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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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Fōt'māl, n. p. 538The weight of seventy pounds of lead. Simmonds.Fōu-gāde′ or Fōu-gāsse′, n. p. 538(Mil.) A small mine, formed by sinking a pit from the surface, charged with powder, or powder and shells, and covered with stones or earth.Fought, imp. & p. p. p. 538of fight.Fought'en, p. p. p. 538of fight. [Obs.]Foul, a. p. 538Covered with or containing extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, or offensive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney. My face is…Foul, v. t. p. 538To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to bemire; to soil; as, to foul the clothes; to foul the face or hands. Shak. 2. To entangle or bring into collision with something that impedes motion.Foul, v. i. p. 538To become entangled or clogged; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled; one of the blocks fouled.Fou-lärd', n. p. 538A thin fabric of silk or silk-cotton, originally brought from India, used for handkerchiefs and ladies' dresses.Foul'der, v. i. p. 538To flame, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam. [Obs.] Seemed that loud thunder, with amazement great, Did rend the rattling skies with flames of fouldering heat. Spenser.Foul'ly, adv. p. 538In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; hatefully; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably. Thou play'dst most foully for it. Shak. I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do. Gay.Foul'-mouthed, a. p. 538Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.Foul'ness, n. p. 538The quality of being foul; filthiness; defilement; pollution; hatefulness; ugliness; unfairness; dishonesty. There is not so chaste a nation as this, nor so free from all pollution or foulness.…Foul'-spōk'en, a. p. 538Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. Shak.Fou'märt, n. p. 538The polecat; the fitchew.Found, imp. & pp. p. 538of find.Found, v. t. p. 538To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish; to fix upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix or establish firmly. I had else been perfect…Found, v. i. p. 538To rest or rely. [Rare.] H. Miller.Found, v. t. p. 538To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. Milton.Foun-dā'tion, n. p. 538The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. 2. That upon which any thing is founded; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting…Foun-dā'tion-er, n. p. 538One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or great school. [England.]Foun-dā'tion-less, a. p. 538Having no foundation. Hammond.Foun-dā'tion-mŭs'lin, n. p. 538An open-worked, gummed fabric, used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, and the like.Found'er, n. p. 538One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom any thing originates; one who endows.Found'er, n. p. 538One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing-types.Found'er, v. i. p. 538(Naut.) To fill or be filled with water, and sink, as a ship; hence, to fail; to miscarry. Shak. 2. To trip; to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse for fear 'gan to turn…Found'er, v. t. p. 539To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of, so as to disable or lame;—said of a horse. I have foundered nine score and odd posts. Shak.Found'er, n. p. 539(Far.) (a.) A lameness occasioned by inflammation in the foot of a horse. (b.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest-founder. White.Found'er-oūs, a. p. 539Failing; liable to sink from beneath; ruinous; as, a founderous road. Burke.Found'er-y, n. p. 539The art or process of forming articles in metal by melting the metal and pouring it into molds; the art of founding, or casting metals. 2. The house and works occupied for casting metals; a foundry.…Found'ling, n. p. 539A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.Found'ress, n. p. 539A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.Found'ry, n. p. 539A building arranged and fitted for casting metals; a foundery.Fount, n. p. 539(Print.) A complete set or assortment of types of a certain kind; a font.Fount or Fount'ain, n. p. 539A spring, or natural source of water; a spring or issuing of water from the earth. 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises…Fount'ain-hĕad, n. p. 539Primary source; original; first principle. Young.Fount'ain-less, a. p. 539Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. A barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.Fount'ain-pĕn, n. p. 539A pen with a reservoir for furnishing a continuous supply of ink.Fount'ain-tree, n. p. 539A tree in the Canary Isles which distills water from its leaves.Fount'ful, a. p. 539Full of springs; as, fountful Ida.Fōur, a. p. 539As many as the fingers of one hand without the thumb; one more than three, or one less than five; twice two.Fōur, n. p. 539The sum of four units; the sum of two and two. 2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or IV.Fourbe, n. p. 539A tricking fellow; a cheat. [Obs.] Evelyn. Denham.Fourchée, a. p. 539(Her.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off;—said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.Fourchette, n. p. 539A table-fork. 2. (Anat.) The united clavicles, or wishing-bone, of birds. Cross fourchée. 3. (Surg.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenum.Fōur'fold, a. p. 539Four double; quadruple; four times told; as, a fourfold division. He shall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.Fōur'fōld, n. p. 539Four times as much.Four′fold, v. t. p. 539To assess in a fourfold ratio; to quadruple.Four'foot'ed, a. p. 539Having four feet; quadruped.Fōu'ri-er-ism, n. p. 539The system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommends the re-organization of society into small communities, living in common.Fou'ri-er-ite, n. p. 539One who favors Fourierism.Fōurm, n. p. 539See FORM. B. Jonson.Fourneau, n. p. 539(Mil.) The chamber or part of a mine in which the powder is placed.Four'rĭer, n. p. 539A harbinger. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.**Fōur'scōre**, a. p. 539Four times twenty; eighty.Fōur'scōre, n. p. 539Eighty units; twenty taken four times.Fōur'squāre, a. p. 539Having four sides and four equal angles; quadrangular. Raleigh.Four'teen, n. p. 539The sum of ten and four. 2. A symbol representing this number, as 14 or xiv.Fōur-tēēn’, a. p. 539Four and ten more; twice seven.Fōur'teenth, a. p. 539Succeeding the thirteenth and preceding the fifteenth; coming fourth after the tenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month. 2. Making or constituting one of fourteen parts into which any thing is…Fōur'teenth, n. p. 539One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen. 2. (Mus.) The octave of the seventh.