fain
         adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I
                  would fain do it" [syn: {gladly}, {lief}, {fain}]
         adj 1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn:
                  {disposed(p)}, {fain}, {inclined(p)}, {prepared}]

English Dictionary: fame	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fame n the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed Synonym(s): fame, celebrity, renown Antonym(s): infamy, opprobrium favorable public reputation Antonym(s): infamy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fan n a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces an enthusiastic devotee of sports Synonym(s): sports fan, fan, rooter an ardent follower and admirer Synonym(s): fan, buff, devotee, lover v strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" agitate the air separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" Synonym(s): winnow, fan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanny n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals" Synonym(s): female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faun n ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fauna n all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" Synonym(s): fauna, zoology Antonym(s): botany, flora, vegetation a living organism characterized by voluntary movement Synonym(s): animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fawn n a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" Synonym(s): dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn a young deer v show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" Synonym(s): fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up have fawns; "deer fawn"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FEMA n an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities Synonym(s): Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fen n 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" Synonym(s): marsh, marshland, fen, fenland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fin n the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe] one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile Synonym(s): tail fin, tailfin, fin one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain Synonym(s): louver, louvre, fin a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) Synonym(s): flipper, fin a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals v equip (a car) with fins propel oneself through the water in a finning motion show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface" Synonym(s): fin, break water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine adv an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence Synonym(s): very well, fine, alright, all right, OK in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" Synonym(s): finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely adj being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" Synonym(s): all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction" thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master" of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" Antonym(s): coarse, harsh free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" n money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, mulct, amercement] v issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!" Synonym(s): ticket, fine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Finn n a native or inhabitant of Finland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FM n modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave Synonym(s): frequency modulation, FM a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons Synonym(s): fermium, Fm, atomic number 100
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FNMA n a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages Synonym(s): Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae, FNMA
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foam n a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" Synonym(s): foam, froth a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture v become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" Synonym(s): foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foamy adj producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth" Synonym(s): foaming, foamy, frothing emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer" Synonym(s): bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foehn n a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps Synonym(s): fohn, foehn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fohn n a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps Synonym(s): fohn, foehn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fume n a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume] v be mad, angry, or furious emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" Synonym(s): fume, smoke treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests Synonym(s): fumigate, fume be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face Synonym(s): reek, fume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fun n activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" Synonym(s): fun, merriment, playfulness verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" Synonym(s): fun, play, sport violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun" a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" Synonym(s): playfulness, fun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funny adj arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" Synonym(s): amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" Synonym(s): curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest" n an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" Synonym(s): funny story, good story, funny remark, funny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f[91]gen; akin to OS.       fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice, OS.       fagan[omac]n, Icel. fagna, Goth. fagin[omac]n, cf. Goth.       fah[emac]ds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr       {Fair}, a., and cf. {Fawn} to court favor.]       1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.                         Men and birds are fain of climbing high. --Shak.                         To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up                      together with his business.               --Jer. Taylor.          2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. --Shak.                         The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at                      Basle to keep himself from starving.   --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, adv.       With joy; gladly; -- with wold.                   He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that                the swine did eat.                                 --Luke xv. 16.                   Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not.      --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain \Fain\, v. t. & i.       To be glad; to wish or desire. [Obs.]                   Whoso fair thing does fain to see.         --Spencer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fame \Fame\, n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to       Gr. [?][?][?][?] a saying, report, [?][?][?][?][?] to speak.       See {Ban}, and cf. {Fable}, {Fate}, {Euphony}, {Blame}.]       1. Public report or rumor.                         The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.                                                                               --Gen. xlv.                                                                               16.          2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public             estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable;             as, the fame of Washington.                         I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.                                                                               --Shak.          Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.
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]:
Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing       grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.]       1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of             air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad             surface; as:             (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of                   feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on                   sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when                   opened to radiate from the center and assume the                   figure of a section of a circle.             (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing                   currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,                   ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the                   resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.             (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the                   grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is                   separated and blown away.             (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a                   peacock's tail, a window, etc.             (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of                   a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.                               Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with                            the shovel and with the fan.         --Is. xxx. 24.          2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,             as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,             heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the             flame of his passion.          3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft             inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air             (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and             ventilation; a fanner.          {Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket.          {Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from             the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those             windows which are set in the circular heads of arched             doorways.          {Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family             {Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1.          {Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface             of fan vaulting.          {Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in             which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as             in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is             peculiar to English Gothic.          {Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower.          {Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above).
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]:
Fane \Fane\, n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a       sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See {Fame}.]       A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]                   Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes.                                                                               --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fane \Fane\, n. [See {Vane}.]       A weathercock. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faun \Faun\, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See       {Favor}.] (Rom. Myth.)       A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the       satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and       half man.                   Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.                        --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fauna \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See {Faun}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of       America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Faunus \[d8]Fau"nus\, n.;pl. {Fauni}. [L.] (Myth.)       See {Faun}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawn \Fawn\, a.       Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]       To bring forth a fawn.
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]:
Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.       faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.             See {Buck}.          2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]                         [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.                                                                               --Holland.          3. A fawn color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawn \Fawn\, n.       A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feine \Feine\, v. t. & i.       To feign. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fen \Fen\, n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen,       OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth.       fani mud.]       Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with       water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic       plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.                   'Mid reedy fens wide spread.                  --Wordsworth.          Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to,                or of the nature of, a fen or fens.          {Fen boat}, a boat of light draught used in marshes.          {Fen duck} (Zo[94]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the             shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]          {Fen fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens.          {Fen goose} (Zo[94]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov.             Eng.]          {Fen land}, swamp land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fenny \Fen"ny\, a. [AS. fennig.]       Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens;       swampy; boggy. [bd]Fenny snake.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ion \I"on\, n.       1. One of the electrified particles into which, according to             the electrolytic dissociation theory, the molecules of             electrolytes are divided by water and other solvents. An             ion consists of one or more atoms and carries a unit             charge of electricity, 3.4 x 10^{-10} electrostatic units,             or a multiple of this. Those which are positively             electrified (hydrogen and the metals) are called             {cations}; negative ions (hydroxyl and acidic atoms or             groups) are called {anions}.          Note: Thus, hydrochloric acid ({HCl}) dissociates, in aqueous                solution, into the hydrogen ion, H^{+}, and the                chlorine ion, Cl^{-}; ferric nitrate, {Fe(NO3)3},                yields the ferric ion, Fe^{+++}, and nitrate ions,                NO3^{-}, NO3^{-}, NO3^{-}. When a solution containing                ions is made part of an electric circuit, the cations                move toward the cathode, the anions toward the anode.                This movement is called migration, and the velocity of                it differs for different kinds of ions. If the                electromotive force is sufficient, electrolysis ensues:                cations give up their charge at the cathode and                separate in metallic form or decompose water, forming                hydrogen and alkali; similarly, at the anode the                element of the anion separates, or the metal of the                anode is dissolved, or decomposition occurs.          2. One of the small electrified particles into which the             molecules of a gas are broken up under the action of the             electric current, of ultraviolet and certain other rays,             and of high temperatures. To the properties and behavior             of ions the phenomena of the electric discharge through             rarefied gases and many other important effects are             ascribed. At low pressures the negative ions appear to be             electrons; the positive ions, atoms minus an electron. At             ordinary pressures each ion seems to include also a number             of attached molecules. Ions may be formed in a gas in             various ways.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feyne \Feyne\, v. t.       To feign. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fin \Fin\, n. (A[89]ronautics)       A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in       purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fin \Fin\, n. [See {Fine}, n.]       End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] [bd]She knew eke the fin of       his intent.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fin \Fin\, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. &       Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf.       {pen} a feather.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane             supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous             ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the             water.          Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the                caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other                fins being to balance or direct the body, though they                are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing                motion.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in             pteropod and heteropod mollusks.          3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or             product which protrudes like a fin, as:             (a) The hand. [Slang]             (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath.             (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the                   junction of the parts of a mold.             (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between                   the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.                   --Raymond.             (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline.          4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.          {Apidose fin}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Adipose}, a.          {Fin ray} (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or             bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of             fishes.          {Fin whale} (Zo[94]l.), a finback.          {Paired fins} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral and ventral fins,             corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher             animals.          {Unpaired, [or] Median}, {fins} (Zo[94]l.), the dorsal,             caudal, and anal fins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, adv.       1. Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.             [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.]          2. (Billiards & Pool) In a manner so that the driven ball             strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be             deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one             side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), v. i.       To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale       will fine; the weather fined.          {To fine} {away, down, off}, gradually to become fine; to             diminish; to dwindle.                         I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down                      in the westward until I lost of her hull. --W. C.                                                                               Russel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin,       LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus,       p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished,       perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.]       1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from             impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of             admiration; accomplished; beautiful.                         The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov.                                                                               iii. 14.                         A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.   --Shak.                         Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one                      of the finest scholars.                     --Felton.                         To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats].                                                                               --Leigh Hunt.          2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;             overdressed or overdecorated; showy.                         He gratified them with occasional . . . fine                      writing.                                             --M. Arnold.          3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;             dexterous.                         The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope.                         The nicest and most delicate touches of satire                      consist in fine raillery.                  --Dryden.                         He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a                      woman.                                                --T. Gray.          4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:             (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.                               The eye standeth in the finer medium and the                            object in the grosser.                  --Bacon.             (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine                   sand or flour.             (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.             (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.             (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine                   linen or silk.          5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its             composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.          6. (Used ironically.)                         Ye have made a fine hand, fellows.      --Shak.          Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and                adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn,                fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun,                etc.          {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a             glasshouse. --Knight.          {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}.          {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut             up into shreds.          {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality.             --McElrath.          {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used             as material for the finishing coat in plastering.          {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as             possible.          Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}.          Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to                   coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8]                   It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the                   single attribute implied in the latter term; but when                   we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety                   of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a                   woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is                   equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden,                   landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a                   great variety of objects, the word has still a very                   definite sense, denoting a high degree of                   characteristic excellence.
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]:
Fine \Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final       agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum       of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a       transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF.       fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See {Finish}, and cf.       {Finance}.]       1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] [bd]To             see their fatal fine.[b8] --Spenser.                         Is this the fine of his fines?            --Shak.          2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by             way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a             payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for             an offense; a mulct.          3. (Law)             (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or                   rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.                   --Spelman.             (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining                   a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a                   copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.          {Fine for alienation} (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to             the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over             his land to another. --Burrill.          {Fine of lands}, a species of conveyance in the form of a             fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the             acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was             the right of the other party. --Burrill. See {Concord},             n., 4.          {In fine}, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing             up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, v. i.       To pay a fine. See {Fine}, n., 3       (b) . [R.]                         Men fined for the king's good will; or that he                      would remit his anger; women fined for leave to                      marry.                                             --Hallam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See {Finish}, v.       t.]       To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, v. t. [From {Fine}, n.]       To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach       of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by       fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finew \Fin"ew\, n. [See {Fenowed}.]       Moldiness. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finn \Finn\, a.       A native of Finland; one of the Finn[?] in the ethnological       sense. See {Finns}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finns \Finns\, n. pl.; sing. {Finn}. (Ethnol.)       (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders.       (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and             Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians,             Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also {Fins}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finny \Fin"ny\, a.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes;             pertaining to fishes.          2. Abounding in fishes.                         With patient angle trolls the finny deep.                                                                               --Goldsmoth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foam \Foam\, n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]       The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles,       which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of       an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth;       spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.          {Foam cock}, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to             blow off impurities.
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]:
Foam \Foam\, v.t.       To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to       throw out with rage or violence, as foam. [bd]Foaming out       their own shame.[b8]                                       --Jude 13.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foamy \Foam"y\, a.       Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.                   Behold how high the foamy billows ride!   --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foin \Foin\ (foin), n. [F. fouine a marten.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The beech marten ({Mustela foina}). See             {Marten}.          2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken             from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.]                         He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and                      faced with foins.                              --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foin \Foin\, v. i. [OE. foinen, foignen; of uncertain origin;       cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F.       fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.]       To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.]                   He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed.                                                                               --Spenser.                   They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore                Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore.                                                                               --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foin \Foin\, v. t.       To prick; to st?ng. [Obs.] --Huloet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foin \Foin\, n.       A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fon \Fon\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. f[be]ni silly,       f[be]na to act silly, Sw. f[86]ne fool. Cf. {Fond}, a.]       A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fone \Fone\, n.;       pl. of {Foe}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fonne \Fon"ne\, n.       A fon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fum \Fum\, v. i.       To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.]                   Follow me, and fum as you go.                  --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, n. (Metal.)       Solid material deposited by condensation of fumes; as, lead       fume (a grayish powder chiefly lead sulphate).
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]:
Fume \Fume\ (f[umac]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[umac]ma       smoke, dh[umac] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to       sacrifice, storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to       E. dust: cf. OF. fum smoke, F. fum[82]e. Cf. {Dust}, n.,       {Femerell}, {Thyme}.]       1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke)             ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the             fumes of tobacco.                         The fumes of new shorn hay.               --T. Warton.                         The fumes of undigested wine.            --Dryden.          2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of             self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South.          3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit;             vain imagination.                         A show of fumes and fancies.               --Bacon.          4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.                         To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton.          {In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fume \Fume\, v. t.       1. To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors,             smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with             sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a             room.                         She fumed the temple with an odorous flame.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To praise inordinately; to flatter.                         They demi-deify and fume him so.         --Cowper.          3. To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.                         The heat will fume away most of the scent.                                                                               --Montimer.                         How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!                                                                               --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumy \Fum"y\, a.       Producing fumes; fumous. [bd]Drowned in fumy wine.[b8] --H.       Brooke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fun \Fun\, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn       pleasure.]       Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. [bd]Oddity, frolic,       and fun.[b8] --Goldsmith.          {To make fan of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funny \Fun"ny\, n.; pl. {Funnies}.       A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.]       [From {Fun}.]       Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.          {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fan n.   Without qualification, indicates a fan of science    fiction, especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang out    with other fans.   Many hackers are fans, so this term has been    imported from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it    is recognized by most non-fannish hackers.   Among SF fans the plural    is correctly `fen', but this usage is not automatic to hackers.    "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a fan."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fine adj.   [WPI] Good, but not good enough to be {cuspy}.   The    word `fine' is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit    comparison to the higher level implied by {cuspy}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
finn v.   [IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of    time one has spent on {IRC}.   The term derives from the fact that    IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987.   There may be some    influence from the `Finn' character in William Gibson's seminal    cyberpunk novel "Count Zero", who at one point says to another (much    younger) character "I have a pair of shoes older than you are, so    shut up!"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
FM /F-M/ n.   1. [common] _Not_ `Frequency Modulation' but    rather an abbreviation for `Fucking Manual', the back-formation from    {RTFM}. Used to refer to the manual itself in the {RTFM}.   "Have you    seen the Networking FM lately?"   2. Abbreviation for "Fucking    Magic", used in the sense of {black magic}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fum n.   [XEROX PARC] At PARC, often the third of the standard    {metasyntactic variable}s (after {foo} and {bar}).   Competes with    {baz}, which is more common outside PARC.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
finn          To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of       time one has spent on {IRC}.   The term derives from the fact       that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987.          [{Jargon File}]          (2000-08-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FM          1. {Frequency Modulation}.          2. Fucking Manual, a back-formation from {RTFM}.       Used to refer to the manual itself.          3. Fucking Magic, in the sense of {black magic}.          (2001-04-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fm          The {country code} for the Federated States of       Micronesia.          Heavily used for {vanity domains} by FM radio stations.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FM          1. {Frequency Modulation}.          2. Fucking Manual, a back-formation from {RTFM}.       Used to refer to the manual itself.          3. Fucking Magic, in the sense of {black magic}.          (2001-04-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fm          The {country code} for the Federated States of       Micronesia.          Heavily used for {vanity domains} by FM radio stations.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FPM          {Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FP/M          An {abstract machine} and intermediate language       for {functional languages}, used to implement {Hope}.   FP/M is       an optimisation of the {SECD machine}.          ["The Compilation of FP/M Programs into Conventional Machine       Code", A.J. Field, Imperial College, London, 1985].          ["Functional Programming", A.J. Field & P.G. Harrison, A-W       1988].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FPM          {Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FP/M          An {abstract machine} and intermediate language       for {functional languages}, used to implement {Hope}.   FP/M is       an optimisation of the {SECD machine}.          ["The Compilation of FP/M Programs into Conventional Machine       Code", A.J. Field, Imperial College, London, 1985].          ["Functional Programming", A.J. Field & P.G. Harrison, A-W       1988].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fum          At {Xerox PARC}, often the third standard       {metasyntactic variable} after {foo} and {bar}.   {baz} is more       common outside PARC.          [{Jargon File}]          (2003-09-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Fun          A {typed lambda-calculus}, similar to {SOL}[2].   "On       Understanding Types, Data Abstractions and Polymorphism",       L. Cardelli et al, ACM Comp Surveys 17(4) (Dec 1985).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fan       a winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind       that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa.       30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See {AGRICULTURE}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Foam       (Hos. 10:7), the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means       twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The       expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the       face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of       wood as compared with the irresistable current.