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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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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.Fēat'ness, n. p. 502Dexterity; adroitness; skillfulness. [Rare.]Fēat'oŭs, a. p. 502Same as FEATEOUS, q. v. [Obs.]Fēat'oŭs-ly, adv. p. 502Very dexterously; feateously. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Fēat′ūre, n. p. 502The make, form, or appearance of a person; personal condition or structure; especially, good appearance. What needeth it his feature to describe. Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.…Feat'ured, a. p. 502Having features, or good features; resembling in features. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak. The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young.Feat'ūre-less, a. p. 502Having no distinct features.Feat'ure-ly, a. p. 502Having features; showing marked peculiarities. Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.Feaze, v. t. p. 502To untwist, as the end of a rope. 2. To whip with rods; to beat; to worry; to tease; to feeze. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Fēaze, n. p. 502A state of anxious or fretful excitement; a worry; a tease.Fe-brĭc'i-tāte, v. i. p. 502To be affected with a fever; to have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey.Fe-bri'cū-lā, n. p. 502(Med.) A slight fever.Fē-brī'ū-lōse', a. p. 502Affected with slight fever; somewhat feverish. [Obs.] Johnson.Fe-brĭc′ū-lōs′ĭ-ty, n. p. 502Feverishness. [Obs.]Fēb'ri-fā'cient, a. p. 502Causing fever; febrifıc. Beddoes.Fēb'ri-fā'cient, n. p. 502That which produces fever. Beddoes.Fe-brĭf'ic, a. p. 502Producing fever; febrifacient.Fēb'ri-fū'gal or Fe-brif'ū-gal, a. p. 502Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever; antifebrile.Fĕb'ri-fūge, n. p. 502(Med.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.Fēb'ri-fāge, a. p. 502(Med.) Having the quality of mitigating or subduing fever; antifebrile. Arbuthnot.