Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Eye'let, n. p. 488A small hole or perforation to receive a lace or small rope or cord, as in garments, sails, &c.Eye'let-eer', n. p. 488A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet-holes; a stiletto.Eŷe'let-hōle, n. p. 488An eyelet.Eye'let-ring, n. p. 488A small ring of metal, ivory, &c., inserted in an eyelet to prevent wearing.Eyĕ'li-ād, n. p. 488A glance of the eye; œillad. [Obs.] “Judicious eyeliads.” Shak.Eye'lid, n. p. 488The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.Eye'-piece, n. p. 488(Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye-end of a telescope, or other optical instrument, by which the image, formed by the mirror or object-glass, is viewed. Negative or Huyghenian…Ey'er, n. p. 488One who eyes another. Gayton.Eyĕ'-rēach, n. p. 488The range or reach of the eye. “A seat in eye-reach of him.” B. Jonson.Eye'-sāint, n. p. 488An object of interest to the eye; one looked at or worshiped with the eyes. That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.Eye'-sälve, n. p. 488Ointment for the eye.Eye'-sērv'ant, n. p. 488A servant who attends to his duty only when watched, or under the eye of his master or employer.Eye'-sĕrv'ĭce, n. p. 488Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. “Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers.” Col. iii. 22.Eȳe'-shŏt, n. p. 488Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eye-shot. Dryden.Eye'-sight, n. p. 488The sight of the eye; view; observation. Josephus sets this down from his own eye-sight. Wilkins. 2. The power or relative capacity of seeing. “My eye-sight fails.” Shak.Eŷe'-sōre, n. p. 488Something offensive to the eye or sight. Mordecai was an eye-sore to Haman. L'Estrange.Eye'-splice, n. p. 488(Naut.) A sort of eye or circle formed by splicing the end of a rope into itself. Totten.Eye'-spot/ted, a. p. 488Marked with spots like eyes. “Juno’s bird, in her eye-spotted train.” Spenser.Eŷe'-stōne, n. p. 488A small, calcareous stone, the operculum of a univalve shell, used for taking substances from between the lid and ball of the eye, by being put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and…Eŷe'-string, n. p. 488The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.Eye'-tooth, n. p. 488A tooth whose fang is long, and points up toward the eye; the pointed tooth in the upper jaw next to the grinders; a fang;—called also a canine tooth, and cuspidate tooth.Eye'-wa/ter, n. p. 488A medicated water or lotion for the eyes; a collyrium.Eŷe'-wīnk, n. p. 488A wink or motion of the eyelid; a hint or token. Shak.Eyé'-wît/ness, n. p. 488One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of any thing. We... were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.Eyne or Ey'en, n. p. 488The plural of eye:—now obsolete, or used only in poetry. With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. Browning.Ey'ot, n. p. 488A little island in a river. [Usually written ait, sometimes eight.] Blackstone.Eyre, n. p. 488A journey or circuit. 2. A court of itinerant justices. Blackstone. Justice in eyre (O. Eng. Law), an itinerant judge, who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties.Ey'rie or Ey'ry, n. p. 488The place where birds of prey construct their nests and hatch their young. See AERIE. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.Eŷ'sell, n. p. 488The same as EISEL.F p. 489F, the sixth letter of the English alphabet, is a labio-dental articulation, formed by the passage of breath between the lower lip and the upper incisive teeth, or between the upper lip and the lower…Fā p. 489A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the gamut or model scale, for the purposes of solmization;—used by the French and Italians to designate the fourth tone of the scale of absolute pitch…Fa-bā'ceoŭs, a. p. 489Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. [Obs.]Fā'bi-an, a. p. 489Delaying; dilatory; avoiding battle, in imitation of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, a Roman general who conducted military operations against Hannibal, by declining to risk a battle in the open…Fā'ble, n. p. 489A feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant, and as…Fā'ble, v. i. p. 489To feign; to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior.Fā'ble, v. t. p. 489To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. “The hell thou fablest.” Milton.Fā'bler, n. p. 489A writer of fables or fictions; a dealer in feigned stories; a fabulist. Johnson.Fāb'ric, n. p. 489The structure of any thing; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united by art and labor; workmanship; texture; make; as, cloth of a beautiful fabric. 2. That which is fabricated; as, (a.)…Fāb’ric, v. t. p. 489To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] “Fabric their mansions.” Philips.Fāb'ri-cant, n. p. 489A manufacturer; a working tradesman. Simmonds.Fāb'ri-cāte, v. t. p. 489To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3.…Fāb'ri-cā'tion, n. p. 489The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke. 2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story…Fāb'ri-cā'tor, n. p. 489One who constructs or makes.Fāb'ri-cā'tress, n. p. 489A female who fabricates.Fāb'rile, a. p. 489Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood, and the like; as, fabrile skill. [Obs.]Fāb'ū-list, n. p. 489One who invents or writes fables. “Borrowing a device from the Arabian fabulists.” Hare.Fāb'ū-līze, v. t. p. 489To invent, compose, or relate fables. Faber.Făb'ū-lōs'i-ty, n. p. 489The quality of being fabulous; fullness of fables; fabulousness. [Obs.] Abbott. 2. A fabulous or fictitious story; a fable. Browne.Fāb'ū-lōŭs, a. p. 489Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. “The fabulous birth of Minerva.” Chesterfield. Fabulous age, that…Fāb'ū-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 489In a fabulous manner; in fable or fiction.Fāb'ū-loŭs-ness, n. p. 489The state or quality of being fabulous or feigned, or of inventing fables.Fāb'ur-den, n. p. 489A species of counterpoint with a double bass. 2. That which is high-sounding or lofty.Façade, n. p. 489Front; front view or elevation of an edifice. Warton.Fāçe, n. p. 489The exterior form or appearance of any thing; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.…Fāçe, v. t. p. 489To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle. I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of…Fāçe, v. i. p. 489To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. “To lie, to face, to forge.” Hubbard. 2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left. Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! Dryden.Fāçe'-ā'güe, n. p. 489(Med.) A form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding…Fāçe'-clōth, n. p. 489A cloth laid over the face of a corpse. Brande.Fāçe'-guārd, n. p. 489A kind of mask to defend the face and eyes, as in various chemical and mechanical processes.Fāçe'less, a. p. 489Without a face.