FAMINE Fam"ine, n. Etym: [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. hani loss, lack, ha to leave.]
Defn: General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;destitution. "Worn with famine." Milton.There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
FAMISHFam"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished; p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing.]Etym: [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf.Affamish.]
1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak.
2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distresswith hanger.And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried toPharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55.The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden.
3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton.
4. To force or constrain by famine. He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke.
FAMISHFam"ish, v. i.
1. To die of hunger; to starve.
2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish. You are all resolved rather to die than to famish Shak.
3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. Prov. x. 3.
FAMISHMENTFam"ish*ment, n.
Defn: State of being famished.
FAMOSITYFa*mos"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosité. SeeFamous.]
Defn: The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] Johnson.
FAMOUSFa"mous, a. Etym: [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. SeeFame.]
Defn: Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; — used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. Famous for a scolding tongue. Shak.
Syn. — Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. — Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished.
FAMOUSEDFa"moused, a.
Defn: Renowned. [Obs.] Shak.
FAMOUSLYFa"mous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly;splendidly.Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel.Shak.
FAMOUSNESSFa"mous*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being famous.
FAMULARFam"u*lar, n. Etym: [Cf. L. famularis of servants.]
Defn: Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FAMULATE Fam"u*late, v. i. Etym: [L. famulatus, p.p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant.]
Defn: To serve. [Obs.]
FAMULISTFam"u*list, n. Etym: [L. famulus servant.]
Defn: A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]
FAN Fan, n. Etym: [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine, Winnow.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.
2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
3. A quintain; — from its form. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. — Fan cricket (Zoöl.), a mole cricket. — Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; — so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways. — Fan shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the family Pectinidæ. See Scallop, n., 1. — Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. — Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. — Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower. — Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).
FANFan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fanning.] Etym: [Cf.OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van a winnowing machine.]
1. To move as with a fan. The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. Milton.
2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. Dryden.
4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. Jer. li. 2.
5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. Fanning machine, or Fanning mill, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.
FANALFa`nal", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
FANATIC Fa*nat"ic, a. Etym: [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See Fane.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. T. Moore.
FANATICFa*nat"ic, n.
Defn: A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.
FANATICALFa*nat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.— Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n.
FANATICISMFa*nat"i*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. Fanatism.]
Defn: Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.
Syn.— See Superstition.
FANATICIZEFa*nat"i*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanaticized; p. pr. & vb. n.Fanaticizing.]
Defn: To cause to become a fanatic.
FANATISMFan"a*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.]
Defn: Fanaticism. [R.] Gibbon.
FANCIEDFan"cied, a. Etym: [From Fancy, v. t.]
Defn: Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong.
FANCIERFan"ci*er, n.
1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers." Macaulay.
2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.
FANCIFULFan"ci*ful, a.
1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.
2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. Gather up all fancifullest shells. Keats.
Syn. — Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild. — Fanciful, Fantastical, Visionary. We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact. — Fan"ci*ful*ly, adv. -Fan"ci*ful*ness, n.
FANCILESSFan"*ci*less, a.
Defn: Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.] A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.
FANCYFan"cy, n.; pl. Fancies. Etym: [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie,fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. bhato shine. Cf.Fantasy, Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.]
1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.
2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making Shak.
3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.
4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.
5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.
6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak. The fancy, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.
Syn.— Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking.See Imagination.
FANCYFan"cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied, p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (.]
1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof. If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke.
2. To love. [Obs.] Shak.
FANCYFan"cy, v. t.
1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden.
2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. "We fancy not the cardinal." Shak.
3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray.
FANCYFan"cy, a.
1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. — Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. — Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. — Fancy line (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; — used to haul it down. Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. — Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. — Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. — Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
FANCY-FREEFan"cy-free`, a.
Defn: Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy- free." Shak.
FANCYMONGERFan"cy*mon`ger, n.
Defn: A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak.
FANCY-SICKFan"cy-sick`, a.
Defn: Love-sick. Shak.
FANCYWORKFan"cy*work`, n.
Defn: Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
FANDFand, obs.
Defn: imp. of Find. Spenser.
FANDANGO Fan*dan"go, n.; pl. Fandangoes. Etym: [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]
1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
FANE Fane, n. Etym: [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.]
Defn: A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.
FANEFane, n. Etym: [See Vane.]
Defn: A weathercock. [Obs.]
FANEGAFa*ne"ga, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 DeColange.
FANFAREFan"fare`, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Fanfaron.]
Defn: A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during thechase.The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.Sir W. Scott.
FANFARONFan"fa*ron, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, andOSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farfar talkative.]
Defn: A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden.
FANFARONADEFan*far`on*ade", n. Etym: [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. SeeFanfaron.]
Defn: A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
FANFOOT Fan"foot`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
FANG Fang, v. t. Etym: [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. f; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fahan, G. fahen, fangen, Isel. fa, Sw. f, f, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]
1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak. He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes." Philips.
FANG Fang, n. Etym: [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.
2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. SeeTooth.
4. (Mining)
Defn: A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.Knight.
5. (Mech.)
Defn: A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. In a fang, fast entangled. — To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]
FANGEDFanged, a.
Defn: Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
FANGLE Fan"gle, n. Etym: [From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]
Defn: Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
FANGLEFan"gle, v. t.
Defn: To fashion. [Obs.]To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.
FANGLEDFan"gled, a.
Defn: New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled. "Our fangled world." Shak.
FANGLENESSFan"gle*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser.
FANGLESSFang"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of fangs or tusks. "A fangless lion." Shak.
FANGOTFan"got, n. Etym: [Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot.]
Defn: A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
FANIONFan"ion, n. Etym: [See Fanon.]
1. (Mil.)
Defn: A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]
2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
FANLIKEFan"like`, a.
Defn: Resembling a fan; — specifically (Bot.), folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
FANNELFan"nel, n. Etym: [Dim., from same source as fanon.]
Defn: Same as Fanon.
FANNERFan"ner, n.
1. One who fans. Jer. li. 2.
2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.
FAN-NERVEDFan"-*nerved`, a. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; — said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.
FANON Fan"on, n. Etym: [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See Vane, and cf. Fanion, Confalon.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also fannel, phanon, etc.]
FAN PALMFan" palm`. (Bot.)
Defn: Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.
FANTAIL Fan"tail`, n. (Zool.) (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. (b) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
FAN-TAILEDFan"-tailed`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
FAN-TAN Fan"-tan` (fan"tan`), n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling 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.
FANTASIAFan*ta"si*a, n. Etym: [It. See Fancy.] (Mus.)
Defn: A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.
FANTASIEDFan"ta*sied, a. Etym: [From Fantasy.]
Defn: Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.
FANTASMFan"tasm, n. Etym: [See Phantasm, Fancy.]
Defn: Same as Phantasm.
FANTASTFan"tast, n.
Defn: One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge.
FANTASTICFan*tas"tic, a. Etym: [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. Fancy.]
1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak.
3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.
Syn. — Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.
FANTASTICFan*tas"tic, n.
Defn: A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentricperson; a fop. Milton.Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to drowit out to be seen. Fuller.
FANTASTICALFan*tas"tic*al, a.
Defn: Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
FANTASTICALITYFan*tas`ti*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: Fantastically. [Obs.]
FANTASTICALLYFan*tas"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fantastic manner. the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.
FANTASTIC-ALNESSFan*tas"tic-al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being fantastic.
FANTASTICISMFan*tas"ti*cism, n.
Defn: The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.Ruskin.
FANTASTICLYFan*tas"tic*ly, adv.
Defn: Fantastically. [Obs.]
FANTASTICNESSFan*tas"tic*ness, n.
Defn: Fantasticalness. [Obs.]
FANTASTICOFan*tas"tic*o, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.
FANTASYFan"ta*sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. Etym: [See Fancy.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. Is not this something more than fantasy Shak. A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.
2. Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.
FANTASYFan"ta*sy, v. t.
Defn: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.[Obs.] Cavendish.Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).
FANTIGUE; FANTIQUEFan*tigue", Fan*tique", n. [Written also fanteague, fanteeg, etc.][Cf. Fantod.]
Defn: State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.]Dickens.
FANTOCCINIFan`toc*ci"ni, n. pl. Etym: [It., dim. fr. fante child.]
Defn: Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
FANTOD; FANTADFan"tod, Fan"tad, n. [Cf. Fantigue.]
Defn: State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]
FANTOMFan"tom, n.
Defn: See Phantom. Fantom corn, phantom corn. Grose.
FAPFap, a.
Defn: Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
FAQUIRFa*quir", n.
Defn: See Fakir.
FARFar, n. Etym: [See Farrow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
FAR Far, a. [Farther and Farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.] Etym: [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fairra, adv., Gr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. CF. Farther, Farthest.]
1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated bya wide space or extent.They said, . . . We be come from a far country. Josh. ix. 6.The nations far and near contend in choice. Dryden.
2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. They that are far from thee ahsll perish. Ps. lxxiii. 27.
4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. F. Anstey.
5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.
Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated. By far, by much; by a great difference. — Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between." Farrar.
FARFar, adv.
1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.
2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply;greatly.Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies.Prov. xxxi. 10.As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As.— Far off. (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b)Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. "But now, in ChristJesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood ofChrist." Eph. ii. 13.— Far other, different by a great degree; not the same; quiteunlike. Pope.— Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a wholeregion.— Far and wide, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. "Far andwide his eye commands." Milton.— From far, from a great distance; from a remote place.
Note: Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far- extended, far-reaching, far-spread.
FAR-ABOUTFar"-*a*bout`, n.
Defn: A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.
FARADFar"ad, n. Etym: [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.](Elec.)
Defn: The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.
FARADICFar*ad"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished electrician; — applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, on account of Faraday's investigations of their laws.
FARADISM; FARADIZATIONFar"a*dism, Far`a*di*za"tion, n. (Med.)
Defn: The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes.
FARADIZEFar"a*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faradized; p. pr. & vb. n.Faradizing.] (Med.)
Defn: To stimulate with, or subject to, faradic, or inducted, electric currents. —Far"a*diz`er (#), n.
FARANDFar"and, n.
Defn: See Farrand, n.
FARANDAMSFar"an*dams, n.
Defn: A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. Simmonds.
FARANDOLEFa`ran`dole", n. [F. farandole, Pr. farandoulo.]
Defn: 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 of farandole.W. D. Howells.
FARANTLYFar"ant*ly, a. Etym: [See Farrand.]
Defn: Orderly; comely; respectable. [Obs.] Halliwell.
FARCEFarce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n. Farcing (.] Etym:[F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. Force to stuff, Diaphragm,Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.] The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. Bp. Sanderson. His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. Chaucer.
2. To render fat. [Obs.] If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. B. Jonson.
3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.] Farcing his letter with fustian. Sandys.
FARCE Farce, n. Etym: [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p.p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.]
1. (Cookery)
Defn: Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions. Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false. Dryden.
3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of state." Pope.
FARCEMENTFarce"ment, n.
Defn: Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.]They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.
FARCICALFar"ci*cal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;unnatural; unreal.They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are Gay.— Far"ci*cal*ly, adv. -Far"ci*cal*ness, n.
FARCICALFar"ci*cal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n.
FARCILITEFar"ci*lite, n. Etym: [Farce+-lite.] (Min.)
Defn: Pudding stone. [Obs.] Kirwan.
FARCIMEN; FARCINFar"ci*men, Far"cin, n. (Far.)
Defn: Same as Farcy.
FARCINGFar"cing, n. (Cookery)
Defn: Stuffing; forcemeat.
FARCTATEFarc"tate, a. Etym: [L. farctus, p.p. of farcire. See Farce, v. t.](Bot.)
Defn: Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; — opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.]
FARCY Far"cy, n. Etym: [F. farcin; cf. L. farciminum a disease of horses, fr. farcire. See Farce.] (Far.)
Defn: A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen.
Note: Farcy, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings. Farcy bud, a hard, prominent swelling occurrinng upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration. Youatt.
FARD Fard, n. Etym: [F., prob. fr. OHG. gifarit, gifarwit p.p. of farwjan to color, tinge, fr. farawa color, G. farbe.]
Defn: Paint used on the face. [Obs.] "Painted with French fard." J.Whitaker.
FARDFard, v. t. Etym: [F. farder to paint one's face.]
Defn: To paint; — said esp. of one's face. [Obs.] Shenstone.
FARDAGEFar`dage", n. Etym: [F. See Fardel.] (Naut.)
Defn: See Dunnage.
FARDEL Far"del, n. Etym: [OF. fardel, F. fardeau; cf. Sp. fardel, fardillo, fardo, LL. fardellus; prob. fr. Ar. fard one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. Furl.]
Defn: A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak.A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.
FARDELFar"del, v. t.
Defn: To make up in fardels. [Obs.] Fuller.
FARDING-BAGFar"ding-bag`, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel.]
Defn: The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.
FARDINGDALEFar"ding*dale, n.
Defn: A farthingale. [Obs.]
FARDINGDEALFar"ding*deal, n. Etym: [See Farthing, and Deal a part.]
Defn: The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.]
FARE Fare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared; p. pr. & vb. n. Faring.] Etym: [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Isel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. sq. root78. Cf Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.
2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill. So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.
3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19.
4. To happen well, or ill; — used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton.
5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.] She ferde [fared] as she would die. Chaucer.
FAREFare, n. Etym: [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]
1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.] That nought might stay his fare. Spenser.
2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer.
4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. What fare what news abroad Shak.
5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." Dryden.
6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.
7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. — Fare indicator or register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. — Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.
FARENFar"en, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer.
FAREWELLFare`well", interj. Etym: [Fare (thou, you) + well.]
Defn: Go well; good-by; adieu; — originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well. Byron.
Note: The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.
FAREWELLFare`well", n.
1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference tosomething.And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak.Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison.
FAREWELLFare"well`, a.
Defn: Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; — so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.
FARFETFar"fet`, a. Etym: [Far + fet, p. p. of Fette.]
Defn: Farfetched. [Obs.]York with his farfet policy. Shak.
FARFETCHFar"fetch`, v. t. Etym: [Far + fetch.]
Defn: To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.
FARFETCHFar"fetch`, n.
Defn: Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches." Hudibras.
FARFETCHEDFar"fetched`, a.
1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne.
2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
FARINA Fa*ri"na, n. Etym: [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]
1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Pollen. [R.] Craig.
FARINACEOUSFar`i*na"ceous, a. Etym: [L. farinaceus.]
1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.
2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.
3. Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.
FARINOSEFar`i*nose", a. Etym: [L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux.]
1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.
FARLFarl, v. t.
Defn: Same as Furl. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
FARLIE Far"lie, n. Etym: [OE. ferlish wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. færlic sudden. See Fear.]
Defn: An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. orProv. Eng.] Drayton.
FARM Farm, n. Etym: [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]
1. The rent of land, — originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.]
2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.] It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants. Spenser.
3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
Note: In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. Burrill.
5. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government. The province was devided into twelve farms. Burke.
6. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm,the silk farm.Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks perannum. State Trials (1196).
FARMFarm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Farming.]
1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. We are enforced to farm our royal realm. Shak.
2. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes. To farm their subjects and their duties toward these. Burke.
3. To take at a certain rent or rate.
4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.
FARMFarm, v. i.
Defn: To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
FARMABLEFarm"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being farmed.
FARMERFarm"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fermier.]
Defn: One who farms; as: (a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. Farmer-general Etym: [F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. — Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. McElrath. — The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. Burrill.
FARMERESSFarm"er*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who farms.
FARMERSHIPFarm"er*ship, n.
Defn: Skill in farming.
FARMERYFarm"er*y, n.
Defn: The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]
FARMHOUSEFarm"house`, n.
Defn: A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.
FARMINGFarm"ing, a.
Defn: Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.
FARMINGFarm"ing, n.
Defn: The business of cultivating land.
FARMOSTFar"most`, a.
Defn: Most distant; farthest.A spacious cave within its farmost part. Dryden.
FARMSTEADFarm"stead, n.
Defn: A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.Tennyson.With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.
FARMSTEADINGFarm"stead*ing, n.
Defn: A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.
FARMYARDFarm"yard`, n.
Defn: The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.
FARNESSFar"ness, n. Etym: [From Far, a.]
Defn: The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew.
FAROFar"o, n. Etym: [Said to be so called because the Egyptian kingPharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]
Defn: A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.
FAROESEFa`ro*ese`, n. sing. & pl.
Defn: An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.
FAR-OFFFar"-*off`, a.
Defn: Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.
FARRAGINOUSFar*rag*i*nous, a. Etym: [See Farrago.]
Defn: Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain.[R.] Kirwan.AA farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, andages. Sir T. Browne.
FARRAGO Far*ra"go, n. Etym: [L. farrago, -aginis, mi8xed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.]
Defn: A mass ccomposed of various materials confusedly mixed; amedley; a mixture.A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all theflimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.
FARRAND Far"rand, n. Etym: [OE. farand beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. fare.]
Defn: Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.
FARREATIONFar`re*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. farreatio.]
Defn: Same as Confarreation.
FARRIERFar"ri*er, n. Etym: [OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL.Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum ahorseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous.]
Defn:
1. A shoer of horses
Defn: 2. a veterinary surgeon.
FARRIERFar"ri*er, v. i.
Defn: To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.[Obs.] Mortimer.
FARRIERYFar"ri*er*y, n.
1. The art of shoeing horses.
2. The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.
3. The place where a smith shoes horses.
FARROW Far"row, n. Etym: [AS. fearh a little pig; a akin to OHG. farh, farah, pig, dim. farheli little pig, G. fercel, D. varken pig, Lith. parszas OIr. orc,L. porcus, Gr. Pork.]
Defn: A little of pigs. Shak.
FARROWFar"row, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Farrowed; p. pr. & vb. n.Farrowing.]
Defn: To bring forth (young); — said only of swine. Tusser.
FARROWFar"row, a. Etym: [Cf. Scot. ferry cow a cow that is not with calf,D. vaarkoe, vaars, heifer, G. färse, AS. fearr bull, G. farre. Cf.Heifer.]
Defn: Not producing young in a given season or year; — said only of cows.
Note: If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow.
FARRYFar"ry, n.
Defn: A farrow. [Obs.] Perry.
FARSEFarse, n. Etym: [See Farce, n.] (Eccl.)
Defn: An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; — common in English before the Reformation.
FARSEEINGFar"see`ing, a.
1. Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.
2. Having foresight as regards the future.
FARSIGHTEDFar"sight`ed, a.
1. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Hypermetropic.
FARSIGHTEDNESSFar"sight`ed*ness, n.
1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Hypermetropia.
FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHEDFar"-*stretched`, a.
Defn: Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
FAR-STRETCHEDFar"-stretched`, a.
Defn: Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
FARTHERFar"ther, a., compar. of Far. [superl. Farthest (. See Further.]Etym: [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further.Cf. Farthest.]
1. More remote; more distant than something else.
2. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional;further.Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden.Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden.Some farther change awaits us. MIlton.
FARTHERFar"ther, adv.
1. At or to a greater distance; more renotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. It will be dangerous to go on. No farther ! Shak.
FARTHERFar"ther, v. t.
Defn: To help onward. [R.] See Further.
FARTHERANCEFar"ther*ance, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Furtherence.
FARTHERMOREFar"ther*more*", adv. [Obs.]
Defn: See Furthermore.
FARTHERMOSTFar"ther*most`, a.
Defn: Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
FARTHESTFar"thest (fär"thest), a. Superl. of far. [See Farther and cf.Furthest]
Defn: Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
FARTHESTFar"thest adv.
Defn: At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest.
FARTHING Far"thing, n. Etym: [OE. furthing, AS. feór, fr. feór fourth, feór, feówer, four. See Four.]
1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer.
3. A division of hand. [Obs.] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.
FARTHINGALE Far"thin*gale, n. Etym: [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant.]
Defn: A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.
FASCES Fas"ces, n. pl. Etym: [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. , (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.
FASCETFas"cet, n. (Glass Making)
Defn: A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; — calles also pontee and punty.
FASCIAFas"ci*a, n.; pl. Fasciæ. Etym: [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. SeeFasces, and cf. Fess.]
1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A broad well-defined band of color.
FASCIALFas"ci*al, a.
1. Pertaining to the fasces.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Relating to a fascia.
FASCIATE; FASCIATED Fas"ci*ate, Fas"ci*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. fasciatus, p.p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr. fascia band. See Fasces.]
1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
2. (Bot.) (a) Banded or compacted together. (b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Broadly banded with color.
FASCIATIONFas`ci*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.
FASCICLEFas"ci*cle, n. Etym: [L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces.]
Defn: A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.
FASCICLEDFas"ci*cled, a.
Defn: Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.
FASCICULARFas*cic"u*lar, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root.
FASCICULARLYFas*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fascicled manner. Kirwan.
FASCICULATE; FASCICULATEDFas*cic"u*late, Fas*cic"u*la`ted, a.
Defn: Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
FASCICULEFas"ci*cule, n. [See Fascicle.]
Defn: A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers, hairs, or spines.
FASCICULUSFas*cic"u*lus, n.; pl. Fasciculi. Etym: [L. See Fascicle.]
1. A little bundle; a fascicle.
2. A division of a book.
FASCINATEFas"ci*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fascinated, p. pr. & vb. n..Fascinating (.] Etym: [L. fascinare; cf. Gr.
1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).
2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. there be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewhich but love and envy. Bacon.
Syn.— To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.
FASCINATIONFas`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.]
1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.
2. The state or condition of being fascinated.
3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
FASCINE Fas*cine", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis. See Fasces.] (Fort. & Engin.)
Defn: A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
FASCINOUSFas"ci*nous, a. Etym: [L. fascinum witchcraft, akin to fascinare. SeeFascinate.]
Defn: Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] "Fascinous diseases."Harvey.