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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Fēath'er-ly, a.p. 502Resembling feathers. [Obs.] Brown.
  2. Feath'er-veined, a.p. 502(Bot.) Having the veins of a leaf branching off, as in feathers, from the two sides of a midrib. Gray.
  3. Feath'er-weight, n.p. 502(Sporting.) Very exact weight, as if weight which a feather might turn; the lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in whatever match he may be engaged. White.
  4. Feath'er-y, a.p. 502Pertaining to, resembling, or covered with feathers. Milton.
  5. Feat'ly, adv.p. 502Neatly; dexterously; adroitly. “Foot it featly here and there.” Shak.
  6. Fēat'ness, n.p. 502Dexterity; adroitness; skillfulness. [Rare.]
  7. Fēat'oŭs, a.p. 502Same as FEATEOUS, q. v. [Obs.]
  8. Fēat'oŭs-ly, adv.p. 502Very dexterously; feateously. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  9. Fēat′ūre, n.p. 502The make, form, or appearance of a person; personal condition or structure; especially, good appearance. What needeth it his feature to describe. Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.…
  10. Feat'ured, a.p. 502Having features, or good features; resembling in features. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak. The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young.
  11. Feat'ūre-less, a.p. 502Having no distinct features.
  12. Feat'ure-ly, a.p. 502Having features; showing marked peculiarities. Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.
  13. Feaze, v. t.p. 502To untwist, as the end of a rope. 2. To whip with rods; to beat; to worry; to tease; to feeze. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
  14. Fēaze, n.p. 502A state of anxious or fretful excitement; a worry; a tease.
  15. Fe-brĭc'i-tāte, v. i.p. 502To be affected with a fever; to have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey.
  16. Fe-bri'cū-lā, n.p. 502(Med.) A slight fever.
  17. Fē-brī'ū-lōse', a.p. 502Affected with slight fever; somewhat feverish. [Obs.] Johnson.
  18. Fe-brĭc′ū-lōs′ĭ-ty, n.p. 502Feverishness. [Obs.]
  19. Fēb'ri-fā'cient, a.p. 502Causing fever; febrifıc. Beddoes.
  20. Fēb'ri-fā'cient, n.p. 502That which produces fever. Beddoes.
  21. Fe-brĭf'ic, a.p. 502Producing fever; febrifacient.
  22. Fēb'ri-fū'gal or Fe-brif'ū-gal, a.p. 502Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever; antifebrile.
  23. Fĕb'ri-fūge, n.p. 502(Med.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.
  24. Fēb'ri-fāge, a.p. 502(Med.) Having the quality of mitigating or subduing fever; antifebrile. Arbuthnot.
  25. Fē’brile or Fĕb’rile, a.p. 502Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.
  26. Fēb'ru-a-ry, n.p. 502The second month in the year, introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains 28 days; in the bissextile, or leap-year, 29 days.
  27. Fēb'ru-ā'tion, n.p. 502Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spencer.
  28. Fē'cal, a.p. 502Pertaining to, or containing, dregs or feces; fæcal.
  29. Fē'cēs, n. pl.p. 502Dregs; fæces.
  30. Fē’cial, a.p. 502Pertaining to heralds and the denunciation of war to an enemy; as, fecial law. Kent.
  31. Fē'ci-fōrk, n.p. 502(Entom.) The anal fork on which the larvæ of certain insects carry their fæces.
  32. Fèck'less, a.p. 502Spiritless; feeble; weak; worthless. [Scot.] Let others take their silly, feckless heaven in this life. S. Rutherford.
  33. Fĕc'ŭ-lā, n.p. 502Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence; especially, (a.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; — called also…
  34. Fĕc'ŭ-lence or Fĕc'ŭ-len-cy, n.p. 502The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness. 2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.
  35. Fē'cū-lent, a.p. 502Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid. “Both his hands most filthy feculent.” Spenser.
  36. Fĕ'cund, a.p. 502Fruitful in children; prolific. [Rare.] Grant.
  37. Fē'cŭn-dāte, v. t.p. 502To make fruitful or prolific. 2. To impregnate; as, the pollen of flowers fecundates the stigma.
  38. Fē'cun-dā'tion, n.p. 502The act of fecundating or making fruitful; impregnation.
  39. Fe-cŭn'di-fy, v. t.p. 502To make fruitful or prolific; to fecundate. [Obs.] Johnson.
  40. Fe-cŭn'di-ty, n.p. 502The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially, the quality or power in female animals of producing young in great numbers. 2. The power of germinating, as in seeds. 3. The power…
  41. Fēd, imp. & p. p.p. 502of feed.
  42. Fēd'a-ry, n.p. 502A feodary. See FEODARY. [Obs.] Shak.
  43. Fēd'er-al, a.p. 502Pertaining to a league, contract, or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their…
  44. Fēd'er-al or Fēd'er-al-ist, n.p. 502An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the…
  45. Fēd'er-al-ism, n.p. 502The principles of Federalists.
  46. Fēd'er-al-ize, v. t.p. 502To unite in compact, as different states; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.
  47. Fēd’er-a-ry, n.p. 502A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] Shak.
  48. Fēd'er-ate, a.p. 502United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations or powers.
  49. Fēd'er-ā'tion, n.p. 502The act of uniting in a league; confederation. 2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke.
  50. Fēd'er-a-tive, a.p. 502Uniting; joining in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.
  51. Fe-dif'ra-goûs, a.p. 502False to treaties. [Obs.] Vèars.
  52. Fĕd′i·ty, n.p. 502Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  53. Fee, n.p. 502Property; possession; control. “Laden with rich fee.” Spenser. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee. Wordsworth. 2. Reward for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for…
  54. Fee, v. t.p. 503To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire; to bribe. “Fee me an officer.” Shak.
  55. Fee'ble, a.p. 503Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; not powerful; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or…
  56. Fee'ble, v. t.p. 503To make feeble or infirm; to enfeeble; to weaken. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak.
  57. Fee'ble-mind'ed, a.p. 503Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating. “Comfort the feeble-minded.” 1 Thess. v. 14.
  58. Fee'ble-mind'ed-ness, n.p. 503State of having a feeble mind.
  59. Fee'ble-ness, n.p. 503The quality or condition of being feeble; weakness of body or mind; infirmity; want of vigor or force; debility; infirmity. “That shakes for age and feebleness.” Shak.
  60. Fee'bly, adv.p. 503In a feeble manner; weakly; without strength; as, to move feebly. The gentle numbers feebly creep. Dryden.