Defn: The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
FOSSILIFEROUSFos`sil*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Fossil + -ferous.] (Paleon.)
Defn: Containing or composed of fossils.
FOSSILIFICATIONFos*sil`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Fossil + L. facere to make.]
Defn: The process of becoming fossil.
FOSSILISMFos"sil*ism, n.
1. The science or state of fossils. Coleridge.
2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
FOSSILISTFos"sil*ist, n.
Defn: One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.Joseph Black.
FOSSILIZATIONFos`sil*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fossilisation.]
Defn: The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
FOSSILIZEFos"sil*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Fossilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.
FOSSILIZEFos"sil*ize, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
FOSSILIZEDFos"sil*ized, a.
Defn: Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views oropinions.A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.
FOSSORES Fos*so"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. fossor digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [Written also Fossoria.]
FOSSORIAFos*so"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Fossores.
FOSSORIALFos*so"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. fossor a digger.]
Defn: Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
FOSSORIOUSFos*so"ri*ous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Adapted for digging; — said of the legs of certain insects.
FOSSULATEFos"su*late, a. Etym: [L. fossula little ditch, dim. of fossa. SeeFosse.]
Defn: Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.
FOSTERFos"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fostered, p. pr. & vb. n. Fostering.]Etym: [OE. fostren, fr. AS. foster, fostor, food, nourishment, fr.foda food. *75. See Food.]
1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.
2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
FOSTERFos"ter, v. i.
Defn: To be nourished or trained up together. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOSTER Fos"ter, a. Etym: [AS. foster, fostor, nourishment. See Foster, v. t.]
Defn: Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; — applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. Foster babe, or child, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. — Foster brother, Foster sister, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. — Foster dam, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. Dryden. — Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. J. Philips. — Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon. — Foster land. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. — Foster lean Etym: [foster + AS. læn a loan See Loan.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] Wharton. — Foster mother, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. — Foster nurse, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] Shak. — Foster parent, a foster mother or foster father. — Foster son, a male foster child.
FOSTERFos"ter, n.
Defn: A forester. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOSTERFos"ter, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, fosters.
FOSTERAGEFos"ter*age (; 48), n.
Defn: The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. Sir W.Raleigh.
FOSTERERFos"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, fosters.
FOSTERLINGFos"ter*ling, n. Etym: [AS. fostorling.]
Defn: A foster child.
FOSTERMENTFos"ter*ment, n.
Defn: Food; nourishment. [Obs.]
FOSTRESSFos"tress, n. Etym: [For fosteress.]
Defn: A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse. B. Jonson.
FOTHER Foth"er, n. Etym: [OE. fother, foder, AS. fo a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. patra vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.]
1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
FOTHERFoth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering.]Etym: [Cf. Fodder food, and G. füttern, futtern, to cover within orwithout, to line. *75.]
Defn: To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. Totten.
FOTIVEFo"tive, a. Etym: [L. fovere, fotum, to keep warm, to cherish.]
Defn: Nourishing. [Obs.] T. Carew (1633).
FOTMALFot"mal, n. (Com.)
Defn: Seventy pounds of lead.
FOUCAULT CURRENT Fou`cault" cur`rent. [After J. B. L. Foucault (1819-68), French physicist.] (Elec.)
Defn: An eddy current.
FOUGADE; FOUGASSEFou`gade", Fou`gasse", n. (Mil.)
Defn: A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.
FOUGHTFought,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Fight.
FOUGHTENFought"en,
Defn: p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]
FOULFoul, n. Etym: [See Fowl.]
Defn: A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOUL Foul, a. [Compar. Fouler (-er); superl. Foulest.] Etym: [OE. foul, ful, AS. ful; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. ful, Icel. ful foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. fuls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on pus, to cause to rot, Skr. puy to stink. *82. Cf. Defile to foul, File to foul, Filth, Pus, Putrid.]
1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. My face is foul with weeping. Job. xvi. 16.
2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. "The foul with Sycorax." Shak. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt Milton.
4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. Shak.
6. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; — said of the weather, sky, etc. So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak.
7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
8. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; — opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
Foul anchor. (Naut.) See under Anchor. — Foul ball (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of certain limits. — Foul ball lines (Baseball), lines from the home base, through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the field. — Foul berth (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel. — Foul bill, or Foul bill of health, a certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are infected. — Foul copy, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections; — opposed to fair or clean copy. "Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies." Cowper. — Foul proof, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive quantity of errors. — Foul strike (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any part of his person is outside of the lines of his position. — To fall foul, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] "If they be any ways offended, they fall foul." Burton. — To fall, or run, foul of. See under Fall. — To make foul water, to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
FOULFoul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fouled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fouling.]
1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
4. To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
FOULFoul, v. i.
1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
FOULFoul, n.
1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
2. (Baseball)
Defn: See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
FOULARDFou`lard", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.
FOULDER Foul"der, v. i. Etym: [OE. fouldre lightning, fr. F. foudre, OF. also fouldre, fr. L. fulgur. See Fulgor.]
Defn: To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.[Obs.] "Flames of fouldering heat." Spenser.
FOULEFoul"e, adv.
Defn: Foully. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOULLYFoul"ly, v.
Defn: In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly;dishonorably.I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do. Gay.
FOUL-MOUTHEDFoul"-mouthed`, a.
Defn: Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane;abusive.So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.
FOULNESSFoul"ness, n. Etym: [AS. f.]
Defn: The quality or condition of being foul.
FOUL-SPOKENFoul"-spo`ken, a.
Defn: Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.Shak.
FOUMART Fou"mart`, n. Etym: [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f foul + mear, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European polecat; — called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]
FOUNDFound,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Find.
FOUNDFound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.] Etym:[F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
Defn: To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "Whereof to found their engines." Milton.
FOUNDFound, n.
Defn: A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
FOUNDFound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.] Etym:[F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st Bottom, and cf.Founder, v. i., Fund.]
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, forsupport; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative;to fix firmly.I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.Shak.A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love.Shak.It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Matt. vii. 25.
2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. Milton.
Syn.— To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.
FOUNDATION Foun*da"tion, n. Etym: [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis. Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Is. xxviii. 16. The foundation of a free common wealth. Motley.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. He was entered on the foundation of Westminster. Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity. Against the canon laws of our foundation. Milton. Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n. — Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. — Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. — To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college.
FOUNDATIONERFoun*da"tion*er, n.
Defn: One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. [Eng.]
FOUNDATIONLESSFoun*da"tion*less, a.
Defn: Having no foundation.
FOUNDERFound"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.]
Defn: One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
FOUNDERFound"er, n. Etym: [From Found to cast.]
Defn: One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; acaster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder'sdust. Same as Facing, 4.— Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
FOUNDERFound"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering.]Etym: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom,L. fundus. See Found to establish.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fearé gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. Chaucer.
3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." Shak.
FOUNDERFound"er, v. t.
Defn: To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
FOUNDER Found"er, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.
FOUNDEROUSFoun"der*ous, a.
Defn: Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.
FOUNDERSHAFTFound"er*shaft`, n. (Mining)
Defn: The first shaft sunk. Raymond.
FOUNDERYFound"er*y, n.; pl. Founderies. Etym: [F. fonderie, fr. fondre. SeeFound to cast, and cf. Foundry.]
Defn: Same as Foundry.
FOUNDINGFound"ing, n.
Defn: The art of smelting and casting metals.
FOUNDLING Found"ling, n. Etym: [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to find + - ling; cf. fündling, findling. See Find, v. t., and -ling.]
Defn: A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.
FOUNDRESSFound"ress, n.
Defn: A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
FOUNDRYFound"ry, n.; pl. Foundries. Etym: [See Foundery.]
1. The act, process, or art of casting metals.
2. The buildings and works for casting metals. Foundry ladle, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds.
FOUNTFount, n. Etym: [See Font.] (Print.)
Defn: A font.
FOUNTFount, n. Etym: [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; ofuncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast.Cf. Font.]
Defn: A fountain.
FOUNTAINFoun"tain, n. Etym: [F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis.See 2d Fount.]
1. A spring of water issuing from the earth.
2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. Judea, the fountain of the gospel. Fuller. Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible. Milton. Air fountain. See under Air. — Fountain heead, primary source; original; first principle. Young. — Fountain inkstand, an inkstand having a continual supply of ink, as from elevated reservoir. — Fountain lamp, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir. — Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink. — Fountain pump. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc. — Fountain shell (Zoöl.), the large West Indian conch shell (Strombus gigas). — Fountain of youth, a mythical fountain whose waters were fabled to have the property of renewing youth.
FOUNTAINLESSFoun"tain*less, a.
Defn: Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.
FOUNTFULFount"ful, a.
Defn: Full of fountains. Pope.
FOUR Four, a. Etym: [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. feówer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. catur. Farthing, Firkin, Forty, Cater four, Quater-cousin, Quatuor, Quire of paper, tetrarch.]
Defn: One more than three; twice two.
FOURFour, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four. All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary.
FOURB; FOURBEFourb, Fourbe, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A trickly fellow; a cheat. [Obs.] Evelyn. Denham.
FOURCHEFour`ché", a. Etym: [F. See Fo.] (Her.)
Defn: Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; — said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
FOURCHETTEFour`chette", n. Etym: [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.]
1. A table fork.
2. (Anat.) (a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. (b) The wishbone or furculum of birds. (c) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
3. (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frænum.
4. (Glove Making)
Defn: The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight.
FOUR-CORNEREDFour"-cor`nered, a.
Defn: Having four corners or angles.
FOUR-CYCLEFour"-cy`cle, n. (Thermodynamics)
Defn: A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal- combustion engine. — Four"-cy`cle, a.
FOURDRINIERFour`dri`nier", n.
Defn: A machine used in making paper; — so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
FOURFOLDFour"fold`, a. & adv. Etym: [AS. feówerfeold.]
Defn: Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.
FOURFOLDFour"fold`, n.
Defn: Four times as many or as much.
FOURFOLDFour"fold`, v. t.
Defn: To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.
FOURFOOTEDFour"foot`ed, a.
Defn: Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.
FOURGON Four`gon", n. Etym: [F.] (Mil.) (a)An ammunition wagon. (b) A French baggage wagon.
FOURHANDEDFour"hand`ed, a.
1. Having four hands; quadrumanous. Goldsmith.
2. Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.
FOURIERISMFou"ri*er*ism, n.
Defn: The coöperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
FOURIERIST; FOURIERITEFou"ri*er*ist, Fou"ri*er*ite, n.
Defn: One who adopts the views of Fourier.
FOUR-IN-HANDFour"-in-hand, a.
Defn: Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four- in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four- in-hand coach. — n.
Defn: A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicledrawn by such a team.As quaint a four-in-hand As you shall see. Tennyson.
FOURLINGFour"ling, n.
1. One of four children born at the same time.
2. (Crystallog.)
Defn: A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
FOURNEAUFour`neau", n. Etym: [F.] (Mil.)
Defn: The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.
FOUR-O'CLOCKFour"-o'clock`, n.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four- o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The friar bird; — so called from its cry, which resembles these words.
FOURPENCEFour"pence, n.
1. A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
2. A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.
FOUR-POSTERFour"-post`er, n.
Defn: A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. [Colloq.]
FOURRIERFour"rier (; F. , n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. forre. See Forage, n.]
Defn: A harbinger. [Obs.]
FOURSCOREFour"score`, a. Etym: [Four + core, n.]
Defn: Four times twenty; eighty.
FOURSCOREFour"score`, n.
Defn: The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
FOURSOMEFour"some, a. [Four + 2d -some.]
Defn: Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. orGolf]
FOURSOMEFour"some, n. (Golf)
Defn: A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman.
FOURSQUAREFour"square`, a.
Defn: Having four sides and four equal angles. Sir W. Raleigh.
FOURTEENFour"teen`, a. Etym: [OE. fourtene, feowertene, AS. feówert, feówert.See Four, and Ten, and cf. Forty.]
Defn: Four and ten more; twice seven.
FOURTEENFour"teen`, n.
1. The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.
FOURTEENTH Four"teenth`, a. Etym: [Cf. OE. fourtende, fourtethe, AS. feówerteoedha.]
1. Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month.
2. Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived.
FOURTEENTHFour"teenth`, n.
1. One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The octave of the seventh.
FOURTH Fourth, a. Etym: [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. feóredha, fr. feówer four.]
1. Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
FOURTHFourth, n.
1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. The Fourth, specifically, un the United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth.
FOURTHLYFourth"ly, adv.
Defn: In the fourth place.
FOUR-WAYFour"-way`, a.
Defn: Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. Francis. Four-way cock, a cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and now for various other purposes. In the illustration, a leads to the upper end of a steam engine cylinder, and b to the lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d the exhaust pipe.
FOUR-WHEELEDFour"-wheeled`, a.
Defn: Having four wheels.
FOUR-WHEELERFour"-wheel`er, n.
Defn: A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]
FOUSSAFous"sa, n. Etym: [Natibe name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.
FOUTERFou"ter, n. Etym: [F. foutre to lecher, L. futuere. Cf. Fouty.]
Defn: A despicable fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.
FOUTRAFou"tra, n. Etym: [See Fouter.]
Defn: A fig; — a word of contempt. [Obs.]A foutra for the world and wordlings base! Shak.
FOUTYFou"ty, a. Etym: [Cf. F. foutu, p.p. of foutre; OF. foutu scoundrel.See Fouter.]
Defn: Despicable. [Obs.]
FOVEAFo"ve*a, n.; pl. Foveæ. Etym: [L., a small pit.]
Defn: A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
FOVEATEFo"ve*ate, a. Etym: [L. fovea a pit.]
Defn: Having pits or depressions; pitted.
FOVEOLAFo*ve"o*la, n.; pl. Foveolæ. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. fovea.]
Defn: A small depression or pit; a fovea.
FOVEOLATEFo"ve*o*late ( or ), a.
Defn: Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers.
FOVEOLATEDFo"ve*o*la`ted, a.
Defn: Foveolate.
FOVILLAFo*vil"la, n.; pl. Fovillæ. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. fovere to cherish.](Bot.)
Defn: One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
FOWLFowl, n.
Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. Etym: [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, fågel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]
1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl ofthe air. Gen. i. 26.Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26.Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.Shak.
2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
FOWLFowl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.]
Defn: To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,or by decoys, nets, etc.Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone.Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use ofsmall shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.
FOWLERFowl"er, n.
Defn: A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food.
FOWLERITEFow"ler*ite, n. Etym: [From Dr. Samuel Fowler.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.
FOWLER'S SOLUTIONFow"ler's so*lu"tion
Defn: . An Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.
FOX Fox, n.; pl. Foxes. Etym: [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. faúh, Icel. f fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European dragonet.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fox shark or thrasher shark; — called also sea fox. SeeThrasher shark, under Shark.
4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. Beattie.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; — used for seizings or mats.
6. A sword; — so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. Shak.
7. pl. (Enthnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; — called also Outagamies. Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. — Fox bat (Zoöl.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat. — Fox bolt, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. — Fox brush (Zoöl.), the tail of a fox. — Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. — Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba. — Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. — Fox shark (Zoöl.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher. — Fox sleep, pretended sleep. — Fox sparrow (Zoöl.), a large American sparrow (Passerella iliaca); — so called on account of its reddish color. — Fox squirrel (Zoöl.), a large North American squirrel (Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common. — Fox terrier (Zoöl.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. — Fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. — Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), a wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges is called foxtail wedging. — Fox wolf (Zoöl.), one of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy tails like a fox.
FOXFox, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foxing.] Etym: [SeeFox, n., cf. Icel. fox imposture.]
1. To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed. Pepys.
2. To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
3. To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
FOXFox, v. i.
Defn: To turn sour; — said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
FOXEARTHFox"earth`, n.
Defn: A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.
FRACAS Fra"cas (; F. , n. Etym: [F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. Cashier, v. t.]
Defn: An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
FOXEDFoxed, a.
1. Discolored or stained; — said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.
2. Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.
FOXERYFox"e*ry, n.
Defn: Behavior like that of a fox; [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOXESFox"es, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: See Fox, n., 7.
FOXFISH Fox"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The fox shark; — called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark. (b) The european dragonet. See Dragonet.
FOXGLOVEFox"glove`, n. Etym: [AS. foxes-gl, foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.
FOXHOUNDFox"hound`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
FOX-HUNTINGFox"-hunt`ing, a.
Defn: Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
FOXINESSFox"i*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.
2. The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
3. A coarse and sour taste in grapes.
FOXISHFox"ish, a.
Defn: Foxlike. [Obs.]
FOXLIKEFox"like`, a.
Defn: Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
FOXLYFox"ly, a.
Defn: Foxlike. [Obs.] "Foxly craft." Latimer.
FOXSHIPFox"ship, n.
Defn: Foxiness; craftiness. [R.] Shak.
FOXTAILFox"tail`, n.
1. The tail or brush of a fox.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.
3. (Metal.)
Defn: The last cinders obtained in the fining process. Raymond.Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw.— Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox.
FOXYFox"y, a.
1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily. Modred's narrow, foxy face. Tennyson.
2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; — applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.
3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; — said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; — also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
FOYFoy, n. Etym: [F. foi, old spelling foy, faith. See Faith.]
1. Faith; allegiance; fealty. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.] He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day. Pepys.
FOYERFoy`er", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. focarium fireplace. See Focus, n.]
1. A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. Knight.
FOYSONFoy"son, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Foison.
FOZINESSFo"zi*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. [Scot.][The Whigs'] foziness can no longer be concealed. Blackwood's.
FOZYFo"zy, a.
Defn: Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.]
FRAFra, adv. & prep. Etym: [OE.]
Defn: Fro. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
FRAFra, n. Etym: [It., for frate. See Friar.]
Defn: Brother; — a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo.Longfellow.
FRABFrab, v. i. & t.
Defn: To scold; to nag. [Prov. Eng.]
FRABBITFrab"bit, a.
Defn: Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]
FRACHOFracho, n.
Defn: A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.
FRACIDFrac"id, a. Etym: [L. fracidus mellow, soft.]
Defn: Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [Obs.] Blount.
FRACTFract, v. t. Etym: [L. fractus, p.p. of frangere to break.]
Defn: To break; to violate. [Obs.] Shak.
FRACTEDFrac"ted, a. (Her.)
Defn: Having a part displaced, as if broken; — said of an ordinary.Macaulay.
FRACTION Frac"tion, n. Etym: [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [Obs.] Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. Foxe.
2. A portion; a fragment. Some niggard fractions of an hour. Tennyson.
3. (Arith. or Alg.)
Defn: One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. Common, or Vulgar, fraction, a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as — Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies & Peck. — Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of. — Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction, etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc. — Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator. — Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
FRACTIONFrac"tion, v. t. (Chem.)
Defn: To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; — frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.
FRACTIONALFrac"tion*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
2. Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. Fractional crystallization (Chem.), a process of gradual and approximate purification and separation, by means of repeated solution and crystallization therefrom. — Fractional currency, small coin, or paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit. — Fractional distillation (Chem.), a process of distillation so conducted that a mixture of liquids, differing considerably from each other in their boiling points, can be separated into its constituents.
FRACTIONALLYFrac"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.
FRACTIONARYFrac"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Fractional. [Obs.]
FRACTIONATEFrac"tion*ate, v. t.
Defn: To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.
FRACTIOUS Frac"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.]
Defn: Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
Syn.— Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish.— Frac"tious*ly, v.— Frac"tious*ness, n.
FRACTURALFrac"tur*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. [R.]
FRACTURE Frac"ture, n. Etym: [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.]
1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: The breaking of a bone.
3. (Min.)
Defn: The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. — Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. — Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. — Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.
Syn. — Fracture, Rupture. These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture" South.
FRACTUREFrac"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fractured (#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n..Fracturing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fracturer.]
Defn: To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
FRAENULUM Fræn"u*lum, n.; pl. Frænula. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. fraenum a bridle.] (Anat.)
Defn: A frænum.
FRAENUM; FRENUM Fræ"num, or; Fre"num, n.; pl. E. Frænums, L. Fræna. Etym: [L., a bridle.] (Anat.)
Defn: A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the frænum of the tongue.
FRAGILE Frag"ile, a. Etym: [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See Break, v. t., and cf. Frail, a.]
Defn: Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon.
Syn.— Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight.— Frag"ile*ly, adv.
FRAGILITYFra*gil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilité. Cf.Frailty.]
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon.
2. Weakness; feebleness. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. Burke.
3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. Holland.
FRAGMENT Frag"ment, n. Etym: [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.]
Defn: A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12.
FRAGMENTALFrag*men"tal, a.
1. Fragmentary.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc.
FRAGMENTALFrag*men"tal, n. (Geol.)
Defn: A fragmentary rock.
FRAGMENTARILYFrag"men*ta*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal.
FRAGMENTARINESSFrag"men*ta*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.
FRAGMENTARYFrag"men*ta*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fragmentaire.]
1. Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire. Donne.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
FRAGMENTEDFrag"ment*ed, a.
Defn: Broken into fragments.
FRAGMENTISTFrag"ment*ist, n.
Defn: A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbüttel.[R.]
FRAGOR Fra"gor (, n. Etym: [L., a breaking to pieces, fr. frangere to break.]
1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash. I. Watts.
2.
Note: [Due to confusion with fragrant.]
Defn: A strong or sweet scent. [Obs. & Illegitimate.] Sir T. Herbert.
FRAGRANCE; FRAGRANCYFra"grance, Fra"gran*cy, n. Etym: [L. fragrantia: cf. OF. fragrance.]
Defn: The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweetsmell; a pleasing odor; perfume.Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton.The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.
FRAGRANTFra"grant, a.
Defn: [fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton.
Syn.— Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; swetacented; redolent;ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic.— Fra"grant*ly, adv.
FRAIGHTFraight, a.
Defn: Same as Fraught. [Obs.] Spenser.
FRAILFrail, n. Etym: [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr.LL. fraellum.]
Defn: A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
2. The quantity of raisins — about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, — contained in a frail.
3. A rush for weaving baskets. Johnson.
FRAIL Frail, a. [Compar. Frailer; superl. Frailest.] Etym: [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. frêle, fr. L. fragilis. See Fragile.]
1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. That I may know how frail I am. Ps. xxxix. 4. An old bent man, worn and frail. Lowell.
2. Tender. [Obs.] Deep indignation and compassion. Spenser.
3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; — often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor.
FRAILLYFrail"ly, adv.
Defn: Weakly; infirmly.
FRAILNESSFrail"ness, n.
Defn: Frailty.
FRAILTY Frail"ty, n.; pl. Frailties. Etym: [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. fraileté, fr. L. fragilitas. See Frail, a., and cf. Fragility.]
1. The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced. God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness. Locke.
2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Syn.— Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
FRAISCHEUR Frai"scheur, n. Etym: [OF.; F fraicheur, fr. frais, fem. fra, fresh; of German origin. See Frash, a.]
Defn: Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.
FRAISEFraise, n. Etym: [See Froise.]
Defn: A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.]Johnson.
FRAISE Fraise, n. Etym: [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
FRAISEFraise, v. t. (Mil.)
Defn: To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
FRAISEDFraised, a.
Defn: Fortified with a fraise.
FRAKENFrak"en, n.
Defn: A freckle. [Obs.]A few fraknes in his face. Chaucer.
FRAMABLEFram"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being framed.
FRAMBAESIAFram*bæ"si*a, n. Etym: [F. & NL., fr. F. framboise raspberry.] (Med.)
Defn: The yaws. See Yaws.
FRAME Frame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] Etym: [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]
1. (Arch. & Engin.)
Defn: To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false. How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. I. Watts.
3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform. And frame my face to all occasions. Shak. We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. Landor. The human mind is framed to be influenced. I. Taylor.
4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.] Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. Shak.
5. To support. [Obs. & R.] That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. Spenser.
6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
FRAMEFrame, v. i.
1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.] Judg. xii. 6.
2. To proceed; to go. [Obs.] The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. Shak.
FRAMEFrame, n.
1. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure. These are thy glorius works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame. Milton.
2. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of aperson.Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.No frames could be strong enough to endure it. Prescott.
3. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched; as: (a) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. (b) (Founding) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. (c) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. (d) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. (e) (Hort.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. (f) (Print.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.
4. (Mach.)