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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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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.Flăb'ĭle, a. p. 517Subject to be blown about. Bailey.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.Flac-çĭd'i-ty, n. p. 517The state of being flaccid; want of firmness or stiffness; flabbiness; flaccidness. Wiseman.Flăc'cĭd-ly, adv. p. 517In a flaccid manner.Flăc'cid-ness, n. p. 517The state of being flaccid; flaccidity; flabbiness.Flăck'er, v. i. p. 517To flutter as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Flăff, v. i. p. 517To flutter. [Obs.] “A thousand flaffing flags.” Sylvester.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…Flăg, v. t. p. 517To let fall into feebleness; to suffer to droop; as, to flag the wings. Prior.Flăg, n. p. 517A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.