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Fadge Fadge intransitive verb [ Confer Middle English faden to flatter, and Anglo-Saxon f...gan to join, unit, German fügen , or Anglo-Saxon āfægian to depict; all perhaps form the same root as English fair . Confer Fair , adjective , Fay to fit.] To fit; to suit; to agree. They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together.Milton. Well, Sir, how fadges the new design ?Wycherley. Fadge Fadge noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Fading Fad"ing adjective Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- noun Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fading Fad"ing noun An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. " Fading is a fine jig." [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.
Fadme Fad"me noun A fathom. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Fady Fad"y adjective Faded. [ R.] Shenstone.
Faëry Fa"ër·y noun & adjective Fairy. [ Archaic] Spenser.
Faffle Faf"fle intransitive verb [ Confer Famble , Maffle .] To stammer. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Fag Fag (făg) noun A knot or coarse part in cloth. [ Obsolete]
Fag Fag intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fagged (făgd); present participle & verbal noun Fagging (făg"gĭng).] [ Confer LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai , equiv. to fāch devoted to death, Old Saxon fēgi , Old High German feigi , German feig , feige , cowardly, Icelandic feigr fated to die, Anglo-Saxon fǣge , Scot. faik , to fail, stop, lower the price; or perhaps the same word as English flag to droop.] [ 1913 Webster] Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag .G. Mackenzie. Read, fag , and subdue this chapter.Coleridge. Fag Fag transitive verb It is such a fag , I came back tired to death.Miss Austen. Brain fag . (Medicine) Fag-end Fag"-end" noun The fag-end of business.Collier. Fagging Fag"ging (făg"gĭng) noun Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.
Fagot Fag"ot (făg"ŭt) noun [ French, probably aug. of Latin fax , facis , torch, perhaps orig., a bundle of sticks; confer Greek Fagot Fag"ot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fagoted ; present participle & verbal noun Fagoting .] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden.
Fagotto Fa·got"to noun [ Italian See Fagot .] (Mus.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
Faham Fa"ham noun The leaves of an orchid ( Angraecum fragrans ), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Fahlband Fahl"band` noun [ G., from fahl dun-colored + band a band.] (Mining) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.
Fahlerz, Fahlband Fahl"erz, Fahl"band noun [ German fahlerz ; fahl dun-colored, fallow + erz ore.] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite .
Fahlunite Fah"lun·ite (fä"lŭn*īt) noun [ From Fahlun , a place in Sweden.] (Min.) A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite. [ 1913 Webster] Fahrenheit Fah"ren·heit adjective [ G.] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- noun The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. » The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees above. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.
Faïence Fa`ï·ence" noun [ French, from Faenza , a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.] Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
Fail Fail (fāl) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Failed (fāld); present participle & verbal noun Failing .] [ French failir , from Latin fallere , falsum , to deceive, akin to English fall . See Fail , and confer Fallacy , False , Fault .] As the waters fail from the sea.Job xiv. 11. Till Lionel's issue fails , his should not reign.Shak. If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size.Berke. When earnestly they seekMilton. Had the king in his last sickness failed .Shak. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this.Ezra iv. 22. Either my eyesight fails , or thou look'st pale.Shak. Our envious foe hath failed .Milton. Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhapsMilton. Fail Fail transitive verb There shall not fail thee a man on the throne.1 Kings ii. 4. Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed .Milton. Fail Fail noun [ Old French faille , from failir . See Fail , intransitive verb ] Failance Fail"ance noun [ Of. faillance , from faillir .] Fault; failure; omission. [ Obsolete] Bp. Fell.
Failing Fail"ing noun And ever in her mind she cast aboutTennyson. Faille Faille noun [ French] A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
Failure Fail"ure noun [ From Fail .] Fain Fain adjective [ Middle English fain , fagen , Anglo-Saxon fægen ; akin to Old Saxon fagan , Icelandic faginn glad; Anglo-Saxon fægnian to rejoice, Old Saxon faganōn , Icelandic fagna , Goth. faginōn , confer Goth. fahēds joy; and from the same root as English fair . Srr Fair , adjective , and confer Fawn to court favor.] Men and birds are fain of climbing high.Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fain to climb up together with his business.Jer. Taylor. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving.Locke. Fain Fain adverb With joy; gladly; -- with wold . He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat.Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not.Shak. Fain Fain transitive verb & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire. [ Obsolete] Whoso fair thing does fain to see.Spencer. Faineance, Faineancy Fai"ne·ance, Fai"ne·an·cy noun [ Confer Old French faineance . See Fainéant .] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence. The mask of sneering faineance was gone.C. Kingsley. Fainéant Fai`né`ant" (fa`na`äN") adjective [ F.; fait he does + néant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. -- noun A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.
Fainéant deity Fainéant deity A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.
Faint Faint (fānt) adjective [ Compar. Fainter (-ẽr); superl. Faintest .] [ Middle English feint , faint , false, faint, French feint , past participle of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign , and confer Feint .] The faint prosecution of the war.Sir J. Davies. Faint Faint noun The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [ R.] See Fainting , noun The saint,Sir W. Scott. Faint Faint intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fainted ; present participle & verbal noun Fainting .] Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.Guardian. If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way.Mark viii. 8. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.Prov. xxiv. 10. Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.Pope. Faint Faint transitive verb To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [ Obsolete] It faints me to think what follows.Shak. Faint-hearted Faint"-heart`ed adjective Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint- hearted .Is. vii. 4. -- Fainting Faint"ing noun Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit , Faintish Faint"ish adjective Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faintling Faint"ling adjective Timorous; feeble-minded. [ Obsolete] "A fainting , silly creature." Arbuthnot.
Faintly Faint"ly adverb In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
Faintness Faint"ness noun I will send a faintness into their hearts.Lev. xxvi. 36. Faints Faints noun plural The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints , and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints . This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.
Fainty Faint"y adjective Feeble; languid. [ R.] Dryden.
Fair Fair (fâr) adjective [ Compar. Fairer ; superl. Fairest .] [ Middle English fair , fayer , fager , Anglo-Saxon fæger ; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German fagar , Icelandic fagr , Swedish fager , Danish faver , Goth. fagrs fit, also to English fay , German fügen , to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and probably also to English fang , peace , pact , Confer Fang , Fain , Fay to fit.] A fair white linen cloth.Book of Common Prayer. Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made.Shak. The northern people large and fair - complexioned.Sir M. Hale. You wish fair winds may waft him over.Prior. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.Sir W. Raleigh. When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.L' Estrange. The news is very fair and good, my lord.Shak. Fair ball . (Baseball) Fair Fair adverb Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably. Fair and square ,
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