Feague, v. t. [Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. faegia to cleanse, polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.] To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway.

Feal
Fe´al, a. [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fidèle, L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See Faith.] Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright.

Fearer
Fear´er, n. One who fars. Sir P. Sidney.

Fearful
Fear´ful, a.
1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
"Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power." Bp. Warburton.
2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
"What man is there that is fearful and faint- hearted?" Deut. xx. 8.
3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.
"Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh." Shak.
4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
"This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God." Deut. xxviii. 58.
"Death is a fearful thing." Shak.
"In dreams they fearful precipices tread." Dryden.
Syn. — Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.

Fearfulness
Fear´ful•ness, n. The state of being fearful.

Fearless
Fear´less, a. Free from fear.
Syn. — Bold; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic. — Fear´less•ly, adv. — Fear´less•ness, n.

Fearnaught
Fear´naught, n.
1. A fearless person.
2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also a warm garment.

Fearsome
Fear´some a.
1. Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] "This fearsome wind." Sir W. Scott
2. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing." B. Taylor

Feasibility
Fea´si•bil•ity n. ; pl. Feasibilities (-tiz). [from Feasible] The quality of being feasible; practicability; also that which is feasible; as before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.
"Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities." Sir T. Browne.

Feaster
Feast´er, n.
1. One who fares deliciously.
2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.

Feastful
Feast´ful, a. Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. — Feast´ful•ly, adv.

Feat, n. [OE. fet, OF. fet, fait, F. fait, factum, fr. L. facere, factum, to make or do. Cf. Fact, Feasible, Do.]
1. An act; a deed; an exploit.
"The warlike feats I have done." Shak.
2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.

Feat, v. t. To form; to fashion. [Obs.]
"To the more mature, A glass that feated them." Shak.

Feat, a. [ Compar. Feater superl. Featest.] [F. fait made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See Feat, n. ] Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic]
"Never master had a page … so feat." Shak.
"And look how well my garments sit upon me — Much feater than before." Shak.

Feateous
Feat´e•ous, a. [Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L. facticius made by art.] Dexterous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson. — Feat´e•ous•ly, adv.

Feather
Feath´er (feth"er), n. [OE. fether, AS. feðer; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fjöðr, Sw. fjäder, Dan. fjaeder, Gr. ptero•n wing, feather, pe•tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. rad.76, 248. Cf. Pen a feather.]
1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender laminae or barbs, which usually bear barbules, which in turn usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See Down, Quill, Plumage.
2. Kind; nature; species; — from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species. [R.]
"I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me." Shak.
3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. Knight.
8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. Feather alum (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; — called also halotrichite. Ure. — Feather bed, a bed filled with feathers. — Feather driver, one who prepares feathers by beating. — Feather duster, a dusting brush of feathers. — Feather flower, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies’ headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. — Feather grass (Bot.), a kind of grass ( Stipa pennata) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. — Feather maker, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. — Feather ore (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. — Feather shot, or Feathered shot (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. Raymond. — Feather spray (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. — Feather star. (Zoöl.) See Comatula. — Feather weight. (Racing) (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. Youatt. (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; — in contradistinction to light weight, middle weight, and heavy weight. — A feather in the cap an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] — To be in full feather, to be in full dress or in one’s best clothes. [Collog.] — To be in high feather, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] — To cut a feather. (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b) To make one’s self conspicuous. [Colloq.] — To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, — a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.

Feather
Feath´er, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feathered (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Feathering.]
1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.
"An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing." L’Estrange.
2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
"A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines." Sir W. Scott.
3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]
"The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious hours." Loveday.
4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
"They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself." Bacon. Dryden.
5. To tread, as a cock. Dryden. To feather one’s nest, to provide for one’s self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one’s care; — an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests. — To feather an oar (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke. — To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.

Feather
Feath´er, v. i.
1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; — often with out; as the birds are feathering out.
2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as the cream feathers. [Colloq.]
3. To turn to a horizontal plane; — said of oars.
"The feathering oar returns the gleam." Tickell.
"Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately." Macmillan’s Mag.
4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.
"A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground." Warren.
"The ripple feathering from her bows." Tennyson.

Featherbone
Feath´er•bone, n. A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Feather-brained
Feath´er-brained, a. Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]

Feathered
Feath´ered, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
"Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury." Shak.
"Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent." Dr. J. Scott.
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as land feathered with trees.
3. (Zoöl.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her.) Having feathers; — said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.

Feather-edge
Feath´er-edge, n.
1. (Zoöl.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.

Feather-edged
Feath´er-edged, a. Having a feather-edge; also having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; — in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.

Feather-few
Feath´er-few, n. (Bot.) Feverfew.

Feather-foil
Feath´er-foil, n. [ Feather + foil a leaf.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant ( Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

Feather-head
Feath´er-head, n. A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq.] H. James.

Feather-headed
Feath´er-head•ed, a. Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.

Feather-heeled
Feath´er-heeled, a. Light- heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome. [Colloq.]

Featheriness
Feath´er•i•ness, n. The state or condition of being feathery.

Feathering
Feath´er•ing, n.
1. (Arch.) Same as Foliation.
2. The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.
3. A covering of feathers. Feathering float (Naut.), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. — Feathering screw (Naut.), a screw propeller, of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone. — Feathering wheel (Naut.), a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.

Featherly
Feath´er•ly, a. Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Feather-pated
Feath´er-pat´ed, a. Feather- headed; frivolous. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Featherstitch
Feath´er•stitch, n. A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

Feather-veined
Feath´er-veined, a. (Bot.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

Feathery
Feath´er•y, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as feathery spray or snow. Milton.
"Ye feathery people of mid air." Barry Cornwall.

Featly
Feat´ly, adv. [From Feat, a. ] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic]
"Foot featly here and there." Shak.

Feature
Fea´ture ( 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]
1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
"What needeth it his feature to descrive?" Chaucer.
"Cheated of feature by dissembling nature." Shak.
2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. ( pl. ) The face, the countenance.
"It is for homely features to keep home." Milton.
3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as one of the features of the landscape.
"And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature." Spenser.
4. A form; a shape. [R.]
"So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air." Milton.

Featureless
Fea´ture•less ( 135), a. Having no distinct or distinctive features.

Featurely
Fea´ture•ly, a. Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.]
"Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry." Coleridge.

Feaze, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feazed p. pr. & vb. n. Feazing.] [Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. faes fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.] To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. Johnson.

Feaze, v. t. [See Feese.] To beat; to chastise; also to humble; to harass; to worry. [Obs.] insworth.

Feaze, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.]

Feazings
Feaz´ings, n. pl. [See Feaze, v. t.] (Naut.) The unlaid or ragged end of a rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Febrifacient
Feb•ri•fa´cient, a. [L. febris fever + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make.] Febrific. Dunglison. — n. That which causes fever. Beddoes.

Febriferous
Fe•brif´er•ous, a. [L. febris fever + -ferous.] Causing fever; as a febriferous locality.

Febrific
Fe•brif´ic, a. [L. febris fever + ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-.] Producing fever. Dunglison.

Februation
Feb•ru•a´tion, n. [L. februatio. See february.] Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser.

Feces
Fe´ces, n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAEces.

Fecifork
Fe´ci•fork, n. [ Feces + fork.] (Zoöl.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.

Feck, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.]
1. Effect. [Obs.]
2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
"He had a feck o’ books wi’ him." R. L. Stevenson.The most feck, or The feck, the greater or larger part. "The feck o’ my life." Burns.

Feckless
Feck´less, a. [Perh. a corruption of effectless.] Spiritless; weak; worthless. [Scot]

fecklessness
feck´less•ness n. absence of merit. [WordNet 1.5]

Fecks, n. A corruption of the word faith. Shak.

Fecula
Fec´u•la, n. ; pl. FeculAE [L. faecula burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. fecule.] Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: (a) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; — called also amylaceous fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.

Feculence
Fec´u•lence, n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. feculence.]
1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.
2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.

Feculency
Fec´u•len•cy, n. Feculence.

Feculent
Fec´u•lent, a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. feculent. See Fecula.] Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
"Both his hands most filthy feculent." Spenser.

Fecundify
Fe•cun´di•fy, v. t. [ Fecund + -fy.] To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson.

Fecundity
Fe•cun´di•ty, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fecondite. See Fecund.]
1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as the fecundity of God’s creative power. Bentley.

Federal
Fed´er•al, a. [L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. federal. see Faith.]
1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives.
"The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, … to part with Sardinia." Grew.
2. Specifically: (a) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer. (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as the Federal party. see Federalist. Federal Congress. See under Congress.

Federal
Fed´er•al, n. See Federalist.

Federalist
Fed´er•al•ist, n. [Cf. F. federaliste.] An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

Federalize
Fed´er•al•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Federalized p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing ] [Cf. F. federaliser.] To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.

Federative
Fed´er•a•tive, a. [Cf. F. federatif.] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke.

Fedity
Fed´i•ty, n. [L. foeditas, fr. foedus foul, filthy.] Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Fee (fe), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money," arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel. fe cattle, property, money, Goth. faíhu, L. pecus cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. paçu cattle, perh. orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. rad.249. Cf. Feud, Fief, Fellow, Pecuniary.]
1. property; possession; tenure. "Laden with rich fee." Spenser.
"Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee." Wordsworth.
2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk’s fees; sheriff’s fees; marriage fees, etc.
"To plead for love deserves more fee than hate." Shak.
3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior’s land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also the land so held; a fief.
4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee tail, which is limited to particular heirs. Blackstone.
5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. Fee estate (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. — Fee farm (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone. — Fee farm rent (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. — Fee fund (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. — Fee simple (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.
"Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter." Shak. — Fee tail (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. Burill.

Fee (fe), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feed (fed); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeing.] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
"The patient … fees the doctor." Dryden.
"There’s not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed." Shak.

Feeble-minded
Fee´ble-mind´ed, a. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14. — Fee´ble-mind´ed•ness, n.

Feebleness
Fee´ble•ness, n. The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
"That shakes for age and feebleness." Shak.

Feebly
Fee´bly, adv. In a feeble manner.
"The restored church … contended feebly, and with half a heart." Macaulay.

Feed (fed), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fed (fed); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] [AS. fedan, fr. foda food; akin to OS. fodian, OFries. feda, foda, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. faeða, Sw. föda, Dan. föde. rad.75. See Food.]
1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.
"If thine enemy hunger, feed him." Rom. xii. 20.
"Unreasonable creatures feed their young." Shak.
2. To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.
"I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him." Shak.
"Feeding him with the hope of liberty." Knolles.
3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.
4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.
"Thou shalt feed my people Israel." 2 Sam. v. 2.
"Mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed." B. Cornwall.
5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
"Once in three years feed your mowing lands." Mortimer.
6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.
7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

Feed, v. i.
1. To take food; to eat.
"Her kid … which I afterwards killed because it would not feed." De Foe.
2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one’s self (upon something); to prey; — with on or upon.
"Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon." Shak.
3. To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. "He feeds upon the cooling shade." Spenser.
4. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
"If a man … shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field." Ex. xxii. 5.

Feed, n.
1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as the best feed for sheep.
2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak.
3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as a feed of corn or oats.
4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
"For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found." Milton.
5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
6. (Mach.) (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. — Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. — Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. — Feed head. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; — also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head Knight. — Feed heater. (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. — Feed motion, or Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. — Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. — Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. — Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. Knight. — Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. — Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. — Feed wheel (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n. , 8.

Feeding
Feed´ing, n.
1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.
2. That which is eaten; food.
3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. Feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

Feejee
Fee´jee, a. & n. (Ethnol.) See Fijian.

Feeler
Feel´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, feels.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.
"Insects … perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennae." Derham.
3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

Feeling
Feel´ing, a.
1. Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as a feeling heart.
2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Feeling
Feel´ing, n.
1. The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.
"Why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, … And not, as feeling, through all parts diffused?" Milton.
2. An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.
"The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse." Shak.
3. The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling.
4. Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility.
"A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind." Garrick.
"Tenderness for the feelings of others." Macaulay.
5. That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator. Fairholt.
Syn. — Sensation; emotion; passion; sentiment; agitation; opinion. See Emotion, Passion, Sentiment.

Feere, n. [See Fere, n. ] A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere. [Obs.]

Feet, n. pl. See Foot.

Feet, n. [See Feat, n. ] Fact; performance. [Obs.]

Feeze, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese.]
1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] Jamieson.
2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also feaze, feize, pheese.] Beau. & Fl.To feeze up, to work into a passion. [Obs.]

Feeze, n. Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.

Feigner
Feign´er, n. One who feigns or pretends.

Feigning
Feign´ing, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. — Feign´ing•ly, adv.

Feine, v. t. & i. To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feint, a. [F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.] Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]
"Dressed up into any feint appearance of it." Locke.

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.

Feint, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feitsui
Fei•tsui´, n. (Min.) The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.

Felicitate
Fe•lic´i•tate, a. [L. felicitatus, p. p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See felicity.] Made very happy. [Archaic]
"I am alone felicitate In your dear highness’ love." Shak.

Felicitate
Fe•lic´i•tate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Felicitated p. pr. & vb. n. felicitating.] [Cf. F. feliciter.]
1. To make very happy; to delight.
"What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit." I. Watts.
2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one’s self) happy; to congratulate.
"Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom." W. Howitt.
Syn. — See Congratulate.

Felicitous
Fe•lic´i•tous, a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.
"Felicitous words and images." M. Arnold. — Fe•lic´i•tous•ly, adv. — Fe•lic´i•tous•ness, n.

Felicity
Fe•lic´i•ty, n. ; pl. Felicities (#). [OE. felicite, F. felicite, fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.]
1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.
"Our own felicity we make or find." Johnson.
"Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity." Book of Common Prayer.
2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing.
"the felicities of her wonderful reign." Atterbury.
3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of expression." Bp. Warburton.
Syn. — Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See Happiness.

Fell, imp. of Fall.

Fell, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.]
1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
"While we devise fell tortures for thy faults." Shak.
2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.]
"I am so fell to my business." Pepys.

Fell, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a. ] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.]
"Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell." Spenser.

Fell, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in þruts fill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. . Cf. Film, Peel, Pell, n. ] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; — used chiefly in composition, as wool fell.
"We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy." Shak.

Fell, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fjäll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.]
1. A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray.
2. A wild field; a moor. Dryton.

Fell, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Felled p. pr. & vb. n. Felling.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. fällen, Icel. fella, Sw. fälla, Dan. faelde. See Fall, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
"Stand, or I’ll fell thee down." Shak.

Fell, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Fell, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. fåll a hem.] To sew or hem; — said of seams.

Fell, n.
1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Fellable
Fell´a•ble, a. Fit to be felled.

Fellah
Fel´lah, n. ; pl. Ar. Fellahin (#), E. Fellahs (#). [Ar.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. W. M. Thomson.

Feller
Fell´er, n. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

Feller
Fell´er, n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Fellfare
Fell´fare, n. [Cf. AS. fealafor, and E. fieldfare.] (Zoöl.) The fieldfare.

Fellifluous
Fel•lif´lu•ous, a. [L. fellifuus; fel gall + fluere to flow.] Flowing with gall. [R.] Johnson.

Fellinic
Fel•lin´ic, a. [L. fel, fellis, gall.] Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as fellinic acid.

Fellmonger
Fell´mon•ger, n. A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.

Fellness
Fell´ness, n. [See Fell cruel.] The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity. Spenser.

Fellow-commoner
Fel´low-com´mon•er, n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow’s table.

Fellow-creature
Fel´low-crea´ture ( 135), n. One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.
"Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow- creatures, the brutes." I. Watts.

Fellowfeel
Fel´low•feel´, v. t. To share through sympathy; to participate in. [R.] D. Rodgers.

Fellow-feeling
Fel´low-feel´ing, n.
1. Sympathy; a like feeling.
2. Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Fellowless
Fel´low•less, a. Without fellow or equal; peerless.
"Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless." Chapman.

Fellowlike
Fel´low•like, a. Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Udall.

Fellowly
Fel´low•ly, a. Fellowlike. [Obs.] Shak.

Fellowship
Fel´low•ship, n. [Fellow + -ship.]
1. The state or relation of being or associate.
2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.
"In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods." Bacon.
"Men are made for society and mutual fellowship." Calamy.
3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.
"The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship." Shak.
"Fellowship in pain divides not smart". Milton.
"Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage". Shak.
"The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record." Tennyson.
4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.
"The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship." Chaucer.
"With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels." Spenser.
5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.
6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; — called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion. Good fellowship, companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades.
"There’s neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee." Shak.

Fellowship
Fel´low•ship, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fellowshiped ; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fellowshiping.] (Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

Felo-de-se
Fe´lo-de-se, n. ; pl. Felos-de-se (#). [LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.] (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

Felon
Fel´on, n. [OE., adj., cruel, n. , villain, ruffian, traitor, whitlow, F. felon traitor, in OF. also villain, fr. LL. felo. See Fell, a. ]
1. (Law) A person who has committed a felony.
2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
3. (Med.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
Syn. — Criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit.

Felon
Fel´on, a. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
"Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate." Pope.

Felonious
Fe•lo´ni•ous, a. Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as felonious homicide.
"O thievish Night, Why should’st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?" Milton. — Fe•lo´ni•ous•ly, adv. — Fe•lo´ni•ous•ness, n.

Felonous
Fel´o•nous, a. [Cf. OF. feloneus. Cf. Felonious.] Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser.

Felonwort
Fel´on•wort, n. (Bot.) The bittersweet nightshade ( Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.

Felting
Felt´ing, n.
1. The material of which felt is made; also felted cloth; also the process by which it is made.
2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.

Feltry
Fel´try, n. [OF. feltre.] See Felt, n. [Obs.]

Felwort
Fel´wort, n. [Probably a corruption of fieldwort.] (Bot.) A European herb ( Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

Female
Fe´male, n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L. femella, dim. of femina woman. See Feminine.]
1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.
"The male and female of each living thing." Drayton.
2. (Bot.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Female
Fe´male, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
"As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed." Shak.
2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as female tenderness. "Female usurpation.’b8 Milton.
"To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America." Belknap.
3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization. Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree ( strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last being short ( motion, ocean), is called female. Brande & C. — Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which another, or male, screw turns. Nicholson. — Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large decompound fronds ( Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern. The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character.
Syn. — Female, Feminine. We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed to male; also to the distinctive belongings of women; as female dress, female form, female character, etc.; feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by, women; as feminine studies, employments, accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather than gender, and is a physiological rather than a grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather than sex, and is grammatical rather than physiological." Latham.

Femalize
Fe´mal•ize, v. t. To make, or to describe as female or feminine. Shaftesbury.

Feme (fem or fam), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a. , 3. — Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. — Feme soletrader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.

Feminality
Fem•i•nal´i•ty, n. Feminity.

Feminate
Fem´i•nate, a. [L. feminatus effeminate.] Feminine. [Obs.]

Femineity
Fem•i•ne´i•ty, n. [L. femineus womanly.] Womanliness; femininity. C. Reade.

Feminine
Fem´i•nine, a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dha to suck; cf. AS. faemme woman, maid: cf. F. feminin. See Fetus.]
1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
"Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace." Macaulay.
2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.
"Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine." Milton.
"Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy." Sir W. Raleigh. Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a.
Syn. — See Female, a.

Feminine
Fem´i•nine, n.
1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
"They guide the feminines toward the palace." Hakluyt.
2. (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
"There are but few true feminines in English." Latham.

Femininely
Fem´i•nine•ly, adv. In a feminine manner. Byron.

Feminineness
Fem´i•nine•ness, n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

Femininity
Fem•i•nin´i•ty, n.
1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.
2. The female form. [Obs.]
"O serpent under femininitee." Chaucer.

Feminity
Fe•min´i•ty, n. Womanliness; femininity. [Obs.] "Trained up in true feminity." Spenser.

Feminization
Fem•i•ni•za´tion, n. The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.

Feminize
Fem´i•nize, v. t. [Cf. F. feminiser.] To make womanish or effeminate. Dr. H. More.

Feminye
Fem´i•nye, n. [OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex, realm of women.] The people called Amazons. [Obs.] "[The reign of] feminye." Chaucer.

Femme, n. [F.] A woman. See Feme, n. Femme de chambre [F.] A lady’s maid; a chambermaid.

Femur
Fe´mur (fe"mur), n. ; pl. Femora (fem"o•ra). [L. thigh.] (Anat.) (a) The thigh bone. (b) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Fen cricket
Fen" crick•et (Zoöl.) The mole cricket. [Prov. Eng.]

Fence, n. [Abbrev. from defence.]
1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
"Let us be backed with God and with the seas Which he hath given for fence impregnable." Shak.
"A fence betwixt us and the victor’s wrath." Addison.
2. An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
"Leaps o’er the fence with ease into the fold." Milton. In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a fence.
3. (Locks) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
4. Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
"Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence." Milton.
"Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence." Macaulay.
5. A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. [Slang] Mayhew. Fence month (Forest Law), the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. — Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. — Fence time, the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed. — Rail fence, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts. — Ring fence, a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. — Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; — called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence. — To be on the fence, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]

Fence, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fenced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fencing ]
1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
"To fence my ear against thy sorceries." Milton.
2. To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
"O thou wall! … dive in the earth, And fence not Athens." Shak.
"A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees." Shak. To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord’s supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

Fence, v. i.
1. To make a defense; to guard one’s self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
"Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first place, to be fenced against." Locke.
2. To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
"He will fence with his own shadow." Shak.
3. Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
"They fence and push, and, pushing, loudly roar; Their dewlaps and their sides are bated in gore." Dryden.
"As when a billow, blown against, Falls back, the voice with which I fenced A little ceased, but recommenced." Tennyson.

Fenceful
Fence´ful, a. Affording defense; defensive. [Obs.] Congreve.

Fenceless
Fence´less, a. Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.

Fencer
Fen´cer, n. One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
"As blunt as the fencer’s foils." Shak.

Fencible
Fen´ci•ble, n. (Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; — usually in the pl.

Fenci-ble
Fen´ci-ble, a. Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense. [Obs.]
"No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong." Spenser.

Fencing
Fen´cing, n.
1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. Shak.
3. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]
4. The act of building a fence.
5. The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as the fencing of a farm.

Fender
Fen´der, n. [From Fend, v. t. & i., cf. Defender.] One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm; as: (a) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor. (b) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf. (c) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also a splashboard. (d) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.

Fenerate
Fen´er•ate, v. i. [L. faeneratus, p. p. of faenerari lend on interest, fr. faenus interest.] To put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Feneration
Fen•er•a´tion, n. [L. faeneratio.] The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Fenes-tella
Fen•es-tel´la, n. [L., dim. of fenestra window.] (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.

Fenestra
Fe•nes´tra, n. ; pl. Fenestrae (#). [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

Fenestral
Fe•nes´tral, a. [L. fenestra a window.]
1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.

Fenestral
Fe•nes´tral, n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass. Weale.

Fenestrate
Fe•nes´trate, a. [L. fenestratus, p. p. of fenestrare to furnish with openings and windows.]
1. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.
2. (Zoöl.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.

Fenestrated
Fe•nes´tra•ted, a.
1. (Arch.) Having windows; characterized by windows.
2. Same as Fenestrate.

Fenestrule
Fe•nes´trule, n. [L. fenestrula a little window, dim. of fenestra a window.] (Zoöl.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.

Fengite
Fen´gite, n. (Min.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.

Fenian
Fe´ni•an, n. [From the Finians or Fenii, the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin or Finn, Fionn, or Fingal, a popular hero of Irish traditional history.] A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishmen, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in Ireland.

Fenian
Fe´ni•an, a. Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.

Fenianism
Fe´ni•an•ism, n. The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.

Fenks (fenks), n. The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. Ure.

Fennec
Fen´nec (fen"nek), n. [Ar. fanek.] (Zoöl.) A small, African, foxlike animal ( Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.

Fennel
Fen´nel (fen"nel), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum ( F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
"Smell of sweetest fennel." Milton.
"A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex." S. G. Goodrich.Azorean, or Sweet, fennel, ( Faeniculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. — Dog’s fennel ( Anthemis Cotula), a foul- smelling European weed; — called also mayweed. — Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb ( Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N. Damascena is common in gardens. N. sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). — Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. — Giant fennel ( Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. — Hog’s fennel, a European plant ( Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel.

Fenny
Fen´ny, a. [AS. fennig.] Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy. "Fenny snake." Shak.

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.

Fen-sucked
Fen´-sucked, a. Sucked out of marches. "Fen-sucked fogs." Shak.

Fenugreek
Fen´u•greek, n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.] (Bot.) A plant ( trigonella Fœnum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

Feodatory
Feod´a•to•ry, n. See Feudatory.

Feoffment
Feoff´ment, n. [OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum.] (Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. Burrill. (c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. [Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.] { Feo´for, Feof´fer }, n. [OF. feoour.] (Law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.

Fer, a. & adv. Far. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feracious
Fe•ra´cious, a. [L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear.] Fruitful; producing abundantly. [R.] Thomson.

Feracity
Fe•rac´i•ty, n. [L. feracitas.] The state of being feracious or fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.

Ferae
Fe´rae, n. pl. [L., wild animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild.] (Zoöl.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora. Fe"rae na•tu"rae [L.] Of a wild nature; — applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.

Feral
Fe´ral, a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; — said of beasts, birds, and plants.

Feral
Fe´ral, a. [L. feralis, belonging to the dead.] Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." Burton.

Ferde, obs. imp. of Fare. Chaucer.

Ferding
Fer´ding, n. [See Farthing.] A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]

Feretory
Fer•e•to•ry, n. [L. feretrum bier, Gr., fr. to bear, akin to L. ferre, E. bear to support.] A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. Mollett.

Ferforth
Fer´forth, adv. Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as. — So ferforth, to such a degree.

Ferforthly
Fer´forth•ly, adv. Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fergusonite
Fer´gu•son•ite, n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo- niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; — so called after Robert Ferguson.

Feria
Fe´ri•a, n. ; pl. Feriae . (Eccl.) A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast. Shipley.

Ferial
Fe´ri•al, n. Same as Feria.

Ferial
Fe´ri•al, a. [LL. ferialis, fr. L. ferie holidays: cf. F. ferial. See 5th Fair.]
1. Of or pertaining to holidays. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
2. Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.

Ferie
Fe´rie, n. [OF. ferie, fr. L. ferie holidays. See 5th Fair.] A holiday. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Ferity
Fer´i•ty, n. [L. feritas, from ferus wild.] Wildness; savageness; fierceness. [Obs.] Woodward.

Ferly
Fer´ly, a. [AS. frlic sudden, unexpected. See Fear, n. ] Singular; wonderful; extraordinary. [Obs.] — n. A wonder; a marvel. [Obs.]
"Who hearkened ever such a ferly thing." Chaucer. { Ferm, Ferme, n. }[See Farm.] Rent for a farm; a farm; also an abode; a place of residence; as he let his land to ferm. [Obs.]
"Out of her fleshy ferme fled to the place of pain." Spenser.

Fermentability
Fer•ment•a•bil´i•ty, n. Capability of fermentation.

Fermentable
Fer•ment´a•ble, a. [Cf. F. fermentable.] Capable of fermentation; as cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.

Fermental
Fer•ment´al, a. Fermentative. [Obs.]

Fermentation
Fer•men•ta´tion, n. [Cf. F. fermentation.]
1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.
2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
"It puts the soul to fermentation and activity." Jer. Taylor.
"A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith." C. Kingsley.Acetous, or Acetic, fermentation, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment ( Mycoderma aceti). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process.
1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde.
2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Aldehyde. Acetic acid. — Alcoholic fermentation, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torulae develop. - - Ammoniacal fermentation, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. — Butyric fermentation, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See Lactic fermentation. — Fermentation by anunorganized ferment or enzyme. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. — Fermentation theory of disease (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See Germ theory. — Glycerin fermentation, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium ( Bacillus subtilis) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. — Lactic fermentation, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium ( Bacterium lactis of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). — Putrefactive fermentation. See Putrefaction.

Fermentative
Fer•ment´a•tive, a. [Cf. F. fermentatif.] Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as a fermentative process. — Fer•ment´a•tive•ly, adv. — Fer•ment´a•tive•ness, n.

Fermerere
Fer´mer•ere, n. [OF. enfermerier, fr. enfermerie infirmary. See Infirmary.] The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary. [Obs.]

Fermillet
Fer´mil•let, n. [OF., dim. of fermeil, fermail, clasp, prob. fr. OF. & F. fermer to make fast, fr. ferme fast. See Firm.] A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] Donne.

Fernticle
Fern´ti•cle, n. A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern. [Prov. Eng.]

Ferny
Fern´y, a. Abounding in ferns.

Ferocious
Fe•ro´cious, a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F. feroce. See Ferocity.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.
"The humbled power of a ferocious enemy." Lowth.
Syn. — Ferocious, Fierce, Savage, Barbarous. When these words are applied to human feelings or conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce, the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the coarseness and brutality by which it was marked; savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings expressed in his words or deeds. — Fe•ro´cious•ly, adv. — Fe•ro´cious•ness, n.
"It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness of war." Blair.

Ferous
Fe´rous, a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] Wild; savage. [R.] Arthur Wilson.

Ferranti phenomenon
Fer•ran"ti phe•nom"e•non. (Elec.) An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; — so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.

Ferrara
Fer•ra´ra, n. A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Ferrarese
Fer•ra•rese´, a. Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. — n., sing. & pl. A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.

Ferrary
Fer´ra•ry, n. [L. ferraria iron works. See Ferreous.] The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman.

Ferreter
Fer´ret•er, n. One who ferrets. Johnson.

Ferret-eye
Fer´ret-eye, n. (Zoöl.) The spur-winged goose; — so called from the red circle around the eyes.

Ferretto
Fer•ret´to, n. [It. ferretto di Spagna, dim. of ferro iron, fr. L. ferrum.] Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert.

Ferri-
Fer´ri- . (Chem.) A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as ferricyanide.

Ferriage
Fer´ri•age ( 48), n. [From Ferry.] The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.

Ferricyanic
Fer•ri•cy•an´ic, a. [ Ferri- + cyanic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide. Ferricyanic acid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance, H₆(CN)₁₂Fe₂, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; — called also hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogen ferricyanide, etc.

Ferricyanide
Fer•ri•cy´a•nide ( 104), n. [ Ferri- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K₆(CN)₁₂Fe₂, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull’s blue.

Ferrier
Fer´ri•er, n. A ferryman. Calthrop.

Ferriferous
Fer•rif´er•ous, a. [L. ferrum iron + -ferous: cf. F. ferrifère.] Producing or yielding iron.

Ferriprussiate
Fer•ri•prus´si•ate (? or see Prussiate, 277), n. [ Ferri- + prussiate.] (Chem.) A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide. [R.]

Ferro-
Fer´ro- . (Chem.) A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as ferrocyanide.

Ferrocalcite
Fer•ro•cal´cite, n. [ Ferro- + calcite.] Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

Ferro-concrete
Fer´ro-con´crete, n. (Arch. & Engin.) Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also armored concrete steel, and reënforced concrete.

Ferrocyanate
Fer•ro•cy´a•nate, n. [ Ferro- + cyanate: cf. F. ferrocyanate.] (Chem.) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.

Ferrocyanic
Fer•ro•cy•an´ic, a. [ Ferro- + cyanic: cf. F. ferrocyanique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide. ferrocyanic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, H₄(CN)₆Fe, of strong acid properties, obtained from potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferrocyanides; — called also hydro-ferrocyanic acid, hydrogen ferrocyanide. etc.

Ferrocyanide
Fer•ro•cy´a•nide (? or 104), n. [ Ferro- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K₄(CN)₆Fe, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.

Ferroprussiate
Fer•ro•prus´si•ate ( or or ; see Prussiate, 277), n. [ Ferro- + prussiate.] (Chem.) A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide. [R.]

Ferrous
Fer´rous, a. [Cf. F. ferreux. See Ferreous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; — especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as ferrous sulphate.

Ferruginous
Fer•ru´gi•nous, a. [L. ferruginus, ferrugineus, fr. ferrugo, - ginis, iron rust: cf. F. ferrugineux. See Ferrugo.]
1. Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle.
2. Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.

Ferrule
Fer´rule (? or 277), n. [Formerly verrel, F. virole, fr. L. viriola little bracelet, dim. of viriae, pl., bracelets; prob. akin to viere to twist, weave, and E. withe. The spelling with f is due to confusion with L. ferrum iron.]
1. A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.
2. (Steam Boilers) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.

Ferruminate
Fer•ru´mi•nate, v. t. [L. ferruminatus, p. p. of ferruminare to cement, solder, fr. ferrumen cement, fr. ferrum iron.] To solder or unite, as metals. [R.] Coleridge.

Ferrumination
Fer•ru•mi•na´tion, n. [L. ferruminatio: cf. F. ferrumination.] The soldering or uniting of metals. [R.] Coleridge.

Ferry
Fer´ry, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ferried p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.] To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

Ferry
Fer´ry, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
"They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro." Milton.

Ferry
Fer´ry, n. ; pl. Ferries (#). [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. färja, Dan. faerge, G. fähre. See Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
"It can pass the ferry backward into light." Milton.
"To row me o’er the ferry." Campbell.
2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay. — Ferry railway. See under Railway.

Ferryman
Fer´ry•man, n. ; pl. Ferrymen . One who maintains or attends a ferry.

Fers, a. Fierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ferthe, a. Fourth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fertile
Fer´tile (? or 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferre to bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See Bear to support.]
1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination.
"Though he in a fertile climate dwell." Shak.
2. (Bot.) (a) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as fertile flowers. (b) Containing pollen; — said of anthers.
3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.
"Henceforth, my early care … Shall tend thee, and the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches." Milton.
Syn. — Fertile, Fruitful. Fertile implies the inherent power of production; fruitful, the act. The prairies of the West are fertile by nature, and are turned by cultivation into fruitful fields. The same distinction prevails when these words are used figuratively. A man of fertile genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a readiness of application which enable him to think and act effectively.

fertileness
fer´tile•ness, n. Fertility. Sir P. Sidney.

Fertilitate
Fer•til´i•tate, v. t. To fertilize; to fecundate. Sir T. Browne.

Fertility
Fer•til´i•ty, n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F. fertilite.] The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as the fertility of soil, or of imagination. "fertility of resource." E. Everett.
"And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in its own fertility." Shak.
"Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other climes’ fertility." Byron.

Fertilization
Fer•ti•li•za´tion, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. — Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.

Ferula
Fer´u•la, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Ferular
Fer´u•lar, n. A ferule. [Obs.] Milton.

Ferule
Fer´ule (? or 277), n. [L. ferula: cf. F. ferule. See Ferula.] A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.

Ferule
Fer´ule, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feruled p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.] To punish with a ferule.

Fervence
Fer´vence, n. Heat; fervency. [Obs.]

Fervency
Fer´ven•cy, n. [Cf. OF. fervence. See Fervent.] The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.
"When you pray, let it be with attention, with fervency, and with perseverance." Wake.

Fervescent
Fer•ves´cent, a. [L. fervescens, p. pr. of fervescere to become boiling hot, incho., fr. fervere. See Fervent.] Growing hot.

Fescue
Fes´cue (fes"ku), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. fetu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]
1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue." Sterne.
"To come under the fescue of an imprimatur." Milton.
2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca. Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses ( Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep’s fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.

Fescue
Fes´cue (fes"ku), v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Fescued p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.

Fesswise
Fess´wise, adv. In the manner of fess.

Fest, n. [See Fist.] The fist. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Fest, Fes´te, n. } A feast. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Festennine
Fes´ten•nine, n. A fescennine.

Fester
Fes´ter, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Festered p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n. ; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n. ]
1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as a sore or a wound festers.
"Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene." Milton.
"Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester." South.
"Hatred … festered in the hearts of the children of the soil." Macaulay.
2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

Fester
Fes•ter, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle.
"For which I burnt in inward, swelt’ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast." Marston.

Fester
Fes´ter, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.]
1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
2. A festering or rankling.
"The fester of the chain their necks." I. Taylor.

Festeye
Fest´eye, v. t. [OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer.] To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Festinate
Fes´ti•nate, a. [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] — Fes´ti•nate•ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.

Festination
Fes•ti•na´tion, n. [L. festinatio.] Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Festival
Fes´ti•val, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
"I cannot woo in festival terms." Shak.

Festivous
Fes´ti•vous, a. [See Festive.] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Festucine
Fes•tu•cine, a. [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue.] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]
"A little insect of a festucine or pale green." Sir T. Browne.

Festue
Fes´tue, n. [See Fescue.] A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.

fetch, v. i. To bring one’s self; to make headway; to veer; as to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll slide to leeward. — To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.

Fetch (fech; 224), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. rad. 77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.
"Time will run back and fetch the age of gold." Milton.
"He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bred in thine hand." 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.
2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
"Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices." Macaulay.
3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; — sometimes with to; as to fetch a man to.
"Fetching men again when they swoon." Bacon.
4. To reduce; to throw.
"The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground." South.
5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
"I’ll fetch a turn about the garden." Shak.
"He fetches his blow quick and sure." South.
6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
"Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren’s isle." Chapman.
7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
"They could n’t fetch the butter in the churn." W. Barnes.To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a sircuit; to take a circuitious route going to a place. — To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. — To fetchheadway or sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. — To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" Addison. — To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." L’Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.

Fetch, n.
1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.
"Every little fetch of wit and criticism." South.
2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
"The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp." Dickens. Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person’s death.

Fetcher
Fetch´er, n. One who fetches or brings.

Fete (fet), n. [See feat.] A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fete, n. pl. [See Foot.] Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feticism
Fe´ti•cism, n. See Fetichism.

Fetidity
Fet•id´i•ty, n. Fetidness.

Fetidness
Fet´id•ness, n. The quality or state of being fetid.

Fetiferous
Fe•tif´er•ous, a. [ Fetus + -ferous.] Producing young, as animals.

Fetis
Fe´tis, a. [OF. fetis, faitis. Cf. Factitious.] Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.]
"Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware." Chaucer.

Fetish
Fe´tish, n. , Fe´tish•ism ( or ; 277), n. , Fe•tish•is´tic, a. See Fetich, n. , Fetichism, n. , Fetichistic, a.

Fetterer
Fet´ter•er, n. One who fetters. Landor.

Fetterless
Fet´ter•less, a. Free from fetters. Marston.

Fettle
Fet´tle, v. t. [OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n. , order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. fit. See Fit, a. ]
1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.] Carlyle.
2. (Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

Fettle
Fet´tle, v. i. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

Fettle
Fet´tle, n. The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. In fine fettle, in good spirits.

Fettling
Fet´tling, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called fix in the United States.]
2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.

Fetuous
Fet´u•ous, a. Neat; feat. [Obs.] Herrick.

Fetus
Fe´tus, n. ; pl. Fetuses (#). [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be.] The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also fœtus.]

Fetwah
Fet´wah, n. [Ar.] A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law. Whitworth.

Feu, n. [See 2d Feud, and Fee.] (Scots Law) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money. Burrill.

Feuar
Feu´ar, n. [From Feu.] (Scots Law) One who holds a feu. Sir W. Scott.

Feud (fud), n. [OE. feide, AS. faehð, fr. fah hostile; akin to OHG. fehida, G. fehde, Sw. fejd, D. feide; prob. akin to E. fiend. See Foe.]
1. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
2. A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
"Mutual feuds and battles betwixt their several tribes and kindreds." Purchas.
Syn. — Affray; fray; broil; contest; dispute; strife.

Feud, n. [LL. feudum, feodum prob. of same origin as E. fief. See Fief, Fee.] (Law) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.

Feudalism
Feu´dal•ism, n. [Cf. F. feodalisme.] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

Feudalist
Feu´dal•ist, n. An upholder of feudalism.

Feudality
Feu•dal´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. feodalite.] The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke.

Feudalization
Feu•dal•i•za´tion, n. The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Feudalize
Feu´dal•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feudalized p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing ] To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.

Feudary
Feu´da•ry, a. [LL. feudarius, fr. feudum. See 2d Feud.] Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

Feudary
Feu´da•ry, n.
1. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory. Foxe.
2. A feodary. See Feodary.

Feudist
Feud´ist, n. [Cf. F. feudiste.] A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

Feuillants
Feu•illants´, n. pl. A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.

Feuillemort
Feuille´mort, a. [F. feuille morte a dead leaf.] Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke.

Feuilleton
Feu•ille•ton´, n. [F., from feulle leaf.] A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also the article or tale itself, thus printed.

Feuilltonist
Feuill´ton•ist, n. [F. feuilletoniste.] A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

feuter
feu´ter, v. t. [OE. feutre rest for a lance, OF. feutre, fautre, feltre, felt, cushion, rest for a lance, fr. LL. filtrum, feltrum; of German origin, and akin to E. felt. See Felt, and cf. Filter.] To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. Spenser.

Fever
Fe´ver, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fièvre. Cf. Febrile.]
1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as typhoid fever; yellow fever. Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit.
2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
"An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation." Shak.
"After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well." Shak. Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc. — Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. — Fever blister (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. — Fever bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. — Fever powder. Same as Jame’s powder. — Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus Triosteum ( T. perfoliatum); — called also feverwort amd horse gentian. — Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. Miner.

Fever
Fe´ver, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fevered p. pr. & vb. n. Fevering.] To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as a fevered lip. [R.]
"The white hand of a lady fever thee." Shak.

Feverfew
Fe´ver•few, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ( Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; — so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

Feverous
Fe´ver•ous, a. [Cf.F. fievreux.]
1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
"His heart, love’s feverous citadel." Keats.
2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as a feverous pulse.
"All maladies … all feverous kinds." Milton.
3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as a feverous disposition of the year. [R.] Bacon.

Feverously
Fe´ver•ous•ly, adv. Feverishly. [Obs.] Donne.

Feverwort
Fe´ver•wort, n. See Fever root, under Fever.

Few (fu), a. [ Compar. Fewer superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fah, OHG. fo fao, Icel. far, Sw. få, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. Paucity.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; — indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few?" Job x. 20.
"Few know and fewer care." Proverb. Few is often used partitively; as few of them. A few, a small number. — In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. — No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. — The few, the minority; — opposed to the many or the majority.

Fey, a. [AS. fga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.] Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]

Fey, n. [See Fay faith.] Faith. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fey, v. t. [Cf. Feague.] To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] Tusser.

Feyre, n. A fair or market. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fez, n. [F., fr. the town of Fez in Morocco.] A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, — a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh. B. Taylor.