Faeroe Islands
         n 1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in
               the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faeroe Islands},
               {Faroes}, {Faeroes}]
         2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between
            Iceland and the Shetland Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands},
            {Faeroe Islands}, {Faroes}, {Faeroes}]

English Dictionary: four-o'clock family	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fairy swallow n fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
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fairy-slipper n rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf Synonym(s): calypso, fairy- slipper, Calypso bulbosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
farkleberry n shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries Synonym(s): farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
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Faroe Islands n a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands Synonym(s): Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands Synonym(s): Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ferris wheel n a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates; provides a ride at an amusement park
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fiercely adv in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely" Synonym(s): ferociously, fiercely in an emotionally fierce manner; "she was fiercely proud of her children"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fir clubmoss n of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir Synonym(s): fir clubmoss, mountain clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago
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fire salamander n European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots Synonym(s): spotted salamander, fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fire sale n a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
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fire-swallower n a performer who pretends to swallow fire [syn: {fire- eater}, fire-swallower]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fireclay n a heat-resistant clay
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for sale adj available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale" Synonym(s): purchasable, for sale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
force-land v make a forced landing
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forceless adj lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument" [syn: forceless, unforceful] Antonym(s): forceful
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foreclose v keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" Synonym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foreclosure n the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foresail n the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
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fork-like adj resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" Synonym(s): bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forklift n a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them
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four o'clock n any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-o'clock family n a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales Synonym(s): Nyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fragile adj easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" Synonym(s): delicate, fragile, frail vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth" lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" Synonym(s): flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fragile fern n delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems Synonym(s): brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fragility n quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility] lack of physical strength Synonym(s): fragility, delicacy
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frazzle n a state of extreme exhaustion; "he was worn to a frazzle" v wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" Synonym(s): fray, frazzle exhaust physically or emotionally; "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws"
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freckle n a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin Synonym(s): freckle, lentigo v become freckled; "I freckle easily" mark with freckles
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freckled adj relating to or covered with or resembling freckles [syn: freckled, lentiginous, lentiginose]
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Free Soil Party n a former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848
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free-soil adj where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state" [syn: free-soil, slaveless, non-slave]
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freshly adv very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes" Synonym(s): newly, freshly, fresh, new in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently" Synonym(s): impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently
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Friesland n the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frijol n the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) Synonym(s): kidney bean, frijol, frijole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frijole n the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) Synonym(s): kidney bean, frijol, frijole Mexican bean; usually dried
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frijoles refritos n dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings Synonym(s): refried beans, frijoles refritos
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frijolillo n shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans Synonym(s): mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frijolito n shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans Synonym(s): mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
friskily adv in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"
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frizzle v fry something until it curls and becomes crisp curl tightly; "crimp hair" Synonym(s): crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
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frizzly adj (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy]
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frog legs n hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken
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frog's lettuce n very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
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frowzled adj in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers Synonym(s): disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled
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frugal adj avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" Synonym(s): economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
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frugality n prudence in avoiding waste Synonym(s): frugality, frugalness
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frugally adv in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
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frugalness n prudence in avoiding waste Synonym(s): frugality, frugalness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fur seal n an eared seal of the northern Pacific eared seal of the southern hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin; "the male fur seal is much larger than the female"
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furcula n a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
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furiously adv (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner; "winds were blowing furiously" in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy; "the boys fought furiously"; "she went peddling furiously up the narrow street" in an impassioned or very angry manner; "she screamed furiously at her tormentors"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Farcilite \Far"ci*lite\, n. [Farce+-lite.] (Min.)       Pudding stone. [Obs.] --Kirwan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sulphocyanate \Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.)       A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called {thiocyanate},       and formerly inaccurately {sulphocyanide}.          {Ferric sulphocyanate} (Chem.), a dark red crystalline             substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and             recognized as a test for ferric iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferris wheel \Fer"ris wheel\       An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel       wheel, revolvable on its stationary axle, and carrying a       number of balanced passenger cars around its rim; -- so       called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected       the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in       Chicago in 1893.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferrocalcite \Fer`ro*cal"cite\, n. [Ferro- + calcite.]       Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate,       and hence turning brown on exposure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copperas \Cop"per*as\, n. [OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr.       (assumed?) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos, i. e.       copper flower, vitriol. See {Copper} and {Rose.}]       Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline       substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in       dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a       large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also       {ferrous sulphate}.          Note: The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol,                and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or                the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc.
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]:
.             (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite                   at a regulated height. --Simmonds.          {Fire bar}, a grate bar.          {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.          {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear             as if burnt by fire.          {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for             the fire.          {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining             intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or             of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and             used for lining fire boxes, etc.          {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished             fires.          {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}.          {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through             mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.             [U.S.]          {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}.          {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in             extinguishing fires.          {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}.          {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary.          {Fire drill}.             (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for                   practice.             (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by                   rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --                   used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by                   many savage peoples.          {Fire eater}.             (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.             (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.                   [Colloq.]          {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,             for throwing water to extinguish fire.          {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from             burning buildings.          {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam             of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off             afterward by heat.          {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire             gilding.          {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire;             also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,             in consideration of the payment of a premium or small             percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an             owner of property from loss by fire during a specified             period.          {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,             poker, and shovel.          {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out             fire.          {Fire master}             (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the                      composition of fireworks.          {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against             fire.          {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.                      {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test             was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon             red-hot irons. --Abbot.          {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially             the receptacle for the priming of a gun.          {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the             main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing             fires.          {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the             contract of insurance against loss by fire.          {Fire pot}.             (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,                   formerly used as a missile in war.             (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a                   furnace.             (c) A crucible.             (d) A solderer's furnace.          {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to             their quarters in case of fire.          {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking             the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by             exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally             superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.          {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.          {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,             caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.             --Raymond.          {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are             exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of             combustion; heating surface.          {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun             in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.             --Farrow.          {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.          {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American             Indians.          {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly             in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called             Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.          {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}.          {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;             zealous.          {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession             by a line of troops.          {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which             St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.          {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}.          {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle.          {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D.       klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,       Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.]       1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the             hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is             the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,             of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,             magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often             present as impurities.          2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the             elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human             body as formed from such particles.                         I also am formed out of the clay.      --Job xxxiii.                                                                               6.                         The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which                      her own clay shall cover.                  --Byron.          {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}.          {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and             therefore turning red when burned.          {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.          {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or             carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.          {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.          {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug             mill.          {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug.          {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.          {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical             compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite},             {bole}, etc.          {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,             iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for             fire brick.          {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from             the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}.                      {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite                   at a regulated height. --Simmonds.          {Fire bar}, a grate bar.          {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.          {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear             as if burnt by fire.          {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for             the fire.          {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining             intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or             of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and             used for lining fire boxes, etc.          {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished             fires.          {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}.          {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through             mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.             [U.S.]          {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}.          {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in             extinguishing fires.          {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}.          {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary.          {Fire drill}.             (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for                   practice.             (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by                   rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --                   used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by                   many savage peoples.          {Fire eater}.             (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.             (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.                   [Colloq.]          {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,             for throwing water to extinguish fire.          {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from             burning buildings.          {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam             of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off             afterward by heat.          {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire             gilding.          {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire;             also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,             in consideration of the payment of a premium or small             percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an             owner of property from loss by fire during a specified             period.          {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,             poker, and shovel.          {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out             fire.          {Fire master}             (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the                      composition of fireworks.          {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against             fire.          {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.                      {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test             was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon             red-hot irons. --Abbot.          {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially             the receptacle for the priming of a gun.          {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the             main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing             fires.          {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the             contract of insurance against loss by fire.          {Fire pot}.             (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,                   formerly used as a missile in war.             (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a                   furnace.             (c) A crucible.             (d) A solderer's furnace.          {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to             their quarters in case of fire.          {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking             the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by             exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally             superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.          {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.          {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,             caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.             --Raymond.          {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are             exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of             combustion; heating surface.          {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun             in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.             --Farrow.          {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.          {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American             Indians.          {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly             in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called             Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.          {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}.          {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;             zealous.          {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession             by a line of troops.          {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which             St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.          {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}.          {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle.          {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
.             (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite                   at a regulated height. --Simmonds.          {Fire bar}, a grate bar.          {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.          {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear             as if burnt by fire.          {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for             the fire.          {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining             intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or             of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and             used for lining fire boxes, etc.          {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished             fires.          {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}.          {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through             mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.             [U.S.]          {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}.          {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in             extinguishing fires.          {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}.          {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary.          {Fire drill}.             (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for                   practice.             (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by                   rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --                   used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by                   many savage peoples.          {Fire eater}.             (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.             (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.                   [Colloq.]          {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,             for throwing water to extinguish fire.          {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from             burning buildings.          {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam             of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off             afterward by heat.          {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire             gilding.          {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire;             also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,             in consideration of the payment of a premium or small             percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an             owner of property from loss by fire during a specified             period.          {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,             poker, and shovel.          {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out             fire.          {Fire master}             (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the                      composition of fireworks.          {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against             fire.          {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.                      {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test             was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon             red-hot irons. --Abbot.          {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially             the receptacle for the priming of a gun.          {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the             main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing             fires.          {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the             contract of insurance against loss by fire.          {Fire pot}.             (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,                   formerly used as a missile in war.             (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a                   furnace.             (c) A crucible.             (d) A solderer's furnace.          {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to             their quarters in case of fire.          {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking             the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by             exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally             superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.          {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting             fire to an enemy's ships.          {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.          {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,             caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.             --Raymond.          {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are             exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of             combustion; heating surface.          {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun             in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.             --Farrow.          {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.          {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American             Indians.          {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly             in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called             Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.          {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}.          {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;             zealous.          {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession             by a line of troops.          {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which             St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.          {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}.          {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle.          {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See {Sell},       v. t.]       1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a             contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one             person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a             price in money.          2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.                         They shall have ready sale for them.   --Spenser.          3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of             goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.          {Bill of sale}. See under {Bill}.          {Of sale}, {On sale}, {For sale}, to be bought or sold;             offered to purchasers; in the market.          {To set to sale}, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;             to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Forceless \Force"less\, a.       Having little or no force; feeble.                   These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me.                                                                               --Shak.
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Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore       to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris       outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v.       t.]       To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar;       to exclude.                   The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew.          {To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a             judgment of court from the power of redeeming the             mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.          {To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but             often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the             payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the             mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.             --Wharton.
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Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore       to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris       outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v.       t.]       To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar;       to exclude.                   The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew.          {To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a             judgment of court from the power of redeeming the             mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.          {To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but             often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the             payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the             mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.             --Wharton.
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Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore       to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris       outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v.       t.]       To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar;       to exclude.                   The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew.          {To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a             judgment of court from the power of redeeming the             mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.          {To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but             often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the             payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the             mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.             --Wharton.
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Foreclosure \Fore*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n.       The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or       extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged       estate.
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Foregleam \Fore"gleam`\, n.       An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.                   The foregleams of wisdom.                        --Whittier.
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Foresail \Fore"sail`\, n. (Naut.)       (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel,             being the lowest sail on the foremast.       (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.       (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail             next forward of the mast.
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Foreslack \Fore*slack"\, v. t. [Obs.]       See {Forslack}.
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Foresleeve \Fore"sleeve`\, n.       The sleeve below the elbow.
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Foreslow \Fore*slow"\, v. t. [See {Forslow}.]       To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See {Forslow},       v. t.                   No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their                hasty pace.                                             --Fairfax.
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Foreslow \Fore*slow"\, v. i.       To loiter. [Obs.] See {Forslow}, v. i.
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Forkless \Fork"less\, a.       Having no fork.
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Forslack \For*slack"\, v. t. [Pref. for- + slack to neglect.]       To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. [Obs.]       --Spenser.
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Forslouthe \For*slouth"e\, v. t. [See {For-}, and {Slouth}.]       To lose by sloth or negligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Forslow \For*slow"\, v. t. [Pref. for- + slow.]       To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Forslow \For*slow"\, v. i.       To loiter. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Forslugge \For*slug"ge\, v. t. [See {Slug} to be idle.]       To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Four-o'clock \Four"-o'clock`\, n.       1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Mirabilis}. There are about             half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of             America. The common four-o'clock is {M. Jalapa}. Its             flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward             sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It             is also called {marvel of Peru}, and {afternoon lady}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry,             which resembles these words.
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.       L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,             but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:             {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)             Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White             Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.          2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.          {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus             corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --             called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor             soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to             several other species of the same genus.          {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds             and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,             styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of             benzoin. --Brande & C.          {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.          {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})             with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.          {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.             --Milton.          {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed             skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},             {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
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Four-o'clock \Four"-o'clock`\, n.       1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Mirabilis}. There are about             half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of             America. The common four-o'clock is {M. Jalapa}. Its             flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward             sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It             is also called {marvel of Peru}, and {afternoon lady}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry,             which resembles these words.
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.       L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,             but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:             {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)             Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White             Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.          2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.          {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus             corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --             called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor             soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to             several other species of the same genus.          {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds             and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,             styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of             benzoin. --Brande & C.          {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.          {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})             with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.          {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.             --Milton.          {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed             skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},             {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
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Fragile \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf.       F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Frail}, a.]       Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.                   The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.          Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. --                {Frag"ile*ly}, adv.
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Fragile \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf.       F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Frail}, a.]       Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.                   The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.          Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. --                {Frag"ile*ly}, adv.
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Fragility \Fra*gil"i*ty\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F.       fragilit[82]. Cf. {Frailty}.]       1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness;             frangibility. --Bacon.          2. Weakness; feebleness.                         An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is                      almost essential to it [beauty].         --Burke.          3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.]                         The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius.                                                                               --Holland.
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Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frazzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frazzling}.] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]       To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter;       -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]                   Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled                and tangled condition suggested that the woman had                recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.                                                                               --J. C.                                                                               Harris.
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Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, n.       The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of       being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. &       U. S.]                   My fingers are all scratched to frazzles. --Kipling.                   Gordon had sent word to Lee that he [bd]had fought his                corps to a frazzle.[b8]                           --Nicolay &                                                                               Hay (Life of                                                                               Lincoln).
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Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frazzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frazzling}.] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]       To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter;       -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]                   Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled                and tangled condition suggested that the woman had                recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.                                                                               --J. C.                                                                               Harris.
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Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frazzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frazzling}.] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]       To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter;       -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]                   Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled                and tangled condition suggested that the woman had                recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.                                                                               --J. C.                                                                               Harris.
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Freckle \Freck"le\, n. [Dim., from the same root as freak, v.       t.]       1. A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin,             particularly on the face, neck, or hands.          2. Any small spot or discoloration.
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Freckle \Frec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freckled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Freckling}.]       To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to       spot.
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Freckle \Frec"kle\ (fr[ecr]k"k'l), v. i.       To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
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Freckle \Frec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freckled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Freckling}.]       To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to       spot.
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Freckled \Frec"kled\ (fr[ecr]k"k'ld), a.       Marked with freckles; spotted. [bd]The freckled trout.[b8]       --Dryden.                   The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. --Shak.
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Freckledness \Frec"kled*ness\ (-k'ld*n[ecr]s), n.       The state of being freckled.
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Freckle \Frec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freckled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Freckling}.]       To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to       spot.
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Freckly \Frec"kly\ (-kl[ycr]), a.       Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots;       freckled.
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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]:
Free silver \Free silver\       The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage       of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16       to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly       the ratio of the market values of gold and silver       respectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Free-soil \Free"-soil`\, a.       Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;       -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period       1846-1856. [U.S.] -- {Free"soil`er}, n. [U.S.] --       {Free"-soil`ism}, n. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Free-soil \Free"-soil`\, a.       Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;       -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period       1846-1856. [U.S.] -- {Free"soil`er}, n. [U.S.] --       {Free"-soil`ism}, n. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Free-soil \Free"-soil`\, a.       Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;       -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period       1846-1856. [U.S.] -- {Free"soil`er}, n. [U.S.] --       {Free"-soil`ism}, n. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.       ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E.       caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It       is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and       red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard},       {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied       to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}.          {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red             feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freieslebenite \Frei"es*le`ben*ite\, n. [Named after the German       chemist Freiesleben.]       A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in       monoclinic crystals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. {Frijoles}. Also    Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr[a1]jol, fr[82]jol.]       1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West             Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus {Phaseolus}, esp.             the black seed of a variety of {P. vulgaris}.          2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the             cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among             Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of             many dishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freshly \Fresh"ly\, adv.       In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly;       briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the       wind blows freshly.                   Looks he as freshly as he did?               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frickle \Fric"kle\, n.       A bushel basket. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. {Frijoles}. Also    Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr[a1]jol, fr[82]jol.]       1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West             Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus {Phaseolus}, esp.             the black seed of a variety of {P. vulgaris}.          2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the             cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among             Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of             many dishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. {Frijoles}. Also    Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr[a1]jol, fr[82]jol.]       1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West             Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus {Phaseolus}, esp.             the black seed of a variety of {P. vulgaris}.          2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the             cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among             Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of             many dishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. {Frijoles}. Also    Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr[a1]jol, fr[82]jol.]       1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West             Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus {Phaseolus}, esp.             the black seed of a variety of {P. vulgaris}.          2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the             cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among             Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of             many dishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friskal \Frisk"al\, n.       A leap or caper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friskily' \Frisk"i*ly'\, adv.       In a frisky manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frislet \Fris"let\ (fr[icr]z"l[ecr]t), n. [Cf. {Fraise} a kind       of defense; also {Friz}.]       A kind of small ruffle. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizel \Friz"el\, a. (Firearms)       A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to       throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.       --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in       dial. use.]       1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook             with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.          2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.                         Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one                      tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.                                                                               --Mrs. Lincoln                                                                               (Cook Book).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.]       To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.          {To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.       A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in       dial. use.]       1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook             with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.          2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.                         Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one                      tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.                                                                               --Mrs. Lincoln                                                                               (Cook Book).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.]       To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.          {To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzler \Friz"zler`\, n.       One who frizzles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in       dial. use.]       1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook             with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.          2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.                         Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one                      tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.                                                                               --Mrs. Lincoln                                                                               (Cook Book).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.]       To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.          {To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzly \Friz"zly\, Frizzy \Friz"zy\, a.       Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frockless \Frock"less\, a.       Destitute of a frock.
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]:
Frogshell \Frog"shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging       to {Ranella} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frugal \Fru"gal\, a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit;       hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of       frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See       {Fruit}, n.]       1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not             wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application             of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by             frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal             housekeeper; frugal of time.                         I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could                      commit Such disproportions.               --Milton.          2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal             fortune. [bd]Frugal fare.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frugality \Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Frugalities}. [L. frugalitas:       cf. F. frugalit[82].]       1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful             management of anything valuable which expends nothing             unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable             purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.                         Frugality is founded on the principle that all                      riches have limits.                           --Burke.          2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.          Syn: Economy; parsimony. See {Economy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frugality \Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Frugalities}. [L. frugalitas:       cf. F. frugalit[82].]       1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful             management of anything valuable which expends nothing             unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable             purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.                         Frugality is founded on the principle that all                      riches have limits.                           --Burke.          2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.          Syn: Economy; parsimony. See {Economy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frugally \Fru"gal*ly\, adv.       Thriftily; prudently.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frugalness \Fru"gal*ness\, n.       Quality of being frugal; frugality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.       selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]}       and {Otariid[91]}.          Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in                the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are                numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea                lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal},                {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal                ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora                crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}),                are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp                seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk},                and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and                fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is                very abundant.          {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}).             It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific             Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled             seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land             seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard},             {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fur \Fur\, a.       Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur       cap; the fur trade.          {Fur seal} (Zo[94]l.) one of several species of seals of the             genera {Callorhinus} and {Arclocephalus}, inhabiting the             North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat             of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern             fur seal ({Callorhinus ursinus}) breeds in vast numbers on             the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called             also {sea bear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.       selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]}       and {Otariid[91]}.          Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in                the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are                numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea                lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal},                {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal                ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora                crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}),                are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp                seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk},                and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and                fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is                very abundant.          {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}).             It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific             Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled             seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land             seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard},             {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fur \Fur\, a.       Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur       cap; the fur trade.          {Fur seal} (Zo[94]l.) one of several species of seals of the             genera {Callorhinus} and {Arclocephalus}, inhabiting the             North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat             of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern             fur seal ({Callorhinus ursinus}) breeds in vast numbers on             the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called             also {sea bear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furcular \Fur"cu*lar\, a.       Shaped like a fork; furcate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furious \Fu"ri*ous\, a. [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf.       F. furieux. See {Fury}.]       1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a             furious animal.          2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a             furious stream; a furious wind or storm.          Syn: Impetuous; vehement; boisterous; fierce; turbulent;                tumultuous; angry; mad; frantic; frenzied. --                {Fu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fu"ri*ous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furzeling \Furze"ling\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An English warbler ({Melizophilus provincialis}); -- called       also {furze wren}, and {Dartford warbler}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairchild, WI (village, FIPS 24825)       Location: 44.60546 N, 90.95642 W       Population (1990): 504 (222 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54741
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairchild AFB, WA (CDP, FIPS 22955)       Location: 47.61307 N, 117.64375 W       Population (1990): 4854 (1266 housing units)       Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairchild Air Fo, WA       Zip code(s): 99011
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Forkland, AL (town, FIPS 27376)       Location: 32.64757 N, 87.86722 W       Population (1990): 667 (242 housing units)       Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36740
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Free Soil, MI (village, FIPS 30600)       Location: 44.10770 N, 86.21379 W       Population (1990): 148 (80 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49411
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Friesland, WI (village, FIPS 28000)       Location: 43.58900 N, 89.06776 W       Population (1990): 271 (111 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
farkled /far'kld/ adj.   [DeVry Institute of Technology,    Atlanta] Syn. {hosed}.   Poss. owes something to Yiddish    `farblondjet' and/or the `Farkle Family' skits on "Rowan and    Martin's Laugh-In", a popular comedy show of the late 1960s.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
four-color glossies n.   1. Literature created by {marketroid}s    that allegedly contains technical specs but which is in fact as    superficial as possible without being totally {content-free}.    "Forget the four-color glossies, give me the tech ref manuals."    Often applied as an indication of superficiality even when the    material is printed on ordinary paper in black and white.    Four-color-glossy manuals are _never_ useful for solving a problem.    2. [rare] Applied by extension to manual pages that don't contain    enough information to diagnose why the program doesn't produce the    expected or desired output.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fragile adj.   Syn {brittle}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Fairchild F8          An 8-bit {microprocessor}.   The processor itself       had no {address bus} - program and data memory access were       contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins       and the associated cost.   It also featured 64 {register}s,       accessed by the ISAR register in cells ({register window}s) of       eight, which meant external {RAM} wasn't always needed for       small applications.   In addition, the 2-chip processor didn't       need support chips, unlike others which needed seven or more.          The F8 inspired other similar {CPU}s, such as the {Intel       8048}.   The use of the ISAR register allowed a subroutine to       be entered without saving a bunch of registers, speeding       execution - the ISAR would just be changed.   Special purpose       registers were stored in the second cell (regs 9-15), and the       first eight registers were accessed directly.   The windowing       concept was useful, but only the register pointed to by the       ISAR could be accessed - to access other registers the ISAR       was incremented or decremented through the window.          (1994-11-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
farkled          /far'kld/ (From DeVry Institute of Technology,       Atlanta) A synonym for {hosed}.   Possibly related to Yiddish       "farblondjet" and/or the "Farkle Family" skits on Rowan &       Martin's Laugh-In.          [{Jargon File}]          (1998-09-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
four colour map theorem          (Or "four colour theorem") The       theorem stating that if the plane is divided into connected       regions which are to be coloured so that no two adjacent       regions have the same colour (as when colouring countries on a       map of the world), it is never necessary to use more than four       colours.          The proof, due to Appel and Haken, attained notoriety by using       a computer to check tens of thousands of cases and is thus not       humanly checkable, even in principle.   Some thought that this       brought the philosophical status of the proof into doubt.          There are now rumours of a simpler proof, not requiring the       use of a computer.          See also {chromatic number}          (1995-03-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
four colour theorem          {four colour map theorem}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
four-colour glossies          1. Literature created by {marketroid}s that allegedly contains       technical specs but which is in fact as superficial as       possible without being totally {content-free}.   "Forget the       four-colour glossies, give me the tech ref manuals."   Often       applied as an indication of superficiality even when the       material is printed on ordinary paper in black and white.       Four-colour-glossy manuals are *never* useful for finding a       problem.          2. [rare] Applied by extension to manual pages that don't       contain enough information to diagnose why the program doesn't       produce the expected or desired output.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fragile          {brittle}
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Faroe Islands       (part of the Danish realm)       Faroe Islands:Geography       Location: Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and    the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to    Norway       Map references: Europe       Area:    total area: 1,400 sq km    land area: 1,400 sq km    comparative area: slightly less than eight times the size of    Washington, DC       Land boundaries: 0 km       Coastline: 764 km       Maritime claims:    exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 3 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy       Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast       Natural resources: fish       Land use:    arable land: 2%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 0%    forest and woodland: 0%    other: 98%       Irrigated land: NA sq km       Environment:    current issues: NA    natural hazards: NA    international agreements: NA       Note: archipelago of 18 inhabited islands and a few uninhabited    islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in    northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small    coastal lowlands       Faroe Islands:People       Population: 48,871 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 24% (female 5,673; male 6,119)    15-64 years: 63% (female 14,164; male 16,835)    65 years and over: 13% (female 3,335; male 2,745) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 0.99% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 17.54 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 7.59 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 78.29 years    male: 74.91 years    female: 81.8 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 2.42 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Faroese (singular and plural)    adjective: Faroese       Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian       Religions: Evangelical Lutheran       Languages: Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish       Literacy: NA%       Labor force: 17,585    by occupation: largely engaged in fishing, manufacturing,    transportation, and commerce       Faroe Islands:Government       Names:    conventional long form: none    conventional short form: Faroe Islands    local long form: none    local short form: Foroyar       Digraph: FO       Type: part of the Danish realm; self-governing overseas administrative    division of Denmark       Capital: Torshavn       Administrative divisions: none (self-governing overseas administrative    division of Denmark)       Independence: none (part of the Danish realm; self-governing overseas    administrative division of Denmark)       National holiday: Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)       Constitution: 5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)       Legal system: Danish       Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972),    represented by High Commissioner Bent KLINTE (since NA)    head of government: Prime Minister Edmund JOENSEN (since 15 September    1994)    cabinet: Landsstyri; elected by the local legislature       Legislative branch: unicameral    Faroese Parliament (Logting): elections last held 8 July 1994 (next to    be held by July 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -    (32 total) Liberal Party 8, People's Party 6, Social Democrats 5,    Republicans 4, Workers' Party 3, Christian Democrats 2, Center Party    2, Home Rule Party 2    Danish Parliament: elections last held on 21 September 1994 (next to    be held by September 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA;    seats - (2 total) Liberals 2       Judicial branch: none       Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party, Marita    PETERSEN; Workers Front, Oli JACOBSEN; Home Rule Party, Helena Dam A    NEYSTABOE; The 'Coalition Party', Edmund JOENSEN; Republican Party,    Finnbogir ESAKSON; Centrist Party, Tordur NICLASEN; Christian People's    Party, Niels Pauli DANIELSEN; People's Party, Arnfinn KALLSBERG;    Liberal Party; Christian Democratic Party       Member of: none       Diplomatic representation in US: none (self-governing overseas    administrative division of Denmark)       US diplomatic representation: none (self-governing overseas    administrative division of Denmark)       Flag: white with a red cross outlined in blue that extends to the    edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the    hoist side in the style of the DANNEBROG (Danish flag)       Economy       Overview: The Faroese, who have long enjoyed the affluent living    standards of the Danes and other Scandinavians, now must cope with the    decline of the all-important fishing industry and one of the world's    heaviest per capita external debts of about $25,000. When the nations    of the world extended their fishing zones to 200 nautical miles in the    early 1970s, the Faroese no longer could continue their traditional    long-distance fishing and subsequently depleted their own nearby    fishing areas. The government's tight controls on fish stocks and its    austerity measures have caused a recession, and subsidy cuts will    force nationalization in the fishing industry, which has already been    plagued with bankruptcies. Copenhagen has threatened to withhold its    annual subsidy of $130 million - roughly one-third of the islands'    budget revenues - unless the Faroese make significant efforts to    balance their budget. To this extent the Faroe government is expected    to continue its tough policies, including introducing a 20%    value-added tax (VAT) in 1993, and has agreed to an IMF    economic-political stabilization plan. In addition to its annual    subsidy, the Danish government has bailed out the second largest Faroe    bank to the tune of $140 million since October 1992.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $662 million (1989    est.)       National product real growth rate: -10.8% (1993 est.)       National product per capita: $14,000 (1989 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.8% (1993 est.)       Unemployment rate: 23% (1993)       Budget:    revenues: $407.2 million    expenditures: $482.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA    (1993 est.)       Exports: $345.3 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)    commodities: fish and fish products 88%, animal feedstuffs, transport    equipment (ships) (1989)    partners: Denmark 20%, Germany 18.3%, UK 14.2%, France 11.2%, Spain    7.9%, US 4.5%       Imports: $234.4 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)    commodities: machinery and transport equipment 24.4%, manufactures    24%, food and livestock 19%, fuels 12%, chemicals 6.5%    partners: Denmark 43.8%, Norway 19.8%, Sweden 4.9%, Germany 4.2%, US    1.3%       External debt: $1.2 billion (1993 est.)       Industrial production: growth rate NA%       Electricity:    capacity: 90,000 kW    production: 200 million kWh    consumption per capita: 3,953 kWh (1992)       Industries: fishing, shipbuilding, handicrafts       Agriculture: accounts for 27% of GDP; principal crops - potatoes and    vegetables; livestock - sheep; annual fish catch about 360,000 metric    tons       Economic aid:    recipient: receives an annual subsidy from Denmark of about $130    million       Currency: 1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere       Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 6.034 (January 1995),    6.361 (1994), 6.484 (1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396 (1991), 6.189 (1990)       Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March       Faroe Islands:Transportation       Railroads: 0 km       Highways:    total: 200 km    paved: NA    unpaved: NA       Ports: Klaksvick, Torshavn, Tvoroyri       Merchant marine:    total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,879 GRT/18,444 DWT    ships by type: cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger    1       Airports:    total: 1    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1       Faroe Islands:Communications       Telephone system: 27,900 telephones; good international    communications; fair domestic facilities    local: NA    intercity: NA    international: 3 coaxial submarine cables       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 3 repeaters 10, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 3 (repeaters 29)    televisions: NA       Faroe Islands:Defense Forces       Branches: no organized native military forces; only a small Police    Force and Coast Guard are maintained       Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP       Note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark