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   fairlead
         n 1: a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a
               ship's rigging to avoid chafing

English Dictionary: frailty by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firewheel tree
n
  1. eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
    Synonym(s): wheel tree, firewheel tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
for all the world
adv
  1. under any circumstances; "she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money"
    Synonym(s): for love or money, for anything, for any price, for all the world
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forelady
n
  1. a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forewoman, forelady]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
n
  1. any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    Synonym(s): four- letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-letter word
n
  1. any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    Synonym(s): four- letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-wheel drive
n
  1. a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system
    Synonym(s): four-wheel drive, 4WD
  2. a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
    Synonym(s): four-wheel drive, 4WD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-wheeled
adj
  1. of or relating to vehicles with four wheels; "a four- wheel drive"
    Synonym(s): four-wheel, four-wheeled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frailty
n
  1. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
    Synonym(s): infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
  2. moral weakness
    Synonym(s): frailty, vice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freehold
n
  1. an estate held in fee simple or for life
  2. tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freeholder
n
  1. the owner of a freehold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freeload
v
  1. live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freeloader
n
  1. someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frilled
adj
  1. having decorative ruffles or frills [syn: frilled, frilly, ruffled]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frilled lizard
n
  1. large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
    Synonym(s): frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furled
adj
  1. rolled up and secured; "furled sails bound securely to the spar"; "a furled flag"; "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm"
    Synonym(s): furled, rolled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fair-leader \Fair"-lead`er\, n. (Naut.)
      A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging
      or for any rope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferule \Fer"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feruled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Feruling}.]
      To punish with a ferule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Firlot \Fir"lot\, n. [Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain,
      from a word equiv. to E. four + lot part, portion. See
      {Firkin}.]
      A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a
      boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the
      imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to
      1000. --Brande & C.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS.
      weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt,
      worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld,
      Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity;
      AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime,
      age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.]
      1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the
            system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
  
                     The invisible things of him from the creation of the
                     world are clearly seen.                     --Rom. 1. 20.
  
                     With desire to know, What nearer might concern him,
                     how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first
                     began.                                                --Milton.
  
      2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as
            inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with
            human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of
            the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts.
  
                     Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant,
                     but high-hand seemed other worlds.      --Milton.
  
                     There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants
                     have never violated their allegiance to their
                     almighty Sovereign.                           --W. B.
                                                                              Sprague.
  
      3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the
            sum of human affairs and interests.
  
                     That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought
                     death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton.
  
      4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its
            concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any
            one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human
            affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given
            point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and
            action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious
            world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future
            world; the heathen world.
  
                     One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be
                     my surety.                                          --Shak.
  
                     Murmuring that now they must be put to make war
                     beyond the world's end -- for so they counted
                     Britain.                                             --Milton.
  
      5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general
            affairs of life; human society; public affairs and
            occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
  
                     Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller.
  
                     If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May
                     Juba ever live in ignorance.               --Addison.
  
      6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of
            life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as,
            to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and
            begin the world anew.
  
      7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in
            general; the public; mankind.
  
                     Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to
                     any purpose that the world can say against it.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For
                     undertaking so unstaid a journey?      --Shak.
  
      8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven;
            concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the
            life to come; the present existence and its interests;
            hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the
            affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or
            wicked part of mankind.
  
                     I pray not for the world, but for them which thou
                     hast given me; for they are thine.      --John xvii.
                                                                              9.
  
                     Love not the world, neither the things that are in
                     the world. If any man love the world, the love of
                     the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
                     world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
                     eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,
                     but is of the world.                           --1 John ii.
                                                                              15, 16.
  
      9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity;
            a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A
            world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant.
  
                     Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak.
  
                     A world of woes dispatched in little space.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is
            possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not
            save him.
  
      {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or
            surprising to see. [Obs.]
  
                     O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame,
                     when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can
                     make the curstest shrew.                     --Shak.
  
      {For all the world}.
            (a) Precisely; exactly.
            (b) For any consideration.
  
      {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
            Names in Fiction.
  
      {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes
            every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner
            and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak.
  
      {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world;
            the remotest regions.
  
      {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if
            in a state of existence having no end.
  
                     Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii.
                                                                              21.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foralite \For"a*lite\, n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.)
      A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fore \Fore\, a. [See {Fore}, adv.]
      Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
      being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
      preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
      to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the
      fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
  
               The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
               directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
  
      Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
  
      {Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
            water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.
           
  
      {Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
            largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd
            after body.
  
      {Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
            stowing baggage, etc.
  
      {Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.
  
      {Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
            with inferior accommodations.
  
      {Fore carriage}.
      (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
            vehicle.
      (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.
  
      {Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
            a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
            {Sail}.
  
      {Fore door}. Same as {Front door}.
  
      {Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.
           
  
      {Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Fore end}.
      (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
            the beginning.
  
                     I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than
                     in all The fore end of my time.         --Shak.
      (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
            of the trigger guard, or breech frame.
  
      {Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
            martingale.
  
      {Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
            time, with the hand hammer.
  
      {Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
            multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.
  
      {Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
            portion of the hold which is farthest forward.
  
      {Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
            a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.
  
      {Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
            jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.
  
      {Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.
  
      {Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
            gathered.
  
      {Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
            space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}.
  
      {Fore shore}.
      (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
            the surf.
      (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
            breakwater. --Knight.
      (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.
           
  
      {Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
            near the muzzle.
  
      {Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.
           
  
      {Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
  
                     Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
                                                                              --Sandys.
  
      {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forehold \Fore"hold`\, n. (Naut.)
      The forward part of the hold of a ship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foreholding \Fore*hold"ing\, n.
      Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.]
      --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foreleader \Fore*lead"er\, n.
      One who leads others by his example; aguide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forelet \Fore*let"\, v. t.
      See {Forlet}. [Obs.] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlet \For*let"\, v. t. [OE. forleten, AS. forl[aemac]tan;
      pref. for- + l[aemac]tan to allow; akin to G. verlassen to
      leave. See {Let} to allow.]
      To give up; to leave; to abandon. [Obs.] [bd]To forlet
      sin.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forold \For*old"\, a.
      Very old. [Obs.]
  
               A bear's skin, coal-black, forold.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foryelde \For*yelde"\, v. t. [AS. forgieldan.]
      To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Four-wheeled \Four"-wheeled`\, a.
      Having four wheels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frailty \Frail"ty\, n.; pl. {Frailties}. [OE. frelete, freilte,
      OF. frailet[82], fr. L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf.
      {Fragility}.]
      1. The condition quality of being frail, physically,
            mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of
            resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
  
                     God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
            infirmity.
  
      Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frailty \Frail"ty\, n.; pl. {Frailties}. [OE. frelete, freilte,
      OF. frailet[82], fr. L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf.
      {Fragility}.]
      1. The condition quality of being frail, physically,
            mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of
            resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
  
                     God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
            infirmity.
  
      Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Freehold \Free"hold`\, n. (LAw)
      An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or
      fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is
      held. --Kent. Burrill.
  
      {To abate into a freehold}. See under {Abate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Freeholder \Free"hold`er\, n. (Law)
      The possessor of a freehold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Freelte \Freel"te\, n.
      Frailty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frelte \Frel"te\, n.
      Frailty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frill \Frill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Frilling}.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold,
      dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]
      1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
            --Johnson.
  
      2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frilled \Frilled\, a.
      Furnished with a frill or frills.
  
      {Frilled lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian lizard
            ({Chlamydosaurus Kingii}) about three feet long, which has
            a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frilled \Frilled\, a.
      Furnished with a frill or frills.
  
      {Frilled lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian lizard
            ({Chlamydosaurus Kingii}) about three feet long, which has
            a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Furl \Furl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furld}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Furling}.] [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F.
      ferler to furl, OF. fardeler to pack. See {Furdle}, {Fardel},
      and cf. {Farl}.]
      To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as
      a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag,
      close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket
      or line. Totten.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Freehold, NJ (borough, FIPS 25200)
      Location: 40.25880 N, 74.27560 W
      Population (1990): 10742 (4057 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07728
   Freehold, NY
      Zip code(s): 12431
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