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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. Fō'cal-īze, v. t.p. 527To bring to a focus; to concentrate. Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey.
  2. Fō'cīle, n.p. 527(Anat.) A bone of the fore-arm, the greater focile being the ulna, the lesser the radius; also, a bone of the fore-leg.
  3. Fŏç'il-lāte, v. t.p. 527To nourish; to warm. [Obs.] Blount.
  4. Fŏç'il-lā'tion, n.p. 527Comfort; support. [Obs.]
  5. Fo-çĭm'e-ter, n.p. 527An instrument for bringing to a focus. R. Hunt.
  6. Fō'cus, n.p. 527(Opt.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted; as, the focus of a lens or mirror. 2. (Geom.) A point on the principal axis of a conic section, such that the…
  7. Fō'cus, v. t.p. 527To bring to a focus; as, to focus a camera. [Recent.] R. Hunt.
  8. Fōd'der, n.p. 527That which is fed out to cattle, horses, and sheep, as hay, straw, and various vegetables. 2. A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19½ to 24 cwt.…
  9. Fōd'der, v. t.p. 527To feed, as cattle, with dry food, or cut grass, &c.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats.
  10. Fōd'der-er, n.p. 527One who fodders cattle.
  11. Fō'di-ent, a.p. 527Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging. [Obs.] Blount.
  12. Fōe (fō), n.p. 527One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36. Our destroyer, foe to God and man. Milton. 2.…
  13. Fōe, v. t.p. 527To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] Spenser.
  14. Fōe'-hōōd, n.p. 527Enmity. [Obs.] Bedell.
  15. Fōe'man, n.p. 527An enemy in war. Foemen's marks upon his battered shield. Shak.
  16. Fœ'tal, a.p. 527The same as FETAL.
  17. Fœt'i-cīde, n.p. 527The same as FETICIDE.
  18. Fœ'tor, n.p. 527The same as FETOR.
  19. Fœ'tus, n.p. 527The same as FETUS.
  20. Fōg, n.p. 527Watery vapor precipitated in the lower part of the atmosphere, and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground. Yon fen-sucked fogs, drawn by the powerful sun.…
  21. Fōg, n.p. 527(Agric.) (a.) A second growth of grass; after-grass. (b.) Long grass that remains in pastures till winter; — sometimes called, in New England, old tore.
  22. Fōg, v. t.p. 527To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken.
  23. Fōg, v. t.p. 527(Agr.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or after-grass, of; to eat off the fog from.
  24. Fōg, v. i.p. 527To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog; to practice low arts. [Obs.] Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee? Dryden.
  25. Fōg'-bānk, n.p. 527An appearance, at sea, in hazy weather, sometimes resembling land at a distance, but which vanishes as it is approached.
  26. Fōg'-bĕll, n.p. 527(Naut.) A bell near rocks, shoals, &c., rung by machinery, to warn mariners in foggy weather.
  27. Fō'gey, n.p. 527Same as Fogy, q. v. Thackeray.
  28. Fōg'gage or Fōgge, n.p. 527(Agric.) Rank or coarse grass not mowed or eaten down in summer or autumn. See FOG.
  29. Fōg'ger, n.p. 527One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]
  30. Fōg'gi-ly, adv.p. 527With fog; darkly.
  31. Fōg'gi-ness, n.p. 527The state of being foggy; a state of the air filled with watery exhalations.
  32. Fōg'gy, a.p. 527Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; damp with humid vapors; cloudy; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. 2. Beclouded; darkened; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
  33. Fō'gie, n.p. 527See FOGY.
  34. Fōg'less, a.p. 527Without fog; clear. Kane.
  35. Fōg'-rĭng, n.p. 527(Meteor.) A bank of fog arranged in a circular form. Brande.
  36. Fōg'-sig'nal, n.p. 527A signal made during a fog, as on English railways, by putting torpedoes or detonating powder on the rails, which warn the train of danger. Simmonds.
  37. Fō'gy, n.p. 527A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow;—usually preceded by old. [Written also fogie and fogey.] ‡— The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or…
  38. Fō'gy-ism, n.p. 527The principles and conduct of a fogy.
  39. Fŏh, interj.p. 527An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fy.
  40. Foī'ble, a.p. 527Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Herbert.
  41. Foi'ble, n.p. 527A particular moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a fault not of a serious character; a frailty. A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De…
  42. Foil, v. t.p. 527To beat down with the feet; to trample. [Obs.] Whom he did all to pieces break and foil. In filthy dirt, and left so in the loathely soil. Spenser. 2. To render vain or nugatory, as an effort or…
  43. Foil, n.p. 527The failure of success when on the point of being secured; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Death never won a stake with greater toil, Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. Dryden. 2. A blunt sword, or…
  44. Foil, n.p. 527A leaf or thin plate of metal; as, tin foil. 2. A thin leaf of metal, placed under precious stones by jewelers, to increase their brilliancy, or to give them a particular color, since the stone…
  45. Foil'a-ble, a.p. 527Capable of being foiled or frustrated. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  46. Foil'er, n.p. 527One who foils or frustrates.
  47. Foil'ing, n.p. 527(Hunting.) The slight mark of a passing deer on the grass. Chalmers. 2. (Arch.) A foil. Simmonds.
  48. Foin, v. i.p. 527To thrust with a sword or spear; to make passes; to lunge. [Obs.] Spenser. They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. Dryden.
  49. Foin, v. t.p. 527To prick; to sting. [Obs.] Huloet.
  50. Foin, n.p. 527A thrust with a sword or spear; a push. [Obs.] Robinson. 2. A small ferret or weasel. [Obs.] 3. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.…
  51. Foin'er-y, n.p. 527Thrusting with the foil; fencing; sword-play. [Obs.] Marston.
  52. Fōin'ing-ly, adv.p. 527In a pushing manner.
  53. Foi'son, n.p. 527Plenty; abundance. [Obs.] That from the seeding the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. Shak.
  54. Foist, v. t.p. 527To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off as genuine, true, or worthy; — usually followed by in. Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in…
  55. Foist, n.p. 528A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] B. & Fl. 2. A foister; a falsifier; a sharper. B. Jonson.
  56. Foist'er, n.p. 528One who inserts without authority.
  57. Foist'ied, a.p. 528Musty; fusty. [Obs.]
  58. Foist'ness, n.p. 528Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]
  59. Foist'y, a.p. 528Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Gardner.
  60. Fōld, n.p. 528A doubling of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a fold; a plication. 2. Times or repetitions;—used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase…