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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. Fĭtch, n.p. 516A chick-pea. 2. [Contraction of fitchet.] The fur of the pole-cat. Simmonds.
  2. Fitched, a.p. 516(Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed. [Written also fĭched.]
  3. Fitch'et or Fitch'ew, n.p. 516A polecat; a foumart.
  4. Fitch'y, a.p. 516Having fitches or vetches; vetchy. [Obs.] Fuller.
  5. Fit'ful, a.p. 516Full of fits; irregularly variable; spasmodic; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.
  6. Fit'ful-ly, adv.p. 516In a fitful manner; by fits; irregularly. The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.
  7. Fit'ly, adv.p. 516In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
  8. Fit'ment, n.p. 516The act of fitting; that which fits or adapts to a purpose. [Obs.] Shak.
  9. 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.
  10. Fĭt'ta-ble, a.p. 516Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  11. Fĭt'ted-ness, n.p. 516The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] H. More.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Fĭt'ting, p. a.p. 516Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
  16. Fĭt'ting-ly, adv.p. 516Suitably. More.
  17. Fĭt'ting-ness, n.p. 516The state or quality of fitting; suitableness. Bp. Taylor.
  18. Fĭt'tĭng-out or Fĭt'tĭng-ŭp, n.p. 516A supply of things necessary; equipments.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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…
  22. Five'-finger, n.p. 516(Bot.) A plant of the genus Potentilla (P. reptans); a species of cinquefoil.
  23. Five'fold, a. & adv.p. 516In fives; consisting of five in one; five-double; five times repeated; quintuple.
  24. Five'-leaf, n.p. 516Cinquefoil; five-finger. Drayton.
  25. Fives, n.p. 516A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
  26. 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.
  27. Fives'-court, n.p. 516A place for playing fives.
  28. 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…
  29. 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…
  30. 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…
  31. Fix'a-ble, a.p. 517Capable of being fixed.
  32. 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…
  33. Fix'a-tive, n.p. 517That which serves to set or fix colors, as a mordant.
  34. 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…
  35. Fĭx'ed-ly, adv.p. 517In a fixed or firm manner; steadfastly.
  36. 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…
  37. Fix-id'i-ty, n.p. 517Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle.
  38. Fix'ing, n.p. 517That which is fixed; a fixture;—used chiefly in the plural; arrangements, embellishments, trimmings, and the like. [Colloq. U. S.]
  39. Fix'i-ty, n.p. 517Fixedness; coherence of parts. Newton.
  40. 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…
  41. Fix'ure, n.p. 517Position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.
  42. 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.
  43. Fĭzz, n.p. 517A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
  44. 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…
  45. Fĭz'zle, n.p. 517A failure or abortive effort.
  46. Flăb'bĭ-ly, adv.p. 517In a flabby manner.
  47. Flăb'bi-ness, n.p. 517The state of being flabby or soft.
  48. 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.
  49. Flā'bel, n.p. 517A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.
  50. Fla-bĕl'late, a.p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; flabelliform.
  51. Fläb'el-lā'tion, n.p. 517(Surg.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by change of air, as by a fan. Dunglison.
  52. Fla-bĕl'li-fôrm, a.p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.
  53. Flăb'ĭle, a.p. 517Subject to be blown about. Bailey.
  54. Flăc'çid, a.p. 517Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flaccid. I. Taylor.
  55. Flac-çĭd'i-ty, n.p. 517The state of being flaccid; want of firmness or stiffness; flabbiness; flaccidness. Wiseman.
  56. Flăc'cĭd-ly, adv.p. 517In a flaccid manner.
  57. Flăc'cid-ness, n.p. 517The state of being flaccid; flaccidity; flabbiness.
  58. Flăck'er, v. i.p. 517To flutter as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
  59. Flăff, v. i.p. 517To flutter. [Obs.] “A thousand flaffing flags.” Sylvester.
  60. Flăg, v. i.p. 517To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose and yielding. The slack sail . . . As loose it flagged around the mast. T. Moore. 2. To grow spiritless or dejected; to…