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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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Fas-tĭd’ĭ-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 498The state or quality of being fastidious; squeamishness of mind, taste, or appetite.Fas-tĭg'i-ate or Fas-tĭg'i-ā'ted, a. p. 498Narrowed to the top. 2. (Bot.) Close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. Gray.Fas-tĭg'ĭ-ŭm, n. p. 498(Arch.) The summit, apex, or ridge of a house; the gable end of a roof; pediment. Elmes.Fāst’ing-dāy, n. p. 498A day of fasting; a fast day; a day of religious mortification and humiliation.Fāst'ly, adv. p. 498Firmly; surely.Fāst'ness, n. p. 498The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. The places of fastness are laid open. Davies. 2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a place fortified; a…Fāst'ū-ous, a. p. 498Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow.Fāst'ū-ous-ness, n. p. 498The quality of being fastuous; pride; disdain. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Făt, a. p. 498Abounding with fat; as, (a.) Fleshy; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man or ox. (b.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; — said of a dish, or of food, and the like. 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a…Fāt, n. p. 498An oily, concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane, under the skin, and in various other parts of animal bodies. It consists of two substances, stearine and…Făt, v. t. p. 499To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. We fat all creatures else to fat us. Shak.Făt, v. i. p. 499To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. Mortimer.Făt, n. p. 499A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel ii. 24. 2. A measure of capacity, differing in different commodities. [Obs.] Hebert.Fă'tal, a. p. 499Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [Rare.] These things are fatal and necessary. Tillotson. It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon. 2. Causing…Fă'tal-ism, n. p. 499The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.Fă'tal-ist, n. p. 499One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.Fă'tal-ist'ic, a. p. 499Pertaining to, or partaking of, fatalism.Fa-tăl'i-ty, n. p. 499The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of…Fă'tal-ly, adv. p. 499In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. Bentley. 2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.Fă'tal-ness, n. p. 499Invincible necessity; fatality.Fă'ta-Mor-gă'na p. 499A remarkable phenomenon, in which, by an extraordinary atmospheric refraction, images of objects at a distance appear as inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at…Făt'-brāined, a. p. 499Dull of apprehension. Shak.Fāte, n. p. 499A decree or word pronounced by God; a fixed sentence by which the order of things is prescribed; hence, inevitable necessity; destiny supposed to be independent of a divine origination or control.…Făt'ed, a. p. 499Decreed or regulated by fate; doomed; destined. Her awkward love, indeed, was oddly fated. Prior. 2. Invested with the power of fatal determination. [Obs.] The fated sky Gives us free scope. Shak. 3.…Fāte'ful, a. p. 499Bearing fatal power; producing fatal events. “The fateful steel.” J. Barlow.Fāte'ful-ly, adv. p. 499In a fateful manner.Fāte'ful-ness, n. p. 499State of being fateful.Făt'-hĕad'ed, a. p. 499Stupid; thick-skulled. Armstrong.Fā'ther, n. p. 499One who has begotten a child, son or daughter; generator; next male ancestor; male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. 2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor…Fä'ther, v. t. p. 499To make one's self the father of; to beget. Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak. 2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's…Fä'ther-hood, n. p. 499The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity. We might have had an entire notion of this fatherhood, or fatherly authority. Locke.Fä'ther-in-law, n. p. 499The father of one's husband or wife. ☞ A man who marries a woman having children already, is popularly called their father-in-law.Fä'ther-länd, n. p. 499The native land of one's fathers or ancestors; as, England is the father-land of the people of New England.Fä'ther-läsh'er, n. p. 499(Ichth.) A certain salt-water fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the river bull-head. Its head is large, and its spines formidable. It is found on the coasts of Britain, Newfoundland, and Greenland. In…Fä'ther-less, a. p. 499Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child. 2. Without a known author.Fä'ther-less-ness, n. p. 499The state of being without a father.Fä'ther-li-ness, n. p. 499The qualities of a father; parental kindness, care, and tenderness.Fä’ther-lŏng’-lēgs, n. p. 499(Entom.) An insect of the genus Tipula; a crane-fly; —called also daddy-long-legs. 2. (Zool.) A species of spider of the family Phalangidæ, having a small, roundish or oval body of dark-brown or…Fä'ther-ly, a. p. 499Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak. 2. Pertaining to a father.Fä'ther-ly, adv. p. 499In the manner of a father. [Rare.] Thus Adam, fatherly displeased. Milton.Fä'ther-ship, n. p. 499The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.Fāth'om, n. p. 499A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; — used chiefly at sea, for measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of the sea, in sounding by a line and lead.…Fäth'om, v. t. p. 499To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.] 2. To measure by a sounding-line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure…Fāth'om-a-ble, a. p. 499Capable of being fathomed.Fäth'om-er, n. p. 499One who fathoms.Făth’om-less, a. p. 499Incapable of being fathomed, grasped with the arms, sounded, or penetrated. “Buckle in a waist most fathomless.” Shak. “The fathomless absurdity.” Milton.Fa-tid'í-cal, a. p. 499Having power to foretell future events; prophetic. Howell.Fa-tid'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 499In a fatidical or prophetic manner.Fa-tif'er-ōus, a. p. 499Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive. [Rare.]Făt'i-ga-ble, a. p. 499Capable of being wearied; easily tired. [Obs.] Bailey.Făt'i-gāte, v. t. p. 499To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Făt'i-gate, a. p. 499Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.] Re-quickened what in flesh was fatigue. Shak.Făt'i-gā'tion, n. p. 499Weariness. [Obs.]Fa-tigue', n. p. 499Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 2. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Braithwaite. 3. The cause of…Fa-tigue', v. t. p. 499To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. Syn.—To jade; tire; weary. See JADE.Fa-tigue'sōme, a. p. 499Wearisome. [Rare.]Fa-tĭl'o-quent, a. p. 499Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount.Fa-tĭl'o-quīst, n. p. 499A fortune-teller.Făt'i-mite, n. p. 499(Hist.) A descendant of Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mahomet.Fa-tis'cence, n. p. 499A gaping or opening; a state of being chinky, or having apertures. Kirwan.