English Dictionary: fidelity | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS. f[aemac]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.] 1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10. 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. 4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle. 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift. 6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints. | |
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Fatality \Fa*tal"i*ty\, n.;pl. {Fatalities}. [L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalit[82]] 1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. --South. 2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility. The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. --Ser T. Browne. By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. --Eikon Basilike. 3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. --Dryden. | |
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Fatality \Fa*tal"i*ty\, n.;pl. {Fatalities}. [L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalit[82]] 1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. --South. 2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility. The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. --Ser T. Browne. By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. --Eikon Basilike. 3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. --Dryden. | |
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Feodality \Feo*dal"i*ty\, n. Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See {Feudality}. --Burke. | |
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Feudality \Feu*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. f[82]odalit[82].] The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. --Burke. | |
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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\, 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. 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. | |
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Fiddledeedee \Fid"dle*dee*dee`\, interj. An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense! [Colloq.] | |
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Fiddlewood \Fid"dle*wood`\, n. [Corrupted fr. F. bois-fid[8a]le, lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.] The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus {Citharexylum}. | |
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Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid[82]lit[82]. See {Fealty}.] Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially: (a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty. Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. --Macaulay. The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. --A. Hamilton. (b) Adherence to the marriage contract. (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty. The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. --Hooker. Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty. | |
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also {lay} and {batten}. {Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. {Drill lathe}, [or] {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. {Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. {Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. {Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric} {Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. {Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. | |
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Foothalt \Foot"halt`\, n. A disease affecting the feet of sheep. | |
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Foothold \Foot"hold`\, n. A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing. --L'Estrange. | |
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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. | |
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Futility \Fu"til`i*ty\, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilit[82].] 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The futility of this mode of philosophizing. --Whewell. | |
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Fiddletown, CA Zip code(s): 95629 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fidelity, IL (village, FIPS 25960) Location: 39.15459 N, 90.16350 W Population (1990): 66 (27 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62030 Fidelity, MO (town, FIPS 24112) Location: 37.08201 N, 94.30947 W Population (1990): 235 (98 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |