{ El"e*me, or El"e*mi, figs` } (l"*m). [Turk.elemeanything which has been sifted and freed from dust or broken parts.] A kind of figs of superior quality.
El"e*va`tor,n.(Aëronautics)A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.
||É`lite" (`lt"),n.See Army organization,Switzerland.
E. M. F.(Physics)An abbreviation forelectro-motive force.
Em`is*siv"i*ty (?),n.Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; specif.(Physics), the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourierexternal conductivity).
Empire State. New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.
Empire State of the South. Georgia; -- a nickname.
Empire State of the West. Missouri; -- a nickname.
Em*place" (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Emplaced (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Emplacing (?).] [Cf. F.emplacer. See En-; Place,v. & n.] To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.
Em*place"ment (?),n.[Cf. F.emplacement.] A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, theemplacementof a structure.
||Em`presse`ment" (?),n.[F., frs'empresserto hasten.] Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of enthusiasm.
He grasped my hand with a nervousempressement.
He grasped my hand with a nervousempressement.
Poe.
En*am"el,n.1.Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
2.A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
||En` bloc" (?). [F. Cf. Block,n.] In a lump; as a whole; all together. "Movement of the ossiclesen bloc."Nature.
En blocthey are known as "the herd".
En blocthey are known as "the herd".
W. A. Fraser.
||En*cæ"ni*a (?),n. pl.= Encenia.
En*dem"ic,a.Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plantendemicin Australia; -- often distinguished fromexotic.
The traditions of folklore . . . form a kind ofendemicsymbolism.
The traditions of folklore . . . form a kind ofendemicsymbolism.
F. W. H. Myers.
En`do*ther"mic (?),a.[Pref.endo-+thermic.](Chem.)Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, anendothermicsubstance; -- opposed toexothermic.
En*face" (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Enfaced (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Enfacing.] [Pref.en-+face.]1.To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.); as, toenfacedrafts with memoranda.
2.To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, toenfacethe words "Payable in Calcutta" upon the face of a draft.
Enfaced paper(Com.), Indian government securities the principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in silver rupees.Dict. of Pol. Econ.
||En`fleu`rage" (?),n.[F., fr.en-(L. in) +fleurflower.] A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.
En`gi*neer" Corps.(a)In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field.(b)In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted ofassistantandpassed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants,chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, andengineer in chief, ranking with commodore and having charge of the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
En"gine-type` gen"er*a`tor.(Elec.)A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.
En*light"en*ment (?),n.= AufklÄrung.
||En` pas`sant" (?). [F.] In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif.(Chess), of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takesen passantis advanced to the threatened square.
||En` rap`port" (?). [F.] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.
En*sile" (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Ensiled (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Ensiling (?).] [F.ensiler: cf. Sp.ensilar. See Silo.] To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. -- En"si*list (#),n.
En*tan"gle*ment,n.1.(Mil.)An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like.
2.(Naut.)An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance.
{ En"ter*ing , or En"trant, edge }. = Advancing edge.
En*tire"-wheat",a.Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.
||En`tou`rage" (äN`t`rzh"),n.[F.] Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates.
Theentourageand mode of life of the mikados were not such as to make of them able rulers.
Theentourageand mode of life of the mikados were not such as to make of them able rulers.
B. H. Chamberlain.
Ep"worth League (?). A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.
E"qual*iz`er (?),n.1.= Equalizing bar.
2.A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
3.(Elec.)Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
4.(Aëronautics)A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane.
E*ra"sure (?),n.An instance of erasing; also, the place where something has been erased.
Er"bi*um (?),n.[NL. Named fromYtterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found. Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium.](Chem.)A metallic element of the rare earth group, found in gadolinite and some other minerals. Symbol,Er; at. wt. 167.4. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra.
Er"gal (?),n.[G., fr. Gr. &?; work.](Physics)Potential energy; negative value of the force function.
Erg"me`ter (?),n.[Erg+- meter.](Physics)An instrument for measuring energy in ergs.
Er"go*graph (?),n.[Gr. &?; work +- graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc. -- Er`go*graph"ic (#),a.
Er*gom"e*ter (?),n.[Gr. &?; work +-meter.](Physics)A device for measuring, or an instrument for indicating, energy expended or work done; a dynamometer. -- Er`go*met"ric (#),a.
Er"gon (?),n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?; work.](Physics)(a)Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.(b)= Erg.
E*rode",v. t.(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)(a)To wear away; as, streams and glacierserodethe land.(b)To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glacierserodeU-shaped valleys.
E*ro"sion,n.The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast.
E*rupt" (?),v. i.[See Eruption.]1.To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser.
2.To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.
When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, iteruptswith violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano.
When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, iteruptswith violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano.
H. J. W. Dam.
Es"ca*la`tor (?),n.[NL. Cf. Escalade.] A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
Es*cape",n.(Bot.)A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
Es`o*ter"ic (?),a.Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, anesotericpurpose; anesotericmeeting.
Es`o*ter"ic,n.(Philos.)(a)An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics.(b)One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.
Es`pe*ran"to (?),n.An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr. Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. -- Es`pe*ran"tist (#),n.
Es*tab"lished suit.(Whist)A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.
||Es`ta`mi`net" (?),n.[F.] A café, or room in a café, in which smoking is allowed.
Et"a*mine (?),n.[F.élamine.] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting.
||É`tape" (?),n.[F. Cf. Staple a mart.]1.A public storehouse.
2.Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence(Mil.), the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.
3.In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
E"thos (?),n.[L., fr. Gr. &?; character. See Ethic.]1.The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization.
2.(Æsthetics)The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by theethos(sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; -- opposed topathos.
Eth"y*late (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Ethylated;p. pr. & vb. n.Ethylating.] [From Ethyl.](Chem.)To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5; as, toethylatealcohol.
Eu*gen"e*sis (?),n.[Pref.eu-+genesis.](Biol.)The quality or condition of having strong reproductive powers; generation with full fertility between different species or races, specif. between hybrids of the first generation.
{ Eur*af"ric (?), Eur*af"ri*can (?) },a.[Europe+Afric,African.]1.(Geog.)Of, pertaining to, or designating, the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
2.(Zoögeography)Pert. to or designating a region including most of Europe and northern Africa south to the Sahara.
3.Of European and African descent.
Eu*ro"pi*um (?),n.[NL.;Europe+-ium, as in aluminium.](Chem.)A metallic element of the rare-earth group, discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol,Eu; at. wt., 152.0.
Eu*tec"tic (?),a.[Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.](Physics)Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.
||Eu*tex"i*a (?),n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?; a being easily melted.](Physics)The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
E*vag"i*nate (?),a.[L.evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See Evagination.] Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, anevaginatemembrane.
E*vag"i*nate (?),v. i. & t.[imp. & p. p.Evaginated;p. pr. & vb. n.Evaginating.] To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
E*vag`i*na"tion,n.An outgrowth or protruded part.
Evergreen State. Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.
Ex`al*ta"tion (?),n.(Med.)An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, - - a symptom observed in various forms of insanity.
Ex*change" ed"i*tor. An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
Ex*cite",v. t.(Elec.)To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, toexcitea dynamo.
||Ex` li"bris (?). [L.exfrom +librisbooks.] An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.
Ex"moor (?),n.[FromExmoor, a district in Somersetshire and Devonshire.]1.One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.
2.A breed of ponies native to the Exmoor district.
Ex`o*ther"mic (?),a.[Pref.exo-+thermic.](Chem.)Characterized by, or formed with, evolution of heat; as, anexothermicreaction; -- opposed toendothermic.
Ex*pe"ri*ence ta"ble.(Life Insurance)A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life- insurance companies.
Ex*press" ri"fle. A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.
Express train. Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
Ex*sert" (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Exserted;p. pr. & vb. n.Exserting.] [See Exsert,a., Exert.] To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said toexsertthe proboscis.
||Ex`terne" (ks`trn"),n.[F.] An extern; esp;, a doctor or medical student who is in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who does not reside in it.
Ex"tra (?),n.1.Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for which an additional charge is made.
2.An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the regular one.
3.(Cricket)A run, as from a bye, credited to the general score but not made from a hit.
4.Something of an extra quality or grade.
Ex*tract"or,n.1.A centrifugal drying machine.
2.(Apiculture)A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax.
Ex`tra*ju*di"cial (?),a.Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding; as,extrajudicialoaths, judgments, etc., are null and void. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly,adv.
Extrajudicial conveyance.(Law)A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.
Ex*trav"a*sate (?),v. i.[See Extravasate,v. t.](Physiol.)To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc.
Ex*trav`a*sa"tion,n.(Geol.)The issue of lava and other volcanic products from the earth.
Ex*trude",v. t.(Metallurgy)To shape or form by forcing metal heated to a semi-plastic condition through dies by the use of hydraulic power; as,extrudedmetal,extrudedrods,extrudedshapes.
Ex*tru"sive (?),a.[See Extrude.](Geol.)Forced out at the surface; as,extrusiverocks; -- contrasted withintrusive.
Ex*u"date (?),n.A product of exudation; an exuded substance.
Eye"-mind`ed,a.Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. -- Eye"- mind`ed*ness,n.
Eye opener. That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.
F.
Fa"bi*an (?),n.A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
Fa"bi*an,a.1.Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
2.Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.
TheFabianSociety proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action.
TheFabianSociety proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action.
William Clarke.
Fac"ul*ta*tive (?),a.[L.facultas,-atis, faculty: cf. F.facultatif, G.fakultativ.]1.Having relation to the grant or exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; as,facultativeenactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; thefacultativereferendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition;facultativestudies; -- opposed toobligatoryandcompulsory, and sometimes used withto.
2.Of such a character as to admit of existing under various forms or conditions, or of happening or not happening, or the like; specif.:(Biol.)Having the power to live under different conditions; as, afacultativeparasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, but which may exist wholly or in part as a parasite; -- opposed toobligate.
3.(Physiol.)Pertaining to a faculty or faculties.
In short, there is nofacultativeplurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical.
In short, there is nofacultativeplurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical.
J. Martineau.
||Fa`daise" (?),n.[F.] A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.
{ Fai"ne*ance (?), Fai"ne*an*cy (?) },n.[Cf. OF.faineance. See Fainéant.] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.
The mask of sneeringfaineancewas gone.
The mask of sneeringfaineancewas gone.
C. Kingsley.
Fainéant deity. A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.
Fair catch.(Football)A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.
Fak"er (?),n.[Often erroneously writtenfakir.] One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things, a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]
Fa"kir (?),n.[Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic.] See Faker.
Fan"-tan` (fn"tn`),n.[Chinese (of Canton) inan-tan-kungambling house.]1.A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.
2.A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.
{ Fan*tigue" (?), Fan*tique" (?) },n.[Written alsofanteague,fanteeg, etc.] [Cf. Fantod.] State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.]Dickens.
{ Fan"tod (?), Fan"tad (?), }n.[Cf. Fantigue.] State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]
Far"a*dize (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Faradized (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Faradizing (?).](Med.)To stimulate with, or subject to, faradic, or inducted, electric currents. -- Far"a*diz`er (#),n.
||Fa`ran`dole" (?),n.[F.farandole, Pr.farandoulo.] A rapid dance in six- eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.
I have pictured them dancing a sort offarandole.
I have pictured them dancing a sort offarandole.
W. D. Howells.
Fas"ci*cle,n.One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus.
Fas"ci*cule (?),n.[See Fascicle.] A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, afasciculeof fibers, hairs, or spines.
Fast,a.In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, afastracket, or tennis court; afasttrack; afastbilliard table, etc.
Fault,n.1.(Elec.)A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit.
2.(Geol. & Mining)A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.
The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called thefault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is avertical fault; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is anormal, orgravity,fault. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called areverse(orreversed),thrust, oroverthrust,fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called ahorizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is thedisplacement; the vertical displacement is thethrow; the horizontal displacement is theheave. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is thetrendof the fault. A fault is astrike faultwhen its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is adip faultwhen its trend is at right angles to the strike; anoblique faultwhen its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes calledcross faults. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes calledstep faultsand sometimesdistributive faults.
Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive (?). [After the inventor, P. A.Favier, a Frenchman.] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining.
Feath"er*bone` (?),n.A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
Feath"er*stitch` (?),n.A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
Feck (?),n.[Abbrev. fr.effect.]1.Effect. [Obs.]
2.Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
3.Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
He had afecko' books wi' him.
He had afecko' books wi' him.
R. L. Stevenson.
The most feck, orThe feck, the greater or larger part. "Thefecko' my life."Burns.
||Fehm (?),n., ||Fehm"ge*richt` (&?;),n.Same as Vehm, Vehmgericht.
Fêng"-hwang` (?),n.[Chin.feng+'huang.](Chinese Myth.)A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.
Fêng"-shu`i (?),n.[Chin.fengwind +shiuwater.] A system of spirit influences for good and evil believed by the Chinese to attend the natural features of landscape; also, a kind of geomancy dealing with these influences, used in determining sites for graves, houses, etc.
Fer`men*ta"tion the"o*ry.(Med.)The theory which likens the course of certain diseases (esp. infectious diseases) to the process of fermentation, and attributes them to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differ materially from the acceptedgerm theory(which see).
Fer"me*ture (?),n.[F., fr.fermerto close.](Mil.)The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
{ Fer*ran"ti ca"bles (?), Fer*ran"ti mains" (?) }.(Elec.)A form of conductor, designed byFerranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax.
Fer*ran"ti phe*nom"e*non.(Elec.)An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.
Fer"ris wheel (?). An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars around its rim; -- so called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Fer"ro-con"crete (?),n.(Arch. & Engin.)Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called alsoarmored concrete steel, andreënforced concrete.
||Fies"ta (?),n.[Sp. See Feast,n.] Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.
Even . . . a bullfight is afiesta.
Even . . . a bullfight is afiesta.
Am. Dialect Notes.
Somefiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
Somefiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
The Century.
Fig"u*line (?),a.[L.figulinus. See Figulate.]1.Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of clay.
2.Made of clay, as by the potter; -- said of vessels, ornamental figures, or the like; as,figulineware.
Fi*la"ri*al (?),a.1.(Zoöl. & Med.)Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filariæ and allied parasitic worms.
2.Straight, as if in a line; as, thefilarialflight of birds.
||Fil`a*ri"a*sis (?),n.[NL.](Med.)The presence of filariæ in the blood; infection with filariæ.
Fi*lasse" (?),n.[F., fr.filthread, L.filum.] Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.
File" clos`er.(Mil.)A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.
Fil`i*a"tion (?),n.1.Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine thefiliationof a language.
2.One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, thefiliationsare from a common stock.
||Fil`i*o"que (?),n.(Eccl. Hist.)The Latin for, "and from the Son," equivalent toet filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clausequi ex Patre procedit(who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).
Fil`i*pi"no (?),n.; pl.Filipinos(#). [Sp.] A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.
Then there areFilipinos, -- "children of the country," they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.
Then there areFilipinos, -- "children of the country," they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.
The Century.
Fill,n.That which fills; filling; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
Filled cheese. An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.
Fill"er,n.1.(Paint.)A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc.
2.(Forestry)Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known ascoppice under standards. Chiefly used in thepl.
Film (?),n.(Photog.)The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates; also, the flexible sheet of celluloid or the like on which this layer is sometimes mounted.
Celluloid film(Photog.), a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates. --Cut film(Photog.), a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera.
Fil`o*selle" (?),n.[F., floss silk.] A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss.
||Fils (?),n.[F., fr. L.filius. See Filial.] Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas,fils.
Fin,n.(Aëronautics)A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.
Fi"nal*ist (?),n.(Sports)Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.
Fi*nance" (?),v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Financed (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Financing.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
Securing foreign capital tofinancemultitudinous undertakings.
Securing foreign capital tofinancemultitudinous undertakings.
B. H. Chamberlain.
Fin"bat kite (?). = Eddy kite. [Eng.]
Find"er,n.(Micros.)A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision.
||Fin` de siè"cle (?). [F.] Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century; modern; "up- to-date;" as,fin-de-siècleideas.
Fine (?),adv.1.Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.]
2.(Billiards & Pool)In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
Fine (fn),v. i.To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale willfine; the weatherfined.
To fineaway, down, off, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle.
I watched her [the ship] . . . graduallyfiningdown in the westward until I lost of her hull.
I watched her [the ship] . . . graduallyfiningdown in the westward until I lost of her hull.
W. C. Russel.
Fin*jan" (?),n.[Alsofingan,findjan,fingian, etc.] [Ar.finjn.] In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called azarf.
Fin keel.(Naut.)A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb of lead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance to lateral motion through the water.
Fin"sen light (?). [After Prof. Niels R.Finsen(b. 1860), Danish physician.](Med.)Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous affections.
Fire"ball`,n.Ball, or globular, lightning.
Fire"room`,n.Same as Stokehold, below.
Fir"ing pin`. In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it.
||Flache`rie" (flsh`r"),n.[F.] A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.
||Fla"con (fl"kôn),n.[F. See Flagon.] A small glass bottle; as, aflaconfor perfume. "Two glassflaconsfor the ink."Longfellow.
Flag,n.(Zoöl.)One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called alsoflag feather.
Flag,v. t.To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult toflag.
The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult toflag.
T. Roosevelt.
Flair (flâr),n.[OE.flaireodor, fr. OF. & F.flair, fr. OF.flairier, F.flairer, to smell, LL.flagrarefor L.fragrare. See Flagrant.]1.Smell; odor. [Obs.]
2.Sense of smell; scent; fig., discriminating sense.
Flake (?),n.[Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st Fake.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.
Flakeafterflakeran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate.
Flakeafterflakeran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate.
F. T. Bullen.
||Flam`bé" (?),a.[F., p.p. offlamberto singe, pass (a thing) through flame. Cf. Flambeau.](Ceramics)Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.
||Flâ`ne*rie" (?),n.[F.flânerie. See Flaneur.] Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimless; idleness; as, intellectualflânerie.
Flan"nel flow`er.(Bot.)(a)The common mullein.(b)A Brazilian apocynaceous vine (Macrosiphonia longiflora) having woolly leaves.(c)An umbelliferous Australian flower (Actinotus helianthi), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.
Flare,n.(Photog.)A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative.
Flare"-up`,n.A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.
Flash boiler. A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated.
Flash burner. A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
Flat,a.1.(Golf)Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; -- said of a club.
2.(Gram.)Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix, or an infinitive without the signto. Many flat adverbs, as in runfast, buycheap, are from AS. adverbs in-ë, the loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives. Some having forms inly, such asexceeding,wonderful,true, are now archaic.
3.(Hort.)Flattening at the ends; -- said of certain fruits.
Flat"ware` (?),n.Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished fromhollow ware.
Fleet,v. i.(Naut.)To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crewfleetedaft.
Fleet",v. t.(Naut.)To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, offleet aftthe crew.
We got the long "stick" . . . down and "fleeted" aft, where it was secured.
We got the long "stick" . . . down and "fleeted" aft, where it was secured.
F. T. Bullen.
||Fleu`ron" (?),n.[F., fr. OF.floron. Cf. Floroon.] A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace.
Flick (?),v. t.To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, toflicka whiplash.
Rude boys wereflickingbutter pats across chaos.
Rude boys wereflickingbutter pats across chaos.
Kipling.
Flick,n.[See Flick,v. t.] A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave aflickto the pony.
She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave aflickto the pony.
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Fli"er (?),n.An aëroplane or flying machine.
Flitch (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Flitched (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Flitching.] [See Flitch,n.] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, toflitchlogs; toflitchbacon.
{ Flite, Flyte } (?),n.[AS.flt. See Flite.] Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands.
The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands.
Saintsbury.
{ Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing } (?),n.Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]
These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
Saintsbury.
Float"er.(Politics)(a)A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose vote is purchasable. [U. S.](b)A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own. [U. S.](c)A person who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted. [U. S.]
Float"ing,n.The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called alsofattening,plumping, andlaying out.
{ Floating charge, lien, etc. }(Law)A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.
Floc"cu*late (?),v. t.To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, theflocculatingof a soil improves its mechanical condition.
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, orflocculatesthem.
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, orflocculatesthem.
I. P. Roberts.
Floc"cule (?),n.[See Flocculus.]1.A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool.
2.(Chem.)Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles.
Floc"cu*lent,a.(Chem.)Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
Flong (?),n.[Of the same origin asflawn,flan, a metal disk.](Stereotyping)A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates.
Flo`ri*a"tion (?),n.1.Ornamentation by means of flower forms, whether closely imitated or conventionalized.
2.Any floral ornament or decoration.Rock.
Floss,n.A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
Flo*ta"tion,n.(Com. & Finance)Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like.
Flotation process. A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity than those that sink.
Flow"er State. Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of L.floridus, fromfloridaflowery. See Florid.
Flue,n.In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Flue pipe.(Music)A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; - - distinguished fromreed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section, and those of wood triangular or square.
Fluff (?),v. t. & i.To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.Holmes.
Fluke (?),v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Fluked (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Fluking (?).] To get or score by a fluke; as, toflukea play in billiards. [Slang]
Flu`o*res"cence (?),n.A property possessed by fluor spar, uranium glass, sulphide of calcium, and many other substances, of glowing without appreciable rise of temperature when exposed to light or to ultra-violet rays, cathode rays, X rays, etc.
Flu*or"o*scope,n.(Physics)A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic (#),a.
Flu`or*os"co*py (?),n.Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.
Flush,v. t.To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
Flush,v. i.(Mining)(a)To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.(b)To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
Flu"vi*o*graph (?),n.[L.fluviusriver +-graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river.
Flu`vi*om"e*ter (?),n.[L.fluviusriver +-meter.] An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; a river gauge.
Fly,v. t.To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, toflyan aëroplane.
Fly,n.(Cotton Manuf.)Waste cotton.
{ Fly amanita, Fly fungus }.(Bot.)A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn.Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called alsofly agaric,deadly amanita.
Fly"a*way` (?),a.Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. --n.A flyaway person or thing. "Truth is such aflyaway."Emerson.
Flyaway grass.(Bot.)The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.
Flying boat. A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.
||Foehn (?),n.[G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L.Favoniuswest wind. Cf. Favonian.](Meteor.)(a)A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.(b)Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.
Fog (?),n.(Photog.)Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.
Fog,v. t.(Photog.)To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc.
Fog belt. A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland.
Fog"bow` (?),n.A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.
Fo"gy (?),n.(Mil.)In the United States service, extra pay granted to officers for length of service. [Colloq.]
||Fol"ke*thing` (?),n.[Dan. See Folk, and Thing.] The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See Legislature, below.
Fol"low (?),n.The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as,followshot.
Following edge.(Aëronautics)See Advancing-edge, above.
Following surface.(Aëronautics)See Advancing-surface, above.
Fo"ment (?),n.1.Fomentation.
2.State of excitation; -- perh. confused withferment.
He came in no conciliatory mood, and thefomentwas kept up.
He came in no conciliatory mood, and thefomentwas kept up.
Julian Ralph.
Fond (?),n.[F., fr. L.fundus. See Fund.] [Obs., or used as a French word]1.Foundation; bottom; groundwork; specif.:(a)(Lace Making)The ground.(b)(Cookery)The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce.
2.Fund, stock, or store.
||Fon"dant (fn"dant; Fr. fôN`däN"),n.[F., lit., melting, p. pr. offondreto melt, L.fundere. See Found to cast.] A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherryfondant.
||Fon`du" (fn"d"),a.[F.fondu, p.p. offondreto melt, blend. See Found to cast.] Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.
||Fon`due" (?),n.[Also erroneouslyFon`du".] [F. See Fondu; cf. Fondant.](Cookery)A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.
Foot candle.(Photom.)The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
Foot ton.(Mech.)A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.
Foot valve.(Mech.)A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.
Foo"zle (?),v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Foozled (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Foozling (?).] [Cf. G.fuselnto work badly or slowly.] To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, tofoozlea stroke in golf.
Shefoozlesall along the course.
Shefoozlesall along the course.
Century Mag.
Foo"zle,n.1.A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq.]
2.Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.
For"cite (?),n.[From 3d Force,n.](Chem.)A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
||Fö"ren*di*ház` (?),n.[Hung., lit., House of Lords.](Hungary)See Legislature.
Form,v. t.(Elec.)To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, andformedby a direct charging current.
For"ma*lin (?),n.[Formic +aldehyde +-in.](Chem.)An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.
||For`mat" (fr`m"orfr`mät"),n.[F. or G. Cf. Formation.](Print.)The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form.
The older manuscripts had been written in a much largerformatthan that found convenient for university work.
The older manuscripts had been written in a much largerformatthan that found convenient for university work.
G. H. Putnam.
One might, indeed, protest that theformatis a little too luxurious.
One might, indeed, protest that theformatis a little too luxurious.
Nature.
For"mi*cate (fôr"m*kt),v. i.[See Formication.] To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
An open space whichformicatedwith peasantry.
An open space whichformicatedwith peasantry.
Lowell.
For`ty-nin"er (?),n.One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.]
Fos"sick (?),v. i.[Dial. E.fossick,fossuck, a troublesome person,fussickto potter over one's work,fussockto bustle about; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fuss.]1.(Mining)To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]
2.To search about; to rummage.
A man who hasfossickedin nature's byways.
A man who hasfossickedin nature's byways.
D. Macdonald.
Fou`cault" cur`rent (?). [After J. B. L.Foucault(1819-68), French physicist.](Elec.)An eddy current.
Foul,n.In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
||Four`chette" (?),n.(Card Playing)The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
Four"-cy`cle,n.(Thermodynamics)A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal- combustion engine. -- Four"-cy`cle,a.
Four"some (?),a.[Four+ 2d-some.] Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or Golf]
Four"some,n.(Golf)A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called amixed foursomewhen each side consists of a man and a woman.
Frame,n.In games:(a)In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play sixframesin a game of 50 points.(b)In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
Frame"-up`,n.A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence. [Slang]
||Franc"-ti`reur" (?),n.[F., fr.francfree +tireurshooter, fr.tirerto shoot.](Mil.)A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.
||Frap`pé" (fr`p"),a.[F., p.p. offrapperto strike, to chill.] Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, winefrappé. --n.A frappé mixture or beverage, as a water ice, variously flavored, frozen soft, and served in glasses.
Frap"ping (?),n.[From Frap.](Naut.)A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.
Fraz"zle (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Frazzled (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Frazzling (?).] [Cf. G.faseln, and E.fray.] To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and itsfrazzledand tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.
Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and itsfrazzledand tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.
J. C. Harris.
Fraz"zle,n.The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
My fingers are all scratched tofrazzles.
My fingers are all scratched tofrazzles.
Kipling.
Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to afrazzle."
Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to afrazzle."
Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln).
||Frau (?),n.; pl.Frauen(#). [G. Cf. 1st Frow.] In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title, equivalent toMrs.,Madam.
||Fräu"lein (?),n.sing. & pl.[G., dim. offrauwoman. See Frau.] In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; -- as a title, equivalent toMiss.
Free coinage. In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.
Free silver. The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.
Free"wheel` (?),n.(Mach.)A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.
Free"wheel`,v. i.1.(a)Of a freewheel cycle, to run on while the pedals are held still.(b)Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner. To ride a freewheel cycle.
2.(Mach.)To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; -- said of a clutch.
Freeze,v. t.--To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to befrozen outof one's room in winter; tofreeze outa competitor. [Colloq.]
A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed tofreeze outone that had no such connection.
A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed tofreeze outone that had no such connection.
A. T. Hadley.
It is sometimes a long time before a player who isfrozen outcan get into a game again.
It is sometimes a long time before a player who isfrozen outcan get into a game again.
R. F. Foster.
||Frei"herr` (?),n.; pl.Freiherrn(#). [G., lit., free lord.] In Germany and Austria, a baron.
Fre*mes"cent (?),a.[L.fremereto roar, murmur +-escent.] Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescentclangor."Carlyle. -- Fre*mes"cence (#),n.
||Frem"i*tus (?),n., sing. & pl.[L., a murmuring, roaring.](Med.)Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchialfremitus.
Friend"ly,n.A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.
These were speedily routed by thefriendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style.
These were speedily routed by thefriendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style.
E. N. Bennett.
{ Fri"jol, Fri"jole (?),n.;pl.Frijoles(&?;). Also Fre"jol }. [Sp.fríjol,fréjol.]1.In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies, any cultivated bean of the genusPhaseolus, esp. the black seed of a variety ofP. vulgaris.