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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. 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…
  2. 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.
  3. Fan-tăs'tĭc-ăl'ĭ-ty, n.p. 496The state or quality of being fantastical; fantasticalness.
  4. Fan-tăs'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily; whimsically.
  5. Fan-tās'tic-al-ness, n.p. 496The state of being fantastical; humorousness; whimsicalness; caprice.
  6. Fan-tăs'ti-cĭsm, n.p. 496The quality of being fantastic; fantasticalness. [Obs.] Cudworth.
  7. Fan-tăs'tic-ly, adv.p. 496In a fantastic manner; fantastically. [Obs.]
  8. Fan-tăs'tic-ness, n.p. 496The same as FANTASTICALNESS. [Obs.]
  9. Fan-tăs'ti-co, n.p. 496A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.
  10. Făn'ta-sy, n.p. 496The same as FANCY. [Obs.] Is not this something more than fantasy? Shak.
  11. Făn'ta-sy, v. t.p. 496To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
  12. Fantoccini, n.p. 496Puppets caused by machinery to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes; also, the representations in which they are used.
  13. Fān'tom, n.p. 496Something that appears to the imagination; a specter; a ghost; an apparition. See PHANTOM, which is the usual spelling.
  14. Fān’tom-côrn, n.p. 496Lank or light corn. Grose.
  15. Făn'-wheel, n.p. 496A fan-blower.
  16. Făp, a.p. 496Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
  17. Fā-quir', n.p. 496See FAKIR.
  18. 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.…
  19. 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…
  20. Fär, n.p. 496The young of swine, or a litter of pigs. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
  21. Fär'-a-bout', n.p. 496A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.
  22. Fā'rand, n.p. 496See FARRAND.
  23. Fär'an-dämz, n.p. 496A kind of fabric made of silk and wool. Simmonds.
  24. Fär'fant-ly, a.p. 496Orderly; decent. 2. Comely; handsome. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  25. 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…
  26. 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…
  27. Färçe'ment, n.p. 496Stuffing; force-meat. [Obs.] They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.
  28. 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.
  29. Fär'çi-cal-ly, adv.p. 496In a manner suited to farce; hence, ludicrously; ridiculously.
  30. Fär'çi-cal-ness, n.p. 496Quality of being farcical.
  31. Fär'çi-lite, n.p. 496(Min.) Pudding-stone. [Obs.] Kirwan.
  32. Fär'çi-men, n.p. 496The same as FARCIN.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. Fārd, n.p. 496Paint used on the face. [Obs.] “Painted with French fard.” Whitaker.
  36. Färd, v. t.p. 496To paint. [Obs.] Shenstone.
  37. 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.
  38. Fär'del, n.p. 496A bundle or little pack. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Margatt.
  39. Fär'del, v. t.p. 496To make up in fardels or bundles. [Obs.] Fuller.
  40. 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.
  41. Fär'ding-dāle or Fär'ding-dēal or Fär'ding-gāle, n.p. 496The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  42. 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…
  43. 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…
  44. 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…
  45. 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.…
  46. Fâre'well, a.p. 497Parting; valedictory; as, a farewell discourse.
  47. Fâr'-fêt, a.p. 497The same as FAR-FETCHED. [Obs.] “York with his far-fet policy.” Shak.
  48. Fär'-fĕtch, v. t.p. 497To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To far-fetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.
  49. Făr'-fĕtch, n.p. 497Any thing brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem. [Obs.] Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far-fetches. Hudibras.
  50. Fär'-fetched, a.p. 497Brought from far, or from a remote place. Whose pains have earned the far-fetched spoil. Milton. 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
  51. Fa-rĭ'na or Fa-rĭ'nā, n.p. 497The flour of any species of corn, or starchy root, such as the potato, &c. Ure. 2. (Chem.) Starch or fecula, one of the proximate principles of vegetables, extracted by a process of washing the…
  52. Făr'i-nā'ceōŭs, a.p. 497Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet. 2. Yielding farina or flour; as, farinaceous seeds. 3. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as, a farinaceous taste or smell.
  53. Fār'i-nōse', a.p. 497Yielding farina; as, farinose substances. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars; mealy. Lindley. Humble.
  54. Fârl, v. t.p. 497The same as FURL. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  55. Fâr'lies, n. pl.p. 497Unusual, unexpected things. [Obs.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  56. Fārm, n.p. 497A tract of land inclosed or set apart for cultivation by a tenant; a piece of ground farmed out or rented for agriculture. 2. An extended piece of ground, devoted by its owner to agriculture; a…
  57. Fârm, v. t.p. 497To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to a tenant, on condition of his returning a portion of the proceeds. We are enforced to farm our royal realm. Shak. 2. To…
  58. Färm, v. i.p. 497To till the soil; to labor as an agriculturist.
  59. Färm'ā-ble, a.p. 497Capable of being farmed. Sherwood.
  60. Fārm'er, n.p. 497One who farms; as, (a.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate…