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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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Fo-mĕnt'er, n. p. 529One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.Fōn, n. p. 529A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Thou art a fōn of thy love to boast. Spencer.Fōnd, a. p. 529Foolish; silly; simple; weak; indiscreet; imprudent. [Obs.] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak. A fond fame is best confuted by neglecting it. By fond, understand…Fōnd, v. t. p. 529To treat with great indulgence or tenderness; to caress; to fondle. [Obs.] The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden.Fōnd, v. i. p. 529To be fond of; to be in love with; to dote on. [Obs.] Shak.Fōnd'le, v. t. p. 529To treat with tenderness; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.Fōnd'ler, n. p. 529One who fondles.Fōnd'ling, n. p. 529A foolish creature; a simpleton; a dolt. [Obs.] Chapman. 2. A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection. He was his parents' darling, not their fondling.…Fōnd'ly, adv. p. 529In a fond manner; foolishly; with indiscreet or excessive affection; affectionately; tenderly. Make him speak fondly, like a frantic man. Shak. Fondly we think we merit honor then, When we but praise…Fōnd'ness, n. p. 529The state or quality of being fond; foolishness; weakness; doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish. Fondness it were for any, being free. To covet fetters, though they…Fondus, n. p. 529A style of printing calico, paper-hangings, &c., in which the colors, like those of the rainbow, are melted or graduated into each other. Ure.Fōne, n. p. 529pl. of foe. [Obs.] Spenser.Fŏn'ly, adv. p. 529Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.Fŏnt, n. p. 529A fountain; a spring; a source. Drayton. Young. 2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. That name was given me at the font. Shak.Fōnt, n. p. 529(Print.) A complete assortment of printing types of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for…Fōnt'al, a. p. 529Pertaining to a fount, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive. [Rare.] From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power. Coleridge.Fōnt’a-nĕl’, n. p. 529(Med.) An issue for the discharge of humors from the body. Hall. 2. (Anat.) A space occupied by a cartilaginous membrane in a fetus or new-born child, and situated at the union of the angles of the…Fontange, n. p. 529A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress. Addison.Fōōd, n. p. 529What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by the organism of an animal or plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for…Fōōd, v. t. p. 529To supply with food; to feed; to victual. [Obs.] Barret.Fōōd'ful, a. p. 529Supplying food; full of food. There the corn, Bent by its foodful burdens, sheds, unreaped, Its plenteous seed.Fōōd'less, a. p. 529Without food; destitute of provisions; barren. Sandys.Fōōd'y, a. p. 529Fit for food; eatable; fertile; fruitful. [Obs.] Chapman.Fōōl, n. p. 529One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural. 2. A person deficient in intellect, one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of…Fōōl, v. i. p. 529To act like a fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. “Is this a time for fooling?” Dryden.Fōōl, v. t. p. 529To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak. 2. To make a fool of; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; For, fooled with hope, men favor the…Fōōl, n. p. 529A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; — commonly called gooseberry-fool. Fall to your cheese-cakes, curds, and clouted cream, Your fools, your flawns. B. Jonson.Fōōl'-bĕgged, a. p. 529Idiotical; absurd. [Obs.] Shak.Fōōl'-bôrn, a. p. 529Born of, or produced by, a fool. Shak.Fōōl'er-y, n. p. 529The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. 2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish…Fōōl'-hāp'py, a. p. 529Lucky without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōōl'-härd'i-hōōd, n. p. 529The same as FOOL-HARDINESS.Fōōl'-härd'i-ly, adv. p. 529With fool-hardiness.Fōōl'-härd'i-ness, n. p. 529Courage without sense or judgment; mad rashness. Dryden.Fōōl'-härd'ise, n. p. 529Fool-hardiness. [Obs.] Spenser. Fairfax.Fŏol'-härd'y, a. p. 529Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold. Howell. Syn.—Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; headlong; incautious. See RASH.Fōol'-hāst'y, a. p. 529Foolishly hasty. [Obs.] Holland.Fool'i-fy, v. t. p. 529To make a fool of; to fool, or befool. [Obs.] Holland.Fōol'ish, a. p. 529Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish, fond old man. Shak. 2. Such as a fool would do…Fŏol'ish-ly, adv. p. 529In a foolish manner; weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.Fŏol'ish-ness, n. p. 529The quality or condition of being foolish; folly; want of understanding. 2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. I Cor. i. 18.Fōol's'cāp, n. p. 529A long folio writing paper, about 13½ by 16½ inches. Simmonds.Fŏol's'-pärs'ley, n. p. 529(Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant, resembling parsley, but having a disagreeable, nauseous smell; the Æthusa cynapium. Loudon.Fōol'stōnes, n. p. 529(Bot.) A certain plant, a species of orchis.Fŏot, n. p. 529The extremity below the ankle; that part of the body which treads the ground in standing or walking. 2. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table, or of a…Fŏot, v. i. p. 529To tread to measure or music; to dance; to skip. Dryden. 2. To walk;—opposed to ride or fly; commonly followed by it. If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest.…Fŏot, v. t. p. 529To strike with the foot; to kick; to spurn. Shak. 2. To set on foot; to organize. [Obs.] What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom? Shak. 3. To tread; as, to foot the…Fōōt'-ball, n. p. 530An inflated ball, usually made of bladder cased in leather, or of india-rubber, and kicked about in sport. Waller. 2. The sport of kicking the foot-ball. Arbuthnot.Fōōt'-bänd, n. p. 530(Mil.) A band of infantry.Fōōt'-bāth, n. p. 530A bathing of the feet; a vessel for this purpose.Fōōt'-bōard, n. p. 530A support for the foot; a board at the foot of a bed. 2. (Locomotives.) The platform on which the driver and fireman of a locomotive stand; the foot-plate.Fōōt'-boy, n. p. 530A menial; an attendant in livery; a footman. Swift.Fōōt'-bridge, n. p. 530A narrow bridge for foot passengers. Sidney.Fōōt'-clŏth, n. p. 530A sumpter cloth, or housings of a horse, which covered his body and reached down to his heels. [Obs.] Shak.Fōōt'ed, a. p. 530Provided with a foot; having a foot. “Footed like a goat.” Grew. 2. Having a foothold; established. Our king is footed in this land already. Shak.Fōōt′fall, n. p. 530A footstep. 2. A trip or stumble; a misstep. Shak.Fōōt'-fight, n. p. 530A conflict by persons on foot; — in opposition to a fight on horseback. Sidney.Fōōt'-glōve, n. p. 530A kind of stocking. [Obs.] The buskins and foot-gloves we wore. Defoe.Fōōt'-guärds, n. pl. p. 530Guards of infantry.Fōōt'-halt, n. p. 530A disease incident to sheep, and said to proceed from a worm which enters between the claws.