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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'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.Fēast, n. p. 501A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly joyous, anniversary. We'll hold a feast in great solemnity. Shak. 2. A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of…Feast, v. i. p. 501To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals. And his sons went and feasted in their houses. Job i. 4. 2. To be highly gratified or…Fēast, v. t. p. 501To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward. 2. To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul. Feast…Fēast'-dāy, n. p. 501A festival day.Fēast'er, n. p. 501One who fares deliciously. 2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.Fēast'ful, a. p. 501Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. “Feastful guerdon of their toil,” Spenser. “Feastful days.” “Feastful friends.” Milton.Fēast'ful-ly, adv. p. 501Festively; luxuriously.Fēast'-rīte, n. p. 501A rite or custom observed in entertainments. Philips.Fēast'-wŏn, a. p. 501Won or procured by giving a feast; bribed by feasting. Shak.Fēat, n. p. 501An act; a deed; an exploit. “The warlike feats I have done.” Shak. 2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.Feat, a. p. 501Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Obs.] Never master had a page . . . so feat. Shak. And look how well my garments sit upon me— Much feater than before. Shak.