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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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Fōe'-hōōd, n. p. 527Enmity. [Obs.] Bedell.Fōe'man, n. p. 527An enemy in war. Foemen's marks upon his battered shield. Shak.Fœ'tal, a. p. 527The same as FETAL.Fœt'i-cīde, n. p. 527The same as FETICIDE.Fœ'tor, n. p. 527The same as FETOR.Fœ'tus, n. p. 527The same as FETUS.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.…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.Fōg, v. t. p. 527To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken.Fōg, v. t. p. 527(Agr.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or after-grass, of; to eat off the fog from.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.Fōg'-bānk, n. p. 527An appearance, at sea, in hazy weather, sometimes resembling land at a distance, but which vanishes as it is approached.Fōg'-bĕll, n. p. 527(Naut.) A bell near rocks, shoals, &c., rung by machinery, to warn mariners in foggy weather.Fō'gey, n. p. 527Same as Fogy, q. v. Thackeray.Fōg'gage or Fōgge, n. p. 527(Agric.) Rank or coarse grass not mowed or eaten down in summer or autumn. See FOG.Fōg'ger, n. p. 527One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]Fōg'gi-ly, adv. p. 527With fog; darkly.Fōg'gi-ness, n. p. 527The state of being foggy; a state of the air filled with watery exhalations.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.Fō'gie, n. p. 527See FOGY.Fōg'less, a. p. 527Without fog; clear. Kane.Fōg'-rĭng, n. p. 527(Meteor.) A bank of fog arranged in a circular form. Brande.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.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…Fō'gy-ism, n. p. 527The principles and conduct of a fogy.Fŏh, interj. p. 527An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fy.Foī'ble, a. p. 527Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Herbert.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…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…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…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…Foil'a-ble, a. p. 527Capable of being foiled or frustrated. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Foil'er, n. p. 527One who foils or frustrates.Foil'ing, n. p. 527(Hunting.) The slight mark of a passing deer on the grass. Chalmers. 2. (Arch.) A foil. Simmonds.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.Foin, v. t. p. 527To prick; to sting. [Obs.] Huloet.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.…Foin'er-y, n. p. 527Thrusting with the foil; fencing; sword-play. [Obs.] Marston.Fōin'ing-ly, adv. p. 527In a pushing manner.Foi'son, n. p. 527Plenty; abundance. [Obs.] That from the seeding the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. Shak.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…Foist, n. p. 528A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] B. & Fl. 2. A foister; a falsifier; a sharper. B. Jonson.Foist'er, n. p. 528One who inserts without authority.Foist'ied, a. p. 528Musty; fusty. [Obs.]Foist'ness, n. p. 528Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]Foist'y, a. p. 528Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Gardner.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…Fōld, v. t. p. 528To lap or lay in plaits; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold a piece of cloth. Folded the writ up in the form of the other. Shak. The scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.…Fōld, v. i. p. 528To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold. 2. To confine sheep in a fold. [Rare.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.Fōld'age, n. p. 528The right of folding sheep.Fōld'er, n. p. 528One who, or that which, folds; especially, a flat, knife-like instrument used for folding paper.Fōld'ing, n. p. 528A fold; a doubling; a plication. “The lower foldings of the vest.” Addison. 2. (Agr.) The keeping of sheep in inclosures on arable land, &c.Fōld'ing-dōors, n. pl. p. 528Two doors which meet in the middle, and either slide back or turn back on hinges, leaving a communication between two apartments.Fōld'less, a. p. 528Having no fold. Milman.Fōld'yärd, n. p. 528A yard for folding or feeding cattle.Fō'li-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 528(Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike. 2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminæ; having the form of a…Fō'li-age, n. p. 528A collection of leaves as produced or arranged by nature; as, a tree of beautiful foliage. 2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and…Fō'li-age, v. t. p. 528To work or to form into the representation of leaves; to furnish with leaves, or work in imitation of leaves. Drummond.Fō'li-ar, a. p. 528(Bot.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages. Henslow.Fō'li-āte, v. t. p. 528To beat into a leaf, or thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.