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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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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.Fē’brile or Fĕb’rile, a. p. 502Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.Fēb'ru-a-ry, n. p. 502The second month in the year, introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains 28 days; in the bissextile, or leap-year, 29 days.Fēb'ru-ā'tion, n. p. 502Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spencer.Fē'cal, a. p. 502Pertaining to, or containing, dregs or feces; fæcal.Fē'cēs, n. pl. p. 502Dregs; fæces.Fē’cial, a. p. 502Pertaining to heralds and the denunciation of war to an enemy; as, fecial law. Kent.Fē'ci-fōrk, n. p. 502(Entom.) The anal fork on which the larvæ of certain insects carry their fæces.Fèck'less, a. p. 502Spiritless; feeble; weak; worthless. [Scot.] Let others take their silly, feckless heaven in this life. S. Rutherford.Fĕc'ŭ-lā, n. p. 502Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence; especially, (a.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; — called also…Fĕc'ŭ-lence or Fĕc'ŭ-len-cy, n. p. 502The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness. 2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.Fē'cū-lent, a. p. 502Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid. “Both his hands most filthy feculent.” Spenser.Fĕ'cund, a. p. 502Fruitful in children; prolific. [Rare.] Grant.Fē'cŭn-dāte, v. t. p. 502To make fruitful or prolific. 2. To impregnate; as, the pollen of flowers fecundates the stigma.Fē'cun-dā'tion, n. p. 502The act of fecundating or making fruitful; impregnation.Fe-cŭn'di-fy, v. t. p. 502To make fruitful or prolific; to fecundate. [Obs.] Johnson.Fe-cŭn'di-ty, n. p. 502The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially, the quality or power in female animals of producing young in great numbers. 2. The power of germinating, as in seeds. 3. The power…Fēd, imp. & p. p. p. 502of feed.Fēd'a-ry, n. p. 502A feodary. See FEODARY. [Obs.] Shak.Fēd'er-al, a. p. 502Pertaining to a league, contract, or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their…Fēd'er-al or Fēd'er-al-ist, n. p. 502An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the…Fēd'er-al-ism, n. p. 502The principles of Federalists.Fēd'er-al-ize, v. t. p. 502To unite in compact, as different states; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.Fēd’er-a-ry, n. p. 502A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] Shak.Fēd'er-ate, a. p. 502United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations or powers.Fēd'er-ā'tion, n. p. 502The act of uniting in a league; confederation. 2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke.Fēd'er-a-tive, a. p. 502Uniting; joining in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.Fe-dif'ra-goûs, a. p. 502False to treaties. [Obs.] Vèars.Fĕd′i·ty, n. p. 502Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Fee, n. p. 502Property; possession; control. “Laden with rich fee.” Spenser. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee. Wordsworth. 2. Reward for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for…Fee, v. t. p. 503To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire; to bribe. “Fee me an officer.” Shak.Fee'ble, a. p. 503Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; not powerful; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or…Fee'ble, v. t. p. 503To make feeble or infirm; to enfeeble; to weaken. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak.Fee'ble-mind'ed, a. p. 503Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating. “Comfort the feeble-minded.” 1 Thess. v. 14.Fee'ble-mind'ed-ness, n. p. 503State of having a feeble mind.Fee'ble-ness, n. p. 503The quality or condition of being feeble; weakness of body or mind; infirmity; want of vigor or force; debility; infirmity. “That shakes for age and feebleness.” Shak.Fee'bly, adv. p. 503In a feeble manner; weakly; without strength; as, to move feebly. The gentle numbers feebly creep. Dryden.Feed, v. t. p. 503To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to furnish with provisions. Unreasonable creatures feed their young. Shak. 2. To fill the wants of; to supply; to furnish; to satisfy; as, springs feed…Feed, v. i. p. 503To take food; to eat. He feeds upon the cooling shade. Spenser. 2. To subsist by eating; to prey;—with on or upon. Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon. Shak. 3. To place cattle to feed; to…Feed, n. p. 503That which is eaten by beasts; provender; fodder; pasture; as, hills that furnish the best feed for sheep. 2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak. 3. A certain portion or allowance of provender given…Feed’er, n. p. 503One who gives food or supplies nourishment; a steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith. 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. “The feeder of my riots.” Shak. 3. One…Feed'-head, n. p. 503A cistern at such a height as to feed water by its own weight to the boiler of an engine. Weale.Feed'-hēat'er, n. p. 503(Steam-eng.) A vessel in which the feed-water of a steam-engine is heated by waste steam, or the waste heat of the furnace, before it is forced into the boiler.Feed'ing, n. p. 503That which is eaten. Drayton. 2. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.Feed'-mō'tion, n. p. 503(Mach.) The machinery that gives motion to the parts called the feed in machines for dressing wood or metal.Feed'-pipe, n. p. 503A pipe which feeds or supplies the boiler of a steam-engine, &c., with water.Feed'-pŭmp, n. p. 503The force-pump which supplies the boilers of steam-engines with warmed water, called feed-water, through a feed-pipe.Fee'-es-tāte', n. p. 503(Eng. Law.) Land or tenements held in fee in consideration of some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord.Fee'-färm, n. p. 503(Law.) Land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual farm or rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee-simple, subject to…