fable
         n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn:
               {fabrication}, {fiction}, {fable}]
         2: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn:
            {fable}, {parable}, {allegory}, {apologue}]
         3: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events [syn:
            {legend}, {fable}]

English Dictionary: feeble	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeble adj pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" Synonym(s): feeble, lame lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" Synonym(s): faint, feeble lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonym(s): feeble, nerveless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feebly adv in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway" in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibula n the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle Synonym(s): fibula, calf bone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fipple n a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foible n a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual Synonym(s): idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fabella \[d8]Fa*bel"la\, n.; pl. {Fabellae} (-l[?]). [NL.,       dim. of L. faba a bean.] (Anat.)       One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles       of the femur, in some mammals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fabling}.]       To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write       or utter what is not true. [bd]He Fables not.[b8] --Shak.                   Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. --Prior.                   He fables, yet speaks truth.                  --M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fable \Fa"ble\, v. t.       To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or       real; to tell of falsely.                   The hell thou fablest.                           --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fable \Fa"ble\ (f[amac]"b'l), n. [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to       speak, say. See {Ban}, and cf. {Fabulous}, {Fame}.]       1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a             fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth             or precept; an apologue. See the Note under {Apologue}.                         Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.                                                                               --Addison.          2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming             the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.                         The moral is the first business of the poet; this                      being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as                      may be most suitable to the moral.      --Dryden.          3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of             talk. [bd]Old wives' fables. [b8] --1 Tim. iv. 7.                         We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt.                                                                               --Tennyson.          4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.                         It would look like a fable to report that this                      gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret                      methods.                                             --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faffle \Faf"fle\, v. i. [Cf. {Famble}, {Maffle}.]       To stammer. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foible \Foi"ble\, n.       1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.                         A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded                      and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De                                                                               Quincey.          2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;             -- opposed to forte. [Written also {faible}.]          Syn: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity;                frailty; defect. See {Fault}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favel \Fa"vel\, a. [OF. fauvel, favel, dim. of F. fauve; of       German oigin. See {Fallow}, a.]       Yellow; fal[?]ow; dun. [Obs.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favel \Fa"vel\, n.       A horse of a favel or dun color.          {To curry favel}. See {To curry favor}, under {Favor}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favel \Fa"vel\, n. [OF. favele, fr. L. fabella short fable, dim.       of fabula. See {Fable}.]       Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [Obs.] --Skeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[emac]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler}       (-bl[etil]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[ecr]st).] [OE. feble,       OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L.       flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to       weep. Cf. {Foible}.]       1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.                         Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2                                                                               Chron. xxviii.                                                                               15.          2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or             expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;             faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. [bd]A lady's             feeble voice.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t.       To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]                   Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feebly \Fee"bly\, adv.       In a feeble manner.                   The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with                half a heart.                                          --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fibula \[d8]Fib"u*la\, n.; pl. {Fibul[92]}. [L., clasp,       buckle.]       1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.                         Mere fibul[91], without a robe to clasp.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones             of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.          3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fipple \Fip"ple\ (f[etil]r), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a       pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]       A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foible \Foi"ble\, a. [OF. foible. See {Feeble}.]       Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foible \Foi"ble\, n.       1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.                         A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded                      and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De                                                                               Quincey.          2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;             -- opposed to forte. [Written also {faible}.]          Syn: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity;                frailty; defect. See {Fault}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Foveola \[d8]Fo*ve"o*la\, n.; pl. {Foveol[91]}. [NL., dim. of       L. fovea.]       A small depression or pit; a fovea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fovilla \Fo*vil"la\, n.; pl. {Fovill[91]}. [Dim. fr. L. fovere       to cherish.] (Bot.)       One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a       pollen grain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fovilla \Fo*vil"la\, n.; pl. {Fovill[91]}. [Dim. fr. L. fovere       to cherish.] (Bot.)       One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a       pollen grain.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fable       applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations,       "cunningly devised fables", of the Jews on religious questions       (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such       passages the word means anything false and unreal. But the word       is used as almost equivalent to parable. Thus we have (1) the       fable of Jotham, in which the trees are spoken of as choosing a       king (Judg. 9:8-15); and (2) that of the cedars of Lebanon and       the thistle as Jehoash's answer to Amaziah (2 Kings 14:9).