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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. Făng'less, a.p. 496Having no fangs or tusks; toothless. “A fangless lion.” Shak.
  2. Făn'got, n.p. 496A quantity of wares, as raw silk, &c., from one hundred to two hundred weight and three quarters.
  3. Făn'ion, n.p. 496(Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]
  4. Fân'-light, n.p. 496(Arch.) A window resembling in form an open fan. Kirby.
  5. Fân'nel, n.p. 496Same as FANON, q. v.
  6. 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…
  7. Făn'ning-ma-çhïne' or Făn'ning-mill, n.p. 496A machine for separating seed from chaff, &c.; a fanner.
  8. 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.
  9. 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…
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Făn'ta-sied, a.p. 496Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.
  13. Făn'tasm, n.p. 496That which is formed by, or appears to, the imagination; a phantom; something not real.
  14. Făn'tasque, a.p. 496Fantastic. [Poet.] Browning.
  15. Făn'tast, n.p. 496One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  16. 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…
  17. 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.
  18. Fan-tăs'tĭc-ăl'ĭ-ty, n.p. 496The state or quality of being fantastical; fantasticalness.
  19. Fan-tăs'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily; whimsically.
  20. Fan-tās'tic-al-ness, n.p. 496The state of being fantastical; humorousness; whimsicalness; caprice.
  21. Fan-tăs'ti-cĭsm, n.p. 496The quality of being fantastic; fantasticalness. [Obs.] Cudworth.
  22. Fan-tăs'tic-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; fantastically. [Obs.]
  23. Fan-tăs'tic-ness, n.p. 496The same as FANTASTICALNESS. [Obs.]
  24. Fan-tăs'ti-co, n.p. 496A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.
  25. Făn'ta-sy, n.p. 496The same as FANCY. [Obs.] Is not this something more than fantasy? Shak.
  26. Făn'ta-sy, v. t.p. 496To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
  27. Fantoccini, n.p. 496Puppets caused by machinery to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes; also, the representations in which they are used.
  28. Fān'tom, n.p. 496Something that appears to the imagination; a specter; a ghost; an apparition. See PHANTOM, which is the usual spelling.
  29. Fān’tom-côrn, n.p. 496Lank or light corn. Grose.
  30. Făn'-wheel, n.p. 496A fan-blower.
  31. Făp, a.p. 496Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
  32. Fā-quir', n.p. 496See FAKIR.
  33. 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.…
  34. 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…
  35. Fär, n.p. 496The young of swine, or a litter of pigs. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
  36. Fär'-a-bout', n.p. 496A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.
  37. Fā'rand, n.p. 496See FARRAND.
  38. Fär'an-dämz, n.p. 496A kind of fabric made of silk and wool. Simmonds.
  39. Fär'fant-ly, a.p. 496Orderly; decent. 2. Comely; handsome. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  40. 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…
  41. 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…
  42. Färçe'ment, n.p. 496Stuffing; force-meat. [Obs.] They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.
  43. 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.
  44. Fär'çi-cal-ly, adv.p. 496In a manner suited to farce; hence, ludicrously; ridiculously.
  45. Fär'çi-cal-ness, n.p. 496Quality of being farcical.
  46. Fär'çi-lite, n.p. 496(Min.) Pudding-stone. [Obs.] Kirwan.
  47. Fär'çi-men, n.p. 496The same as FARCIN.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. Fārd, n.p. 496Paint used on the face. [Obs.] “Painted with French fard.” Whitaker.
  51. Färd, v. t.p. 496To paint. [Obs.] Shenstone.
  52. Fär'-dāy, n.p. 496The advanced part of the day. [Obs.] The manna was not good After sun-rising; far-day sullies flowers. H. Vaughan.
  53. Fär'del, n.p. 496A bundle or little pack. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Margatt.
  54. Fär'del, v. t.p. 496To make up in fardels or bundles. [Obs.] Fuller.
  55. Fär'ding-bäg, n.p. 496The first stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal, where green food lies until it is chewed over again. Gardiner.
  56. Fär'ding-dāle or Fär'ding-dēal or Fär'ding-gāle, n.p. 496The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  57. Fāre, v. i.p. 496To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton. 2. To be in any state, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events, fortunate…
  58. Fâre, n.p. 497The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare for conveyance in a coach or by railway. 2. Condition or state…
  59. Fâre-wĕll', interj.p. 497Go well; good-by; adieu; — originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well…
  60. Fâre'well or Fâre-wĕll', n.p. 497A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; adieu. 2. Act of departure; leave. And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. Before I take my farewell of the subject.…