Fautor Fau"tor noun [ Latin , contr. from favitor , from favere to be favorable: confer French fauteur . See Favor .] A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. [ Obsolete]

The king and the fautors of his proceedings.

Latimer.

Fautress Fau"tress noun [ Latin fauutrix : confer French fautrice .] A patroness. [ Obsolete] Chapman.

Fauvette Fau`vette" noun [ French, dim. from fauve fawn-colored.] (Zoology) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

Faux Faux noun ; plural Fauces . [ Latin ] See Fauces .

faux` pas" [ French See False , and Pas .] A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

Favaginous Faˇvag"iˇnous adjective [ Latin favus a honeycomb.] Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

Favas Fa"vas noun See Favus , noun , 2. Fairholt.

Favel Fa"vel adjective [ Old French fauvel , favel , dim. of French fauve ; of German oigin. See Fallow , adjective ] Yellow; fal...ow; dun. [ Obsolete] Wright.

Favel Fa"vel noun A horse of a favel or dun color.

To curry favel . See To curry favor , under Favor , noun

Favel Fa"vel noun [ Old French favele , from Latin fabella short fable, dim. of fabula . See Fable .] Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [ Obsolete] Skeat.

Favella Faˇvel"la noun [ New Latin , probably from Latin favus a honeycomb.] (Botany) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algć.

Faveolate Faˇve"oˇlate adjective [ Latin favus honeycomb.] Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.

Favier explosive Fa`vier" exˇplo"sive [ After the inventor, P. A. Favier , a Frenchman.] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining.

Favillous Faˇvil"lous adjective [ Latin favilla sparkling or glowing ashes.] Of or pertaining to ashes. [ Obsolete]

Light and favillous particles.

Sir T. Browne.

Favonian Faˇvo"niˇan adjective [ Latin Favonius the west wind.] Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Favor Fa"vor noun [ Written also favour .] [ Old French favor , French faveur , Latin favor , from favere to be favorable, confer Sanskrit bhāvaya to further, foster, causative of bhū to become, be. Confer Be . In the phrase to curry favor , favor is probably 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 favor 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. [ Obsolete]

This boy is fair, of female favor .

Shak.

8. (Law) Partiality; bias. Bouvier.

9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

10. plural Love locks. [ Obsolete] 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 [ 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.

Favor Fa"vor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Favored ; present participle & verbal noun Favoring .] [ Written also favour .] [ Confer Old French favorer , favorir . See Favor , noun ] 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"vorˇaˇble adjective [ Written also favourable .] [ French favorable , Latin favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, from favor . See Favor , noun ] 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. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

-- Fa"vora*ble*ness , noun -- Fa"vor*a*bly , sdv.

The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty.

Burke.

Favored Fa"vored adjective 1. Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.

2. Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well- favored ; hard- favored , etc.

Favoredly Fa"voredˇly adverb In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [ Obsolete] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.

Favoredness Fa"voredˇness noun Appearance. [ Obsolete]

Favorer Fa"vorˇer noun One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity. [ Written also favourer .]

And come to us as favorers , not as foes.

Shak.

Favoress Fa"vorˇess noun A woman who favors or gives countenance. [ Written also fovouress .]

Favoring Fa"vorˇing adjective That favors. -- Fa"vor*ing*ly , adverb

Favorite Fa"vorˇite noun [ Old French favorit favored, French favori , fem. favorite , past participle of Old French favorir , confer Italian favorito , frm. favorita , from 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. plural Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [ Obsolete] Farquhar.

3. (Sporting) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.

Favorite Fa"vorˇite adjective Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. "His favorite argument." Macaulay.

Favoritism Fa"vorˇitˇism noun [ Confer French favoritisme .] The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.

A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States.

A. Hamilton.

Favorless Fa"vorˇless adjective 1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.

2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [ Obsolete] "Fortune favorless ." Spenser.

Favose Faˇvose" adjective [ Latin favus honeycomb.] 1. (Botany) Honeycombed. See Faveolate .

2. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.

Favosite Fav"oˇsite adjective (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.

Favosites Fav`oˇsi"tes noun [ New Latin See Favose .] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

Favus Fa"vus noun [ Latin , honeycomb.] 1. (Medicine) 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.

Fawe Fawe adjective [ See Fain .] Fain; glad; delighted. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Fawkner Fawk"ner noun [ See Falconer .] A falconer. [ Obsolete] Donne.

Fawn Fawn noun [ Old French faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, French faon a fawn, for fedon , from Latin fetus . See Fetus .] 1. (Zoology) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck .

2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [ Obsolete]

[ The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns .

Holland.

3. A fawn color.

Fawn Fawn adjective Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn Fawn intransitive verb [ Confer French faonner .] To bring forth a fawn.

Fawn Fawn intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fawned ; present participle & verbal noun Fawning .] [ Middle English fawnen , fainen , fagnien , to rejoice, welcome, flatter, Anglo-Saxon fćgnian to rejoice; akin to Icelandic fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain .] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter 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.

Fawn Fawn noun A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.

Fawn-colored Fawn"-col`ored adjective Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Fawner Fawn"er noun One who fawns; a sycophant.

Fawningly Fawn"ingˇly adverb In a fawning manner.

Faxed Faxed adjective [ Anglo-Saxon feaxede haired, from feax hair. Confer Paxwax .] Hairy. [ Obsolete] amden.

Fay Fay noun [ French fée . See Fate , and confer Fairy .] A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays ." Milton.

Fay Fay noun [ Old French fei , French foi . See Faith .] Faith; as, by my fay . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Fay Fay (fā) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle fayed ; present participle & verbal noun Faying .] [ Middle English feien , v.t. & i., Anglo-Saxon fēgan to join, unite; akin to Old Saxon fōgian , Dutch voegen , Old High German fuogen , German fügen , Swedish foga . See Fair , and confer Fadge .] (Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

Fay Fay intransitive verb (Shipbuilding) 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.

Fayalite Fay"alˇite noun [ So called from the island Fayal .] (Min.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.

Fayence Fa`yˇence" noun See Fa...ence .

Faytour Fay"tour noun See Faitour . [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Faze Faze transitive verb See Feeze .

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