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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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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.Făn'tast, n. p. 496One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [Rare.] Coleridge.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…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.Fan-tăs'tĭc-ăl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 496The state or quality of being fantastical; fantasticalness.Fan-tăs'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 496In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily; whimsically.Fan-tās'tic-al-ness, n. p. 496The state of being fantastical; humorousness; whimsicalness; caprice.Fan-tăs'ti-cĭsm, n. p. 496The quality of being fantastic; fantasticalness. [Obs.] Cudworth.Fan-tăs'tic-ly, adv. p. 496In a fantastic manner; fantastically. [Obs.]Fan-tăs'tic-ness, n. p. 496The same as FANTASTICALNESS. [Obs.]Fan-tăs'ti-co, n. p. 496A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.Făn'ta-sy, n. p. 496The same as FANCY. [Obs.] Is not this something more than fantasy? Shak.Făn'ta-sy, v. t. p. 496To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.Fantoccini, n. p. 496Puppets caused by machinery to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes; also, the representations in which they are used.Fān'tom, n. p. 496Something that appears to the imagination; a specter; a ghost; an apparition. See PHANTOM, which is the usual spelling.Fān’tom-côrn, n. p. 496Lank or light corn. Grose.Făn'-wheel, n. p. 496A fan-blower.Făp, a. p. 496Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.Fā-quir', n. p. 496See FAKIR.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.…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…Fär, n. p. 496The young of swine, or a litter of pigs. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.Fär'-a-bout', n. p. 496A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.Fā'rand, n. p. 496See FARRAND.Fär'an-dämz, n. p. 496A kind of fabric made of silk and wool. Simmonds.Fär'fant-ly, a. p. 496Orderly; decent. 2. Comely; handsome. [Obs.] Halliwell.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…Färçe, n. p. 496(Cookery.) Stuffing or mixture of viands, like that used in dressing a fowl; force-meat. 2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to…Färçe'ment, n. p. 496Stuffing; force-meat. [Obs.] They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.Fär'çi-cal, a. p. 496Belonging to a farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; deceptive. They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are actually in nature. Gay.Fär'çi-cal-ly, adv. p. 496In a manner suited to farce; hence, ludicrously; ridiculously.Fär'çi-cal-ness, n. p. 496Quality of being farcical.Fär'çi-lite, n. p. 496(Min.) Pudding-stone. [Obs.] Kirwan.Fär'çi-men, n. p. 496The same as FARCIN.Fär'çin or Fär'çy, n. p. 496(Far.) A disease of the absorbents, affecting the skin and its blood-vessels. It is of the nature of mange, and is allied to glanders.Färe'tate, a. p. 496(Bot.) Stuffed; crammed or full; without vacuities;—opposed to tubular or hollow; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp. [Obs.] Martyn.Fārd, n. p. 496Paint used on the face. [Obs.] “Painted with French fard.” Whitaker.Färd, v. t. p. 496To paint. [Obs.] Shenstone.