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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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Fĕs'tive, a. p. 507Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.Fĕs'tive-ly, adv. p. 507In a festive manner.Fes-tĭv'i-ty, n. p. 507The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertainment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Hurd. 2. A festival; a festive…Fĕs'ti-voŭs, a. p. 507Pertaining to a feast; joyous; festival; festive. [Rare.]Fes-tōon',, n. p. 507A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve; any thing arranged in this way. Festoon, (2.) 2. (Arch. & Sculp.) An ornament of carved work, in the form of a wreath of flowers, fruits, and leaves…Fes-tōon’, v. t. p. 507To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.Fes-tōon'y, a. p. 507Consisting of, pertaining to, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel.Fes'tu-çine, a. p. 507Of a straw color. [Obs.] “A little insect of a festucine or pale green.” Browne.Fĕs'tu-cōus, a. p. 507Formed of straw. [Obs.] Browne.Fes'tue, n. p. 507A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.Fēt, n. p. 507A piece. [Obs.] Dryden.Fĕt, v. t. p. 507To fetch. [Obs.] And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.Fē'tal, a. p. 507Pertaining to a fetus.Fe-tā’tion, n. p. 507The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy. [Obs.] Dunglison.Fĕtch, v. t. p. 507To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to bring; to get. Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.…Fĕtch, v. i. p. 507To bring one's self; to move; to arrive; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten.Fĕtch, n. p. 507A stratagem, by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. “Every little fetch of wit and criticism.” South. Straight…Fĕtch'er, n. p. 507One who fetches or brings.Fête, n. p. 507A festival, holiday, celebration, or festivity.Fête, v. t. p. 507To feast; to honor with a festive entertainment.Fête-champêtre, n. p. 507A festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.Fē'tich, n. p. 507A material thing, living or dead, which is made the object of brutish and superstitious worship, as among certain African tribes. Marryatt.Fĕt'i-chĭsm or Fĕt'i-cĭsm, n. p. 507One of the lowest and grossest forms of superstition, consisting in the worship of some material object, as a stone, a tree, or an animal, often casually selected;—practiced among tribes of lowest…Fē'ti-cide, n. p. 507(Med.) The act or process of killing the fetus in the womb. Dunglison. 2. (Law.) The act by which criminal abortion is produced.Fĕt'id, a. p. 507Having an offensive smell; stinking. Most putrefactions smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.Fēt'id-ness, n. p. 507The quality of smelling offensively; a fetid quality; fetor.Fe-tif'er-oûs, a. p. 507Producing young, as animals.Fē'tish, n. p. 507The same as FETICH.Fĕt'lŏck, n. p. 507The part of the leg where the tuft of hair grows behind the pastern joint in horses. Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore. Shak.Fē'tôr, n. p. 507A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness. Arbuthnot.Fēt'ter, n. p. 507A chain for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. The Philistines . . . bound him with fetters of…Fĕt'ter, v. t. p. 507To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine with a chain the feet of; to bind; to enchain. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton. 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to…Fĕt'tered, p. a. p. 507(Zoöl.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.Fĕt'ter-less, a. p. 507Free from fetters. Marston.Fĕt'tle, v. t. p. 507To repair; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.]Fĕt'tle, v. i. p. 507To make preparations; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.Fĕt'tle, n. p. 507The act of fettling, or putting in order; preparation. [Prov. Eng.]Fĕt'ū-oûs, a. p. 507Neat; feat. [Obs.] Herrick.Fē'tus, n. p. 507The young of viviparous animals in the womb, and of oviparous animals in the egg, after it is perfectly formed, before which time it is called embryo.Fet'vā, n. p. 508A written decision of the Turkish mufti on some point of law, or as to its execution. Hegse.Feū, n. p. 508(Scots Law.) A free and gratuitous right to lands, made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.…Feu'ar, n. p. 508(Scots Law.) One who holds real estate on condition of paying a certain rent or duty to his superior. W. Scott.Feūd, n. p. 508A combination of kindred to revenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race. 2. A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between…Feūd, n. p. 508(Law.) A stipendiary estate in land, held of a superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profits…Feūd'al, a. p. 508Pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures. 2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.Feūd'al-ism, n. p. 508The feudal system; the principles and constitution of feuds, or lands held by military services. Whitaker.Feūd'al-ist, n. p. 508An upholder of feudalism.Feūd-äl'i-ty, n. p. 508The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke.Feūd'al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 508The act of reducing to feudal tenure.Feū'dal-ize, v. t. p. 508To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.Feūd'al-ly, adv. p. 508In a feudal manner.Feūd'a-ry, a. p. 508Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure. Milton.Feūd'a-ry, n. p. 508A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service. Clarke. 2. A feodary. See FEODARY.Feūd'a-ta-ry, a. & n. p. 508Same as FEUDATORY.Feūd'a-to-ry, n. p. 508A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. [Obs.] Blackstone.Feūd'a-to-ry, a. p. 508Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title.Feu-de-joie, n. p. 508A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.Feūd'ist, n. p. 508A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.Feuillage, n. p. 508A bunch or row of leaves; foliage. Jervas.Feü'ille-mört, a. p. 508The color of a faded leaf. Locke.