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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fa-mil'iar, a. p. 494Pertaining to a family; domestic. Pope. 2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. 3. Characterized by, or…Fa-mil'iar, n. p. 494An intimate; a close companion; one long acquainted; one accustomed to another by free, unreserved converse. All my familiars watched for my halting. Jer. xx. 10. 2. A demon or evil spirit supposed…Fa-mil-iăr'/i-ty, n. p. 494The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. Syn. —…Fa-mĭl'iar-īze, v. t. p. 495To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self to scenes of distress. 2. To make easy by practice or study; as, to…Fa-mil'iar-ly, adv. p. 495In a familiar manner; unceremoniously; without constraint; without formality. 2. Commonly; frequently; with the ease and unconcern that arise from long custom or acquaintance.Fa·mil'ia-ry, a. p. 495Pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] Milton.Fâm'i-lĭsm, n. p. 495The tenets of the Familists. “Familism, Antinomianism, and other fantastic dreams.” Milton.Fām'i-list, n. p. 495(Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect founded by a David George, in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, from the affection its members professed to bear to all…Fâm'i-lĭst'ic, a. p. 495Pertaining to Familists.Fâm'i-ly, n. p. 495The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be; lodgers or boarders. 2. Those who…Fām′ine, n. p. 495General scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions; destitution. “Worn with famine.” Milton. There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.Fâm'ish, v. t. p. 495To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak. 2. To exhaust the strength of by hunger; to distress with hunger. The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden. 3. To kill by deprivation or denial…Fām'ish, v. i. p. 495To die of hunger; to starve. 2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst; to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish for want of food or drink. You are all resolved rather to die than to…Făm'ish-ment, n. p. 495The pain of extreme hunger or thirst; extreme want of sustenance. Hakewill.Fa-mōs'i-ty, n. p. 495The state of being famous; renown; celebrity. [Obs.]Fā'moūs, a. p. 495Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; much talked of; distinguished in story;—used in either a good or bad sense, chiefly the former; and followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for…Fā'moŭsed, a. p. 495Renowned. [Obs.] Shak.Fā'mous-ly, adv. p. 495With great renown or celebration; with fame. Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel. Sirak.Fā'moŭs-ness, n. p. 495The state of being famous; renown; celebrity. Boyle.Fām’ū-lāte, v. i. p. 495To serve. [Obs.] Cock’eram.Făm'ū-līst, n. p. 495A collegian of inferior rank or position. [Oxford University, Eng.]Fān, n. p. 495An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as, (a.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, &c.…Fān, v. t. p. 495To move as with a fan. “The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.” Milton. 2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. 3. To ventilate; to blow…Fā-näl', n. p. 495A light-house, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.Fa-năt'ic or Fa-năt'ic-al, a. p. 495Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions or opinions. I abhor such fanatical…Fa-nāt'ic, n. p. 495A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. There is a new word, coined within few months, called…Fa-nät′ic-al-ly, adv. p. 495In a fanatical manner; with wild enthusiasm.Fa-nāt′ic-al-ness, n. p. 495Fanaticism.Fa-năt'i-ciĭsm, n. p. 495Excessive enthusiasm; wild and extravagant notions of religion; religious frenzy. Rogers. Syn.—Enthusiasm; superstition; frenzy. See ENTHUSIASM and SUPERSTITION.Fa-nāt'i-cīze, v. t. p. 495To make fanatic.Fān'a-tĭsm, n. p. 495Fanaticism. [Very rare.] Gibbon.Fān'-blōw'er, n. p. 495A wheel with vanes revolving rapidly, to impel a current of air for any purpose, especially to blow air into a furnace; a fan; a fanner.Fān'cied, p. a. p. 495Formed or conceived by the fancy; imagined; liked. Stephens.Fān'ci-er, n. p. 495One who is governed by fancy. “Not reasoners, but fanciers.” Macaulay. 2. One who fancies or has a special liking for or interest in; hence, one who keeps for sale; as, bird-fancier, dog-fancier, and…Fān'ci-ful, a. p. 495Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. 2. Dictated by fancy; abounding in wild images; as, a fanciful scheme; a…Făn'ci-ful-ly, adv. p. 495In a fanciful manner; wildly; whimsically.Făn'ci-ful-ness, n. p. 495The quality of being fanciful; dictated or influenced by the imagination.Făn'ci-less, a. p. 495Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.Făn'-crick'et, n. p. 495(Entom.) A kind of cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris) which burrows in the ground;—called also fen-cricket, churr-worm, and mole-cricket.Făn'cy, n. p. 495The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of any thing perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new notions or images; the power of readily and…Făn'cy, v. i. p. 495To figure to one's self; to believe or suppose without proof; to imagine. If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke.Făn'cy, v. t. p. 495To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden. 2. To have a fancy for; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance…Făn'cy, a. p. 495Adapted to please the fancy or taste. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great’s] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. Fancy ball, a…Făn'cy-free, a. p. 495Free from the power of love. In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Shak.Făn'cy-mŏng'ger, n. p. 495One who deals in tricks of imagination. Shak.Făn'cy-sĭck, a. p. 495Having the imagination unsound; distempered in mind. L'Estrange.Fānd p. 495old imp. of find. [Obs.] Spenser.Fan-dăn'go, n. p. 495A lively dance, in ⅜ or ⅝ time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America.Fāne, n. p. 495A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.Fa-ne'ga, n. p. 496A dry measure of about a hundred weight, or an English bushel. Velasquez.Fān'fāre, n. p. 496A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, &c.; hence, a bravado. The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. W. Scott.Fān'fa-rŏn, n. p. 496A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender. Dryden.Fan-fâr'on-âde', n. p. 496A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.Făng, v. t. p. 496To catch; to seize; to lay hold; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.Făng, n. p. 496The tusk of a boar or other animal by which the prey is seized and held; a long pointed tooth. 2. A claw or talon. Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak. 3. Any shoot or other thing by which hold…Fānged, p. a. p. 496Furnished with fangs, tusks, clutches, or what resembles them; as, a fanged adder. Shak. “Chariots fanged with scythes.” Philips.Făn'gle, n. p. 496A new attempt; a trifling scheme or ornament. [Obs.] Wood.Făn'gled, a. p. 496New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. See NEW-FANGLED. [Obs.] “Our fangled world.” Shak.Făng'gle-ness, n. p. 496The quality of being fangled or decorated. [Obs.] He them in new fangleness did pass. Spencer.Făng'less, a. p. 496Having no fangs or tusks; toothless. “A fangless lion.” Shak.