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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fĭst'ū-lōse, a. p. 516Hollow, like a reed; reed-like. Craig.Fis'tu-lōus, a. p. 516Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer. 2. Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. Lindley.Fĭt, a. p. 516Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature, by art, or by culture; suited by character, qualities, circumstances, or the like; qualified; competent; worthy. That which ordinary men are…Fĭt, v. t. p. 516To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose for which any thing is intended; to qualify; to render competent; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. The time is fitted for the…Fĭt, v. i. p. 516To be proper or becoming. Nor fits it to prolong the feast. Pope. 2. To be adjusted to the shape directed; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.Fĭt, n. p. 516Adjustment; adaptedness, as of dress to the person of the wearer. 2. (Mach.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.Fĭt, n. p. 516A stroke or blow. [Obs. and rare.] Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spencer. 2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as…Fīt, p. p. p. 516from fight. [Obs.]Fĭtch, n. p. 516A chick-pea. 2. [Contraction of fitchet.] The fur of the pole-cat. Simmonds.Fitched, a. p. 516(Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed. [Written also fĭched.]Fitch'et or Fitch'ew, n. p. 516A polecat; a foumart.Fitch'y, a. p. 516Having fitches or vetches; vetchy. [Obs.] Fuller.Fit'ful, a. p. 516Full of fits; irregularly variable; spasmodic; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.Fit'ful-ly, adv. p. 516In a fitful manner; by fits; irregularly. The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.Fit'ly, adv. p. 516In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.Fit'ment, n. p. 516The act of fitting; that which fits or adapts to a purpose. [Obs.] Shak.Fĭt'ness, n. p. 516The state or quality of being fit; suitableness; adaptation; propriety; convenience; readiness; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a student's fitness for college.Fĭt'ta-ble, a. p. 516Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.Fĭt'ted-ness, n. p. 516The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] H. More.Fĭt'ter, n. p. 516One who makes fit or suitable; one who adapts or prepares. 2. A coal-broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal-pit and the shipper of coals. [Eng.] Simmonds.Fit'ter, n. p. 516A broil; division. [Obs.] Fuller. 2. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all to fitters. Beau. & Fl.Fĭt'ting, n. p. 516Any thing used in fitting up; especially, in the plural, necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.Fĭt'ting, p. a. p. 516Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.Fĭt'ting-ly, adv. p. 516Suitably. More.Fĭt'ting-ness, n. p. 516The state or quality of fitting; suitableness. Bp. Taylor.Fĭt'tĭng-out or Fĭt'tĭng-ŭp, n. p. 516A supply of things necessary; equipments.Fit'-weed, n. p. 516(Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium (E. fœtidum);—so called because supposed to be valuable as a remedy in cases of fits or hysterical affections.Fitz, n. p. 516A son;—used in compound names, and, in England, of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king, Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.Five, n. p. 516A number next greater than four, and less than six; the number of the fingers and thumb of one hand; the sum of four and one. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2. 2. A symbol…Five'-finger, n. p. 516(Bot.) A plant of the genus Potentilla (P. reptans); a species of cinquefoil.Five'fold, a. & adv. p. 516In fives; consisting of five in one; five-double; five times repeated; quintuple.Five'-leaf, n. p. 516Cinquefoil; five-finger. Drayton.Fives, n. p. 516A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.Fives, n. pl. p. 516A kind of play with a ball against the side of a building, resembling tennis;— so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart.Fives'-court, n. p. 516A place for playing fives.Fix, n. p. 516A position of difficulty or embarrassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then? No. Is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Awar can not live, and can not die; so that he is in…Fix, v. t. p. 516To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to establish; to make definite; to determine. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. Herbert. 2. To…Fix, v. i. p. 516To settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. Waller. 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease…Fix'a-ble, a. p. 517Capable of being fixed.Fix-ā'tion, n. p. 517The act of fixing, making firm, holding steady, or establishing. 2. The state of being firm or stable; steadiness; constancy. To light, created in the first day, God gave no certain place or…Fix'a-tive, n. p. 517That which serves to set or fix colors, as a mordant.Fixed, p. a. p. 517Settled; established; firm. Fixed air (Chem.), an invisible fluid, heavier than common air, and fatal to animal life;—called also aerial acid, cretaceous acid, and more generally carbonic acid.—Fixed…Fĭx'ed-ly, adv. p. 517In a fixed or firm manner; steadfastly.Fix'ed-ness, n. p. 517A state of being fixed; stability; firmness; steadfastness; as, a fixedness in religion or politics; fixedness of opinion on any subject. 2. The state of a body which resists evaporation or…Fix-id'i-ty, n. p. 517Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle.Fix'ing, n. p. 517That which is fixed; a fixture;—used chiefly in the plural; arrangements, embellishments, trimmings, and the like. [Colloq. U. S.]Fix'i-ty, n. p. 517Fixedness; coherence of parts. Newton.Fixt’ure, n. p. 517That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm; the fixtures of a dwelling, that is, the articles which the tenant may not…Fix'ure, n. p. 517Position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.Fiz'gig, n. p. 517A fishgig. Sandys. 2. A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson. 3. A firework, made of powder rolled up in a paper, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.Fĭzz, n. p. 517A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.Fĭzz or Fĭz'zle, v. i. p. 517To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, as plain as fizzling. B. Jonson. 2. To fail of success in an undertaking; to bungle. To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and…Fĭz'zle, n. p. 517A failure or abortive effort.Flăb'bĭ-ly, adv. p. 517In a flabby manner.Flăb'bi-ness, n. p. 517The state of being flabby or soft.Fläb'by, a. p. 517Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.Flā'bel, n. p. 517A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.Fla-bĕl'late, a. p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; flabelliform.Fläb'el-lā'tion, n. p. 517(Surg.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by change of air, as by a fan. Dunglison.Fla-bĕl'li-fôrm, a. p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.