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faddily
adv 1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddishly}, {faddily}]

English Dictionary: fuddle	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatal adj bringing death Antonym(s): nonfatal having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" Synonym(s): fateful, fatal (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" Synonym(s): black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" Synonym(s): fatal, fateful
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fatally adv with fatal consequences or implications; "he was fatally ill equipped for the climb"
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fatty oil n nonvolatile animal or plant oil [syn: fixed oil, {fatty oil}]
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fauteuil n an upholstered armchair
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fee tail n a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away
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fee-tail v limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs Synonym(s): fee-tail, entail
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fetal adj of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development" [syn: fetal, foetal]
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fettle n a state of fitness and good health; "in fine fettle" v remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
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feudal adj of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism [syn: feudal, feudalistic]
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feudally adv in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
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fiddle n bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow Synonym(s): violin, fiddle v avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" Synonym(s): fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" play the violin or fiddle play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" Synonym(s): toy, fiddle, diddle, play play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" Synonym(s): tamper, fiddle, monkey try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" Synonym(s): tinker, fiddle
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fitly adv in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" Synonym(s): appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly Antonym(s): inappropriately, unsuitably
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foetal adj of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development" [syn: fetal, foetal]
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foothill n a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain
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footle v be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
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footwall n the lower wall of an inclined fault
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ft-L n a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot Synonym(s): foot-lambert, ft-L
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fuddle n a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] v make stupid with alcohol Synonym(s): befuddle, fuddle consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" Synonym(s): drink, booze, fuddle be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" Synonym(s): confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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futile adj producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" Synonym(s): futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" Synonym(s): bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faddle \Fad"dle\, v. i. [Cf. {Fiddle}, {Fiddle-faddle}.] To trifle; to toy. -- v. t. To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fatal \Fa"tal\, a. [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See {Fate}.] 1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.] These thing are fatal and necessary. --Tillotson. It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. --Bacon. 2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. --Shak. 3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
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Fatally \Fa"tal*ly\, adv. 1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. --Bentley. 2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.
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Fatly \Fat"ly\, adv. Grossly; greasily.
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Fd2tal \F[d2]"tal\, a. Same as {Fetal}.
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Featly \Feat"ly\, adv. [From {Feat}, a.] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic] Foot featly here and there. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fee \Fee\ (f[emac]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of [bd]property, money,[b8] arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel. f[emac] cattle, property, money, Goth. fa[a1]hu, L. pecus cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa[cced]u cattle, perh. orig., [bd]a fastened or tethered animal,[b8] from a root signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. [root]249. Cf. {Feud}, {Fief}, {Fellow}, {Pecuniary}.] 1. property; possession; tenure. [bd]Laden with rich fee.[b8] --Spenser. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee. --Wordsworth. 2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc. To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. --Shak. 3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. 4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. Note: All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee tail, which is limited to particular heirs. --Blackstone. 5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. {Fee estate} (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. {Fee farm} (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. --Blackstone. {Fee farm rent} (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. {Fee fund} (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. {Fee simple} (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits. Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. --Shak. {Fee tail} (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. --Burill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feed \Feed\, n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. 2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak. 3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats. 4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.] For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found. --Milton. 5. The water supplied to steam boilers. 6. (Mach.) (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. {Feed head}. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or simply {feed} or {head} --Knight. {Feed heater}. (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. --Knight. {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feodal \Feod"al\, a. Feudal. See {Feudal}.
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Fetal \Fe"tal\, a. [From {Fetus}.] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
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Fettle \Fet"tle\, v. i. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
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Fettle \Fet"tle\, n. The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. {In fine fettle}, in good spirits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fettle \Fet"tle\, v. t. [OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n., order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. fit. See {Fit}, a.] 1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.] --Carlyle. 2. (Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudal \Feu"dal\, a. [F. f[82]odal, or LL. feudalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures. 2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudally \Feu"dal*ly\, adv. In a feudal manner.
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Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. --Bacon. 2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}. 3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body. {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight. {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick. {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish. {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low) {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. --Bacon. 2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}. 3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body. {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight. {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick. {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish. {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low) {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. --Bacon. 2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}. 3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body. {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight. {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick. {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish. {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low) {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
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Fithel \Fith"el\, Fithul \Fith"ul\, n. [OE. See {Fiddle}.] A fiddle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fithel \Fith"el\, Fithul \Fith"ul\, n. [OE. See {Fiddle}.] A fiddle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fitly \Fit"ly\, adv. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foothill \Foot"hill`\, n. A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. i. To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p., {Fuddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuddling}.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. {Fuzzle}.] To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. --Steele.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Futile \Fu"tile\ (?; 277), a. [L. futilis that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See {Fuse}, v. t.] 1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.] Talkers and futile persons. --Bacon. 2. Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless. [bd]Futile theories.[b8] --I. Taylor. His reasoning . . . was singularly futile. --Macaulay.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fatal Resulting in termination of the program. (1997-08-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FIDIL Based on "maps", generalised arrays whose index sets ("domains") are arbitrary D-dimensional sets. Domains are first-class objects and may be constructed by union, intersection, etc. ["Fidil: A Language for Scientific Programming", P.N. Hilfinger et al, TR UCRL-98057, LLNL Jan 1988].