FASCIOLAFas*ci"o*la, n.;pl. Fasciolæ. Etym: [See Fasciole.] (Anat.)
Defn: A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.
FASCIOLEFas"ci*ole, n. Etym: [L. fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.
FASHFash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashing.] Etym:[OF. faschier, F. f, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr.L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.]
Defn: To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.]
FASHFash, n.
Defn: Vexation; anxiety; care. [Scot.]Without further fash on my part. De Quincey.
FASHIONFash"ion, n. Etym: [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon,orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. SeeFact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]
1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc. ; workmanship; execution. The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke ix. 29. I do not like the fashion of your garments. Shak.
2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. The innocent diversions in fashion. Locke. As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. H. Spencer.
3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. "After his sour fashion." Shak. After a fashion, to a certain extent; in a sort. — Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. — Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. in a sort s.b. of a sort
FASHIONFash"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.]Etym: [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay.Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.Cowper.
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; — with to. Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. Spenser.
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak. Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
FASHIONABLEFash"ion*a*ble, a.
1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.
2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.
3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.
4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.
FASHIONABLEFash"ion*a*ble, n.
Defn: A person who conforms to the fashions; — used chiefly in the plural.
FASHIONABLENESSFash"ion*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: State of being fashionable.
FASHIONABLYFash"ion*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a fashionable manner.
FASHIONEDFash"ioned, a.
Defn: Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new- fashioned.
FASHIONERFash"ion*er, n.
Defn: One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.] The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.
FASHIONISTFash"ion*ist, n.
Defn: An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions. [R.] Fuller.
FASHIONLESSFash"ion*less, a.
Defn: Having no fashion.
FASHION-MONGERFash"ion-mon`ger, n.
Defn: One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston.
FASHION-MONGERINGFash"ion-mon`ger*ing, a.
Defn: Behaving like a fashion-monger. [R.] Shak.
FASSAITEFas"sa*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol.
FASTFast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fasting.] Etym:[AS. fæstan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fasten, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw.fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. toE. fast firm.]
1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.
2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21. Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.
FASTFast, n. Etym: [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f, OHG. fasta, G. faste. SeeFast, v. i.]
1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.
2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. — To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.
FAST Fast, a. [Compar. Faster; superl. Fastest.] Etym: [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Isel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]
1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast. Burke.
2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. Spenser.
3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. Bacon.
6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. All this while in a most fast sleep. Shak.
7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.
8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Thackeray. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak. Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and reëngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. — Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. — To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.
FASTFast, adv. Etym: [OE. Faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f. SeeFast, a.]
1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13.
2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. Pope.
FASTFast, n.
Defn: That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; — called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
FASTENFas"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening.]Etym: [AS. fæstnian; akin to OHG. festinon. See Fast, a.]
1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift.
3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak. To fasten a charge, or a crime, upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. — To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4.
Syn.— To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
FASTENFas"ten, v. i.
Defn: To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne.
FASTENERFas"ten*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
FASTENINGFas"ten*ing, n.
Defn: Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
FASTERFast"er, n.
Defn: One who abstains from food.
FAST-HANDEDFast"-hand`ed, a.
Defn: Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] Bacon.
FASTIFas"ti, n.pl. Etym: [L.]
1. The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.
2. Records or registers of important events.
FASTIDIOSITYFas*tid`i*os"i*ty, n.
Defn: Fastidiousness; squeamishness. [Obs.] Swift.
FASTIDIOUS Fas*tid"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]
Defn: Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young.
Syn. — Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. — Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. "Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish." Crabb. — Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. — Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n.
FASTIGIATE; FASTIGIATED Fas*tig"i*ate, Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]
1. Narrowing towards the top.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of theLombardy poplar; pointed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
FASTISHFast"ish, a.
Defn: Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
FASTLYFast"ly, adv.
Defn: Firmly; surely.
FASTNESSFast"ness, n. Etym: [AS. fæstnes, fr. fæst fast. See Fast, a.]
1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. Sir J. Davies.
2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.
3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] Ascham.
4. The state of being fast or swift.
FASTUOUS Fas"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. fastuosus, from fastus haughtiness, pride: cf. F. fastueux.]
Defn: Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. Fas"tu*ous*ness, n.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
FATFat, n. Etym: [See Vat, n.]
1. A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. [Obs.] The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel ii. 24.
2. A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. [Obs.] Hebert.
FATFat, a. [Compar. Fatter; superl. Fattest.] Etym: [AS. fætt; akin toD. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. toGr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr.pi to swell.]
1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; — said of food.
2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross;dull; stupid.Making our western wits fat and mean. Emerson.Make the heart of this people fat. Is. vi. 10.
3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. Carlyle.
5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. Swift.
6. (Typog.)
Defn: Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; — said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.
FATFat, n.
1. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
Note: Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc.
2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
3. (Typog.)
Defn: Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. Fat acid. (Chem.) See Sebacic acid, under Sebacic. — Fat series, Fatty series (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. — Natural fats (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.
FAT Fat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted; p. pr. & vb. n. atting.] Etym: [OE. fatten, AS. f. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.]
Defn: To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. We fat all creatures else to fat us. Shak.
FATFat, v. i.
Defn: To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. Mortimer.
FATALFa"tal, a. Etym: [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]
1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary;inevitable. [R.]These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson.It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon.
2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.
3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
FATALISMFa"tal*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fatalisme.]
Defn: The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
FATALISTFa"tal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fataliste.]
Defn: One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.
FATALISTICFa`tal*is"tic, a.
Defn: Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.
FATALITYFa*tal"i*ty, n.;pl. Fatalities. Etym: [L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalité]
1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. South.
2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility. The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. Ser T. Browne. By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. Eikon Basilike.
3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. Dryden.
FATALLYFa"tal*ly, adv.
1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. Bentley.
2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.
FATALNESSFa"tal*ness
Defn: , . Quality of being fatal. Johnson.
FATA MORGANAFa"ta Mor*ga"na. Etym: [It.; — so called because this phenomenon waslooked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata) of the name of Morgána.See Fairy.]
Defn: A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.
FATBACKFat"back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The menhaden.
FAT-BRAINEDFat"-brained`, a.
Defn: Dull of apprehension.
FATEFate, n. Etym: [L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what isordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat.See Fame, Fable, Ban, and cf. 1st Fay, Fairy.]
1. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned. Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I will is fate. Milton. Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments. Froude.
2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event;destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.The great, th'important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.Addison.Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still areoverthrown. Shak.The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings.Pope.
3. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope. Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams. B. Taylor.
4. pl. Etym: [L. Fata, pl. of fatum.] (Myth.)
Defn: The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcæwho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
Note: Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate or destiny as a power superior to gods and men — swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his will — the expression of that will being the law. Krauth-Fleming.
Syn.— Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.
FATEDFat"ed, p. p. & a.
1. Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people. One midnight Fated to the purpose. Shak.
2. Invested with the power of determining destiny. [Obs.] "The fated sky." Shak.
3. Exempted by fate. [Obs. or R.] Dryden.
FATEFULFate"ful, a. .
Defn: Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel." J. Barlow.
2. Significant of fate; ominous. The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow. — Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n.
FATHEAD Fat"head`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); — called also black-headed minnow. (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
FATHERFa"ther, n. Etym: [OE. fader, AS. fæder; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader,OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L.pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. pa protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot,Potential, Pablum.]
1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; — in the plural, fathers, ancestors. David slept with his fathers. 1 Kings ii. 10. Abraham, who is the father of us all. Rom. iv. 16.
3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. I was a father to the poor. Job xxix. 16. He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. Gen. xiv. 8.
4. A respectful mode of address to an old man. And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father! 2 Kings xiii. 14.
5. A senator of ancient Rome.
6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. Bless you, good father friar ! Shak.
7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; — often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Gen. iv. 21. Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. Shak. The father of good news. Shak.
9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first personin the Trinity.Our Father, which art in heaven. Matt. vi. 9.Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye.Milton.Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another, treating it ashis own.— Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under Apostolic,Conscript, etc.— Father in God, a title given to bishops.— Father of lies, the Devil.— Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar.— Fathers of the city, the aldermen.— Father of the Faithful. (a) Abraham. Rom. iv. Gal. iii. 6-9. (b)Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.— Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who has hadthe longest continuous service.— Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops andmetropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York.— Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child.— Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of anillegitimate child; the supposed father.— Spiritual father. (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. oneinstrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest whohears confession in the sacrament of penance.— The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope.
FATHERFa"ther, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.]
1. To make one's self the father of; to beget. Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak.
2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.). Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. Swift.
3. To provide with a father. [R.] Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded Shak. To father on or upon, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. "Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor." Barrow.
FATHERHOODFa"ther*hood, n.
Defn: The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.
FATHER-IN-LAWFa"ther-in-law`, n.; pl. Fathers-in-law (.
Defn: The father of one's husband or wife; — correlative to son-in- law and daughter-in-law.
Note: A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.
FATHERLANDFa"ther*land", n. Etym: [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, andLand.]
Defn: One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
FATHER-LASHERFa"ther-lash`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; — called also lucky proach.
FATHERLESSFa"ther*less, a.
1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
2. Without a known author. Beau. & Fl.
FATHERLESSNESSFa"ther*less*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being without a father.
FATHERLINESSFa"ther*li*ness, n. Etym: [From Fatherly.]
Defn: The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.
FATHER LONGLEGSFa"ther long"legs`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Daddy longlegs, 2.
FATHERLYFa"ther*ly, a.
1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to a father.
FATHERSHIPFa"ther*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
FATHOM Fath"om, n. [fadme, faedhme, AS. fæedhm fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. faedhmos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. faedhmr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal.]
1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; — used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.
2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.
FATHOMFath"om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathoming.]
1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.] Purchas.
2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. Dryden. The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne.
FATHOMABLEFath"om*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being fathomed.
FATHOMERFath"om*er, n.
Defn: One who fathoms.
FATHOMLESSFath"om*less, a.
1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.
2. Incomprehensible. The fathomless absurdity. Milton.
FATIDICAL Fa*tid"i*cal, a. Etym: [L. fatidicus; fatum fate + dicere to say, tell.]
Defn: Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell. — Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv.
FATIFEROUS Fa*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. fatifer; fatum fate + ferre to bear, bring.]
Defn: Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive. [R.] Johnson.
FATIGABLEFat"i*ga*ble, a. Etym: [L. fatigabilis: cf. F. fatigable. SeeFatigue.]
Defn: Easily tired. [Obs.] Bailey.
FATIGATEFat"i*gate, a. Etym: [L. fatigatus, p.p. of fatigare. See Fatigue.]
Defn: Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.]Requickened what in flesh was fatigate. Shak.
FATIGATEFat"i*gate, v. t.
Defn: To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
FATIGATIONFat`i*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. fatigatio: cf. OF. fatigation.]
Defn: Weariness. [Obs.] W. Montaqu.
FATIGUE Fa*tigue", n. Etym: [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]
1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.
3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. — Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. — Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. — Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.
FATIGUE Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] Etym: [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.]
Defn: To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
Syn.— To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.
FATILOQUENTFa*til"o*quent, a. Etym: [See Fatiloquist.]
Defn: Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount.
FATILOQUISTFa*til"o*quist, n. Etym: [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+Loqui to speak.]
Defn: A fortune teller.
FATIMITE; FATIMIDEFat"i*mite, Fat"i*mide, a. (Hist.)
Defn: Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed.— n.
Defn: A descendant of Fatima.
FATISCENCE Fa*tis"cence, n. Etym: [L. fatiscense, p.pr. of fatiscere to gape or crack open.]
Defn: A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures. Kirwan.
FAT-KIDNEYEDFat"-kid`neyed, a.
Defn: Gross; lubberly.Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.
FATLINGFat"ling, n. Etym: [Fat + -ling.]
Defn: A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened forslaughter; a fat animal; — said of such animals as are used forfood.He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.
FATLYFat"ly, adv.
Defn: Grossly; greasily.
FATNERFat"ner, n.
Defn: One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener. Arbuthnit.
FATNESSFat"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. lxxiii. 7.
2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness. Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. Rowe.
3. That which makes fat or fertile. The clouds drop fatness. Philips.
FATTENFat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattining.]Etym: [See Fat, v. t.]
1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. Dryden.
FATTENFat"ten, v. i.
Defn: To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; tobe pampered.And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.
FATTENERFat"ten*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.
FATTINESSFat"ti*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being fatty.
FATTISHFat"tish, a.
Defn: Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man.Carlyle.
FATTYFat"ty, a.
Defn: Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; — so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. — Fatty clays. See under Clay. — Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. — Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. — Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. — Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.
FATUITOUSFa*tu"i*tous, a.
Defn: Stupid; fatuous.
FATUITYFa*tu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuitéCf. Fatuous.]
Defn: Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor.
FATUOUSFat"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. fatuus.]
1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. Glanvill.
2. Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Danham.
FAT-WITTEDFat"-wit`ted, a.
Defn: Dull; stupid. Shak.
FAUBOURGFau`bourg", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
FAUCALFau"cal, a. Etym: [L. fauces throat.]
Defn: Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
FAUCESFau"ces, n.pl. Etym: [L.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; — called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
FAUCETFau"cet, n. Etym: [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]
1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; — called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
FAUCHIONFau"chion, n.
Defn: See Falchion. [Obs.]
FAUCIALFau"cial, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.
FAUGHFaugh, interj. Etym: [Cf. Foh.]
Defn: An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.
FAULCHIONFaul"chion, n.
Defn: See Falchion.
FAULCONFaul"con, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Falcon.
FAULDFauld, n.
Defn: The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
FAULEFaule, n.
Defn: A fall or falling band. [Obs.]These laces, ribbons, and these faules. Herrick.
FAULT Fault, n. Etym: [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See Fail, and cf. Default.]
1. Defect; want; lack; default. One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak.
2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault. Shak.
3. A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
4. (Geol. & Mining) (a) A dislocation of the strata of the vein. (b) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc. Raymond.
5. (Hunting)
Defn: A lost scent; act of losing the scent. Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out. Shak.
6. (Tennis)
Defn: Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. At fault, unable to find the scent and continue chase; hance, in trouble ot embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thhrown off the track. — To find fault, to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; — followed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. "Matter to find fault at." Robynson (More's Utopia).
Syn. — — Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness; blunder; failing; vice. — Fault, Failing, Defect, Foible. A fault is positive, something morally wrong; a failing is negative, some weakness or failling short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a defect is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of anyything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a foible is a less important weakness, which we overlook or smile at. A man may have many failings, and yet commit but few faults; or his faults and failings may be few, while his foibles are obvious to all. The faults of a friend are often palliated or explained away into mere defects, and the defects or foibles of an enemy exaggerated into faults. "I have failings in common with every human being, besides my own peculiar faults; but of avarice I have generally held myself guiltless." Fox. "Presumption and self-applause are the foibles of mankind." Waterland.
FAULTFault, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faulting.]
1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.] For that I will not fault thee. Old Song.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; — chiefly used in the p.p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
FAULTFault, v. i.
Defn: To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [Obs.] If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted. Latimer.
FAULTERFault"er, n.
Defn: One who commits a fault. [Obs.]Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.
FAULT-FINDERFault"-find`er, n.
Defn: One who makes a practice off discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
FAULT-FINDINGFault"-find`ing, n.
Defn: The act of finding fault or blaming; — used derogatively. AlsoAdj.
FAULTFULFault"ful, a.
Defn: Full of faults or sins. Shak.
FAULTILYFault"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a faulty manner.
FAULTINESSFault"i*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being faulty.Round, even to faultiness. Shak.
FAULTINGFault"ing, n. (Geol.)
Defn: The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.
FAULTLESSFault"less, a.
Defn: Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.
Syn.— Blameless; spotless; perfect. See Blameless.— Fault"less*ly, adv.-Fault"less*ness, n.
FAULTYFault"y, a.
1. Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. Created once So goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton.
2. Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak. The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. xiv. 13.
FAUNFaun, n. Etym: [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.](Rom. Myth.)
Defn: A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr.The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. Milton.
FAUNAFau"na, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna ofAmerica; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
FAUNALFau"nal, a.
Defn: Relating to fauna.
FAUNISTFau"nist, n.
Defn: One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. GilbertWhite.
FAUNUSFau"nus, n.;pl. Fauni. Etym: [L.] (Myth.)
Defn: See Faun.
FAUSEN Fau"sen, n. Etym: [Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like fl.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young eel. [Prov. Eng.]
FAUSSE-BRAYEFausse`-braye", n. Etym: [F. fausse-braie.] (Mil.)
Defn: A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.
FAUTEUILFau`teuil", n. Etym: [F. See Faldistory.]
1. An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.
2. Chair of a presiding officer.
FAUTOR Fau"tor, n. Etym: [L., contr. fr. favitor, fr. favere to be favorable: cf. F. fauteur. See Favor.]
Defn: A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; anabettor. [Obs.]The king and the fautors of his proceedings. Latimer.
FAUTRESSFau"tress, n. Etym: [L. fauutrix: cf. F. fautrice.]
Defn: A patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.
FAUVETTEFau`vette", n. Etym: [F., dim. fr. fauve fawn-colored.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.
FAUXFaux, n.; pl. Fauces. Etym: [L.]
Defn: See Fauces.
FAUX PAS faux` pas". Etym: [F. See False, and Pas.]
Defn: A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
FAVAGINOUSFa*vag"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. favus a honeycomb.]
Defn: Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.
FAVASFa"vas, n.
Defn: See Favus, n., 2. Fairholt.
FAVEL Fa"vel, a. Etym: [OF. fauvel, favel, dim. of F. fauve; of German oigin. See Fallow, a.]
Defn: Yellow; fal [Obs.] Wright.
FAVELFa"vel, n.
Defn: A horse of a favel or dun color. To curry favel. See To curry favor, under Favor, n.
FAVEL Fa"vel, n. Etym: [OF. favele, fr. L. fabella short fable, dim. of fabula. See Fable.]
Defn: Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [Obs.] Skeat.
FAVELLAFa*vel"la, n. Etym: [NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb.] (Bot.)
Defn: A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algæ.
FAVEOLATEFa*ve"o*late, a. Etym: [L. favus honeycomb.]
Defn: Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.
FAVIER EXPLOSIVEFa`vier" ex*plo"sive. [After the inventor, P. A. Favier, aFrenchman.]
Defn: 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.
FAVILLOUSFa*vil"lous, a. Etym: [L. favilla sparkling or glowing asges.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.]Light and favollous particles. Sir T. Browne.
FAVONIANFa*vo"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Favonius the west wind.]
Defn: Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.
FAVOR Fa"vor, n. Etym: [Written also favour.] Etym: [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhavaya to further, foster, causative of bhBe. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]
1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.
2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.
3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration. Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak.
4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. I could not discover the lenity and fabor of this sentence. Swift.
5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. Milton.
6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.
7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.
8. (Law)
Defn: Partiality; bias. Bouvier.
9. A letter or epistle; — so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
10. pl.
Defn: Love locks. [Obs.] Wright. Challenge to the favor or for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. — In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. — In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. — To curry favor Etym: [see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. — With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission. But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.
Syn. — Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.
FAVORFa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Favored; p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring.] Etym:[Written also favour.] Etym: [Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See Favor,n.]
1. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards. O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope. He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11. [The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.
2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.
FAVORABLE Fa"vor*a*ble, a. [Written also favourable.] Etym: [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]
1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious;friendly.Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak.Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.
3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser. — Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. — Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.
FAVOREDFa"vored, a.
1. Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.
2. Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.
FAVOREDLYFa"vored*ly, adv.
Defn: In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.
FAVOREDNESSFa"vored*ness, n.
Defn: Appearance. [Obs.]
FAVORERFa"vor*er, n.
Defn: One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; awell-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.[Written also favourer.]And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak.
FAVORESSFa"vor*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written also fovouress.]
FAVORINGFa"vor*ing, a.
Defn: That favors.— Fa"vor*ing*ly, adv.
FAVORITE Fa"vor*ite, n. Etym: [OF. favorit favored, F. favori, fem. favorite, p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to favor. See Favor.]
1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority. Committing to a wicked favorite All public cares. Milton.
2. pl.
Defn: Short curls dangling over the temples; — fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar.
3. (Sporting)
Defn: The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
FAVORITEFa"vor*ite, a.
Defn: Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. "His favorite argument." Macaulay.
FAVORITISMFa"vor*it*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. favoritisme.]
Defn: The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one personor family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others havingequal claims; partiality.A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton.
FAVORLESSFa"vor*less, a.
1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.
2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] "Fortune favorless." Spenser.
FAVOSEFa*vose", a. Etym: [L. favus honeycomb.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Honeycombed. See Faveolate.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
FAVOSITEFav"o*site, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
FAVOSITESFav`o*si"tes, n. Etym: [NL. See Favose.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.
FAVUSFa"vus, n. Etym: [L., honeycomb.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.
2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; — called also favas and sectila. Mollett.
FAWEFawe, a. Etym: [See Fain.]
Defn: Fain; glad; delighted. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FAWKNERFawk"ner, n. Etym: [See Falconer.]
Defn: A falconer. [Obs.] Donne.
FAWN Fawn, n. Etym: [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.
3. A fawn color.
FAWNFawn, a.
Defn: Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
FAWNFawn, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. faonner.]
Defn: To bring forth a fawn.
FAWNFawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] Etym:[OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS.fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. SeeFain.]
Defn: To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; toflatter meanly; — often followed by on or upon.You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak.Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.Milton.Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.
FAWNFawn, n.
Defn: A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
FAWN-COLOREDFawn"-col`ored, a.
Defn: Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
FAWNERFawn"er, n.
Defn: One who fawns; a sycophant.
FAWNINGLYFawn"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fawning manner.
FAXEDFaxed, a. Etym: [AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. Paxwax.]
Defn: Hairy. [Obs.] amden.
FAYFay, n. Etym: [F. fée. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]
Defn: A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.
FAYFay, n. Etym: [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]
Defn: Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FAYFay (fa), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] Etym:[OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. fegan to join, unite; akin to OS. fogian,D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. fügen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.](Shipbuilding)
Defn: To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
FAYFay, v. i. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; — often with in, into, with, or together. Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; — said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.