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   fair ball
         n 1: (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays
               between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of
               the playing field [ant: {foul ball}]

English Dictionary: free fall	by the DICT Development Group
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fairy bell n tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock Synonym(s): common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, fingerroot, finger-root, Digitalis purpurea
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fairy bluebird n fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies Synonym(s): fairy bluebird, bluebird
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far-flung adj distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout" Synonym(s): far-flung, widespread remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"
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farfalle n pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie Synonym(s): farfalle, bowtie pasta
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fearful adj experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism" causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" Synonym(s): awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley Synonym(s): cowardly, fearful Antonym(s): brave, courageous extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" Synonym(s): fearful, frightful timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog" Synonym(s): fearful, timorous, trepid
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fearfully adv in fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully" [ant: dauntlessly, fearlessly, intrepidly] in an alarming manner; "they were fearfully attacked"
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fearfulness n an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) Synonym(s): fear, fearfulness, fright Antonym(s): bravery, fearlessness the trait of being afraid Antonym(s): fearlessness
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fire bell n a bell rung to give a fire alarm
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fire blight n a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees Synonym(s): fire blight, pear blight
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fire opal n an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors [syn: fire opal, girasol]
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fire-bellied toad n toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside Synonym(s): fire- bellied toad, Bombina bombina
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fireball n an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) [syn: bolide, fireball] a highly energetic and indefatigable person Synonym(s): powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire, fireball a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
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firefly n tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots Synonym(s): firefly, fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs Synonym(s): firefly, lightning bug
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fireplace n an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" Synonym(s): fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
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fireplug n an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire Synonym(s): fireplug, fire hydrant, plug
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fore plane n a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane
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foreplay n mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse [syn: foreplay, arousal, stimulation]
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four flush n the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards Synonym(s): bluff, four flush
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four-flusher n a person who tries to bluff other people [syn: bluffer, four-flusher]
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four-fold adj having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" Synonym(s): quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" Synonym(s): quadruple, fourfold, four-fold
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four-ply adj having a thickness made up of four layers or strands; "four-ply yarns"
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fourfold adv by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years" Synonym(s): fourfold, four times adj four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" Synonym(s): quadruple, fourfold, four-fold having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" Synonym(s): quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold
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fourfold point correlation n an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female) Synonym(s): phi coefficient, phi correlation, fourfold point correlation
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Fra Filippo Lippi n Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469) Synonym(s): Lippi, Fra Filippo Lippi
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free fall n the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" Synonym(s): drop, dip, fall, free fall
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free-flying adj able to fly through the air (as a bird); "three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage"
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friability n excessive breakableness Synonym(s): crumbliness, friability
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friable adj easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies" Synonym(s): crumbly, friable
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frivol v act frivolously Synonym(s): frivol, trifle
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frivol away v spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" Synonym(s): fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
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frivolity n the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible [syn: frivolity, frivolousness] Antonym(s): earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity something of little value or significance Synonym(s): bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity acting like a clown or buffoon Synonym(s): buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
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frivolous adj not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" Antonym(s): serious
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frivolously adv in a frivolous manner; "she spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl"
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frivolousness n the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible [syn: frivolity, frivolousness] Antonym(s): earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity
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Froebel n German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852) Synonym(s): Froebel, Friedrich Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel
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furbelow n a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim Synonym(s): frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fair \Fair\, a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[91]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[81]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. {Fang}, {Fain}, {Fay} to fit.] 1. Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure. A fair white linen cloth. --Book of Common Prayer. 2. Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful. Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made. --Shak. 3. Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. The northern people large and fair-complexioned. --Sir M. Hale. 4. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day. You wish fair winds may waft him over. --Prior. 5. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. --Sir W. Raleigh. 6. (Shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 7. Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. [bd]I would call it fair play.[b8] --Shak. 8. Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc. When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. --L' Estrange. 9. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting. 10. Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. The news is very fair and good, my lord. --Shak. {Fair ball}. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a {fair hit}. {Fair maid}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European pilchard ({Clupea pilchardus}) when dried. (b) The southern scup ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). [Virginia] {Fair one}, a handsome woman; a beauty, {Fair play}, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. {From fair to middling}, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] {The fair sex}, the female sex. Syn: Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See {Candid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fair \Fair\, a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[91]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[81]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. {Fang}, {Fain}, {Fay} to fit.] 1. Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure. A fair white linen cloth. --Book of Common Prayer. 2. Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful. Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made. --Shak. 3. Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. The northern people large and fair-complexioned. --Sir M. Hale. 4. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day. You wish fair winds may waft him over. --Prior. 5. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. --Sir W. Raleigh. 6. (Shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 7. Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. [bd]I would call it fair play.[b8] --Shak. 8. Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc. When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. --L' Estrange. 9. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting. 10. Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. The news is very fair and good, my lord. --Shak. {Fair ball}. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a {fair hit}. {Fair maid}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European pilchard ({Clupea pilchardus}) when dried. (b) The southern scup ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). [Virginia] {Fair one}, a handsome woman; a beauty, {Fair play}, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. {From fair to middling}, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] {The fair sex}, the female sex. Syn: Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See {Candid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fairy \Fair"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}. {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite.
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Fearful \Fear"ful\, a. 1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power. --Bp. Warburton. 2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? --Deut. xx. 8. 3. Indicating, or caused by, fear. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. --Shak. 4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. --Deut. xxviii. 58. Death is a fearful thing. --Shak. In dreams they fearful precipices tread. --Dryden. Syn: Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.
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Fearfully \Fear"ful*ly\, adv. In a fearful manner.
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Fearfulness \Fear"ful*ness\, n. The state of being fearful.
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Fireflaire \Fire"flaire`\, n. [Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray.] (Zo[94]l.) A European sting ray of the genus {Trygon} ({T. pastinaca}); -- called also {fireflare} and {fiery flaw}.
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Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[ymac]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[ymac]ri, f[umac]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame. Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed. 2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace. 3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. 4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire. 5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper. he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury. 6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope. 7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. Stars, hide your fires. --Shak. As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires. --Milton. 8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. 9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. {Blue fire}, {Red fire}, {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc. {Fire alarm} (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm. {Fire annihilator}, a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid. {Fire balloon}. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part
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. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plug \Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[94]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] 3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.] 4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.] 5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. {Fire plug}, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] {Hawse plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. {Plug and feather}. (Stone Working) See {Feather}, n., 7. {Plug centerbit}, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. {Plug rod} (Steam Eng.), a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. {Plug valve} (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
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. (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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. (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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Fireball \Fire"ball`\, n. Ball, or globular, lightning.
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Fireball \Fire"ball`\, n. (a) (Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen. (b) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
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Fireflaire \Fire"flaire`\, n. [Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray.] (Zo[94]l.) A European sting ray of the genus {Trygon} ({T. pastinaca}); -- called also {fireflare} and {fiery flaw}.
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Fireflame \Fire"flame`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European band fish ({Cepola rubescens}).
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Fireflaire \Fire"flaire`\, n. [Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray.] (Zo[94]l.) A European sting ray of the genus {Trygon} ({T. pastinaca}); -- called also {fireflare} and {fiery flaw}.
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Firefly \Fire"fly`\, n.; pl. {Fireflies}. (Zo[94]l.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family {Lampyrid[91]}. Note: The common American species belong to the genera {Photinus} and {Photuris}, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of {Elaterid[91]}. See {Fire beetle}.
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Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla ph[d2]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
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Firetail \Fire"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European redstart; -- called also {fireflirt}. [prov. Eng.]
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Firefly \Fire"fly`\, n.; pl. {Fireflies}. (Zo[94]l.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family {Lampyrid[91]}. Note: The common American species belong to the genera {Photinus} and {Photuris}, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of {Elaterid[91]}. See {Fire beetle}.
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Fireplace \Fire"place`\, n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.
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Forblack \For*black"\, a. Very black. [Obs.] As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Forefeel \Fore*feel"\, v. t. To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. --Chapman.
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Foreflow \Fore*flow"\, v. t. To flow before. [Obs.]
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Forfalture \For"fal*ture\, n. Forfeiture. [Obs.]
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Fourfold \Four"fold`\, a. & adv. [AS. fe[a2]werfeold.] Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He shall restore the lamb fourfold. --2 Sam. xii. 6.
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Fourfold \Four"fold`\, n. Four times as many or as much.
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Fourfold \Four"fold`\, v. t. To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.
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Frapler \Frap"ler\, n. A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.] Unpolished, a frapler, and base. --B. Jonson.
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Friable \Fri"able\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf. F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. [bd]Friable ground.[b8] --Evelyn. [bd]Soft and friable texture.[b8] --Paley. -- {Fri'able*ness}, n.
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Friable \Fri"able\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf. F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. [bd]Friable ground.[b8] --Evelyn. [bd]Soft and friable texture.[b8] --Paley. -- {Fri'able*ness}, n.
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Fribble \Frib"ble\, n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. A pert fribble of a peer. --Thackeray.
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Fribble \Frib"ble\, v. i. 1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously. The fools that are fribbling round about you. --Thackeray. 2. To totter. [Obs.]
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Fribbler \Frib"bler\, n. A trifler; a fribble.
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Fribbling \Frib"bling\, a. Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.
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Frible \Frib"le\, a. [Cf. F. frivole, L. frivolus, or E. frippery.] Frivolous; trifling; sily.
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Frivol \Friv"ol\, v. i. To act frivolously; to trifle. --Kipling. -- {Friv"oler}, {Friv"oller}, n. [All Colloq.]
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Frivol \Friv"ol\, v. i. To act frivolously; to trifle. --Kipling. -- {Friv"oler}, {Friv"oller}, n. [All Colloq.]
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Frivolism \Friv"o*lism\, n. Frivolity. [R.] --Pristley.
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Frivolity \Frivol"ity\, n.; pl. {Frivolities}. [Cg. F. frivolit[82]. See {Frivolous}.] The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
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Frivolity \Frivol"ity\, n.; pl. {Frivolities}. [Cg. F. frivolit[82]. See {Frivolous}.] The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
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Frivol \Friv"ol\, v. i. To act frivolously; to trifle. --Kipling. -- {Friv"oler}, {Friv"oller}, n. [All Colloq.]
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Frivolous \Friv"olous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. --Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. --Macaulay. Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- {Friv"olously}, adv. -- {Friv"olous*ness}, n.
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Frivolous \Friv"olous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. --Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. --Macaulay. Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- {Friv"olously}, adv. -- {Friv"olous*ness}, n.
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Frivolous \Friv"olous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. --Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. --Macaulay. Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- {Friv"olously}, adv. -- {Friv"olous*ness}, n.
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Froebelian \Froebel"ian\, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or the kindergarten system of education, which he organized. -- n. One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system.
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Furbelow \Fur"be*low\, n. [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbal[85].] A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
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Furhelow \Fur"he*low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furbelowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furbelowing}.] To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
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Furhelow \Fur"he*low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furbelowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furbelowing}.] To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
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Fair Bluff, NC (town, FIPS 22240) Location: 34.31174 N, 79.03461 W Population (1990): 1068 (467 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28439
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Fairfield Beach, OH (CDP, FIPS 26110) Location: 39.91784 N, 82.48113 W Population (1990): 1084 (541 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairfield County, CT (county, FIPS 1) Location: 41.22550 N, 73.37103 W Population (1990): 827645 (324355 housing units) Area: 1621.0 sq km (land), 546.9 sq km (water) Fairfield County, OH (county, FIPS 45) Location: 39.74564 N, 82.62805 W Population (1990): 103461 (39014 housing units) Area: 1309.9 sq km (land), 7.4 sq km (water) Fairfield County, SC (county, FIPS 39) Location: 34.39602 N, 81.12562 W Population (1990): 22295 (8730 housing units) Area: 1778.2 sq km (land), 60.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairfield Glade, TN (CDP, FIPS 24980) Location: 36.00012 N, 84.89940 W Population (1990): 2209 (1566 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38555
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairplains, NC (CDP, FIPS 22380) Location: 36.19628 N, 81.15274 W Population (1990): 2339 (1020 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairplay, CO (town, FIPS 25610) Location: 39.22381 N, 105.99905 W Population (1990): 387 (289 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80440 Fairplay, KY Zip code(s): 42735
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairview Lanes, OH (CDP, FIPS 26432) Location: 41.42707 N, 82.65668 W Population (1990): 1120 (392 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fairvilla, FL Zip code(s): 32804
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Faribault, MN (city, FIPS 20546) Location: 44.29744 N, 93.27492 W Population (1990): 17085 (6618 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55021
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Faribault County, MN (county, FIPS 43) Location: 43.67710 N, 93.94785 W Population (1990): 16937 (7416 housing units) Area: 1848.4 sq km (land), 20.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ferryville, WI (village, FIPS 25725) Location: 43.34323 N, 91.08355 W Population (1990): 154 (95 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54628
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Freeville, NY (village, FIPS 27529) Location: 42.51194 N, 76.34600 W Population (1990): 437 (168 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13068
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
for values of [MIT] A common rhetorical maneuver at MIT is to use any of the canonical {random numbers} as placeholders for variables. "The max function takes 42 arguments, for arbitrary values of 42." "There are 69 ways to leave your lover, for 69 = 50." This is especially likely when the speaker has uttered a random number and realizes that it was not recognized as such, but even `non-random' numbers are occasionally used in this fashion. A related joke is that pi equals 3 -- for small values of pi and large values of 3. Historical note: at MIT this usage has traditionally been traced to the programming language MAD (Michigan Algorithm Decoder), an Algol-58-like language that was the most common choice among mainstream (non-hacker) users at MIT in the mid-60s. It inherited from Algol-58 a control structure FOR VALUES OF X = 3, 7, 99 DO ... that would repeat the indicated instructions for each value in the list (unlike the usual FOR that only works for arithmetic sequences of values). MAD is long extinct, but similar for-constructs still flourish (e.g., in Unix's shell languages).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
for values of A common rhetorical maneuver at {MIT} is to use any of the canonical {random numbers} as placeholders for variables. "The max function takes 42 arguments, for arbitrary values of 42". "There are 69 ways to leave your lover, for 69 = 50". This is especially likely when the speaker has uttered a random number and realises that it was not recognised as such, but even "non-random" numbers are occasionally used in this fashion. A related joke is that pi equals 3 - for small values of pi and large values of 3. This usage probably derives from the programming language MAD ({Michigan Algorithm Decoder}), an {ALGOL}-like language that was the most common choice among mainstream (non-hacker) users at {MIT} in the mid-1960s. It had a {control structure} FOR VALUES OF X = 3, 7, 99 DO ... that would repeat the indicated instructions for each value in the list (unlike the usual FOR that generates an {arithmetic sequence} of values). MAD is long extinct, but similar for-constructs still flourish (e.g. in {Unix}'s {shell} languages). [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-16)