fair sex
         n 1: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
               "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
               the veranda" [syn: {womanhood}, {woman}, {fair sex}]

English Dictionary: forecast	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
farce comedy n a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations Synonym(s): farce, farce comedy, travesty
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farcical adj broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" Synonym(s): farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
farcically adv in a farcical manner; "a farcically inept bungler"
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farsighted adj able to see distant objects clearly [syn: farsighted, presbyopic] Antonym(s): myopic, nearsighted, shortsighted planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" Synonym(s): farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
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farsightedness n a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 Synonym(s): presbyopia, farsightedness abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects Synonym(s): hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness Antonym(s): myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing Synonym(s): prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fergusonite n a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ferocactus n genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti Synonym(s): Ferocactus, genus Ferocactus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ferocious adj marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" Synonym(s): ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
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ferociously adv in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely" Synonym(s): ferociously, fiercely
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ferociousness n the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery]
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ferric oxide n a red oxide of iron
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Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar n a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights Synonym(s): Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces
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forecast n a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop Synonym(s): prognosis, forecast v predict in advance Synonym(s): forecast, calculate judge to be probable Synonym(s): calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" Synonym(s): bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forecaster n someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) Synonym(s): forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer
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forecasting n a statement made about the future [syn: prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication]
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forecastle n living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed Synonym(s): forecastle, fo'c'sle
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foreshock n a tremor preceding an earthquake
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foresight n providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future Synonym(s): foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing Synonym(s): prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresighted adj planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" Synonym(s): farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresightedness n providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future Synonym(s): foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness
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foresightful adj planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" Synonym(s): farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresightfulness n providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future Synonym(s): foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness
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forsake v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" Synonym(s): abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
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forsaking n the act of forsaking Synonym(s): forsaking, giving up the act of giving something up Synonym(s): abandonment, forsaking, desertion
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fracas n noisy quarrel Synonym(s): affray, altercation, fracas
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freakish adj changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather" Synonym(s): capricious, freakish characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe" conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" Synonym(s): bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
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freakishly adv unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable" Synonym(s): capriciously, freakishly
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freakishness n marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal [syn: abnormality, freakishness]
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free association n a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
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free kick n (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team
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free-associate v associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories"
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fresh gale n wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale
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fresh start n an opportunity to start over without prejudice [syn: {fresh start}, clean slate, tabula rasa]
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fresh-cut adj cut recently; "fresh-cut flowers"
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fricassee n pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings v make a fricassee of by cooking; "fricassee meats"
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frog kick n a swimming kick; knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended
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fry cook n a cook who specializes in fried foods
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Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia n a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers Synonym(s): Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, FARC
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drama \Dra"ma\ (?; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to do,       act; cf. Lith. daryti.]       1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,             and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to             depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than             ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It             is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by             actors on the stage.                         A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.                                                                               --Milton.          2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and             interest. [bd]The drama of war.[b8] --Thackeray.                         Westward the course of empire takes its way; The                      four first acts already past, A fifth shall close                      the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is                      the last.                                          --Berkeley.                         The drama and contrivances of God's providence.                                                                               --Sharp.          3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or             illustrating it; dramatic literature.          Note: The principal species of the drama are {tragedy} and                {comedy}; inferior species are {tragi-comedy},                {melodrama}, {operas}, {burlettas}, and {farces}.          {The romantic drama}, the kind of drama whose aim is to             present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like             those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories             told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.       Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See {Farcy}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.       Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;       unnatural; unreal.                   They deny the characters to be farcical, because they                are [?][?]tually in in nature.               --Gay.       -- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.       Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;       unnatural; unreal.                   They deny the characters to be farcical, because they                are [?][?]tually in in nature.               --Gay.       -- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.       Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;       unnatural; unreal.                   They deny the characters to be farcical, because they                are [?][?]tually in in nature.               --Gay.       -- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farsighted \Far"sight`ed\, a.       1. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment             regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.          2. (Med.) Hypermetropic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farsightedness \Far"sight`ed*ness\, n.       1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.          2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.
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Feracious \Fe*ra"cious\, a. [L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to       bear.]       Fruitful; producing abundantly. [R.] --Thomson.
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Fergusonite \Fer"gu*son*ite\, n. (Min.)       A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a       tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called       after Robert Ferguson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferocious \Fe*ro"cious\, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F.       f[82]roce. See {Ferocity}.]       Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous;       rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.                   The humbled power of a ferocious enemy.   --Lowth.          Syn: {Ferocious}, {Fierce}, {Savage}, {Barbarous}.          Usage: When these words are applied to human feelings or                   conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce,                   the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the                   coarseness and brutality by which it was marked;                   savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it                   showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in                   his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out                   his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings                   expressed in his words or deeds. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ly},                   adv. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ness}, n.                               It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness                            of war.                                       --Blair.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferocious \Fe*ro"cious\, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F.       f[82]roce. See {Ferocity}.]       Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous;       rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.                   The humbled power of a ferocious enemy.   --Lowth.          Syn: {Ferocious}, {Fierce}, {Savage}, {Barbarous}.          Usage: When these words are applied to human feelings or                   conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce,                   the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the                   coarseness and brutality by which it was marked;                   savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it                   showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in                   his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out                   his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings                   expressed in his words or deeds. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ly},                   adv. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ness}, n.                               It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness                            of war.                                       --Blair.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferocious \Fe*ro"cious\, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F.       f[82]roce. See {Ferocity}.]       Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous;       rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.                   The humbled power of a ferocious enemy.   --Lowth.          Syn: {Ferocious}, {Fierce}, {Savage}, {Barbarous}.          Usage: When these words are applied to human feelings or                   conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce,                   the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the                   coarseness and brutality by which it was marked;                   savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it                   showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in                   his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out                   his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings                   expressed in his words or deeds. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ly},                   adv. -- {Fe*ro"cious*ness}, n.                               It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness                            of war.                                       --Blair.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferric \Fer"ric\, a. [L. ferrum iron: cf. F. ferrique. See       {Ferrous}.]       Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically       (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher       valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide;       ferric acid.          {Ferric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {H2FeO4}, which is not known             in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to             the chromates and sulphates.          {Ferric oxide} (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, {Fe2O3};             hematite. See {Hematite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferric \Fer"ric\, a. [L. ferrum iron: cf. F. ferrique. See       {Ferrous}.]       Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically       (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher       valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide;       ferric acid.          {Ferric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {H2FeO4}, which is not known             in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to             the chromates and sulphates.          {Ferric oxide} (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, {Fe2O3};             hematite. See {Hematite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fierce \Fierce\, a. [Compar. {Fiercer}; superl. {Fiercest}.]       [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage,       cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel;       perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. {Feral}, {Ferocity}.]       1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce             wind.                         His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. --Milton.          2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or             injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. [bd]A             fierce whisper.[b8] --Dickens. [bd]A fierce tyrant.[b8]             --Pope.                         The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. --Milton.                         Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.      --Job. x. 16.          3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.          Syn: Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous;                barbarous; fell. See {Ferocious}. -- {Fierce"ly}, adv.                -- {Fierce"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.       forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,       fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.       futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.]       1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.                         He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.                                                                               --Shak.                         One way a band select from forage drives A herd of                      beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.         --Milton.                         Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.          2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and             cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.          {Forage cap}. See under {Cap}.          {Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing             forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,       cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of       Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat       hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf.       1st {Cope}.]       1. A covering for the head; esp.             (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men                   and boys;             (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;             (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,                   or dignity, as that of a cardinal.          2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.                         Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.          3. A respectful uncovering of the head.                         He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.                                                                               --Fuller.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the             base of the bill to the nape of the neck.          5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:             (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,                   the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,                   cornice, lintel, or plate.             (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for                   protection or ornament.             (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining                   spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and                   the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the                   end of a rope.             (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}.             (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.             (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex                   surface.          6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;             legal cap.          {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep             the priming dry; -- now called an apron.          {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively.          {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}.          {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings             of England at the coronation. It is also carried before             the mayors of some cities.          {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the             death of the fox.          {Cap paper}.             (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,                   and legal cap.             (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold                   commodities.          {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,             generally of barren vein material.          {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}.          {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer             of soldier.          {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use             of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at             the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8]          {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.          {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with             a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parallelogram \Par`al*lel"o*gram\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] parallel +       [?] to write: cf. F. parall[82]logramme. See {Parallel}, and       {-gram}.] (Geom.)       A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are       parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in       popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which       is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.          {Parallelogram of velocities}, {forces}, {accelerations},       {momenta}, etc. (Mech.), a parallelogram the diagonal of             which represents the resultant of two velocities, forces,             accelerations, momenta, etc., both in quantity and             direction, when the velocities, forces, accelerations,             momenta, etc., are represented in quantity and direction             by the two adjacent sides of the parallelogram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forecast \Fore*cast"\, v. t.       1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.                         He shall forecast his devices against the                      strongholds.                                       --Dan. xi. 24.          2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.                         It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we                      embark, and to forecast consequences. --L'Estrange.
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Forecast \Fore*cast"\, v. i.       To contrive or plan beforehand.                   If it happen as I did forecast.               --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forecast \Fore"cast\, n.       Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.                   He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and                predetermination of the gods themselves. --Addison.          2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them;             prevision; premeditation.                         His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for                      the council than the camp.                  --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forecaster \Fore*cast"er\, n.       One who forecast. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forecastle \Fore"cas`tle\ (?; sailors say [?]), n. (Naut.)       (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a             castle, to command an enemy's decks.       (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the             foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.       (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel,             under the deck, where the sailors live.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forechosen \Fore`cho"sen\, a.       Chosen beforehand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foreguess \Fore*guess"\, v. t.       To conjecture. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foreseize \Fore*seize"\, v. t.       To seize beforehand.
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Foresight \Fore"sight`\, n.       1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience;             foreknowledge. --Milton.          2. Action in reference to the future; provident care;             prudence; wise forethought.                         This seems an unseasonable foresight. --Milton.                         A random expense, without plan or foresight.                                                                               --Burke.          3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except             the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or             theodolite in a forward direction.          4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See {Fore sight}, under {Fore}, a.
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Foresighted \Fore"sight`ed\, a.       Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. --Bartram.
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Foresightful \Fore"sight`ful\, a.       Foresighted. [Obs.]
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Foresignify \Fore*sig"ni*fy\, v. t.       To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. --Milton.
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Forge \Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an       artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan,       smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. [?] soft,       tender. Cf. {Fabric}.]       1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are             wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,             or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and             wrought; a smithy.                         In the quick forge and working house of thought.                                                                               --Shak.          2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the             ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and             shingling; a shingling mill.          3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the             manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.]                         In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.          {American forge}, a forge for the direct production of             wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly             in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.             --Raymond.          {Catalan forge}. (Metal.) See under {Catalan}.          {Forge cinder}, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.                      {Forge rolls}, {Forge train}, the train of rolls by which a             bloom is converted into puddle bars.          {Forge wagon} (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a             blackmith's forge and tools.          {Portable forge}, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,             with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
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Forge \Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an       artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan,       smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. [?] soft,       tender. Cf. {Fabric}.]       1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are             wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,             or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and             wrought; a smithy.                         In the quick forge and working house of thought.                                                                               --Shak.          2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the             ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and             shingling; a shingling mill.          3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the             manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.]                         In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.          {American forge}, a forge for the direct production of             wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly             in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.             --Raymond.          {Catalan forge}. (Metal.) See under {Catalan}.          {Forge cinder}, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.                      {Forge rolls}, {Forge train}, the train of rolls by which a             bloom is converted into puddle bars.          {Forge wagon} (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a             blackmith's forge and tools.          {Portable forge}, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,             with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
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Fork \Fork\ (f[ocir]rj), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf.       {Fourch[82]}, {Furcate}.]       1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank             terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are             usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used             from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.          2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at             the extremity; as, a tuning fork.          3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or             divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a             barbed point, as of an arrow.                         Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region                      of my heart.                                       --Shak.                         A thunderbolt with three forks.         --Addison.          4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or             opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a             river, a tree, or a road.          5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler.          {Fork beam} (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck,             where hatchways occur.          {Fork chuck} (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs             for driving the work.          {Fork head}.             (a) The barbed head of an arrow.             (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle                   joint.          {In fork}. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an             engine to [bd]have the water in fork,[b8] when all the             water is drawn out of the mine. --Ure.          {The forks of a river} [or] {a road}, the branches into which             it divides, or which come together to form it; the place             where separation or union takes place.
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Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;       for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See       {For-}, and {Sake}.]       1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to             depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and             flatterers forsake us in adversity.                         If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my                      judgments.                                          --Ps. lxxxix.                                                                               30.          2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.                         If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.          Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;                renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;       for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See       {For-}, and {Sake}.]       1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to             depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and             flatterers forsake us in adversity.                         If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my                      judgments.                                          --Ps. lxxxix.                                                                               30.          2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.                         If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.          Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;                renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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Forsaker \For*sak"er\, n.       One who forsakes or deserts.
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Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;       for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See       {For-}, and {Sake}.]       1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to             depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and             flatterers forsake us in adversity.                         If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my                      judgments.                                          --Ps. lxxxix.                                                                               30.          2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.                         If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.          Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;                renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. {Forsook}; p. p. {Forsaken}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Forsaking}.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse;       for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See       {For-}, and {Sake}.]       1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to             depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and             flatterers forsake us in adversity.                         If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my                      judgments.                                          --Ps. lxxxix.                                                                               30.          2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.                         If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.          Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up;                renounce; reject. See {Abandon}.
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Four-cycle \Four"-cy`cle\, n. (Thermodynamics)       A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an       internal-combustion engine. -- {Four"-cy`cle}, a.
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Four-way \Four"-way`\, a.       Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way       cock, or valve. --Francis.          {Four-way cock}, a cock connected with four pipes or ports,             and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the             adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate;             formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and now for             various other purposes. In the illustration, a leads to             the upper end of a steam engine cylinder, and b to the             lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d the exhaust pipe.
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Fracas \Fra"cas\ (?; F. [?]; 277), n. [F., crash, din, tumult,       It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr.       fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf.       {Cashier}, v. t.]       An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
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Freakish \Freak"ish\, a.       Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.                   It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was                the more freakish of the two.                  --L'Estrange.                   Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick.                                                                               --Pope.       -- {Freak"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Freak"ish*ness}, n.
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Freakish \Freak"ish\, a.       Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.                   It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was                the more freakish of the two.                  --L'Estrange.                   Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick.                                                                               --Pope.       -- {Freak"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Freak"ish*ness}, n.
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Freakish \Freak"ish\, a.       Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.                   It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was                the more freakish of the two.                  --L'Estrange.                   Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick.                                                                               --Pope.       -- {Freak"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Freak"ish*ness}, n.
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl.       {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6];       akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6],       Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved,       dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray},       {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.]       1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under             restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's             own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's             own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.                         That which has the power, or not the power, to                      operate, is that alone which is or is not free.                                                                               --Locke.          2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject             only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and             defended by them from encroachments upon natural or             acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.          3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control             of parents, guardian, or master.          4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;             liberated; at liberty to go.                         Set an unhappy prisoner free.            --Prior.          5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable             of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said             of the will.                         Not free, what proof could they have given sincere                      Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.                                                                               --Milton.          6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.                         My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.          7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;             ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.                         He was free only with a few.               --Milward.          8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a             bad sense.                         The critics have been very free in their censures.                                                                               --Felton.                         A man may live a free life as to wine or women.                                                                               --Shelley.          9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;             as, free with his money.          10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or             troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --             followed by from, or, rarely, by of.                         Princes declaring themselves free from the                      obligations of their treaties.         --Bp. Burnet.          11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;             easy.          12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;             spirited; as, a free horse.          13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying             certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special             rights; -- followed by of.                         He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free                      of his farm.                                    --Dryden.          14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed             without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,             engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to             be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.                         Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For                      me as for you?                                 --Shak.          15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;             spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.          16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending             individual rights against encroachment by any person or             class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a             government, institutions, etc.          17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base;             as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.          18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;             as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.          19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;             dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free             carbonic acid gas; free cells.          {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting             freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.                      {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold             lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.                      {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and             gunwale.          {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or             bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.          {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}.          {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the             jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the             king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]             --Bouvier.          {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or             statical condition; free electricity.          {Free church}.             (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without                   charge.             (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of                   Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the                   government in spiritual matters.          {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in             its government and franchises, as formerly those of the             Hanseatic league.          {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.          {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of             formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy             ways.[b8] --W. Black.          {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty.          {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from             that of slaves.          {Free port}. (Com.)             (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free                   of custom duty.             (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from                   ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.          {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a             brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer             or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.          {Free school}.             (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without                   discrimination and on an equal footing.             (b) A school supported by general taxation, by                   endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for                   tuition; a public school.          {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were             not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to             perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum             of money, etc. --Burrill.          {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war             are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.                      {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain             services which, though honorable, were not military.             --Abbott.          {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil             War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never             existed.          {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.          {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the             authority of others.          {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff             regulations.          {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade.          {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's             self to. [Colloq.]          {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in             as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the             wind.
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Socage \Soc"age\, n.[From {Soc}; cf. LL. socagium.] (O.Eng. Law)       A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate       service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service,       in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be       certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by       fealty and twenty shillings rent. [Written also {soccage}.]          Note: Socage is of two kinds; {free socage}, where the                services are not only certain, but honorable; and                {villein socage}, where the services, though certain,                are of a baser nature. --Blackstone.
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl.       {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6];       akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6],       Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved,       dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray},       {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.]       1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under             restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's             own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's             own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.                         That which has the power, or not the power, to                      operate, is that alone which is or is not free.                                                                               --Locke.          2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject             only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and             defended by them from encroachments upon natural or             acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.          3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control             of parents, guardian, or master.          4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;             liberated; at liberty to go.                         Set an unhappy prisoner free.            --Prior.          5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable             of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said             of the will.                         Not free, what proof could they have given sincere                      Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.                                                                               --Milton.          6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.                         My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.          7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;             ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.                         He was free only with a few.               --Milward.          8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a             bad sense.                         The critics have been very free in their censures.                                                                               --Felton.                         A man may live a free life as to wine or women.                                                                               --Shelley.          9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;             as, free with his money.          10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or             troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --             followed by from, or, rarely, by of.                         Princes declaring themselves free from the                      obligations of their treaties.         --Bp. Burnet.          11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;             easy.          12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;             spirited; as, a free horse.          13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying             certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special             rights; -- followed by of.                         He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free                      of his farm.                                    --Dryden.          14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed             without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,             engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to             be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.                         Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For                      me as for you?                                 --Shak.          15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;             spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.          16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending             individual rights against encroachment by any person or             class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a             government, institutions, etc.          17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base;             as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.          18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;             as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.          19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;             dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free             carbonic acid gas; free cells.          {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting             freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.                      {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold             lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.                      {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and             gunwale.          {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or             bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.          {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}.          {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the             jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the             king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]             --Bouvier.          {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or             statical condition; free electricity.          {Free church}.             (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without                   charge.             (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of                   Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the                   government in spiritual matters.          {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in             its government and franchises, as formerly those of the             Hanseatic league.          {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.          {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of             formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy             ways.[b8] --W. Black.          {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty.          {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from             that of slaves.          {Free port}. (Com.)             (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free                   of custom duty.             (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from                   ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.          {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a             brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer             or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.          {Free school}.             (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without                   discrimination and on an equal footing.             (b) A school supported by general taxation, by                   endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for                   tuition; a public school.          {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were             not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to             perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum             of money, etc. --Burrill.          {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war             are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.                      {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain             services which, though honorable, were not military.             --Abbott.          {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil             War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never             existed.          {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.          {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the             authority of others.          {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff             regulations.          {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade.          {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's             self to. [Colloq.]          {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in             as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the             wind.
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Socage \Soc"age\, n.[From {Soc}; cf. LL. socagium.] (O.Eng. Law)       A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate       service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service,       in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be       certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by       fealty and twenty shillings rent. [Written also {soccage}.]          Note: Socage is of two kinds; {free socage}, where the                services are not only certain, but honorable; and                {villein socage}, where the services, though certain,                are of a baser nature. --Blackstone.
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Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl.       {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6];       akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6],       Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved,       dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray},       {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.]       1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under             restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's             own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's             own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.                         That which has the power, or not the power, to                      operate, is that alone which is or is not free.                                                                               --Locke.          2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject             only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and             defended by them from encroachments upon natural or             acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.          3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control             of parents, guardian, or master.          4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;             liberated; at liberty to go.                         Set an unhappy prisoner free.            --Prior.          5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable             of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said             of the will.                         Not free, what proof could they have given sincere                      Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.                                                                               --Milton.          6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.                         My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.          7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;             ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.                         He was free only with a few.               --Milward.          8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a             bad sense.                         The critics have been very free in their censures.                                                                               --Felton.                         A man may live a free life as to wine or women.                                                                               --Shelley.          9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;             as, free with his money.          10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or             troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --             followed by from, or, rarely, by of.                         Princes declaring themselves free from the                      obligations of their treaties.         --Bp. Burnet.          11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;             easy.          12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;             spirited; as, a free horse.          13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying             certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special             rights; -- followed by of.                         He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free                      of his farm.                                    --Dryden.          14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed             without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,             engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to             be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.                         Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For                      me as for you?                                 --Shak.          15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;             spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.          16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending             individual rights against encroachment by any person or             class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a             government, institutions, etc.          17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base;             as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.          18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;             as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.          19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;             dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free             carbonic acid gas; free cells.          {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting             freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.                      {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold             lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.                      {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and             gunwale.          {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or             bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.          {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}.          {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the             jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the             king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]             --Bouvier.          {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or             statical condition; free electricity.          {Free church}.             (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without                   charge.             (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of                   Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the                   government in spiritual matters.          {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in             its government and franchises, as formerly those of the             Hanseatic league.          {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.          {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of             formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy             ways.[b8] --W. Black.          {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty.          {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from             that of slaves.          {Free port}. (Com.)             (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free                   of custom duty.             (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from                   ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.          {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a             brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer             or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.          {Free school}.             (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without                   discrimination and on an equal footing.             (b) A school supported by general taxation, by                   endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for                   tuition; a public school.          {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were             not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to             perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum             of money, etc. --Burrill.          {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war             are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.                      {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain             services which, though honorable, were not military.             --Abbott.          {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil             War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never             existed.          {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.          {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the             authority of others.          {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff             regulations.          {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade.          {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's             self to. [Colloq.]          {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in             as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the             wind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.       fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]       1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;             shade. [R.] --Prior.          2. (Fine Arts)             (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before                   it dries.             (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on                   plaster in any manner.             (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses             a and             b .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.       fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]       1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;             shade. [R.] --Prior.          2. (Fine Arts)             (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before                   it dries.             (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on                   plaster in any manner.             (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses             a and             b .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fresh \Fresh\, a. [Compar. {Fresher}; superl. {Freshest}.] [OE.       fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc,       Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. fr[?]skr frisky, brisk,       ferskr fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske,       fresche, F. frais, fem. fra[?]che, which are of German       origin. Cf. {Fraischeur}, {Fresco}, {Frisk}.]       1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong;             unimpaired; sound.          2. New; original; additional. [bd]Fear of fresh mistakes.[b8]             --Sir W. Scott.                         A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the                      limbs.                                                --Landor.          3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not             stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or             tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers,             eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained;             occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods;             fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as,             fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as,             fresh water.          4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. --Shak.          5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated;             uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.          6. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as,             fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor;             rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.          7. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which             is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction             from that which is pickled or salted.          {Fresh breeze} (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a             strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour.          {Fresh gale}, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.                      {Fresh way} (Naut.), increased speed.          Syn: Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid;                sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively;                vigorous; strong.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fresh \Fresh\, n.; pl. {Freshes}.       1. A stream or spring of fresh water.                         He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show                      him Where the quick freshes are.         --Shak.          2. A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          3. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays,             as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or             into the sea. --Beverly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fresh \Fresh\, a. [Compar. {Fresher}; superl. {Freshest}.] [OE.       fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc,       Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. fr[?]skr frisky, brisk,       ferskr fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske,       fresche, F. frais, fem. fra[?]che, which are of German       origin. Cf. {Fraischeur}, {Fresco}, {Frisk}.]       1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong;             unimpaired; sound.          2. New; original; additional. [bd]Fear of fresh mistakes.[b8]             --Sir W. Scott.                         A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the                      limbs.                                                --Landor.          3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not             stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or             tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers,             eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained;             occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods;             fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as,             fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as,             fresh water.          4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. --Shak.          5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated;             uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.          6. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as,             fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor;             rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.          7. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which             is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction             from that which is pickled or salted.          {Fresh breeze} (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a             strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour.          {Fresh gale}, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.                      {Fresh way} (Naut.), increased speed.          Syn: Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid;                sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively;                vigorous; strong.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fricace \Fric"ace\, n. [See {Fricassee}.]       1. Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. [Obs.] --King.          2. An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frlcassee \Frlc"as*see`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fricassed}; p.       pr. &. vb. n. {Fricasseeing}.]       To dress like a fricassee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fricassee \Fric"as*see`\, n. [F. fricass[82]e, fr. fricasser to       fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare,       frictum, to rub. Cf. {Fry}, {Friction}.]       A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals       cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frlcassee \Frlc"as*see`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fricassed}; p.       pr. &. vb. n. {Fricasseeing}.]       To dress like a fricassee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friesic \Fries"ic\, a.       Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern       part of the Netherlands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friesic \Fries"ic\, n.       The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly       occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and       Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are       spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of       the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis       origin.]       1. A native or one of the people of Germany.          2. The German language.          3.             (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding                   in capriciosly involved figures.             (b) A social party at which the german is danced.          {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern             Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th             to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the             15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of             Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.             The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern             literary language, are often called Middle German, and the             Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is             also used to cover both groups.          {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the             Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or             {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its             dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low             German}), spoken in many dialects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friesish \Fries"ish\, a.       Friesic. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friz \Friz\, n.; pl. {Frizzes}.       That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig;       a frizzle. [Written also {frizz}.]                   He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig                became his face and head, might easily infer that a                similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would                be no less becoming to his thoughts.      --Hare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frog \Frog\ (fr[ocr]g), n. [AS. froggu, frocga a frog (in       sensel); akin to D. vorsch, OHG. frosk, G. frosch, Icel.       froskr, fraukr, Sw. & Dan. fr[94].]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An amphibious animal of the genus {Rana} and             related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and             take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud             notes in the springtime.          Note: The edible frog of Europe ({Rana esculenta}) is                extensively used as food; the American bullfrog ({R.                Catesbiana}) is remarkable for its great size and loud                voice.          2. [Perh. akin to E. fork, cf. frush frog of a horse.]             (Anat.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the             middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other             animals; the fourchette.          3. (Railroads) A supporting plate having raised ribs that             form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where             one track branches from another or crosses it.          4. [Cf. fraco of wool or silk, L. floccus, E. frock.] An             oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and             fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.          5. The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.          {Cross frog} (Railroads), a frog adapted for tracks that             cross at right angles.          {Frog cheese}, a popular name for a large puffball.          {Frog eater}, one who eats frogs; -- a term of contempt             applied to a Frenchman by the vulgar class of English.          {Frog fly}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Frog} hopper.          {Frog hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a small, leaping, hemipterous             insect living on plants. The larv[91] are inclosed in a             frothy liquid called {cuckoo spit} or {frog spit}.          {Frog lily} (Bot.), the yellow water lily ({Nuphar}).          {Frog spit} (Zo[94]l.), the frothy exudation of the {frog             hopper}; -- called also {frog spittle}. See {Cuckoo spit},             under {Cuckoo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furacious \Fu*ra"cious\, a. [L. furax, -racis thievish, from fur       thief.]       Given to theft; thievish. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furzechat \Furze"chat"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The whinchat; -- called also {furzechuck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furzechat \Furze"chat"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The whinchat; -- called also {furzechuck}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fergus County, MT (county, FIPS 27)       Location: 47.26154 N, 109.22201 W       Population (1990): 12083 (5732 housing units)       Area: 11238.8 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fergus Falls, MN (city, FIPS 20906)       Location: 46.28213 N, 96.06765 W       Population (1990): 12362 (5385 housing units)       Area: 25.2 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ferguson, IA (city, FIPS 27255)       Location: 41.93840 N, 92.86342 W       Population (1990): 166 (59 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Ferguson, KY (city, FIPS 27010)       Location: 37.06665 N, 84.59453 W       Population (1990): 934 (368 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Ferguson, MO (city, FIPS 23986)       Location: 38.74880 N, 90.29577 W       Population (1990): 22286 (9346 housing units)       Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63135    Ferguson, NC       Zip code(s): 28624
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Four Seasons, MO       Zip code(s): 65049
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Frazeysburg, OH (village, FIPS 28574)       Location: 40.11625 N, 82.11865 W       Population (1990): 1165 (474 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43822
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Frisco City, AL (town, FIPS 28312)       Location: 31.43433 N, 87.40356 W       Population (1990): 1581 (671 housing units)       Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36445
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
firehose syndrome n.   In mainstream folklore it is observed    that trying to drink from a firehose can be a good way to rip your    lips off.   On computer networks, the absence or failure of flow    control mechanisms can lead to situations in which the sending    system sprays a massive flood of packets at an unfortunate receiving    system, more than it can handle.   Compare {overrun}, {buffer    overflow}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
firehose syndrome          In mainstream folklore it is observed that trying to drink       from a firehose can be a good way to rip your lips off.   On       computer networks, the absence or failure of flow control       mechanisms can lead to situations in which the sending system       sprays a massive flood of packets at an unfortunate receiving       system, more than it can handle.          Compare {overrun}, {buffer overflow}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Foresight          A software product from {Nu Thena} providing       graphical modelling tools for high level system design and       {simulation}.          (1994-10-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Frege, Gottlob          {Gottlob Frege}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Forces       of the Gentiles (Isa. 60:5, 11; R.V., "the wealth of the       nations") denotes the wealth of the heathen. The whole passage       means that the wealth of the Gentile world should be consecrated       to the service of the church.