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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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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.Făn'got, n. p. 496A quantity of wares, as raw silk, &c., from one hundred to two hundred weight and three quarters.Făn'ion, n. p. 496(Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]Fân'-light, n. p. 496(Arch.) A window resembling in form an open fan. Kirby.Fân'nel, n. p. 496Same as FANON, q. v.Făn'ner, n. p. 496One who fans. 2. A machine with revolving vanes, used in various forms, for particular purposes, as for winnowing grain, for blowing fires, for producing ventilation, and the like; — called also…Făn'ning-ma-çhïne' or Făn'ning-mill, n. p. 496A machine for separating seed from chaff, &c.; a fanner.Fān'on, n. p. 496An embroidered scarf, worn about the left arm of a Roman Catholic priest, in the celebration of the mass. [Written also fannel.] Fairholt. 2. A flag; an ensign.Făn'-pälm, n. p. 496(Bot.) The talipot-tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of the East Indies. It attains to the height of sixty or seventy feet, with a straight trunk crowned by a tuft of enormous leaves. The…Făn'-tāil, n. p. 496(Ornith.) A kind of bird, especially a variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the fan-like shape of their tails. 2. A form of gas-burner. Simmonds.Fan-tä'si-ȧ, n. p. 496(Mus.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves under little restraint. Moore.Făn'ta-sied, a. p. 496Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.Făn'tasm, n. p. 496That which is formed by, or appears to, the imagination; a phantom; something not real.Făn'tasque, a. p. 496Fantastic. [Poet.] Browning.