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   faddist
         n 1: a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

English Dictionary: footstep by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fat cat
n
  1. a wealthy and privileged person
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Fat Tuesday
n
  1. a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
    Synonym(s): Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatigue duty
n
  1. labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
    Synonym(s): fatigue duty, fatigue
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fatigued
adj
  1. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"
    Synonym(s): exhausted, dog- tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fats Domino
n
  1. United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)
    Synonym(s): Domino, Fats Domino, Antoine Domino
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fatty acid
n
  1. any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feedstock
n
  1. the raw material that is required for some industrial process
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feticide
n
  1. the act of destroying a fetus [syn: aborticide, feticide]
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fidget
n
  1. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
    Synonym(s): fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness
v
  1. move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
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fidgetiness
n
  1. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
    Synonym(s): fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fidgety
adj
  1. nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"
    Synonym(s): antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
food stamp
n
  1. a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food
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food waste
n
  1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps]
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foodstuff
n
  1. (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn: grocery, foodstuff]
  2. a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
    Synonym(s): foodstuff, food product
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foot doctor
n
  1. a specialist in care for the feet [syn: chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footstall
n
  1. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
    Synonym(s): pedestal, plinth, footstall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footstep
n
  1. the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
    Synonym(s): footfall, footstep, step
  2. the act of taking a step in walking
  3. the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
    Synonym(s): footstep, pace, step, stride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footsteps-of-spring
n
  1. sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footstool
n
  1. a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
    Synonym(s): footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fudge together
v
  1. produce shoddily, without much attention to detail [syn: fudge together, throw together]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fad \Fad\, n. [Cf. {Faddle}.]
      A hobby; freak; whim. -- {Fad"dist}, n.
  
               It is your favorite fad to draw plans.   --G. Eliot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fat \Fat\, n.
      1. (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making
            up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and
            widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See {Adipose
            tissue}, under {Adipose}.
  
      Note: Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats,
               tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying
               proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary
               temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it
               follows that the consistency or hardness of fats
               depends upon the relative proportion of the three
               individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat
               is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to
               the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid
               olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are
               composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic,
               etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and
               palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat
               characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable
               kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found,
               as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in
               the fat of the bay tree, etc.
  
      2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to
            live on the fat of the land.
  
      3. (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent,
            and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
  
      {Fat acid}. (Chem.) See {Sebacic acid}, under {Sebacic}.
  
      {Fat series}, {Fatty series} (Chem.), the series of the
            paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh
            gas or methane series.
  
      {Natural fats} (Chem.), the group of oily substances of
            natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as
            distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial
            production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially
            mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigate \Fat"i*gate\, a. [L. fatigatus, p. p. of fatigare. See
      Fatigue.]
      Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.]
  
               Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.   --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigate \Fat"i*gate\, v. t.
      To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigation \Fat`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. fatigatio: cf. OF.
      fatigation.]
      Weariness. [Obs.] --W. Montaqu.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L.
      fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]
      1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude
            or exhaustion of strength.
  
      2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of
            war. --Dryden.
  
      3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated
            vibrations or strains.
  
      {Fatigue call} (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to
            perform fatigue duties.
  
      {Fatigue dress}, the working dress of soldiers.
  
      {Fatigue duty} (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from
            the use of arms. --Farrow.
  
      {Fatigue party}, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L.
      fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]
      1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude
            or exhaustion of strength.
  
      2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of
            war. --Dryden.
  
      3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated
            vibrations or strains.
  
      {Fatigue call} (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to
            perform fatigue duties.
  
      {Fatigue dress}, the working dress of soldiers.
  
      {Fatigue duty} (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from
            the use of arms. --Farrow.
  
      {Fatigue party}, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fatigued}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Fatiguing}, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See {Fatigue}, n.]
      To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to
      harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to
      tire.
  
      Syn: To jade; tire; weary; bore. See {Jade}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fat-kidneyed \Fat"-kid`neyed\, a.
      Gross; lubberly.
  
               Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal !               --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS.
      f[aemac]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw.
      fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain,
      pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.]
      1. Abounding with fat; as:
            (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent;
                  not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
            (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
  
      2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;
            gross; dull; stupid.
  
                     Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.
  
                     Make the heart of this people fat.      --Is. vi. 10.
  
      3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
  
      4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat
            benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
  
                     Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.
                                                                              --Carlyle.
  
      5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
  
                     Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to
            make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank,
            cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
  
      {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling
            joints.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
      Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
      gross; as, a fatty substance.
  
      {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
            monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
            called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
            acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
            fatlike substances.
  
      {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.
  
      {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
            the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
            so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
            efficient parts of these organs.
  
      {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
            etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
            or infiltration.
  
      {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
            excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
            destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
  
      {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
            tissue; lipoma.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also
      {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
      The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
      procuring an abortion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fd2ticide \F[d2]"ti*cide\, n.
      Same as {Feticide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also
      {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
      The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
      procuring an abortion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fd2ticide \F[d2]"ti*cide\, n.
      Same as {Feticide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feat \Feat\, a. [Compar. {Feater}; superl. {Featest}.] [F. fait
      made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See {Feat},
      n.]
      Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice;
      pretty. [Archaic]
  
               Never master had a page . . . so feat.   --Shak.
  
               And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much
               feater than before.                                 --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fetch \Fetch\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr.
      & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the
      same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries.
      faka to prepare. [root] 77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.]
      1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
            from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
            and bring; to get.
  
                     Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
                     little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
                     she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
                     said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bred in
                     thine hand.                                       --1 Kings
                                                                              xvii. 11, 12.
  
      2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
  
                     Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
                     fetched low prices.                           --Macaulay.
  
      3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
            as, to fetch a man to.
  
                     Fetching men again when they swoon.   --Bacon.
  
      4. To reduce; to throw.
  
                     The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
                     the ground.                                       --South.
  
      5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
            perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
            fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
  
                     I'll fetch a turn about the garden.   --Shak.
  
                     He fetches his blow quick and sure.   --South.
  
      6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
            at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
  
                     Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The
                     siren's isle.                                    --Chapman.
  
      7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
  
                     They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
                                                                              Barnes.
  
      {To fetch a compass} (Naut.), to make a sircuit; to take a
            circuitious route going to a place.
  
      {To fetch a pump}, to make it draw water by pouring water
            into the top and working the handle.
  
      {To fetch} {headway [or] sternway} (Naut.), to move ahead or
            astern.
  
      {To fetch out}, to develop. [bd]The skill of the polisher
            fetches out the colors [of marble][b8] --Addison.
  
      {To fetch up}.
            (a) To overtake. [Obs.] [bd]Says [the hare], I can fetch
                  up the tortoise when I please.[b8] --L'Estrange.
            (b) To stop suddenly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? [or] ?), n. [Written also
      {f[d2]ticide}.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
      The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
      procuring an abortion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feudist \Feud"ist\, n. [Cf. F. feudiste.]
      A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. --Spelman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to
      flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS.
      befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.]
      To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly,
      or by fits and starts. --Moore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidget \Fidg"et\, n.
      1. Uneasiness; restlessness. --Cowper.
  
      2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by
            incessant changes of position; dysphoria. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to
      flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS.
      befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.]
      To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly,
      or by fits and starts. --Moore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidgetiness \Fidg"et*i*ness\, n.
      Quality of being fidgety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidgety \Fidg"et*y\, a.
      Restless; uneasy. --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fitched \Fitched\, a. (her.)
      Fitch[82]. [Also {fiched}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
      originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
      {Poultry}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
            ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a
            substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
            also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}.
      (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
            species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau,
      fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome,
      E. fizz.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). See {Polecat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
      originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
      {Poultry}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
            ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a
            substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
            also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}.
      (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
            species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau,
      fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome,
      E. fizz.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). See {Polecat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. {Fitter}; superl. {Fittest}.] [OE. fit,
      fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to
      web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f[?]tjan to
      adorn. [?] 77.]
      1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature
            or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances,
            education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
  
                     That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified
                     in.                                                   --Shak.
  
                     Fit audience find, though few.            --Milton.
  
      2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
  
                     So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes
                     who first her quarry's strength should feel.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste;
            convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
  
                     Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job
                                                                              xxxiv. 18.
  
      Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming;
               expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt;
               adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fidget \Fidg"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fidgeted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Fodgeting}.] [From {Fidge}; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to
      flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS.
      befician to deceive. Cf. {Fickle}.]
      To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly,
      or by fits and starts. --Moore.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
      room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a
      heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw.
      stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Estufa}, {Stew}, {Stufa}.]
      1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
            house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly,
            designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a
            parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
            to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes
            or in the processes of the arts.
  
                     When most of the waiters were commanded away to
                     their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
                     emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of
                                                                              Strafford.
  
                     How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
                     caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy,
                     or under the pole!                              --Burton.
  
      2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
            fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously
            constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
            room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
  
      {Cooking stove}, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
            kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
  
      {Dry stove}. See under {Dry}.
  
      {Foot stove}. See under {Foot}.
  
      {Franklin stove}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Stove plant} (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat
            to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
  
      {Stove plate}, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Footstalk \Foot"stalk`\, n.
      1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole,
            pedicel, or reduncle.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals
                  are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose
                  barnacles.
            (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in
                  decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
  
      3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in
            a step. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Footstall \Foot"stall`\, n. [Cf. {Pedestal}.]
      1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
  
      2. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Footstep \Foot"step`\, n.
      1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence,
            visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the
            footsteps of divine wisdom.
  
                     How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth
                     presses.                                             --Bryant.
  
      2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Footstone \Foot"stone`\ (?; 110), n.
      The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Footstool \Foot"stool`\, n.
      A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ftiction \Ftic"tion\, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
      rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf.
      {Dentifrice}.]
      1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
            another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
            body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
            excite the skin to healthy action.
  
      2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
            surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
            motion, or to rolling motion.
  
      3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
            work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
            progress.
  
      {Angle of friction} (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
            a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
            hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
  
      Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
               of different materials.
  
      {Anti-friction wheels} (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
            small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
            circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
            to relieve it of friction; -- called also {friction
            wheels}.
  
      {Friction balls}, or
  
      {Friction rollers}, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
            the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
            friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
  
      {Friction brake} (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
            the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
            shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
            friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
            observing the force required to keep the clamp from
            revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
  
      {Friction chocks}, brakes attached to the common standing
            garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
            wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
            prevent its running back. --Earrow.
  
      {Friction clutch}, {Friction coupling}, an engaging and
            disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
            acting by friction; esp.:
            (a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
                  forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
                  the two will revolve together; as, in the
                  illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
                  forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
                  other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
                  the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
            (b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
                  being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
                  can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
                  starting.
  
      {Friction drop hammer}, one in which the hammer is raised for
            striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
            the hammer rod.
  
      {Friction gear}. See {Frictional gearing}, under
            {Frictional}.
  
      {Friction machine}, an electrical machine, generating
            electricity by friction.
  
      {Friction meter}, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
            testing lubricants.
  
      {Friction powder}, {Friction composition}, a composition of
            chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
            readily ignites by friction.
  
      {Friction primer}, {Friction tube}, a tube used for firing
            cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
            friction powder or composition with which the tube is
            filled.
  
      {Friction wheel} (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
            gearing. See under {Frictional}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fudged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fudging}.]
      1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
  
                     Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
                                                                              Fairfax.
  
      2. To foist; to interpolate.
  
                     That last [bd]suppose[b8] is fudged in. --Foote.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fayette City, PA (borough, FIPS 25456)
      Location: 40.10018 N, 79.83909 W
      Population (1990): 713 (340 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15438

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fittstown, OK
      Zip code(s): 74842

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fudgets
  
      (From "functional widgets") {Graphical user
      interface} {widgets} available as The Fudget library - a
      toolkit for concurrent programming of graphical user
      interfaces, {client/servers} and more written in {Haskell} by
      Thomas Hallgren and Magnus Carlsson
      .
  
      Version: h9 1995-07-04 (Baastad Spring School Release).
  
      {Home (http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Fudgets/)}.
  
      {(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/haskell/chalmers)}.
  
      (1996-03-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FUDGIT
  
      A double-precision multi-purpose fitting program by Thomas
      Koenig .   It can manipulate complete
      columns of numbers in the form of vector arithmetic.   FUDGIT
      is also an expression language {interpreter} understanding
      most of {C} {grammar} except pointers.   Morever, FUDGIT is a
      front end for any plotting program supporting commands from
      stdin, e.g. {Gnuplot}.
  
      Version 2.27 runs on {AIX}, {HP-UX}, {Linux}, {IRIX}, {NeXT},
      {SunOS}, {Ultrix}.
  
      {(ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/)}.
  
      (1993-03-22)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Footstool
      connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically
      dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of
      the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5;
      132:7). And as heaven is God's throne, so the earth is his
      footstool (Ps. 110:1; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:35).
     
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