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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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Fe-lĭc'i-tōŭs-ly, adv. p. 504In a felicitous and happy manner.Fe-lĭç'i-tōŭs-ness, n. p. 504State of being very happy.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…Fē'line, a. p. 504Pertaining to a cat, or to cats; as, the feline race; feline rapacity.Fē'lis, n. p. 504(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrupeds, including the lion, tiger, panther, cat, and similar animals.Fell, imp. p. 504of fall.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.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.Fĕll, n. p. 504A barren or stony hill. [Prov. Eng.] Gray. 2. A field. [Obs.] Drayton.Fĕll, n. p. 504Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] “Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.” Spenser.Féll, n. p. 504(Weaving.) The line which terminates a web in process of weaving, formed by the last weft thread. Ogilvie.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.Fell'a-ble, a. p. 504Capable of being felled, or fit to be felled. Ogilvie.Fell'lah, n. p. 504A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, &c. W. M. Thomson.Fĕll'er, n. p. 504One who fells or knocks down.Fel-lif'lu-oüs, a. p. 504Flowing with gall. [Obs.]Fĕll'-mōng'er, n. p. 504A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.Fĕll'ness, n. p. 504The state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity. Spencer.Fĕl'lōe, n. p. 504See FELLY.Fĕl'lo-nest, a., superl. p. 504of fell. [Obs.] Spenser.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…Fēl'lōw, v. t. p. 504To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak.Fĕl'lōw-cŏm'mon-er, n. p. 504A student in an English university who commons, or dines, with the fellows.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.Fēl'lōw-feel, v. t. p. 504To feel with sympathy. [Obs. and rare.] Rogers.Fēl'ōw-feel'ing, n. p. 504Sympathy; a like feeling. 2. Joint interest. [Obs.]Fĕl'lōw-less, a. p. 504Without fellow or equal; peerless. Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.Fĕl'lōw-like or Fĕl'lōw-ly, a. p. 504Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Shak.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…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.Fĕl'ly, adv. p. 504In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely. Spencer.Fĕl'ly, n. p. 504The exterior rim, or a part of the rim, of a wheel supported by the spokes. [Written also felloe.]Fĕl'mōn-ger, n. p. 504A dealer in sheep-skins. See FELLMONGER.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.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.…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.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.Fe-lō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 504In a felonious manner. ☞ Indictments for capital offenses must state the fact to be done feloniously.Fe-lô'ni-oûs-ness, n. p. 504The quality of being felonious. Scott.Fĕl'o-noûs, a. p. 504Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser.Fĕl'on-ry, n. p. 504A body of felons; the convicts remaining in Australia after their sentence has expired. Howitt.Fĕl'on-wort, n. p. 504(Bot.) A plant of the genus Solanum.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…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.Fĕl'spār, n. p. 504See FELDSPAR.Fēl'spath, n. p. 504See FELDSPAR.Fel-späth'ic, a. p. 504See FELDSPATHIC.Fĕlt, imp. & p. p. or a. p. 504from feel.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.…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.Fĕlt'er, v. t. p. 504To clot or meet together like felt. His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax.Fĕlt'-grāin, n. p. 504The grain of split timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates. Gwilt.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.Fél'tre, n. p. 504An ancient kind of cuirass, made of wool. Wright.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.Fēl'wort, n. p. 505(Bot.) A plant (Swertia perennis), a species of gentian.Fē'māle, n. p. 505An individual of the sex among animals which conceives and brings forth young. The male and female of each living thing. Drayton. 2. (Bot.) A plant which bears the pistil, and is impregnated by the…Fē'māle, a. p. 505Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young; not male. As patient as the female dove. When that her golden couplets are disclosed. Shak. 2. Belonging to an individual of the female…Fē'mal·ist, n. p. 505One who courts women; a gallant. Courting her smoothly like a femalist. Marston.Fē'mal-ize, v. t. p. 505To make female or feminine. Shaftesbury.