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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Fe-lĭç'i-fy, v. t.p. 504To make happy; to felicitate. [Obs. and rare.] Quarles.
  2. Fe-lĭc'i-tāte, v. t.p. 504To make very happy; to delight. A glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. Watts. 2. To express joy or pleasure to; to congratulate. Every true heart must felicitate…
  3. Fe-lĭç'i-tate, a.p. 504Made very happy. I am alone Felicitate in your dear highness' love. Shak.
  4. Fe-lĭc'i-tā'tion, n.p. 504The act of felicitating; the act of wishing happiness; congratulation.
  5. Fe-lĭç'i-tōŭs, a.p. 504Happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; well applied or expressed; appropriate. “Felicitous words and images.” M. Arnold.
  6. Fe-lĭc'i-tōŭs-ly, adv.p. 504In a felicitous and happy manner.
  7. Fe-lĭç'i-tōŭs-ness, n.p. 504State of being very happy.
  8. Fe-lĭç'i-ty, n.p. 504The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. Mind . . . immortal in power and in felicity. I. Taylor. 2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event or…
  9. Fē'line, a.p. 504Pertaining to a cat, or to cats; as, the feline race; feline rapacity.
  10. Fē'lis, n.p. 504(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrupeds, including the lion, tiger, panther, cat, and similar animals.
  11. Fell, imp.p. 504of fall.
  12. Fĕll, a.p. 504Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous; bloody. For Oberon is passing fell and wrath. Shak. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak.
  13. Fĕll, n.p. 504A skin or hide of a beast;—used chiefly in composition, as wool-fell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.
  14. Fĕll, n.p. 504A barren or stony hill. [Prov. Eng.] Gray. 2. A field. [Obs.] Drayton.
  15. Fĕll, n.p. 504Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] “Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.” Spenser.
  16. Féll, n.p. 504(Weaving.) The line which terminates a web in process of weaving, formed by the last weft thread. Ogilvie.
  17. Fĕll, v. t.p. 504To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak. 2. To sew or hem;—said of seams only.
  18. Fell'a-ble, a.p. 504Capable of being felled, or fit to be felled. Ogilvie.
  19. Fell'lah, n.p. 504A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, &c. W. M. Thomson.
  20. Fĕll'er, n.p. 504One who fells or knocks down.
  21. Fel-lif'lu-oüs, a.p. 504Flowing with gall. [Obs.]
  22. Fĕll'-mōng'er, n.p. 504A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.
  23. Fĕll'ness, n.p. 504The state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity. Spencer.
  24. Fĕl'lōe, n.p. 504See FELLY.
  25. Fĕl'lo-nest, a., superl.p. 504of fell. [Obs.] Spenser.
  26. Fĕl'lōw, n.p. 504One who follows; an adherent; a companion; a comrade; an associate; a sharer. “The fellows of his crime.” Milton. We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow. Shak. 2. A man without good breeding…
  27. Fēl'lōw, v. t.p. 504To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak.
  28. Fĕl'lōw-cŏm'mon-er, n.p. 504A student in an English university who commons, or dines, with the fellows.
  29. Fĕl'lōw-erēat/ūre, n.p. 504One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator. Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes. Watts.
  30. Fēl'lōw-feel, v. t.p. 504To feel with sympathy. [Obs. and rare.] Rogers.
  31. Fēl'ōw-feel'ing, n.p. 504Sympathy; a like feeling. 2. Joint interest. [Obs.]
  32. Fĕl'lōw-less, a.p. 504Without fellow or equal; peerless. Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.
  33. Fĕl'lōw-like or Fĕl'lōw-ly, a.p. 504Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Shak.
  34. Fĕl'lōw-ship, n.p. 504The state or relation of being a fellow or associate. 2. Mutual association of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse; companionship. In a great town, friends are…
  35. Fĕl'low-ship, v. t.p. 504To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion; to have fellowship with; to admit to Christian fellowship. Bartlett.
  36. Fĕl'ly, adv.p. 504In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely. Spencer.
  37. Fĕl'ly, n.p. 504The exterior rim, or a part of the rim, of a wheel supported by the spokes. [Written also felloe.]
  38. Fĕl'mōn-ger, n.p. 504A dealer in sheep-skins. See FELLMONGER.
  39. Fē'lo-de-sē', n.p. 504(Law.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or commits any unlawful malicious act, the consequence of which is his own death; a self-murderer; a suicide. Burrill.
  40. Fĕl'on, n.p. 504(Law.) A person who has committed felony. See FELONY. 2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime. 3. (Med.) A whitlow; a painful inflammation of the fingers or toes, usually of the last joint.…
  41. Fĕl'on, a.p. 504Malignant; fierce; malicious; proceeding from a depraved heart. Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope. 2. Traitorous; disloyal.
  42. Fe-lō'ni-oŭs, a.p. 504Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; indicating or proceeding from a depraved heart or evil purpose; as, felonious homicide. “Felonious thief.” Shak.
  43. Fe-lō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 504In a felonious manner. ☞ Indictments for capital offenses must state the fact to be done feloniously.
  44. Fe-lô'ni-oûs-ness, n.p. 504The quality of being felonious. Scott.
  45. Fĕl'o-noûs, a.p. 504Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser.
  46. Fĕl'on-ry, n.p. 504A body of felons; the convicts remaining in Australia after their sentence has expired. Howitt.
  47. Fĕl'on-wort, n.p. 504(Bot.) A plant of the genus Solanum.
  48. Fĕl'o-ny, n.p. 504(Feudal Law.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. Burrill. 2. (Eng. Law.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the…
  49. Fĕl'site, n.p. 504(Min.) A species of compact feldspar, of an azure-blue or green color, found amorphous, associated with quartz and mica.
  50. Fĕl'spār, n.p. 504See FELDSPAR.
  51. Fēl'spath, n.p. 504See FELDSPAR.
  52. Fel-späth'ic, a.p. 504See FELDSPATHIC.
  53. Fĕlt, imp. & p. p. or a.p. 504from feel.
  54. Fēlt, n.p. 504A cloth or stuff made of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.…
  55. Fēlt, v. t.p. 504To make into felt, or a felt-like substance. Hale. 2. To cover with felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam-engine.
  56. Fĕlt'er, v. t.p. 504To clot or meet together like felt. His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax.
  57. Fĕlt'-grāin, n.p. 504The grain of split timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates. Gwilt.
  58. Félt'ing, n.p. 504The material of which felt is made; also, felt-cloth. 2. The act of splitting timber by the felt-grain. Gwilt.
  59. Fél'tre, n.p. 504An ancient kind of cuirass, made of wool. Wright.
  60. Fe-lūc'ca, n.p. 505(Naut.) A boat or vessel, with oars and lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. It has this peculiarity, that the helm may be applied to the head or stern, as occasion requires.