      foil of his milk-white to serve.         --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.                         Hector has a foil to set him off.      --Broome.          4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of             a looking-glass, to cause reflection.          5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic             architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows,             niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil,             quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of             arcs of which it is composed.          {Foil stone}, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.
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Foil \Foil\, v. t. [See 6th {File}.]       To defile; to soil. [Obs.]
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Foil \Foil\, n.       1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment;             defeat; frustration; miscarriage. --Milton.                         Nor e'er was fate so near a foil.      --Dryden.          2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in             the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the             point.                         Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt                      not.                                                   --Shak.                         Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes                      with a word.                                       --Mitford.          3. The track or trail of an animal.          {To run a foil},to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the             habits of some animals of running back over the same track             to mislead their pursuers. --Brewer.
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Folium \Fo"li*um\, n.; pl. E. {Foliums}, L. {Folia}. [L., a       leaf.]       1. A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.          2. (Geom.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two             infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The             curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence             the name. Its equation is x^{3} + y^{3} = axy.
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Fol'io \Fol'io\, v. t.       To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to       page.
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Fol'io \Fol'io\, a.       Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four       pages; as, a folio volume. See {Folio}, n., 3.
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Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf.       See 4th {Foil}.]       1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.          2. A sheet of paper once folded.          3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four             pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind.             See Note under {Paper}.          4. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the             left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.          5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book;             sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial             number.          6. (Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence,             a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in             law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100             words.          {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
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Fol'io \Fol'io\, v. t.       To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to       page.
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Fol'io \Fol'io\, a.       Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four       pages; as, a folio volume. See {Folio}, n., 3.
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Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf.       See 4th {Foil}.]       1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.          2. A sheet of paper once folded.          3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four             pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind.             See Note under {Paper}.          4. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the             left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.          5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book;             sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial             number.          6. (Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence,             a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in             law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100             words.          {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
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Follow \Fol"low\, n.       The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as       billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball       after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.
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Follow \Fol"low\, v. i.       To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the       transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a       result; to imitate.          Syn: Syn.- To {Follow}, {Succeed}, {Ensue}.          Usage: To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a                   crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some                   regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day,                   and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some                   established connection or principle of sequence. As                   wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution;                   and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Follow \Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Followed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Following}.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian,       fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[?]n, G. folgen,       Icel. fylgja, Sw. f[94]lja, Dan. f[94]lge, and perh. to E.       folk.]       1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or             direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to             accompany; to attend.                         It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. --Shak.          2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to             pursue; to prosecute.                         I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they                      shall follow them.                              --Ex. xiv. 17.          3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey;             to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow             good advice.                         Approve the best, and follow what I approve.                                                                               --Milton.                         Follow peace with all men.                  --Heb. xii.                                                                               14.                         It is most agreeable to some men to follow their                      reason; and to others to follow their appetites.                                                                               --J. Edwards.          4. To copy after; to take as an example.                         We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we                      like not, than in defects resemble them whom we                      love.                                                --Hooker.          5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.          6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference             from a premise.          7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed             upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in             progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to             keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or             force of, as of a course of thought or argument.                         He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely,             as a profession or calling.                         O, had I but followed the arts!         --Shak.                         O Antony! I have followed thee to this. --Shak.          {Follow board} (Founding), a board on which the pattern and             the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.             --Knight.          {To follow the hounds}, to hunt with dogs.          {To follow suit} (Card Playing), to play a card of the same             suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow             an example set.          {To follow up}, to pursue indefatigably.          Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany;                succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain.          Usage: - To {Follow}, {Pursue}. To follow (v.t.) denotes                   simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with                   earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite                   object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person                   follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a                   journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who                   has escaped from prison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folly \Fol"ly\, n.; pl. {Follies}. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie,       fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See {Fool}.]       1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity,             weakness, or derangement of mind.          2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure;             weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.                         What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. --Shak.          3. Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a             woman, wantonness.                         [Achan] wrought folly in Israel.         --Josh. vii.                                                                               15.                         When lovely woman stoops to folly.      --Goldsmith.          4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise.                         It is called this man's or that man's [bd]folly,[b8]                      and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive                      for long after years.                        --Trench.
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Folwe \Fol"we\, v. t.       To follow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fool \Fool\, n. [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st {Foil}.]       A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream;       -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;       a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated       ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.]       1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of             understanding; an idiot; a natural.          2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or             pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one             without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.                         Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.                         Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn                      in no other.                                       --Franklin.          3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious             wisdom; a wicked person.                         The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.                                                                               --Ps. xiv. 1.          4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or             buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed             fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.                         Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?                                                                               --Milton.          {April fool}, {Court fool}, etc. See under {April}, {Court},             etc.          {Fool's cap}, a cap or hood to which bells were usually             attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.          {Fool's errand}, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure             or undertaking.          {Fool's gold}, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in             color.          {Fool's paradise}, a name applied to a limbo (see under             {Limbo}) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and             nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain             self-satistaction.          {Fool's parsley} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant             ({[92]thusa Cynapium}) resembling parsley, but nauseous             and poisonous.          {To make a fool of}, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to             shame. [Colloq.]          {To play the fool}, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish             part. [bd]I have played the fool, and have erred             exceedingly.[b8] --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fool \Fool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fooling}.]       To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle       sport or mirth.
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Fool \Fool\, v. t.       1. To infatuate; to make foolish. --Shak.                         For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying             manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish             confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.                         You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for                      whom these shames ye underwent.         --Shak.          {To fool away}, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles,             idleness, folly, or without advantage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Foolah}. (Ethnol.)       Same as {Fulahs}.
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Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah},       {Foolah}. (Ethnol.)       A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct       from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of       Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze.       They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and       {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire,       tribes, language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, n.       In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the       rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
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Foul \Foul\ (foul), n. [See {Fowl}.]       A bird. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Foul \Foul\ (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler (-[etil]r); superl.       {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[umac]l; akin to D. vuil, G.       faul rotten, OHG. f[umac]l, Icel. f[umac]l foul, fetid; Dan.       fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[umac]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be       putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on       pus, to cause to rot, Skr. p[umac]y to stink. [fb]82. Cf.       {Defile} to foul, {File} to foul, {Filth}, {Pus}, {Putrid}.]       1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is             injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy;             dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul             cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's             bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun             becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with             polluted water.                         My face is foul with weeping.            --Job. xvi.                                                                               16.          2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words;             foul language.          3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. [bd]The             foul with Sycorax.[b8] --Shak.                         Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?                                                                               --Milton.          4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.          5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                         Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.                                                                               --Shak.          6. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as,             a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not             fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.                         So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.          7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a             game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest;             dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.          8. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or             entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope             or cable may get foul while paying it out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fouled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fouling}.]       1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as,             to foul the face or hands with mire.          2. (Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in             the process of firing.          3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its             sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.          4. To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or             cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as,             one boat fouled the other in a race.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, v. i.       1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of             firing, as a gun.          2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with             something; as, the two boats fouled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, n.       1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.          2. (Baseball) See {Foul ball}, under {Foul}, a.
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Foule \Foul"e\, adv.       Foully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foully \Foul"ly\, v.       In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly;       dishonorably.                   I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do. --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fowling}.]       To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,       or by decoys, nets, etc.                   Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.                                                                               --Blackstone.          {Fowling piece}, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for             the use of small shot in killing birds or small             quadrupeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fowl \Fowl\, n.          Note: Instead of the pl. {Fowls} the singular is often used                collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel,                AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal,                Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[86]gel, Goth. fugls; of                unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of                E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]       1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.                         Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and                      over the fowl of the air.                  --Gen. i. 26.                         Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.                                                                               --Matt. vi.                                                                               26.                         Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high                      tempestuous gusts.                              --Shak.          2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey,             duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock             or hen ({Gallus domesticus}).          {Barndoor fowl}, [or] {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents             the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.       focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,       fire. See {Focus}.] [Formerly written also {fewel.}]       1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which             feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,             coal, peat, etc.          2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or             excitement.          {Artificial fuel}, fuel consisting of small particles, as             coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or             blocks.
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Fuel \Fu"el\, v. t.       1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.]                         Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the                      infernal flame.                                 --Cowley.          2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.]                         Well watered and well fueled.            --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ful \-ful\ [See {Full}, a.]       A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful,       harmful, woeful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah},       {Foolah}. (Ethnol.)       A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct       from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of       Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze.       They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and       {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire,       tribes, language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. &       AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel.       fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?],       Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E.       poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete},       {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.]       1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can             contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily             of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup             full of water; a house full of people.                         Had the throne been full, their meeting would not                      have been regular.                              --Blackstone.          2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity,             quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate;             as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full             compensation; a house full of furniture.          3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire;             perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full             age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.                         It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that                      Pharaoh dreamed.                                 --Gen. xii. 1.                         The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak.                         I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you                      have freely granted.                           --Ford.          4. Sated; surfeited.                         I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i.                                                                               11.          5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;             stored with information.                         Reading maketh a full man.                  --Bacon.          6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any             matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as,             to be full of some project.                         Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths                      on decayed and weak constitutions.      --Locke.          7. Filled with emotions.                         The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.                                                                               --Lowell.          8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]                         Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars.   --Dryden.          {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak.          {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal             rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the             age of 21 years. --Abbott.          {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the             sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.          {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are             employed.          {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of             leather, as distinguished from half binding.          {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.          {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the             same parents as another.          {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that             have caught the scent, and give tongue together.          {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by             etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.          {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.          {Full moon}.             (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when                   opposite to the sun.             (b) The time when the moon is full.          {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are             out.          {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for             voices and instruments are given.          {Full sea}, high water.          {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving             corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its             own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.)          {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out             in words, and not indicated by figures.          {In full blast}. See under {Blast}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, v. i.       To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, n.       Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.                   The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at                full of tide.                                          --Shak.          {Full of the moon}, the time of full moon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, adv.       Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution;       with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely;       exactly; entirely.                   The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. --Dryden.                   The diapason closing full in man.            --Dryden.                   Full in the center of the sacred wood.   --Addison.          Note: Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to                heighten or strengthen their signification. [bd]Full                sad.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Master of a full poor cell.[b8]                --Shak. [bd]Full many a gem of purest ray serene.[b8]                --T. Gray. Full is also prefixed to participles to                express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed,                full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden,                full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part,                are self-defining.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, v. i.       To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at       midnight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fulling}.] [OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL.       fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. [?]       shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to       baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. {Defile} to foul, {Foil} to       frustrate, {Fuller}. n. ]       To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to       mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a       mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fully \Ful"ly\, adv.       In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without       lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully       persuaded of the truth of a proposition.          {Fully committed} (Law), committed to prison for trial, in             distinction from being detained for examination.          Syn: Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifuly; abundantly;                plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently;                perfectly.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Filley, NE (village, FIPS 16830)       Location: 40.28542 N, 96.53379 W       Population (1990): 157 (69 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68357
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Floe, WV       Zip code(s): 25235
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fola, WV       Zip code(s): 25019
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Foley, AL (city, FIPS 26992)       Location: 30.40566 N, 87.68423 W       Population (1990): 4937 (2127 housing units)       Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36535    Foley, MN (city, FIPS 21536)       Location: 45.66322 N, 93.90941 W       Population (1990): 1854 (702 housing units)       Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56329    Foley, MO (city, FIPS 24886)       Location: 39.04568 N, 90.74134 W       Population (1990): 209 (109 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63347
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Foyil, OK (town, FIPS 27600)       Location: 36.43370 N, 95.52045 W       Population (1990): 86 (45 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fool n.   As used by hackers, specifically describes a person    who habitually reasons from obviously or demonstrably incorrect    premises and cannot be persuaded by evidence to do otherwise; it is    not generally used in its other senses, i.e., to describe a person    with a native incapacity to reason correctly, or a clown.   Indeed,    in hackish experience many fools are capable of reasoning all too    effectively in executing their errors.   See also {cretin}, {loser},    {fool file}.          The Algol 68-R compiler used to initialize its storage to the    character string "F00LF00LF00LF00L..."   because as a pointer or as a    floating point number it caused a crash, and as an integer or a    character string it was very recognizable in a dump.   Sadly, one day    a very senior professor at Nottingham University wrote a program    that called him a fool.   He proceeded to demonstrate the correctness    of this assertion by lobbying the university (not quite    successfully) to forbid the use of Algol on its computers.   See also    {DEADBEEF}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Feel          (Free and Eventually Eulisp) An initial implementation of an       {EuLisp} {interpreter} by Pete Broadbery       .   Version 0.75 features an integrated       {object} system, {modules}, {parallelism}, interfaces to {PVM}       library, {TCP/IP} {socket}s, {future}s, {Linda} and {CSP}.       Portable to most {Unix} systems.   Can use {shared memory} and       {thread}s if available.          {(ftp://ftp.bath.ac.uk/pub/eulisp/)}.          (1992-09-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FEL          Function Equation Language.   Programs are sets of definitions.       Sequences are lists stored in consecutive memory.   "FEL       Programmer's Guide", R. M. Keller, AMPS TR 7, U Utah, March       1982.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
file          An element of data storage in a {file system}.          The history of computing is rich in varied kinds of files and       {file systems}, whether ornate (e.g., {Macintosh file system}       for a well-known case) or deficient (e.g., many simple       pre-1980s file systems don't allow {directories}).          However, the prototypical file has these characteristics:          * It is a single sequence of bytes (but consider {Macintosh}       {resource forks}).          * It has a finite length, unlike, e.g. a {Unix} {device}.          * It is stored in a {non-volatile storage} medium (but see       {ramdrive}).          * It exists (nominally) in a {directory}.          * It has a name that it can be referred to by in file       operations, possibly in combination with its {path}.          Additionally, a file system may associate other information       with a file, such as {permission} bits or other {file       attributes}; timestamps for file creation, last revision, and       last access; revision numbers (a` la VMS), and other kinds of       {magic}.          Compare: {document}.          (1997-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FILO          {stack}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
F+L          Functions plus Logic.   Equational clauses within       function definitions to solve for {logic variable} bindings.          ["Functions plus Logic in Theory and Practice", R.B.       Kieburtz, Feb 1987, unpublished].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FL          Function Level.          John Backus's successor to {FP}, developed ca. 1985.   FL is       {dynamically typed} and adds {higher-order function}s,       {exception}s, {user-defined type}s and other features.          ["FL Language Manual, Parts 1 & 2", J. Backus et al, IBM       Research Report RJ 7100 (1989)].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
F+L          Functions plus Logic.   Equational clauses within       function definitions to solve for {logic variable} bindings.          ["Functions plus Logic in Theory and Practice", R.B.       Kieburtz, Feb 1987, unpublished].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FL          Function Level.          John Backus's successor to {FP}, developed ca. 1985.   FL is       {dynamically typed} and adds {higher-order function}s,       {exception}s, {user-defined type}s and other features.          ["FL Language Manual, Parts 1 & 2", J. Backus et al, IBM       Research Report RJ 7100 (1989)].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flow          A companion utility to {Floppy} by Julian James Bunn       .   Flow allows the user to produce       various reports on the structure of {Fortran 77} code, such as       {flow diagram}s and common block tables.   It runs under {VMS},       {Unix}, {CMS}.          Posted to comp.sources.misc volume 31.          (1995-03-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FOIL          File Oriented Interpretive Language.   CAI language.          ["FOIL - A File Oriented Interpretive Language",       J.C. Hesselbart, Proc ACM 23rd National Conf (1968)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FOOL          Fool's Lisp.   A small {Scheme} {interpreter}.          {(ftp://scam.berkeley.edu/src/local/fools.tar.Z)}.          (1994-10-04)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Flea       David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul       (1 Sam. 24:14): "After whom is the king of Israel come out?       after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?" He       thus speaks of himself as the poor, contemptible object of the       monarch's pursuit, a "worthy object truly for an expedition of       the king of Israel with his picked troops!" This insect is in       Eastern language the popular emblem of insignificance. In 1 Sam.       26:20 the LXX. read "come out to seek my life" instead of "to       seek a flea."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fly       Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a       pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their       god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some       poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of       Egypt, and which would be called by the Lord. Poisonous flies       exist in many parts of Africa, for instance, the different kinds       of tsetse.                Heb. 'arob, the name given to the insects sent as a plague on       the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:21-31; Ps. 78:45; 105:31). The LXX.       render this by a word which means the "dog-fly," the cynomuia.       The Jewish commentators regarded the Hebrew word here as       connected with the word _'arab_, which means "mingled;" and they       accordingly supposed the plague to consist of a mixed multitude       of animals, beasts, reptiles, and insects. But there is no doubt       that "the _'arab_" denotes a single definite species. Some       interpreters regard it as the Blatta orientalis, the cockroach,       a species of beetle. These insects "inflict very painful bites       with their jaws; gnaw and destroy clothes, household furniture,       leather, and articles of every kind, and either consume or       render unavailable all eatables."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fuel       Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such       as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt. 6:30), thorns (Ps. 58:9;       Eccl. 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek. 4:12-15; 15:4, 6; 21:32).       Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria       and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to       Jerusalem. (See {COAL}.)