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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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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.Flăg, v. t. p. 517To lay with flat stones. The sides and floor were all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.Flăg, n. p. 517(Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to the genus Iris or Acorus.Flăg, v. t. p. 517To plant or furnish with the flag. The waters are flagged about with calamus. Evelyn.Flăg, n. p. 517That which flags or hangs down loosely; an ensign or colors; a banner by which one party or company are distinguished; a standard on which are certain emblems indicative of nationality, party, or…Flăg'-brōom, n. p. 517A broom for sweeping flags. Johnson.Flāg'el-lant, n. p. 517(Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which arose in Italy A. D. 1260, who maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament.Flăg'el-lāte, v. t. p. 517To whip; to scourge.Fla-gĕl'late, a. p. 517(Bot.) Flagelliform. Gray.Flăg'el-lā'tion, n. p. 517A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge. Garth.Fla-gĕl'li-fōrm, a. p. 517(Bot.) Long, narrow, and flexible, like the thong of a whip. Gray.Fla-gĕl'lum, n. p. 517(Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant, especially the long, trailing branch of a vine. 2. (Zoöl.) An appendage to the legs of some crustaceous animals, having some resemblance to a whip. Owen.Flag’eo-lĕt′, n. p. 517(Mus.) A small wind-instrument, having a mouth-piece at one end, and six principal holes.Flāg'-feath'er, n. p. 517A feather of a bird's wing next the body. Booth.Flāg'gi-ness, n. p. 517The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.Flāg'ging, n. p. 517A pavement or sidewalk of flag-stones; flag-stones, spoken of collectively.