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   ferret out
         v 1: search and discover through persistent investigation; "She
               ferreted out the truth" [syn: {ferret out}, {ferret}]

English Dictionary: fortuity by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
for that matter
adv
  1. as far as that is concerned; "for that matter I don't care either"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
for the time being
adv
  1. temporarily; "we'll stop for the time being" [syn: {for the moment}, for the time being]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foredate
v
  1. establish something as being earlier relative to something else
    Synonym(s): predate, antedate, foredate
    Antonym(s): postdate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forthwith
adv
  1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
    Synonym(s): immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortieth
adj
  1. the ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: fortieth, 40th]
n
  1. position 40 in a countable series of things
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortitude
n
  1. strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortuitous
adj
  1. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
    Synonym(s): causeless, fortuitous, uncaused
  2. occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortuitously
adv
  1. by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it]
    Antonym(s): alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortuitousness
n
  1. the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortuity
n
  1. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
    Synonym(s): accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forty-third
adj
  1. the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order [syn: forty-third, 43rd]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forty-three
adj
  1. being three more than forty [syn: forty-three, 43, xliii]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forty-two
adj
  1. being two more than forty [syn: forty-two, 42, xlii]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fourth deck
n
  1. the fourth or lowest deck [syn: orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fourth dimension
n
  1. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
    Synonym(s): fourth dimension, time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fretted
adj
  1. having frets
    Antonym(s): unfretted
  2. having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
    Synonym(s): fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frittata
n
  1. Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
froth at the mouth
v
  1. be in a state of uncontrolled anger [syn: {foam at the mouth}, froth at the mouth]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fruit-eating
adj
  1. feeding on fruit
    Synonym(s): carpophagous, fruit-eating(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fruitwood
n
  1. wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferreted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Ferreting}.] [Cf. F. fureter. See {Ferret}, n.]
      To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the
      cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; --
      often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
  
               Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {All that}, everything of that kind; all that sort.
  
                     With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the
                     gowd [gold] for a'that.                     --Burns.
  
      {For that}. See under {For}, prep.
  
      {In that}. See under {In}, prep.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D.
      voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir,
      Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra,
      L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First},
      {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.]
      In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration
      of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done
      or takes place.
  
      1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action;
            the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an
            act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of
            which a thing is or is done.
  
                     With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak.
  
                     How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller.
  
                     Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at
                     home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a
                     bowl for C[91]sar's health.               --Dryden.
  
                     That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to
                     crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness
                     of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to
                     grant.                                                --Hooker.
  
      2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the
            end or final cause with reference to which anything is,
            acts, serves, or is done.
  
                     The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs,
                     the poplar for the mill.                     --Spenser.
  
                     It was young counsel for the persons, and violent
                     counsel for the matters.                     --Bacon.
  
                     Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men
                     are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for
                     protection, but to be devoured?         --Dryden.
  
                     For he writes not for money, nor for praise.
                                                                              --Denham.
  
      3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which,
            anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of;
            on the side of; -- opposed to against.
  
                     We can do nothing against the truth, but for the
                     truth.                                                --2 Cor. xiii.
                                                                              8.
  
                     It is for the general good of human society, and
                     consequently of particular persons, to be true and
                     just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
                     Aristotle is for poetical justice.      --Dennis.
  
      4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is
            directed, or the point toward which motion is made;
            [?]ntending to go to.
  
                     We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon.
  
      5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything
            acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an
            equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or
            made; instead of, or place of.
  
                     And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give
                     life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
                     for hand, foot for foot.                     --Ex. xxi. 23,
                                                                              24.
  
      6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which
            anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
  
                     We take a falling meteor for a star.   --Cowley.
  
                     If a man can be fully assured of anything for a
                     truth, without having examined, what is there that
                     he may not embrace for tru[?]?            --Locke.
  
                     Most of our ingenious young men take up some
                     cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden.
  
                     But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips.
  
      7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls
            in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which
            anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to
            notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by
            all, aught, anything, etc.
  
                     The writer will do what she please for all me.
                                                                              --Spectator.
  
                     God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next
                     minute supervene.                              --Dr. H. More.
  
                     For anything that legally appears to the contrary,
                     it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift.
  
      8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or
            state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or
            time of.
  
                     For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak.
  
                     Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.
                                                                              --prior.
  
                     To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
                                                                              --Garth.
  
      9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of
            which, anything is done. [Obs.]
  
                     We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
                                                                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with
            reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently.
            See under {As}.
  
                     As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
                                                                              --Josh. xxiv.
                                                                              15.
  
                     For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of
                     death securely tend.                           --Dryden.
  
      {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of.
  
      {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for
            all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that;
            seeing that; since.
  
      {For by}. See {Forby}, adv.
  
      {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}.
  
      {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me.
  
      {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended
            on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook.
  
      {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.]
            [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this
            account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
      {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of.
            [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] --
            [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See
            {To}, prep., 4.
  
      {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; --
            elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse
            of fire.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of
            account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral
            consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were
            it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ford \Ford\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fording}.]
      To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to
      wade through.
  
               His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to
               be forted.                                             --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fore tooth \Fore" tooth`\, pl. {Fore teeth}. (Anat.)
      One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fore tooth \Fore" tooth`\, pl. {Fore teeth}. (Anat.)
      One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foredate \Fore*date"\, v. t.
      To date before the true time; to antendate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foredetermine \Fore`de*ter"mine\, v. t.
      To determine or decree beforehand. --Bp. Hopkins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forted \Fort"ed\, a.
      Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or
      defended, as by forts. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forthwith \Forth`with"\ (? [or] ?; see {With}), adv.
      1. Immediately; without delay; directly.
  
                     Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
                     scales; and he received sight forthwith. --Acts ix.
                                                                              18.
  
      2. (Law) As soon as the thing required may be done by
            reasonable exertion confined to that object. --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe[a2]wertigo[?]a. See {Forty}.]
      1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine
            units, things, or parts.
  
      2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything
            is divided.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, n.
      One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the
      quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after
      the thirty-ninth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortition \For*ti"tion\, n. [See {Fortuitous}.]
      Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.]
  
               No mode of election operating in the spirit of
               fortition or rotation can be generally good. --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortitude \For"ti*tude\, n. [L. fortitudo, fr. fortis strong.
      See {Fort}.]
      1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [Obs.]
  
                     The fortitude of the place is best known to you.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person
            to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear
            pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or
            despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness
            in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring
            trouble.
  
                     Extolling patience as the truest fortitude.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Fortitude is the guard and support of the other
                     virtues.                                             --Locke.
  
      Syn: Courage; resolution; resoluteness; endurance; bravery.
               See {Courage}, and {Heroism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortitudinous \For`ti*tu"di*nous\, a.
      Having fortitude; courageous. [R.] --Gibbon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortuitous \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
      adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
      {Fortune}.]
      1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
            without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
            concourse of atoms.
  
                     It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
                     all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
                                                                              --Robertson.
  
                     So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
                     the whole.                                          --Hazlitt.
  
      2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
            foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
            --Abbott.
  
      Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
               {Accidental}. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. --
               {For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortuitous \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
      adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
      {Fortune}.]
      1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
            without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
            concourse of atoms.
  
                     It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
                     all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
                                                                              --Robertson.
  
                     So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
                     the whole.                                          --Hazlitt.
  
      2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
            foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
            --Abbott.
  
      Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
               {Accidental}. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. --
               {For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortuitous \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
      adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
      {Fortune}.]
      1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
            without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
            concourse of atoms.
  
                     It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
                     all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
                                                                              --Robertson.
  
                     So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
                     the whole.                                          --Hazlitt.
  
      2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
            foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
            --Abbott.
  
      Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
               {Accidental}. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. --
               {For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fortuity \For*tu"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. fortuit[82].]
      Accident; chance; casualty. --D. Forbes (1750).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fret \Fret\ (fr[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fretted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Fretting}.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
      for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
      OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[84]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
      {For}, and {Eat}, v. t.]
      1. To devour. [Obs.]
  
                     The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
            hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
            piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
            ship.
  
                     With many a curve my banks I fret.      --Tennyson.
  
      3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
  
                     By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and
                     fear.                                                --Shak.
  
      4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
            as, to fret the surface of water.
  
      5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
  
                     Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
                                                                              xxxvii. 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d {Fret}.]
      1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
  
      2. Agitated; vexed; worried.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th {Fret}.]
      1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets;
            variegated; made rough on the surface.
  
      2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and
            ordinaries.

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   Frit \Frit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fritted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fritting}.]
      To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse
      partially. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n..
      {Frothing}.]
      1. To cause to foam.
  
      2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
  
                     He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden.
  
                     Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus
      enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
      enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf.
      {Fructify}, {Frugal}.]
      1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
            man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as
            corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
            plural.
  
                     Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
                     in the fruits thereof.                        --Ex. xxiii.
                                                                              10.
  
      2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
            especially those grown on branches above ground, as
            apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
  
      3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
            contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
  
      Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry.
               Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons,
               orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are
               stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
               chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into
               achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and
               several other kinds.
  
      4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
            plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
            contained in them.
  
      6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
            the womb, of the loins, of the body.
  
                     King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
            action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
            disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
            fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
  
                     The fruit of rashness.                        --Shak.
  
                     What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
                     They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii
                                                                              10.
  
                     The fruits of this education became visible.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
               for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
               fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
               show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
  
      {Fruit bat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also
            {fruit-eating bat}.
  
      {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
            oplants the same as the power bud.
  
      {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
            See {Sorus}.
  
      {Fruit fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus
            {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
           
  
      {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
            of glass or earthenware.
  
      {Fruit pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons
            of the family {Carpophagid[91]}, inhabiting India,
            Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon
            fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors.
  
      {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
            formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The
            name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or
            to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
            it, and found in fruits and honey.
  
      {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
           
  
      {Fruit worm} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of insect
            larv[91]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are
            mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
  
      {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries,
            etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus
      enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
      enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf.
      {Fructify}, {Frugal}.]
      1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
            man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as
            corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
            plural.
  
                     Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
                     in the fruits thereof.                        --Ex. xxiii.
                                                                              10.
  
      2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
            especially those grown on branches above ground, as
            apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
  
      3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
            contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
  
      Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry.
               Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons,
               orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are
               stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
               chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into
               achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and
               several other kinds.
  
      4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
            plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
            contained in them.
  
      6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
            the womb, of the loins, of the body.
  
                     King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
            action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
            disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
            fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
  
                     The fruit of rashness.                        --Shak.
  
                     What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
                     They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii
                                                                              10.
  
                     The fruits of this education became visible.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
               for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
               fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
               show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
  
      {Fruit bat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also
            {fruit-eating bat}.
  
      {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
            oplants the same as the power bud.
  
      {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
            See {Sorus}.
  
      {Fruit fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus
            {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
           
  
      {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
            of glass or earthenware.
  
      {Fruit pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons
            of the family {Carpophagid[91]}, inhabiting India,
            Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon
            fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors.
  
      {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
            formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The
            name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or
            to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
            it, and found in fruits and honey.
  
      {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
           
  
      {Fruit worm} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of insect
            larv[91]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are
            mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
  
      {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries,
            etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Atkinson, IA (city, FIPS 28425)
      Location: 43.14406 N, 91.93468 W
      Population (1990): 367 (166 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52144
   Fort Atkinson, WI (city, FIPS 26675)
      Location: 42.92668 N, 88.84153 W
      Population (1990): 10227 (4074 housing units)
      Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53538

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Detrick, MD
      Zip code(s): 21702

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Dodge, IA (city, FIPS 28515)
      Location: 42.50794 N, 94.17676 W
      Population (1990): 25894 (11212 housing units)
      Area: 37.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50501
   Fort Dodge, KS
      Zip code(s): 67843

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Edward, NY (village, FIPS 26770)
      Location: 43.26895 N, 73.58296 W
      Population (1990): 3561 (1381 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12828

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Hood, TX (CDP, FIPS 26736)
      Location: 31.13379 N, 97.77413 W
      Population (1990): 35580 (5618 housing units)
      Area: 39.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76544

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Totten, ND (CDP, FIPS 27700)
      Location: 47.97614 N, 98.99483 W
      Population (1990): 867 (241 housing units)
      Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
   Fort Totten, NY
      Zip code(s): 11359

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort White, FL (town, FIPS 24500)
      Location: 29.92150 N, 82.71451 W
      Population (1990): 268 (107 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32038

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fort Yates, ND (city, FIPS 27860)
      Location: 46.08702 N, 100.62976 W
      Population (1990): 183 (78 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58538

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fredette's Operating System Interface Language
  
      (FOSIL) A portable {job control
      language} for {IBM} {OS360}, {UNIVAC} {EXEC 8} and {Honeywell}
      {GCOS}.
  
      ["Fredette's Operating System Interface Language (FOSIL)",
      G.N. Baird in Command Languages, C. Unger ed, N-H 1973].
  
      (2000-08-06)
  
  
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