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Fat

Făt, a.

adjective

a. [compar. FATTER; superl. FATTEST.] [A-S. făt, O. Sax. fet, feit, feitit, Icel. feitr, D. feed, Sw. fet, Ger. fett, D. vet.]

  1. Abounding with fat; as, (a.) Fleshy; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man or ox. (b.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; — said of a dish, or of food, and the like.
  2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. “Making our western wits fat and mean.” Emerson.

How could it enter into his fat heart to conceive, in the midst of his own roaring ribaldry, that the fire-eyed son of genius was a hypochondriac, sick of life? Prof. Wilson. Make the heart of this people fat. Isa. vi. 10.

  1. Yielding a rich or abundant supply; productive; yielding abundant returns for slight labor; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture; a fat benefice; a fat office.
  2. Possessed of riches; affluent; happy; fortunate. [Obs.]

Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. Swift. 5. (Typog.) Affording light work, as a page having much blank space, forms easily printed, and the like; as, a fat page. Savage.

Fāt, n.

noun

n. [O. Sax. feit, Ger. fett, D. vet. See supra.]

Sense 1. An oily, concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane, under the skin, and in various other parts of animal bodies. It consists of two substances, stearine and elaine, the former of which is solid, the latter liquid, at common temperatures, and on the different proportions of which its degree of consistence depends. Brande.

Sense 2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Sense 3. (Typog.) Work containing much blank space.

Făt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FATTED; p. pr. & vb. n. FATTING.] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. We fat all creatures else to fat us. Shak.

Făt, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. Mortimer.

Făt, n.

noun

n. [A-S. fät, Icel. & Sw. fat, Dan. fad, D. vad, M. H. Ger. vaz, O. H. Ger. faz, N. H. Ger. fäsz, allied to Sw. fatta, Dan. fatte, D. vatten, N. H. Ger. fassen, O. H. Ger. fazzōn, fuzōn, to take hold of, to contain, hold.]

Sense 1. A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel ii. 24.

Sense 2. A measure of capacity, differing in different commodities. [Obs.] Hebert.