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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fau'cal, a. p. 500Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; especially (Pron.), produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.Fau'ces, n. pl. p. 500The posterior part of the mouth, terminated by the pharynx and larynx. Brande. 2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, &c. Gray. 3. (Conch.) That portion of the first chamber of a shell which can…Fau'cet, n. p. 500A fixture for drawing liquor from a cask or vessel, consisting of a tube stopped with a peg, spigot, or slide. These are also called tap and faucet.Fau'chion, n. p. 500The same as FALCHION. [Obs.]Fau'fel, n. p. 500The fruit of a species of the palm-tree.Fugh, interj. p. 500Exclamation of contempt or abhorrence.Faul'chion, n. p. 500The same as FALCHION.Fau'con, n. p. 500The same as FALCON.Faule, n. p. 500A vandyke; a fall. [Obs.] “These laces, ribbons, and these faules.” Herrick.Fault, n. p. 500Defect; want; absence; lack; default. One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak. 2. Any thing that fails, is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a…Fault, v. t. p. 500To charge with a fault; to accuse. [Obs.] For that I will not fault thee. Old Song. 2. To cause a fault or displacement in; — said of strata or veins.Fault, v. i. p. 500To fail; to lack; to be deficient or wrong; to commit a fault. [Obs.] If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted. Latimer.Fault'er, n. p. 500One who commits a fault. [Obs.] Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.Fault'ful, a. p. 500Full of faults or sins. Shak.Fault'i-ly, adv. p. 500In a faulty manner; defectively; improperly; wrongly.Fault'i-ness, n. p. 500The state of being faulty, defective, or erroneous; defect; viciousness; evil disposition; as, the faultiness of a person. “Round, even to faultiness.” Shak.Fault'ing, n. p. 500(Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted. Dana.Fault'less, a. p. 500Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem or picture. And look thyself were faultless, thou wert best.…Fault'less-ly, adv. p. 500In a faultless manner.Fault'less-ness, n. p. 500Freedom from faults or defects.Fault'y, a. p. 500Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; defective; imperfect. Created once So goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton. 2. Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.…Faun, n. p. 500(Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and shepherds, differing little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man. Jupiter or Pan, Satyr or Faun or Sylvan. Milton.Fau'nă, n. p. 500(Zoöl.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.Faun'ist, n. p. 500One who attends to rural disquisitions; a naturalist. White.Faun'us, n. p. 500See FAUN.Fau'sen, n. p. 500(Ichth.) A kind of large eel. Chapman.Fausse-braye, n. p. 500(Mil.) A small mound of earth thrown up about a rampart.Fauteuil, n. p. 500An arm-chair, usually highly ornamented; hence, a seat or membership in the French Academy; also, the chair of a presiding officer.Fau'tor, n. p. 500A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. [Obs.] The king and the fautors of his proceedings. Latimer.Fau'tress, n. p. 500A female favorer; a patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.Faux, n. p. 500See FAUCES.Faux pas p. 500A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.Fa-văg'ī-noūs, a. p. 500Resembling a honeycomb. [Obs.] Browne.Fā'vel, n. p. 500Favor. [Obs.] “To curry favel.” Knowles.Fā'vel, a. p. 500Yellow; sallow; dun. [Obs.] Wright.Fa-vē'o-late, a. p. 500Honey-combed; alveolate; cellular. Henslow.Fa-vil'loüs, a. p. 500Consisting of, pertaining to, or resembling, ashes. [Obs.] Browne.Fā'vor, n. p. 500Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak. 2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or…Fā'vor, v. t. p. 500To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to befriend; to regard or treat with partiality; to…Fā'vor-a-ble, a. p. 500Full of favor; favoring; manifesting or indicating partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ear to our requests. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1. 2.…Fā'vor-a-ble-ness, n. p. 500The condition or quality of being favorable; kindness; partiality; suitableness. The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.Fā'vor-a-bly, adv. p. 500In a favorable manner; kindly; with friendly disposition; partially.Fā'vored, p. a. p. 500Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as in the compounds well-favored, ill-favored, hard-favored, and the like.Fā'vored-ly, adv. p. 500Favorably. [Obs.] Ascham.Fā'vored-ness, n. p. 500Appearance. [Obs.]Fā'vor-er, n. p. 500One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity. And come to us as favorers, not foes. Shak.Fā'vor-ess, n. p. 500A female who favors or gives countenance.Fā'vor-ing-ly, adv. p. 501In a favoring manner.Fā'vor-ite, n. p. 501A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or…Fā'vor-īte, a. p. 501Regarded with particular kindness, affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child; a favorite author. “His favorite argument.” Macaulay.Fā'vor-it-ism, n. p. 501The disposition to favor, aid, and promote, the interest of a favorite, or of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims. “A spirit of favoritism to…Fā’vor-less, a. p. 501Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no patronage or countenance. 2. Not favoring; unpropitious. [Obs.] “Fortune favorless.” Spencer.Fa-vōse', a. p. 501(Bot.) Honey-combed; like the section of a honey-comb; having pits, depressions, or cells, like those of a honey-comb; faveolate. Lindley.Fāv'o-site, n. p. 501(Paleon.) A kind of fossil corals, having a prismatic structure closely resembling comb.Fā'vus, n. p. 501(Med.) A pustular disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.Fawk'ner, n. p. 501A falconer. [Obs.] Donne.Fawn, n. p. 501<br>1. A young fallow deer; a buck or doe of the first year.<br>2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]<br>She [the tigress] . . . followeth the quest after her fawns. Holland.<br>Fawn, v. i. [Fr.…Fawn, v. i. p. 501To court favor by low cringing, frisking, and the like, as a dog. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. 2. To court servilely; to cringe and bow to gain favor; to flatter…Fawn, n. p. 501A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.Fawn'er, n. p. 501One who fawns; one who cringes and flatters meanly; a sycophant.