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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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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.Fourth, a. p. 539Next following the third and preceding the fifth; coming after three predecessors. 2. Forming one of four parts into which any thing is divided.Fōurth, n. p. 539One of four equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four. 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale.Fōurth'ly, adv. p. 539In the fourth place.Fōur'-wāy, a. p. 539Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. Francis.Fou’ter, n. p. 539A despicable fellow. Brockett.Fou'tra, n. p. 539A scoff. [Obs.] Shak.Fou'ty, n. p. 539Despicable. [Obs.]Fō've-ate or Fō've-o-late or Fo-vē'o-late, a. p. 539(Bot.) Marked with deep pits; Fō've-o-late, or Fo-vē'o-late, with small pits or depressions.Fō've-o-lā'ted, a. p. 539Having small depressions or pits. Smith.Fo-vīl'la, n. p. 539(Bot.) One of the fine granules contained in the pollen-grain of flowers. Henslow.Fowl, n. p. 539[A-S. fugol, fugel, O. Sax. fugal, Goth. fugls, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, O. H. Ger. fogal, N. H. Ger. & D. vogel, allied to A-S. fleógan, to fly, O. H. Ger. flioğan, Ger. fliegen, imp. flog, so…Fowl, v. i. p. 539To catch or kill wild fowls for game or food, as by shooting, or by means of bird-lime, decoys, nets, snares, or hawks.Fowl'er, n. p. 539A sportsman who pursues wild fowls, or takes or kills them for food.Fowl'ing-pièce, n. p. 539A light gun for shooting fowls or birds.Fōx, n. p. 539(Zool.) An animal of the genus Vulpes. It burrows in the earth, is remarkable for its cunning, and preys on lambs, geese, hens, or other small animals. The common fox of Europe is the Vulpes…Fōx, v. t. p. 539To intoxicate; to stupefy. [Obs.] I drank . . . so much wine that I was even almost foxed. Pepps. 2. To cover the feet of boots with new front upper leather.Fōx, v. i. p. 539To turn sour; — said of beer, &c., when it sours in fermenting.Fōx'-eāse, n. p. 539The skin of a fox. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Fōx'-chāse, n. p. 539The pursuit of a fox with hounds.