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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. Faun'us, n.p. 500See FAUN.
  2. Fau'sen, n.p. 500(Ichth.) A kind of large eel. Chapman.
  3. Fausse-braye, n.p. 500(Mil.) A small mound of earth thrown up about a rampart.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Fau'tress, n.p. 500A female favorer; a patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.
  7. Faux, n.p. 500See FAUCES.
  8. Faux pasp. 500A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
  9. Fa-văg'ī-noūs, a.p. 500Resembling a honeycomb. [Obs.] Browne.
  10. Fā'vel, n.p. 500Favor. [Obs.] “To curry favel.” Knowles.
  11. Fā'vel, a.p. 500Yellow; sallow; dun. [Obs.] Wright.
  12. Fa-vē'o-late, a.p. 500Honey-combed; alveolate; cellular. Henslow.
  13. Fa-vil'loüs, a.p. 500Consisting of, pertaining to, or resembling, ashes. [Obs.] Browne.
  14. 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…
  15. 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…
  16. 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.…
  17. 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.
  18. Fā'vor-a-bly, adv.p. 500In a favorable manner; kindly; with friendly disposition; partially.
  19. 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.
  20. Fā'vored-ly, adv.p. 500Favorably. [Obs.] Ascham.
  21. Fā'vored-ness, n.p. 500Appearance. [Obs.]
  22. 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.
  23. Fā'vor-ess, n.p. 500A female who favors or gives countenance.
  24. Fā'vor-ing-ly, adv.p. 501In a favoring manner.
  25. 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…
  26. 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.
  27. 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…
  28. Fā’vor-less, a.p. 501Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no patronage or countenance. 2. Not favoring; unpropitious. [Obs.] “Fortune favorless.” Spencer.
  29. 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.
  30. Fāv'o-site, n.p. 501(Paleon.) A kind of fossil corals, having a prismatic structure closely resembling comb.
  31. Fā'vus, n.p. 501(Med.) A pustular disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.
  32. Fawk'ner, n.p. 501A falconer. [Obs.] Donne.
  33. 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.…
  34. 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…
  35. Fawn, n.p. 501A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
  36. Fawn'er, n.p. 501One who fawns; one who cringes and flatters meanly; a sycophant.
  37. Fawn'ing-ly, adv.p. 501In a fawning manner; in a cringing, servile way; with mean flattery.
  38. Fāxed, a.p. 501Hairy. [Obs.] Camden.
  39. Fāy, n.p. 501A fairy; an elf.
  40. Fāy, n.p. 501Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] That neither hath religion nor fay. Spencer.
  41. Fāy, v. t.p. 501To fit; to suit; to unite closely with.
  42. Fāy, v. i.p. 501To unite closely; to fit; to fadge;— often with in, into, with, or together.
  43. Fāy'al-ite, n.p. 501(Min.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of iron; — so called from the island of Fayal, where it is found. Dana.
  44. Fayence, n.p. 501See FAIENCE.
  45. Fāy'tour, n.p. 501A doer; a faitour. See FAITOUR. [Obs.] Spenser.
  46. Fāz'zo-lēt', n.p. 501A handkerchief. Percival.
  47. Fēa'běr-ry, n.p. 501A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.]
  48. Feague, v. t.p. 501To beat or whip; to chastise; to punish. [Obs.] Buckingham.
  49. Fēak, n.p. 501A lock of hair; a curl. [Obs.] Can dally with his mistress' dangling feak. Marston.
  50. Fē'al, a.p. 501Faithful. [Obs.]
  51. Fē'al-ty, n.p. 501Fidelity to one's lord; the special oath of fidelity, or mutual bond of obligation, between a lord and his tenant; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyalty. It is no longer the…
  52. Fēar, n.p. 501A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
  53. Fēar, n.p. 501A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; solicitude; alarm; dread; terror. ☞ The degrees of this passion, beginning with…
  54. Fear, v. t.p. 501To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude. I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Ps. xxiii. 4. 2. To have a reverential awe…
  55. Fēar, v. i.p. 501To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil. I fear lest . . . your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Cor. xi. 3. I…
  56. Fēar'-bābe, n.p. 501A thing fit only to frighten children; a bugbear. [Obs.]
  57. Fēar'er, n.p. 501One who fears. Sidney.
  58. Fear'ful, a.p. 501Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidst all their power. Warburton. 2. Inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage…
  59. Fear'ful-ly, adv.p. 501In a fearful manner; timorously; frightfully. Affrighted with their bloody look, Run fearfully among the trembling reeds. Shak. And fearfully did menace me with death. Shak.
  60. Fēar'ful-ness, n.p. 501The state of being fearful; timorousness; timidity; awe; alarm; dreadfulness. A third thing that makes a government despised, is fearfulness of, and mean compliances with, bold popular offenders.…