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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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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.Fēat, v. t. p. 501To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Shak.Feat'-bŏd'ied, a. p. 502Having a feat or trim body. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Fēat'e-ōus, a. p. 502Dextrous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson.Fēat'e-ōus-ly, adv. p. 502Dexterously; neatly. [Obs.]Feath'er, n. p. 502One of the growths, generally formed each of a central quill and a vane upon each side of it, which make up the covering of a bird; a plume; a pen. She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings.…Fēath’er, v. t. p. 502To dress in feathers; to provide with plumage or with a feather-like covering; to furnish with a feather, as an arrow or a cap. “Feathered soon and fledged.” Milton. 2. To provide with what is…Feath'er, v. i. p. 502To become feathered or horizontal; — said of oars. The feathering oar returns the gleam. Tickell.Fēath'er-bĕd, n. p. 502A bed filled with feathers.Fĕath'er-bōard'ing, n. p. 502A covering of boards in which the edge of one board overlaps another, like the feathers of a bird; weather-boarding. Loudon.Fēath'er-drīv'er, n. p. 502One who beats, and otherwise prepares, feathers, to make them light or loose.Fēath'ered, a. p. 502Clothed, covered, or fitted with feathers; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. 2. Resembling a feathered animal in speed; winged. In feathered briefness sails are fitted. Shak. 3. Furnished…Fēath'er-ēdge, n. p. 502An edge formed like that of a feather, or thinner than the opposite edge;—applied to boards and cutting instruments. A board that has one edge thinner than the other, is called feather-edge stuff.…Fēath'er-ēdged, a. p. 502Having one edge thinner than the other. Gwilt.Feath'er-few, n. p. 502A corruption of fever-few.Fēath'er-grāss, n. p. 502(Bot.) A species of grass of the genus Stipa, distinguished by its feathered beard. Loudon.Fĕath'er-ing, n. p. 502(Arch.) The ornamental cusps or projecting points formed by the junction of small arcs, frequently forming an inner edge of lace-like ornament within the spandrils of an arch.Fēath'er-ing-flōat, n. p. 502(Naut.) The float or paddle of a feathering-wheel.Fēath'er-ing-screw, n. p. 502(Naut.) A screw-propeller, of which the blades may be made to have a variable pitch, or to stand parallel with the shaft, so as to drag easily when the ship is moving under sail alone.Fēath'er-ing-wheel, n. p. 502(Naut.) A paddle-wheel of which the floats are automatically turned so as to dip about perpendicularly to the surface of the water, instead of standing radially.Fĕath'er-less, a. p. 502Destitute of feathers; unfledged. Howell.Fēath'er-ly, a. p. 502Resembling feathers. [Obs.] Brown.Feath'er-veined, a. p. 502(Bot.) Having the veins of a leaf branching off, as in feathers, from the two sides of a midrib. Gray.Feath'er-weight, n. p. 502(Sporting.) Very exact weight, as if weight which a feather might turn; the lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in whatever match he may be engaged. White.Feath'er-y, a. p. 502Pertaining to, resembling, or covered with feathers. Milton.Feat'ly, adv. p. 502Neatly; dexterously; adroitly. “Foot it featly here and there.” Shak.