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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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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.Feuilleton, n. p. 508A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, taste, &c.Feū'ter, v. t. p. 508To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. [Obs.] Spenser.Feŭ'ter-er, n. p. 508A dog-keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.Fē'ver, n. p. 508(Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom…Fē'ver, v. t. p. 508To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. Henceforth the white hand of a lady fever thee. Shak.Fē'ver-et, n. p. 508A slight fever. [Obs.] Ayliffe.Fē'ver-few, n. p. 508(Bot.) A plant allied to chamomile;—so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities; Pyrethrum Parthenium.Fē'ver-ish, a. p. 508Affected by, pertaining to, indicating, or resembling, a fever. 2. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.” Dryden. 3. Variable through excitement; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. Strive to keep up a frail…Fē'ver-ish-ly, adv. p. 508In a feverish manner.Fē'ver-ish-ness, n. p. 508The state of being feverish; a slight febrile affection; hence, heated or anxious excitement. “The feverishness of his apprehensions.” W. Scott.Fē'ver-ly, a. p. 508Like a fever. [Rare.]Fē'ver-ous, a. p. 508Affected with fever or ague; feverish. “His heart, love's feverous citadel.” Keats. 2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever. “All feverous kinds.” Milton. 3. Having the tendency to produce…Fē'ver-oüs-ly, adv. p. 508In a feverous manner; feverishly. [Obs.] Donne.Fē'ver-rōot, n. p. 508(Bot.) A plant of the genus Triosteum (T. perfoliatum); fever-wort.Fē'ver-sōre, n. p. 508(Med.) A carious ulcer or necrosis. Miner.Fē'ver-weed, n. p. 508(Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium.Fē'ver-wort, n. p. 508See FEVER ROOT.Fē'ver-y, a. p. 508Affected with fever; feverish. [Obs.] “And all thy body fevery.” B. Jonson.Few (fū), a. p. 508Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; — indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; — often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people; small number of mankind.…Few'el, n. p. 508Combustible matter; fuel. [Obs.]Few'met, n. p. 508The dung of a deer; fumet.Few'ness, n. p. 508The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity; brevity. Shak.Fey, v. t. p. 508To cleanse a ditch from mud. [Obs.] Tusser.Fēz, n. p. 508A red cap without a brim, worn by Turks, &c. B. Taylor.Fiacre, n. p. 508A kind of French hackney coach.Fĭ'ance, v. t. p. 508To betroth; to affiance. [Obs.] Harmar.Fi'ar, n. p. 508The same as FEUAR, q. v. 2. (pl.) The price of grains, as fixed, in the counties of Scotland, by the respective sheriffs and a jury. Jamieson.Fī-ās'co, n. p. 508(Mus.) A failure in a musical performance. 2. A failure of any kind.Fī'at, n. p. 508A command to do something; a decisive or effective command; a decree. His fiat laid the corner stone. And heaved its pillars one by one. Willis.Fī'ant, n. p. 508Commission; fiat. [Obs.] Spenser.Fib, n. p. 508A lie or falsehood. [Colloq.]Fib, v. i. p. 508To lie; to speak falsely. [Colloq.]Fĭb, v. t. p. 508To tell a fib to. [Rare.] “To fib a man.” De Quincey.Fīb'ber, n. p. 508One who tells lies or fibs.Fī'ber or Fī'bre, n. p. 508One of the delicate, thread-like or string-like portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted, as the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Sinew; strength. [Obs. and rare.]…Fī'bered or Fī'bred, a. p. 508Having fibers; made up of fibers.Fī'ber-less or Fī'bre-less, a. p. 508Having no fibers; destitute of fibers.Fī’bril, n. p. 508A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread. Cheyne.Fī-bril'la-ted, a. p. 508Furnished with fibrils; fringed. Carpenter.Fī'bril-lā'tion, n. p. 508The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter.Fī-brĭl'lōse or Fīb'ril-lōse', a. p. 508Covered with hair-like appendages, as the under surface of some lichens.Fi-brĭl'loŭs or Fīb'ril-loŭs, a. p. 508Pertaining to fibers; formed of small fibers, as the cap of a mushroom.Fī'brīne, n. p. 508(Chem.) A peculiar organic compound found in animals and vegetables, and also contained in the clot of coagulated blood. Pure fibrine is of a whitish color, inodorous, and insoluble in cold water…Fīb'ri-noŭs, a. p. 508Having, or partaking of, fibrine.Fī'bro-cār'ti-lāge, n. p. 508(Anat.) A kind of cartilage, of which the intercellular substance consists of fibrous tissue, as in the cartilage of the ear.Fī'bro-cār'ti-lāḡ'i-noŭs, a. p. 508(Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, fibro-cartilage.Fī'broŭs, a. p. 508Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoa-nut; the fibrous root of the onion.Fī'broŭs-ness, n. p. 508The quality of being fibrous.Fīb'ster, n. p. 508One who tells fibs. [Rare.] Thackeray.Fĭb'ū-lā or Fĭb'ū-LÆ, n. p. 508A clasp or buckle. “Mere fibulæ, without a robe to clasp.” Wordsworth. 2. (Anat.) The outer and smaller bone of the leg. 3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.