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   faint
         adj 1: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking
                  clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline";
                  "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a
                  distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound";
                  "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" [syn: {faint}, {weak}]
         2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
            distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
            the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
            fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: {dim},
            {faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}, {wispy}]
         3: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
            "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn:
            {faint}, {feeble}]
         4: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint
            from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light
            in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine";
            "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: {faint}, {light},
            {swooning}, {light-headed}, {lightheaded}]
         5: indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue
            to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
         6: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er
            won fair lady" [syn: {faint}, {fainthearted}, {timid},
            {faint-hearted}]
         n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient
               blood to the brain [syn: {faint}, {swoon}, {syncope},
               {deliquium}]
         v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due
               to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: {faint},
               {conk}, {swoon}, {pass out}]

English Dictionary: fund	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
famed adj widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" Synonym(s): celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fan out v move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanned adj especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards" Synonym(s): fanned, spread- out(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanweed n foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America Synonym(s): field pennycress, French weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate mustard, Thlaspi arvense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feint n any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) v deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fend v try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" Synonym(s): resist, stand, fend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiend n a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] an evil supernatural being Synonym(s): devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill Synonym(s): fanatic, fiend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
find n a productive insight [syn: discovery, breakthrough, find] the act of discovering something Synonym(s): discovery, find, uncovering v come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump, encounter discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" Synonym(s): detect, observe, find, discover, notice come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" Synonym(s): find, regain Antonym(s): lose establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" Synonym(s): determine, find, find out, ascertain come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" Synonym(s): find, feel perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" Synonym(s): witness, find, see get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" Synonym(s): line up, get hold, come up, find make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" Synonym(s): discover, find make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" Synonym(s): discover, find obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" Synonym(s): rule, find receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" Synonym(s): receive, get, find, obtain, incur perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Synonym(s): recover, retrieve, find, regain succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" Synonym(s): find oneself, find
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finite adj bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent Antonym(s): infinite of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person Antonym(s): infinite, non-finite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fomite n any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another Synonym(s): fomite, vehicle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fond adj having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" Synonym(s): affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" Synonym(s): adoring, doting, fond (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" Synonym(s): fond(p), partial(p) absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fonda n United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937) Synonym(s): Fonda, Jane Fonda United States film actor (1905-1982) Synonym(s): Fonda, Henry Fonda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fondu n cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces Synonym(s): fondue, fondu hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped Synonym(s): fondue, fondu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fondue n cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces Synonym(s): fondue, fondu hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped Synonym(s): fondue, fondu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
font n a specific size and style of type within a type family Synonym(s): font, fount, typeface, face, case bowl for baptismal water Synonym(s): baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
found adj come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" Antonym(s): lost n food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found" v set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] Antonym(s): abolish, get rid of set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" Synonym(s): establish, found, plant, constitute, institute use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" Synonym(s): establish, base, ground, found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fount n a specific size and style of type within a type family Synonym(s): font, fount, typeface, face, case a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water Synonym(s): fountain, fount
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumed adj (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes; "fumed oak"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fund n a reserve of money set aside for some purpose [syn: fund, monetary fund] a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" Synonym(s): store, stock, fund a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies Synonym(s): investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund v convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds place or store up in a fund for accumulation provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest invest money in government securities accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\ (f[amac]nt), a. [Compar. {Fainter} (-[etil]r); superl. {Faintest}.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See {Feign}, and cf. {Feint}.] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, [bd]Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.[b8] --Old Proverb. 3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. 4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. --Sir J. Davies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\, v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] It faints me to think what follows. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\, n. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See {Fainting}, n. The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faint \Faint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fainted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fainting}.] 1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See {Fainting}, n. Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. --Guardian. If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way. --Mark viii. 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fainty \Faint"y\, a. Feeble; languid. [R.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Famed},; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faming}.] 1. To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fand \Fand\, obs. imp. of {Find}. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van} a winnowing machine.] 1. To move as with a fan. The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. --Milton. 2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. 3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. --Dryden. 4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2. 5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. {Fanning machine}, [or] {Fanning mill}, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feint \Feint\, a. [F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See {Feign}.] Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.] Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feint \Feint\, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See {Feint}, a.] 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. --Spectator. 2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feint \Feint\, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, n. A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.] To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden. {To fend off a} {boat [or] vessel} (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off. The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fenowed \Fen"owed\, a. [AS. fynig musty, fynegean to become musty or filthy: cf. fennig fenny, muddy, dirty, fr. fen fen. Cf. {Finew}.] Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See {Vinnewed}. [Obs.] --Dr. Favour.
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Fewmet \Few"met\, n. See {Fumet}. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Fiaunt \Fi*aunt"\, n. Commission; fiat; order; decree. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiend \Fiend\, n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fe[a2]nd; akin to OS. f[c6]ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. f[c6]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[be]nd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe[a2]n, fe[a2]gan, OHG. f[c6][?]n, Goth. fijan, Skr. p[c6]y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. [fb]81. Cf. {Foe}, {Friend}.] An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. --Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[?]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. [?] to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.] 1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. 2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. [bd]I find you passing gentle.[b8] --Shak. The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Wages [9c]14 and all found. --London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch[91]ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Findy \Fin"dy\, a. [AS. finding heavy; cf. Dan. fyndig strong, energetical, fynd strength, energy, emphasis.] Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial. [Obs.] A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd findy. --Old Proverb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fining}.] [From {Fine}, a.] 1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold. It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. --Hobbes. 2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey. 3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. --Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finite \Fi"nite\, a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See {Finish}, and cf. {Fine}, a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fin \Fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finning}.] [Cf. {Fin} of a fish.] To carve or cut up, as a chub.
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Finned \Finned\, a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fint \Fint\, 3d pers. sing. pr. of {Find}, for findeth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foam \Foam\, v.i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foaming}.] [AS. f?man. See {Foam}, n.] 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix. 18. 2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fond \Fond\, n. [F., fr. L. fundus. See {Fund}.] [Obs., or used as a French word] 1. Foundation; bottom; groundwork; specif.: (a) (Lace Making) The ground. (b) (Cookery) The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce. 2. Fund, stock, or store.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fond \Fond\, v. t. To caress; to fondle. [Obs.] The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fond \Fond\, v. i. To be fond; to dote. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fond \Fond\, obs. imp. of {Find}. Found. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fond \Fond\, a. [Compar. {Fonder}; superl. {Fondest}.] [For fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See {Fon}.] 1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. --Shak. 2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate. 3. Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. --Addison. 4. Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on). More fond on her than she upon her love. --Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. --Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. --Irving. 5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.] Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. --Byron. 6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fonde \Fond"e\, v. t. & i. [AS. fandian to try.] To endeavor; to strive; to try. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fondue \[d8]Fon`due"\, n. [Also erroneously {Fon`du"}.] [F. See {Fondu}; cf. {Fondant}.] (Cookery) A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Font \Font\, n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See {Found} to cast, and cf. {Fount} a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Font \Font\, n. [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See {Fount}.] 1. A fountain; a spring; a source. Bathing forever in the font of bliss. --Young. 2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. That name was given me at the font. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[?]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. [?] to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.] 1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. 2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. [bd]I find you passing gentle.[b8] --Shak. The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Wages [9c]14 and all found. --London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. [bd]Whereof to found their engines.[b8] --Milton.
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Found \Found\, imp. & p. p. of {Find}.
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Found \Found\, n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.] 1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt. vii. 25. 2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. --Milton. Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See {Predicate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fount \Fount\, n. [See {Font}.] (Print.) A font.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fount \Fount\, n. [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. {Font}.] A fountain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumade \Fumade"\, Fumado \Fuma"do\, n.; pl. {Fumades}, {Fumadoes}. [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See {Fume}, v. i.] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumade \Fumade"\, Fumado \Fuma"do\, n.; pl. {Fumades}, {Fumadoes}. [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See {Fume}, v. i.] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. Where the golden altar fumed. --Milton. Silenus lay, Whose constant cups lay fuming to his brain. --Roscommon. 2. To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied. Keep his brain fuming. --Shak. 3. To pass off in fumes or vapors. Their parts pre kept from fuming away by their fixity. --Cheyne. 4. To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. While her mother did fret, and her father did fume. --Sir W. Scott. {To tame away}, to give way to excitement and displeasure; to storm; also, to pass off in fumes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumet \Fu"met\, n. [Cf. F. fumier dung, OF. femier, fr. L. fimus dung.] The dung of deer. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumet \Fu"met\d8Fumette \[d8]Fu*mette"\, n. [F. fumet odor, fume of wine or meat, fr. L. fumus smoke. See {Fume}, n.] The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumid \Fu"mid\, a. [L. fumidus, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}.] Smoky; vaporous. --Sir T. Broune.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Funded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Funding}.] 1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes. 2. To place in a fund, as money. 3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fund \Fund\, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See {Found} to establish.] 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. 2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. 3. pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also {public funds}. 4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object. 5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense. An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay. {Sinking fund}, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fanwood, NJ (borough, FIPS 22860) Location: 40.64175 N, 74.38574 W Population (1990): 7115 (2507 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07023
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fenwood, WI (village, FIPS 25650) Location: 44.86552 N, 90.01363 W Population (1990): 214 (70 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54426
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fonda, IA (city, FIPS 28245) Location: 42.58177 N, 94.84552 W Population (1990): 731 (354 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50540 Fonda, NY (village, FIPS 26462) Location: 42.95327 N, 74.37311 W Population (1990): 1007 (379 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12068
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fonde, KY Zip code(s): 40940
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
femto- {prefix}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
finite {compact}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
font A set of {glyphs} ({images}) representing the {characters} from some particular {character set} in a particular size and {typeface}. The image of each character may be encoded either as a {bitmap} (in a {bitmap font}) or by a higher-level description in terms of lines and areas (an {outline font}). There are several different computer representations for fonts, the most widely known are {Adobe Systems, Inc.}'s {PostScript} font definitions and {Apple}'s {TrueType}. {Window systems} can display different fonts on the screen and print them. [Other types of font?] (2001-04-27)