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   fanwort
         n 1: common aquatic plant of eastern North America having
               floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted
               flowers [syn: {water-shield}, {fanwort}, {Cabomba
               caroliniana}]

English Dictionary: foumart by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine art
n
  1. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
    Synonym(s): art, fine art
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine arts
n
  1. the study and creation of visual works of art [syn: {fine arts}, beaux arts]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foumart
n
  1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    Synonym(s): polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumeroot
n
  1. delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
    Synonym(s): fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis
  2. herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers
    Synonym(s): fumewort, fumeroot, Corydalis solida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumewort
n
  1. delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
    Synonym(s): fumitory, fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis
  2. herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers
    Synonym(s): fumewort, fumeroot, Corydalis solida
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fenerate \Fen"er*ate\, v. i. [L. faeneratus, p. p. of faenerari
      lend on interest, fr. faenus interest.]
      To put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.]
      --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feneration \Fen`er*a"tion\, n. [L. faeneratio.]
      The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin,
      LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus,
      p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished,
      perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.]
      1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from
            impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of
            admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
  
                     The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov.
                                                                              iii. 14.
  
                     A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.   --Shak.
  
                     Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one
                     of the finest scholars.                     --Felton.
  
                     To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats].
                                                                              --Leigh Hunt.
  
      2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
            overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
  
                     He gratified them with occasional . . . fine
                     writing.                                             --M. Arnold.
  
      3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
            dexterous.
  
                     The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope.
  
                     The nicest and most delicate touches of satire
                     consist in fine raillery.                  --Dryden.
  
                     He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a
                     woman.                                                --T. Gray.
  
      4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:
            (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
  
                           The eye standeth in the finer medium and the
                           object in the grosser.                  --Bacon.
            (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine
                  sand or flour.
            (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
            (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
            (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine
                  linen or silk.
  
      5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its
            composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
  
      6. (Used ironically.)
  
                     Ye have made a fine hand, fellows.      --Shak.
  
      Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and
               adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn,
               fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun,
               etc.
  
      {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a
            glasshouse. --Knight.
  
      {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}.
  
      {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut
            up into shreds.
  
      {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality.
            --McElrath.
  
      {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used
            as material for the finishing coat in plastering.
  
      {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as
            possible.
  
      Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}.
  
      Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to
                  coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8]
                  It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the
                  single attribute implied in the latter term; but when
                  we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety
                  of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a
                  woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is
                  equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden,
                  landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a
                  great variety of objects, the word has still a very
                  definite sense, denoting a high degree of
                  characteristic excellence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[?]l foul +
      mear[?], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
      and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
      {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
      {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumarate \Fu"ma*rate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of fumaric acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Funerate \Fu"ner*ate\, v. t. [L. funeratus, p. p. of funerare to
      funerate, fr. funus. See {Funeral}.]
      To bury with funeral rites. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Funeration \Fu`ner*a"tion\, n. [L. funeratio.]
      The act of burying with funeral rites. [Obs.] --Knatchbull.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   fnord n.   [from the "Illuminatus Trilogy"] 1. A word used in
   email and news postings to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or
   humor, esp. in connection with {Discordianism} and elaborate
   conspiracy theories.   "I heard that David Koresh is sharing an
   apartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)" "Where can I fnord get
   the Principia Discordia from?"   2. A {metasyntactic variable},
   commonly used by hackers with ties to {Discordianism} or the {Church
   of the SubGenius}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fnord
  
      1. A word used in {electronic mail} and {news}
      messages to tag utterances as surrealist mind-play or humour,
      especially in connection with {Discordianism} and elaborate
      conspiracy theories.   "I heard that David Koresh is sharing an
      apartment in Argentina with Hitler. (Fnord.)"   "Where can I
      fnord get the Principia Discordia from?"
  
      2. A {metasyntactic variable}, commonly used by
      hackers with ties to {Discordianism} or the {Church of the
      SubGenius}.
  
      The word "fnord" was invented in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy by
      Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-02-28)
  
  
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