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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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…
  2. 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.
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. Făn'cy-free, a.p. 495Free from the power of love. In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Shak.
  6. Făn'cy-mŏng'ger, n.p. 495One who deals in tricks of imagination. Shak.
  7. Făn'cy-sĭck, a.p. 495Having the imagination unsound; distempered in mind. L'Estrange.
  8. Fāndp. 495old imp. of find. [Obs.] Spenser.
  9. Fan-dăn'go, n.p. 495A lively dance, in ⅜ or ⅝ time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America.
  10. Fāne, n.p. 495A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.
  11. Fa-ne'ga, n.p. 496A dry measure of about a hundred weight, or an English bushel. Velasquez.
  12. 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.
  13. Fān'fa-rŏn, n.p. 496A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender. Dryden.
  14. Fan-fâr'on-âde', n.p. 496A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
  15. 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.
  16. 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…
  17. Fānged, p. a.p. 496Furnished with fangs, tusks, clutches, or what resembles them; as, a fanged adder. Shak. “Chariots fanged with scythes.” Philips.
  18. Făn'gle, n.p. 496A new attempt; a trifling scheme or ornament. [Obs.] Wood.
  19. Făn'gled, a.p. 496New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. See NEW-FANGLED. [Obs.] “Our fangled world.” Shak.
  20. Făng'gle-ness, n.p. 496The quality of being fangled or decorated. [Obs.] He them in new fangleness did pass. Spencer.
  21. Făng'less, a.p. 496Having no fangs or tusks; toothless. “A fangless lion.” Shak.
  22. Făn'got, n.p. 496A quantity of wares, as raw silk, &c., from one hundred to two hundred weight and three quarters.
  23. Făn'ion, n.p. 496(Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]
  24. Fân'-light, n.p. 496(Arch.) A window resembling in form an open fan. Kirby.
  25. Fân'nel, n.p. 496Same as FANON, q. v.
  26. 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…
  27. Făn'ning-ma-çhïne' or Făn'ning-mill, n.p. 496A machine for separating seed from chaff, &c.; a fanner.
  28. 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.
  29. 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…
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. Făn'ta-sied, a.p. 496Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.
  33. Făn'tasm, n.p. 496That which is formed by, or appears to, the imagination; a phantom; something not real.
  34. Făn'tasque, a.p. 496Fantastic. [Poet.] Browning.
  35. Făn'tast, n.p. 496One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  36. Fan-tăs'tic or Fan-tăs'tic-al, a.p. 496Producing or existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 2. Having the nature of a phantom. Shak. 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; exhibiting fantasy…
  37. Fan-tăs'tic, n.p. 496A person given to fantastic dress, manners, &c.; hence, a dandy. Milton. Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all occasions to draw it out to be seen. Fuller.
  38. Fan-tăs'tĭc-ăl'ĭ-ty, n.p. 496The state or quality of being fantastical; fantasticalness.
  39. Fan-tăs'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily; whimsically.
  40. Fan-tās'tic-al-ness, n.p. 496The state of being fantastical; humorousness; whimsicalness; caprice.
  41. Fan-tăs'ti-cĭsm, n.p. 496The quality of being fantastic; fantasticalness. [Obs.] Cudworth.
  42. Fan-tăs'tic-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; fantastically. [Obs.]
  43. Fan-tăs'tic-ness, n.p. 496The same as FANTASTICALNESS. [Obs.]
  44. Fan-tăs'ti-co, n.p. 496A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.
  45. Făn'ta-sy, n.p. 496The same as FANCY. [Obs.] Is not this something more than fantasy? Shak.
  46. Făn'ta-sy, v. t.p. 496To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
  47. Fantoccini, n.p. 496Puppets caused by machinery to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes; also, the representations in which they are used.
  48. Fān'tom, n.p. 496Something that appears to the imagination; a specter; a ghost; an apparition. See PHANTOM, which is the usual spelling.
  49. Fān’tom-côrn, n.p. 496Lank or light corn. Grose.
  50. Făn'-wheel, n.p. 496A fan-blower.
  51. Făp, a.p. 496Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
  52. Fā-quir', n.p. 496See FAKIR.
  53. Fār, a.p. 496Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. They said, . . . We be come from a far country. Josh. ix. 6. The nations far and near contend in choice.…
  54. Fār, adv.p. 496To a great extent or distance of space; as, the far-extended ocean; we are separated far from each other. 2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches very…
  55. Fär, n.p. 496The young of swine, or a litter of pigs. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
  56. Fär'-a-bout', n.p. 496A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.
  57. Fā'rand, n.p. 496See FARRAND.
  58. Fär'an-dämz, n.p. 496A kind of fabric made of silk and wool. Simmonds.
  59. Fär'fant-ly, a.p. 496Orderly; decent. 2. Comely; handsome. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  60. Färçe, v. t.p. 496To stuff with force-meat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients. The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. Sanderson. 2. To render fat. [Obs.] “If…