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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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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.Fawn'ing-ly, adv. p. 501In a fawning manner; in a cringing, servile way; with mean flattery.Fāxed, a. p. 501Hairy. [Obs.] Camden.Fāy, n. p. 501A fairy; an elf.Fāy, n. p. 501Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] That neither hath religion nor fay. Spencer.Fāy, v. t. p. 501To fit; to suit; to unite closely with.Fāy, v. i. p. 501To unite closely; to fit; to fadge;— often with in, into, with, or together.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.Fayence, n. p. 501See FAIENCE.Fāy'tour, n. p. 501A doer; a faitour. See FAITOUR. [Obs.] Spenser.Fāz'zo-lēt', n. p. 501A handkerchief. Percival.Fēa'běr-ry, n. p. 501A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.]Feague, v. t. p. 501To beat or whip; to chastise; to punish. [Obs.] Buckingham.Fēak, n. p. 501A lock of hair; a curl. [Obs.] Can dally with his mistress' dangling feak. Marston.Fē'al, a. p. 501Faithful. [Obs.]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…Fēar, n. p. 501A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.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…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…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…Fēar'-bābe, n. p. 501A thing fit only to frighten children; a bugbear. [Obs.]Fēar'er, n. p. 501One who fears. Sidney.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…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.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.…Fēar'less, a. p. 501Free from fear; bold; intrepid. Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns. Shak. The flaming seraph, fearless, though alone. Milton. Syn.—Bold; daring; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave…Fēar'less-ly, adv. p. 501In a fearless manner; without fear; intrepidly; as, brave men fearlessly expose themselves to danger.Fēar'less-ness, n. p. 501The state or quality of being fearless; freedom from fear; courage; boldness; intrepidity. He gave instances of an invincible courage and fearlessness in danger. Clarendon.Fēar'naught, n. p. 501A woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught.Fēa'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 501The quality of being feasible; practicability; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.Fēa'si-ble, a. p. 501Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable; as, a thing is feasible when it can be effected by human means or agency; a thing may be possible, but at the same time not feasible. 2.…Fēa'si-ble, n. p. 501That which is feasible or practicable.Fēa'si-ble-ness, n. p. 501Feasibility; practicability.Fēa'si-bly, adv. p. 501Practicably.