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   farfetched
         adj 1: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse";
                  "an implausible explanation" [syn: {farfetched},
                  {implausible}]

English Dictionary: foreboding	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ferryboat n a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule Synonym(s): ferry, ferryboat
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fervid adj characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" Synonym(s): ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope Synonym(s): fervent, fervid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fervidly adv with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" Synonym(s): fierily, fervently, fervidly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fervidness n feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" Synonym(s): ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fire beetle n tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots Synonym(s): firefly, fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fire pit n a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fireboat n a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbid v command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" Synonym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbiddance n an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" Synonym(s): prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbidden adj excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" Synonym(s): forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Forbidden City n the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers Synonym(s): Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbidden fruit n originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbidding adj harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie Synonym(s): dour, forbidding, grim threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" Synonym(s): baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening n an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbiddingly adv in an unpleasant or menacing manner; "it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forebode v make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" Synonym(s): predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foreboding adj ominously prophetic [syn: fateful, foreboding(a), portentous] n a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" Synonym(s): foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding an unfavorable omen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forefather n the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" Synonym(s): forefather, father, sire person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forefoot n a front foot of a quadruped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forfeit adj surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited] n something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" Synonym(s): forfeit, forfeiture the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. Synonym(s): forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice v lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" Synonym(s): forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego Antonym(s): arrogate, claim, lay claim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forfeited adj surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forfeiture n something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" Synonym(s): forfeit, forfeiture the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. Synonym(s): forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-footed adj having four feet [syn: quadrupedal, quadruped, {four- footed}] Antonym(s): biped, bipedal, two-footed
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four-footed butterfly n medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast Synonym(s): nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-petaled adj (of flowers) having four petals [syn: four-petaled, four-petalled]
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four-petalled adj (of flowers) having four petals [syn: four-petaled, four-petalled]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freebooter n someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl. {Fairies}. [OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. f[82]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See {Fate}, and cf. {Fay} a fairy.] [Written also {fa[89]ry}.] 1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower. 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.] He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate. 3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See {Elf}, and {Demon}. The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. --K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak. 5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak. {Fairy of the mine}, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See {Kobold}. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Far \Far\, a. [{Farther}and {Farthest}are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See {Further}.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa[c6]rra, adv., Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beyond, Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. {Farther}, {Farthest}.] 1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. They said, . . . We be come from a far country. --Josh. ix. 6. The nations far and near contend in choice. --Dryden. 2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty. 3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. They that are far from thee ahsll perish. --Ps. lxxiii. 27. 4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. --F. Anstey. 5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated. {By far}, by much; by a great difference. {Far between}, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. [bd]The examinations are few and far between.[b8] --Farrar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farabout \Far"about`\, n. A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farfet \Far"fet`\, a. [Far + fet, p. p. of {Fette}.] Farfetched. [Obs.] York with his farfet policy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, v. t. [Far + fetch.] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] [bd]Politic farfetches.[b8] --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. --Hawthorne. 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferryboat \Fer"ry*boat`\, n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.] 1. Very hot; burning; boiling. The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton. 2. Ardent; vehement; zealous. The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell. -- {Fer"vidly}, adv. -- {Fer"vidness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.] 1. Very hot; burning; boiling. The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton. 2. Ardent; vehement; zealous. The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell. -- {Fer"vidly}, adv. -- {Fer"vidness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.] 1. Very hot; burning; boiling. The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton. 2. Ardent; vehement; zealous. The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell. -- {Fer"vidly}, adv. -- {Fer"vidness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zo[94]l.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle ({Pyrophorus noctilucus}), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also {cucujo}. The name is also applied to other species. See {Firefly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firebote \Fire"bote`\, n. (O. Eng. Law) An allowance of fuel. See {Bote}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbade \For*bade"\, imp. of {Forbid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p. {Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[a2]dan; pref. for- + be[a2]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[omac][edh]a, forbo[edh]a, Sw. f[94]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbathe \For*bathe"\, v. t. To bathe. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. [bd]I did not or forbid.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p. {Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[a2]dan; pref. for- + be[a2]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[omac][edh]a, forbo[edh]a, Sw. f[94]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbiddance \For*bid"dance\, n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.] ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a. Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton. {Forbidden fruit}. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ({Citrus decumana}). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p. {Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[a2]dan; pref. for- + be[a2]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[omac][edh]a, forbo[edh]a, Sw. f[94]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] (Bot.) A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and {pompelmous}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a. Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton. {Forbidden fruit}. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ({Citrus decumana}). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] (Bot.) A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and {pompelmous}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a. Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton. {Forbidden fruit}. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ({Citrus decumana}). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
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Forbiddenly \Forbid"denly\, adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. --Shak.
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Forbidder \For*bid"der\, n. One who forbids. --Milton.
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Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p. {Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[a2]dan; pref. for- + be[a2]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[omac][edh]a, forbo[edh]a, Sw. f[94]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
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Forbidding \Forbid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {Forbid"dingly}, adv. -- {Forbid"ding*ness}, n.
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Forbidding \Forbid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {Forbid"dingly}, adv. -- {Forbid"ding*ness}, n.
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Forbidding \Forbid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {Forbid"dingly}, adv. -- {Forbid"ding*ness}, n.
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Forboden \For*bo"den\, obs. p. p. of {Forbid}. --Chaucer.
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Fore \Fore\, a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. {Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. {Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body. {Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. {Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight. {Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. {Fore carriage}. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. {Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under {Sail}. {Fore door}. Same as {Front door}. {Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. {Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] {Fore end}. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. {Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. {Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. {Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. {Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. {Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. {Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight. {Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales. {Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. {Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}. {Fore shore}. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. --Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. {Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. {Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. {Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the Vocabulary. {Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Fore \Fore\, a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. {Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. {Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body. {Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. {Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight. {Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. {Fore carriage}. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. {Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under {Sail}. {Fore door}. Same as {Front door}. {Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. {Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] {Fore end}. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. {Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. {Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. {Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. {Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. {Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. {Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight. {Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales. {Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. {Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}. {Fore shore}. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. --Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. {Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. {Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. {Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the Vocabulary. {Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Forebode \Forebode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See {Bode} v. t.] 1. To foretell. 2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. --Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding* nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of C[91]sar's death. --Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James. Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.
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Forebode \Fore*bode"\, v. i. To fortell; to presage; to augur. If I forebode aright. --Hawthorne.
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Forebode \Fore*bode"\, n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
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Forebode \Forebode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See {Bode} v. t.] 1. To foretell. 2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. --Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding* nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of C[91]sar's death. --Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James. Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.
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Forebodement \Fore*bode"ment\, n. The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.
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Foreboder \Fore*bod"er\, n. One who forebodes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forebode \Forebode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreboded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreboding}.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See {Bode} v. t.] 1. To foretell. 2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. --Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding* nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of C[91]sar's death. --Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. --H. James. Syn: To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.
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Foreboding \Fore*bod"ing\, n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
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Forebodingly \Forebod"ingly\, adv. In a foreboding manner.
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Forefather \Fore"fa`ther\ (?; 277), n. One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. --Burke. {Forefathers' Day}, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.
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Forefather \Fore"fa`ther\ (?; 277), n. One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. --Burke. {Forefathers' Day}, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.
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Forefoot \Fore"foot`\, n. 1. One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot. 2. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. --Burke. Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See {Foreign}, and {FAct}.] 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.] To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. --Ld. Berners. 2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. --Shak. 3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. --Goldsmith.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See {Forfeit}, n.] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. --Shak. To tread the forfeit paradise. --Emerson.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.] 2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. --Shak.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, p. p. [or] a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. --Shak. Once more I will renew His laps[8a]d powers, though forfeite. --Milton.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. --Burke. Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.
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Forfeiter \For"feit*er\, n. One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
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Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. --Burke. Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.
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Forfeiture \For"fei*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. forfeiture, LL. forisfactura.] 1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act. Under pain of foreiture of the said goods. --Hakluyt. 2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct. What should I gain By the exaction of the forfeiture? --Shak. Syn: Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.
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Forfete \For"fete\, v. i. [See {Forfeit}.] To incur a penalty; to transgress. [Obs.] And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. --Chaucer.
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Fourfeitable \Four"feitable\, a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. --Blackstone.
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Fourfooted \Four"foot`ed\, a. Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.
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Frabbit \Frab"bit\, a. Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Frap \Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frapping}.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf. {Affrap}.] 1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. --Tottem. 2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. --Knoght.
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Freebooter \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See {Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.] One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.
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Freebootery \Free"boot`er*y\, n. The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting. --Booth.
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Freebooting \Free"boot`ing\, n. Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
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Freebooting \Free"boot`ing\, a. Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing. Your freebooting acquaintance. --Sir W. Scott.
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Freebooty \Free"boot`y\, n. Freebootery. [Obs.]
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Friabiiity \Fri"abii"ity\, n. [Cf. F. friabilit[82].] The quality of being friable; friableness. --Locke.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
firebottle n.obs. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum. Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a `tube' in the U.S. or a `valve' in England; another hackish term is {glassfet}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
firebottle {electron tube}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fear of the Lord the is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps. 19:9). It is a fear conjoined with love and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial reverence. (Comp. Deut. 32:6; Hos. 11:1; Isa. 1:2; 63:16; 64:8.) God is called "the Fear of Isaac" (Gen. 31:42, 53), i.e., the God whom Isaac feared. A holy fear is enjoined also in the New Testament as a preventive of carelessness in religion, and as an incentive to penitence (Matt. 10:28; 2 Cor. 5:11; 7:1; Phil. 2:12; Eph. 5:21; Heb. 12:28, 29).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ferry boat (2 Sam. 19:18), some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed at the service of the king. Floats or rafts for this purpose were in use from remote times (Isa. 18:2).