A Dictionary of the English Language

EX-PE DI"-TIOUS-LY, ad. Speedily; with dispatch.

EX-PEL', v. t. To drive out; to force away; to banish.

EX-PEL-LA-BLE, a. That may be driven out.
EX-PEL-LED, pp. Driven out or away.

EX-PEND, v. t. To spend; to lay out; to consume. EX-PEND'-I-TURE, n. Act of spending; sum expended.

EX-PENSE', n. Money expended; charge; waste.
EX-PENSE'-LESS, a. Free from expense.

EX-PENS'-IVE, a. Costly; dear; incurring expense.
EX-PENS'-IVE-LY, ad. With great expense.
EX-PENS'-IVE-NESS, n. Costliness; addictedness
to expense.

EX-PE-RI-ENCE, n. [L. experientia.] Trial or series of trials or experiments; observation of a fact or of the same facts or events happening under like circumstances; trial, from suffering or enjoyment.

EX-PE-RI-ENCE, v. t. To try or know by experiment; to suffer.

EX-PE-RI-EN-CED, pp. Tried; used; suffered; a. taught by experience; skillful.

EX-PER'-I-MENT, n. Trial; essay; an act or operation for proving some fact or principle. EX-PER'-I-MENT, v. i. To make trial; to make an experiment.

EX-PER-I-MENT'-AL, a. Founded on experiment. EX-PER-I-MENT-AL-IST, n. One who makes

experiments.

EX-PER-I-MENT'-AL-LY, ad. By experience.
EX-PER-I-MENT-ER, n. One who makes experi-

ments.

EX-PER-I-MENT-UM CRU-CIS, [L. Experiment of the cross.] A decisive experiment. EX-PERT', a. Taught by practice; skillful; dex

trous.

EX-PERT'-LY, ad. Dextrously; skillfully. EX-PERT'-NESS, n. Skillfulness; readiness; dexterity.

EX'-PI-A-BLE, a. That may be expiated.
EX'-PI-ATE, v. t. To atone for, as a crime; to
make satisfaction for; to make reparation.
EX-PI-A-TION, n. Atonement; satisfaction; the
act of atoning for a crime; the means by which
atonement is made.

EX'-PI-A-TO-RY, a. That makes expiation.
EX-PI-RA'-TION, n. Act of breathing out; end;

death.

EX-PIRE', v. t. [L. expiro.] To throw breath out from the lungs; opposed to inspire; to exhale. EX-PIRE', v. i. To emit the last breath; to perish; to come to an end.

EX-PIR'-ED, pp. Breathed out; exhaled.
EX-PLAIN', v. t. To show; to interpret; to illus-

trate.

EX-PLAIN'-A-BLE, a. That may be made plain.
EX-PLAIN'-ED, pp. Expounded; illustrated.
EX-PLA-NA'-TION, n. Act of making plain; in-
terpretation; a mutual exposition of meaning or

motives.

EX-PLAN'-A-TO-RY, a. Serving to explain. EX-PLE-TIVE, n. A word or syllable inserted to fill a vacancy, or for ornament. EX'-PLE-TO-RY, a. Serving to fill. EX'-PLI-CA-BLE, a. That can be explained. EX'-PLI-CATE, v. t. To unfold; to show; to explain.

EX-PLI-CA'-TION, n. An unfolding; explanation. EX'-PLI-CA-TIVE, a. Tending to explain.

EX-PLIC-IT, a. Clear; plain; express; not ambiguous; unreserved.

EX-PLIC-IT-LY, ad. Clearly; expressly.
EX-PLIC-IT-NESS, n. Plainness of language.
EX-PLODE', v. i. To burst with loud report.

EX-PLODE', v. t. To decry or reject with noise; to reject with any marks of disapprobation.

EX-PLOIT', n. A heroic deed; a great achievement. EX-PLO-RA'-TION, n. Act of exploring; examin

ation.

EX-PLORE', v. t. [L. exploro.] To search; to ex amine; to scrutinize.

EX-PLOR'-ED, pp. Searched; examined. EX-PLO'-SION, n. A bursting with noise; discharge.

EX-PLO-SIVE, a. Driving or bursting with force. EX-PO'-NENT, n. A figure in algebra that shows how often a root is repeated.

EX-PO-NEN'-TIAL, a. A term used in fluxions. EX-PORT', v. t. To transport or send goods from one country or state to another.

EX-PORT, n. That which is carried out of a coun try in commerce.

EX-PORT-A-BLE, a. That can be exported. EX-PORT-A'-TION, n. The carrying of goods out of the country.

EX-PORT-ER, n. One who exports. EX-PO-SE', (ex-po-sa',) [Fr.] Exposition. EX-POSE', v. t. To lay open or bare; to exhibit; to remove from shelter; to lay open to attack; to make liable; to put in danger.

EX-POS-ED, pp. Laid open; uncovered; offered. EX-POS'-ED-NESS, n. A state of being exposed. EX-PO-SI"-TION, n. Explanation; situation for opening to view.

EX-POS-I-TIVE, a. Laying open; explanatory. EX-POS'-I-TOR, n. An interpreter; an expounder EX-POS'-I-TO-RY, a. Serving to explain.

EX POST FAC-TO, [L.] From an act done after the commission of a crime or offense. An ex-post facto law is one that renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable at the time it was committed. EX-POS'-TU-LATE, v. i. To reason; to remon

EX-POS-URE, n. Act of exposure; the state of being laid open to view, to danger, or any inconvenience; the situation of a place in regard to a free access of air.

EX-POUND', v. t. To explain; to interpret. EX-POUND-ER, n. One who interprets. EX-PRESS', v. t. [Sp. expresar; Port. expressar; L. expressum.] To press out; to utter in words; to declare; to represent; to indicate. EX-PRESS', a. Plain; clear; explicit; given in di rect terms; sent on a particular errand; as, to send a messenger express.

EX-PRESS', n. A special messenger. EX-PRESS'-I-BLE, a. That may be uttered, or pressed out.

EX-PRES'-SION, n. A pressing out; form of speech; declaration; representation.

EX-PRESS-IVE, a. Adapted to express; emphatical
EX-PRESS'-IVE-LY, ad. With force or emphasis.
EX-PRESS'-IVE-NESS, n. Force of expression.
EX-PRES-SI-VO, (es-pres-se'-vo,) [It.] In music,
with expression.

EX-PRESS-LY, ad. In direct terms; plainly.
EX'-PRO-BRATE, v. t. To upbraid; to condemn.
EX-PRO-BRA'-TION, n. Act of upbraiding or cen
suring as reproachful.

EX PRO-FES-SO, [L.] Professedly; by profession. EX-PRO'-PRI-ATE, v. t. To disengage from appropriation.

EX-PUGN' v. t. To take by assault.
EX-PUG-NA-TION, n. A taking by assault; con-

EX-PUR'-GATE, or EX'-PUR-GATE, v. t. To
cleanse; to purify.
EX-PUR-GA-TEĎ, or EX'-PUR-GA-TED, pp.
Purged; cleansed; purified.

EX-PUR-GA-TION, n. Act of purifying.
EX-PUR-GA-TOR, n. [L.] One who retrenches or
purifies.

EX-PUR-GA-TO-RY, a. Purifying; cleansing.
EX-QUIS-ITE, a. Very fine, excellent, or curious.
EX'-QUIS-ITE-LY, ad. Nicely; completely.
EX-QUIS-ITE-NESS, n. Nicety; perfection.
EX-SEC-RE-TA-RY, n. One who was lately sec-

EX-SIC-CANT, a. Drying; tending to dry.

quenching; abolition; destruction; putting an end to a right or estate.

EX-TIR-PATE. v. t. To root out; to destroy wholly.

EX-TIR-PA-TED, pp. Rooted up; destroyed. EX-TIR'-PA-TING, ppr. Rooting out; extermin ating.

EX-TIR-PA'-TION, n. Act of rooting out; total destruction.

EX'-TIR-PA-TOR, n. One who extirpates; a de stroyer.

EX-TOL', v. t. To praise; to magnify; to exalt.
EX-TOL-LED, pp. Praised; magnified.
EX-TORS'-IVE, a. Exacting by compulsion.
EX-TORT", v. t. To exact oppressively; to wrest.
EX-TOR-TION, n. Unlawful exaction.

EX-SIC-CATE, or EX'-SI¤-€ATE, v. t. To dry; EX-TOR'-TION-A-RY, a. Oppressive, containing to free from moisture.

EX-TENS'-I-BLE, a. That may be extended.
EX-TEN'-SION, n. Act of extending; a spreading.
In philosophy, that property of a body by which it
occupies a portion of space.

EX-TENS'-IVE, a. Large; wide; of great extent.
EX-TENS'-IVE-LY, ad. Widely; largely.
EX-TENS-IVE-NESS, n. Extent; wideness.
EX-TEN'-SOR, n. In anatomy, a muscle which
serves to extend or straighten any part of the body,
in opposition to the flexor.

EX-TENT, . Space; compass; bulk; length.
EX-TEN'-U-ATE, v. t. To make thin; to lessen;
to palliate.

EX-TEN-U-A'-TION, n. Act of extenuating.
EX-TE-RI-OR, a. Outward; external; foreign.
EX-TE-RI-OR, n. The outward appearance or sur-

face.

EX-TILL', v. i. To drop or distill from.
EX-TILL-ED, pret, and pp. of EXTILL.
EX-TILL-A'-TION, n. Act of falling in drops.
EX-TINCT', a. Extinguished; existing no more.
EX-TINЄ'-TION, n. Abolition; destruction; a
putting an end to.

EX-TINGUISH, v. t. [L. extinguo.] To put out;
to quench; to destroy; to cloud; to put an end to.
EX-TIN'-GUISH-A-BLE, a. That may be quenched.
EX-TIN'-GUISH-ER, n. A utensil to put out can-

dles.

EX-TIN'-GUISH-ED, pp. Quenched; destroyed. EX-TIN'-GUISH-MENT, n. A putting out or

extortion.

EX-TOR-TION-ER, n. One who practices extortion. EX-TRA, Signifies without, or beyond, or in excess. EX-TRACT, n. A substance drawn from another; a passage taken from a writing.

EX-TRACT', v. t. To draw out; to take; to select. In a general sense, to draw from by any means or operation.

EX-TRACTION, n. A drawing out; lineage.
EX-TRACT-IVE, a. That may be extracted.
EX-TRA-FO-LI-A'-CEOUS, a. Growing on the
outside of a leaf.

EX-TRA-JU-DI"-CIAL, a. Out of the usual course

ishly.

EX-TRAV'-A-SA-TED, a. Being out of the proper

vessels.

EX-TRAV-A-SA'-TION, n. A letting out of the proper vessels.

EX-TREME', a. Outermost; utmost; furthest; most violent.

EX-TREME', n. Utmost limit; extremity.
EX-TREME'-LY, ad. In the utmost degree.
EX-TREME UNC-TION, among the Romanists,
is the anointing of a sick person with oil, just
before his death.

EX-TREM'-I-TY, n. End; limit; utmost degree.
EX-TRI-CA-BLE, a. That may be extricated.
EX-TRI-CATE, v. t. To set free; to disentangle
EX-TRI-CA-TION, n. Act of disentangling.
EX-TRIN'-SIE, a. Outward; external; foreign.
EX-TRIN'-SIE-AL-LY, ad. Outwardly; externally.
EX-TRUDE', v. t. To thrust out; to expel.
EX-TRU-SION, n. Act of thrusting out.
EX-TO-BE-RANCE, n. Protuberance; a knob.
EX-TO-BE-RANT, a. Swel'ed; standing out.
EX-TU-MES'-CENCE, n. A swelling.

EX-U'-BE-RANCE, (egz-u'-be-rance,) n. Luxuri ance; richness; abundance.

EX-U-BE-RANT, a. Luxuriant; abundant.

EX-Q'-BE-RANT-LY, ad. Abundantly; plente- | EYE-BRIGHT, n. A plant, the euphrasia.

ously.
EX'-U-DATE,
v. t. To sweat out; to issue forth.
EX-UDE',
EX-UL-CER-ÁTE, v. t. or i. To cause or grow to
an ulcer; to fret; to corrode.

EX-UL-CER-A'-TION, n. A causing of ulcer, or
the forming of an ulcer; a fretting.
EX-ULT', v. i. (x as gz,) to rejoice greatly.
EX-ULT-A'-TION, n. Expression of great joy.
EX-U-VI-E, (egs-yu'-ve-e,) [L.] Cast skins or
shells, something cast off.

EX VI TERM'-IN-I, [L.] By the meaning, or force
of the expression.

ET-AS, n. A young hawk just taken from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

EYE, n. [A. S. eag; Goth. auga; Dan. öye; D.
oog; G. auge; Sw. oga; Russ. oko; San. akshi;
L. oculus; whence Fr. al.] 1. Organ of sight.
2. Sight or view; regard; notice; a small hole;
the bud of a plant.

EYE, v. t. To watch; to observe; to view.
EY'-ED, pp. Viewed; watched; having eyes.
EYE-BALL, n. The ball of the eye.

EYE-BROW, n. Hair growing over the eyes.
EYE-GLASS, n. A glass to help the sight.
EYE'-LASH, n. Hair on the edge of the eyelid.
EYE'-LESS, a. Having no eyes; blind.
EYE'-LET-HOLE, n. A small hole for lace a
cord.

EYE-LID, n. The cover of the eye.
EYE'-SERV-ANT, n. A servant that require
watching.

EYE'-SERV-ICE, n. Service done only under t
employer's eye.

EYE-SHOT, n. Glance of the eye; sight,
EYE-SIGHT, n. The sight of the eye.

EYE'-SORE, n. Something offensive to the sight.
EYE-STONE, n. A small stone that is used to clea
dust from the eye.

EYE'-TOOTH, n. The tooth next the grinders.
EYE-WIT-NESS, n. One who saw what he tes

tifies.

EYRE, (are,) n. A journey or circuit; a court of itinerant justices.

EY'-RY, (a-re) n. An aerie; a place where fowb of prey build their nests.

F is a labial consonant, having no vocality but an
aspirated sound, which may be continued at plea-
sure. Its kindred letter is v, which is chiefly dis-
tinguished from f, by being vocal. It has one uni-
form sound, as in father: The Latins received
the letter from the Eolians, in Greece, who wrote
it in the form of a double gamma; whence it
was called di-gamma. F, stands for Fellow; as,
F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal Society.
FA-BI-AN, a. Like Fabius, the Roman general
who conquered by delaying to fight.

FA'-BLE, n. An instructive fiction, a story; a false-
hood.

FA'-BLE, v. t. To feign or invent stories; to devise.
FA'-BLED, pp. Feigned; invented; devised.
FAB'-RIЄ, n. A building; a structure; cloth manu-
factured.

FAB'-RIЄ-ATE, v. t. To forge; to devise; to
construct.

FAB-RIЄ-A'-TION, n. A framing; a forging.
FAB'-RIE-A-TOR, n. One who constructs, or
frames.

FAB'-U-LIST, n. One who invents fables.

FAB'-U-LOUS, a. Feigned; invented; forged; false.
FAB-U-LOUS-LY, ad. With fiction; feignedly.
FACE, n. [L. facia; Fr. face.] The forepart of
the head; surface; visage; presence; appearance;
front; countenance.

FACE, v. t. To meet in front; to oppose; to cover.
FAC-ADE', (fas-säde',) n. [Fr.] Front view or

elevation of an edifice.

FAC-ED, pp. Opposed; covered in front.
FACE-CLOTH, n. A cloth laid over the face of a
corpse.

FACE-PAINT-ER, n. A painter of portraits.
FACE'-PAINT-ING, n. Portrait painting.
FAC-ET, ʼn A little face, as of a diamond.
FA-CE-TIE, n. plu. [L.] Humorous writings;
witty sayings.

FA-CE-TIOUS, a. Humorous; cheerful; witty.
FA-CE'-TIOUS-LY, ad. With humor; merrily.
FA-CE'-TIOUS-NESS, n. Pleasantry; sportive hu-

mor.

FA"-CI-AL, a. Pertaining to the face.

FAC-ILE, a, Easy to be done; flexible; pliant.

FA-CIL'-I-TATE, v. t. To make easy; to lessen
the labor of.
FA-CIL-I-TA'-TION, n. The act of making easy.
FA-CIL'-I-TY, n. [L. facilitas.] 1. Eusiness to be
performed; freedom from difficulty. 2. Readiness,
proceeding from skill or use; dexterity. 3. Pliancy;
easiness to be persuaded; readiness of compliance;
ease; easiness; complaisance.

FA-CIL'-I-TIES, n. pl. Means to render easy; ad
vantages.

FA'-CING, ppr. Fronting; turning the face; cover ing the fore part.

FA'-CING, n. A covering in front.

FAC-SIM'-I-LE, n. Exact likeness or copy, as of
hand-writing.

FACT, n. An act; deed; reality; truth.
FAC-TION, n. A political party; dissension.
FAC-TION-IST, . One who promotes.
FAC'-TIOUS, a. Given to party or dissension.
FAC-TIOUS-LY, ad. In a factious manner.
FA€'-TIOUS-NESS, n. Inclination to form faction;
an opposition to the government.
FA€-TI"-TIOUS, a. Made by art; artificial.
FAC-TOR, n. An agent in trade; a substitute. In
arithmetic, the multiplier and the multiplicand.
FAC-TOR-AGE, n. Compensation to a factor.
FAC-TOR-Y, n. House of a factor; manufactory.
FAC-TO-TUM, n. [L. do every thing.] A servant
employed in all kinds of work.

FAC-UL-TY, n. Power of the mind; ability; skill;
officers of a college.

FA-CUND'-I-TY, n. Eloquence; readiness of speech
FAD'-DLE, v. i. To trifle; to toy; to play the fool
FADE, v. i. To wither; to decay; to lose color.
FADE'-LESS, a. Unfading.

FAD-ING, ppr. Losing color; withering; a. sub
ject to decay; liable to perish.
FÅD-ING, n. Loss of color; decay.
FAD'-ING-NESS, n. Decay; liableness to perish.
FADGE, (faj.) v. i. To suit; to fit; to join closely.
FAD'-Y, a. Tending to fade or decay.

FA'-E-RY, a. Pertaining to fairies.

FAG, v. i. To become weary; to fail in strength. FAG-END', n. Untwisted end of a rope; last end; refuse or meaner part of a thing.

FAG-OT, n. A bundle of branches of trees used for
fuel, or for raising batteries, and filling ditches, and
other purposes in fortification. The French use
fascine, a term now adopted in England.
FAG'-OT, v. t. To tie or bind in a bundle.
FAG-OT-ED, pp. Bound in a bundle.
FAIL, v. i. [Fr. faillir; L. fallo; G. fehlen.] To
cease to be sufficient; to decay; to decline; to
perish; to miss; to miscarry; to become insolvent.
FAIL, v. t. To desert; to disappoint; to cease to
aid.

FAIL, n. Omission; non-performance.
FAIL-ED, pret. and pp. of FAIL.

FAIL-ING, ppr. Becoming deficient; decaying;
omitting.

FAIL-ING, n. Deficiency; lapse; fault.

FAIL-URE, (fail'-yur,) n. A ceasing to supply; de-
fect; act of becoming insolvent.

FAIN, a. Glad; pleased; rejoiced; ad. gladly.
FAINT, a. [Ir. faine.] Weak; languid; inclined to

swoon.

FAINT, v. i. To swoon; to sink with fatigue or fear.

FAINT-HEART-ED, a. Timorous; cowardly.
FAINT-HEART-ED-NESS, n. Timorousness;
want of courage.

FAINT-ING, ppr. Falling into a swoon; failing.
FAINT-ING, n. A swoon; temporary loss of respi-

ration.

FAINT-ISH, a. Slightly faint.

FAINT-ISH-NESS, n. Slight degree of faintness.
FAINT-LY, ad. Feebly; weakly; imperfectly.
FAINT-NESS, n. Loss of color and respiration;
want of vigor; feebleness.

FAINTS, n. plu. In distilling, gross fetid oil re-
maining after the spirit is drawn off.

FAIR, a. [A. S. farger; Dan. faver.] Clear; white; pure; frank; honest; equitable.

FAIR, ad. Openly; frankly; civilly; equitably. FAIR, n. [Fr. foire; W. fair; L. forum.] A handsome woman; a stated market. The fair, the

female sex.

FAIR-ING, n. A present given at a fair.
FAIR-LY, ad. Openly; justly; honestly.

FALE-ATE, a. Hooked; like a scythe.
FAL-CHION, n. A short crooked sword.
FAL'-CI-FORM, a. Resembling a sickle.
FAL-CON, (faw'-kn or fal'-kon,) n. A hawk,
epecially one trained to sport.

FAL-CON-ER, (fawk'-ner or fal'-con-er,) n. One
who breeds hawks for catching wild fowls.
FAL-CON-ET, n. A small cannon.
FAL-CON-RY, (fawk'-n-ry or fal'-con-ry,) n. The
art or practice of taking wild fowls by means of
hawks.

FALL, v. i. pret. fell, and pp. fallen. To descend
by gravity; to drop; to decline; to sink; to de
crease; to apostatize.

FALL, n. A descent; a dropping down; degrada

tion.

FAL-LA'-CIOUS, a. Deceptive; producing mistake.
FAL-LA'-CIOUS-LY, ad. Deceitfully; with de

ception.

FAL-LA'-CIOUS-NESS, n. Tendency to mislead.
FAL-LA-CY, n. Deceitfulness; false appearance.
FALL-EN, pp. or a. of fall. Dropped; descended;
degraded; decreased; ruined.

FAL-LI-BIL-I-TY, n. Liableness to err, or to be
deceived; uncertainty.

FAL-LI-BLE, a. Liable to err, or to be deceived.
FALL-ING, ppr. Descending; declining; decreas-
ing.

FALL-ING-SICK'-NESS, n. The epilepsy.
FÄL'-LOW, a. Pale red, or yellow; untilled.
FAL-LOW, n. Land left untilled, or plowed and
not sowed.

FAL'-LOW, v. t. To plow, harrow, and break with-
out sowing.

FAL-LOW ED, pp. Plowed and harrowed without sowing.

FAL'-LOW-ING, n. The plowing and harrowing of
land, without sowing it.

FAL'-LOW-NESS, n. A fallow state; barrenness.
FALSE, a. Not true; not well founded; counter-
feit; not honest; not faithful; hypocritical.
FALSE-HEART-ED, a. Deceitful; treacherous,
FALSE'-LY, ad. Erroneously; treacherously.
FALSE'-NESS, n. Want of truth or integrity.

FAIR-NESS, n. Open, just conduct; clearness of FALSEHOOD, n. A lie; want of truth.

skin; beauty.

FAIR-SPÖK-EN, a. Courteous in speech; civil. FAIR'-Y, n. [G. fee; Fr. fée.] A fay; an imaginary being or spirit supposed to assume a human form, dance in meadows, steal infants, &c. Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines. Fairy ring, a phenomenon observed in fields, supposed to be caused by fairies in their dances; enchantress.

FAIR'-Y, a. Belonging to fairies.

FAIR'-Y-LAND, n. The imaginary abode of fairies. FAITH, n. [W. fyz; Arm. feiz; L. fides; It. fede; Sp. and Port. fe; Fr, foi.] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting on his authority and veracity. 2. The assent of the mind to the truth of a proposition advanced by another. 3. In theology, the assent of the mind to the truth of what God has revealed. 4. The object of belief; the doctrines or system of doctrines believed. 5. Fidelity; sincerity; faithfulness; honor.

FAITH-FUL, a. Firm to the truth, to trust, or to
covenants; loyal.

FAITH-FUL-LY, ad. Honestly; with fidelity.
FAITH-FUL-NESS, n. Fidelity; firm adherence

to truth or trust.

FALS'-I-TY,

FAL-SET-TO, n. [It.] In music, a feigned voice;
usually applied to the higher notes in the scale
that part of a person's voice which lies above its
natural compass.

FAL-SI CRI-MEN, [L.] Forgery.
FALS'-I-FI-A-BLE, a. That may be falsified or
counterfeited.

FALS-I-FI-CA-TION, n. Act of falsifying.
FALS'-I-FI-ER, n. One who falsifies.

FALS-I-FY, v. t. To counterfeit; to forge; to dis

prove.

FALS'-I-TY, n. Contrariety to truth.
FAL-TER, v. i. To hesitate in speech; to stammer
to be unsteady.

FAL-TER-ED, pret. and pp. of FALTER.
FAL-TER-ING, ppr. Hesitating in speech.
FAL-TER-ING-LY, ad. With stammering.
FAME, n. [L.] fama. Reputation; renown; report
FAM'-ED, a. Renowned; celebrated.
FAME-LESS, a. Having no fame; not known
abroad.

FA-MIL-IAR, (fa-mil'-yar,) a. Affable; free; inti-
mate; well acquainted with.

FA-MIL-IAR, n. An intimate acquaintance.
FA-MIL-IAR'-I-TY, n. Affableness; easy inter-

BOOK; TUNE, PULL, USE € like K; CH like SH; & like J; S like Z; TII as in thou

FAM'-I-LY, n. [L. and Sp. familia.] Household; lineage; tribe.

FAM'-INE, n. Want of sufficient food; dearth.
FAM'-ISH, v. t. or i. To starve; to die of hunger.
FAM ISH ED. pp. Exhausteri for want of food.
FAM'-ISH-MENT, n Extreme wat of ood.
FA'-MOUS, a. Renowneu; noted; celebrated in
fame or public report.

FA' MOUS-LY, ad. With great rer.own.

FA -MOUS-NESS, n. Renown; great fume; celebrity.

FAN, n. An instrument to blow the face, and one to winnow grain.

FAN, v. t. To blow, or winnow with a fan. Wild and enthusiastic in opinions.

FA-NAT'-IE,

FA-NAT-IC-AL,

FA-NAT-IC, n. An enthusiast; a bigot.

FA-NAT-IC-AL-LY, ad. With wild enthusiasm.
FA-NAT-I-CISM, n. Wild and extravagant notions.
FAN'-CI-ED, pp. Conceived; liked.

FAN'-CI-FUL, a. Whimsical; strange; odd.
FAN'-CI-FUL-LY, ad. In a fanciful manner.
FAN'-CI-FUL-NESS, n. The quality of being
whimsical.

FAN'-CY, n. The faculty of forming images in the mind; opinion; notion; taste; whim.

FAN'-CY, v. t. To form a conception; to be pleased with; to like.

FAN'-CY, v. t. or i. To imagine or suppose; to long for.

FANE, n. A temple; a church.
FAN-DAN'-GO, n. A Spanish dance.
FAN'-FA-RON, n. A bully; a blusterer.
FAN-FAR-ON-ADE', n. A swaggering; a vain
boasting.

FANG, n. A tusk; a claw or talon; a nail.
FANG"-ED, pp. or a. Having fangs or claws.
FANG"-LED, a. Made gaudy; showy.

FANG"-LESS, a. Having no fangs or tusks; toothless.

FAN'-ION, (fan'-yon,) n. A small flag.

FAN'-LIGHT, a. A window in the form of an open fan.

FAN-TA-SIA, n. Fanciful air in music not re-
stricted to the severe laws of composition.
FAN'-TASM, n. An idle conceit; a whim.
FAN-TAS'-TI€,
FAN-TASTIC-AL,

a. Fanciful; whimsical.

FAN-TASTIC-AL-LY, ad. Whimsically; oddly. FAN-TAS-TIC-AL-NESS, n. Whimsicalness;

oddness.

FAN'-TA-SY, n. (now written fancy.) Fancy; conceit.

FAR, a. [A. S. feor.] Distant; remote.
FAR, ad. To or at a great distance.
FAR-FAM-ED, a. Widely renowned or celebrated.
FAR-FETCH-ED, a. Brought from a distance.
FĂRCE, n. A dramatic composition, written with-
out regularity and filled with numerous conceits.
FARCE, v. t. To stuff; to swell out.
FAR-CI-CAL, a. Belonging to farce; droll.
FAR'-CI-CAL-LY, ad. In a farcical manner.
FAR'-CI-LITE, n. Pudding stone; formed of peb-
bles agglutinated by a cement.

FAR-CY, n. A disease of horses; a mange.
FARD'-EL, n. A little pack; a pack saddle.
FARE, v. i. To be in a good or bad state; to hap-
pen; to be entertained."

FARE, n. Price of passage; food; hire of a carringe.

FARE-WELL', n. Wish of wellfare at parting.
FAR'-IN,

FA-RI-NA, n. The pollen or dust of flowers.
FAR-IN-A'-CEOUS, a. Consisting of meal or flour.
FARM, n. [A. 8. farma, fearm.] Land occupied
by a farmer.

FARM, v. t. To lease or rent for a price.
FÄRM'-A-BLE, a. That may be farmed.

FARM'-ED, pp. Leased; rented.

FARM'-ER, n. One who cultivates land one whe collects duties at a certain rate per cent. FARM'-ING, n. The practice of tilling land. FAR-MOST, a. Must reuote or distaut, FAR NESS, n. Listance, re.noteness. FAR-RAG'-I-NOUS n. Formed of various rate rials mixed.

FAR-RA'-CO, n A confused medley.

FAK-RI-ER, n. One who shoes or cures horses. FAR-RI-ER-Y, n. The shoeing or curing of horses FAR'-ROW, n. A litter of pigs; v. t. to bring forth pigs. FAR-ROW, a. Not producing a calf in the year. FAR'-THER, a. [A. S. forther. Further is the genuine word.] Being at a greater distance FXR-THER, ad. At a greater distance; more remotely.

FAR-THEST, a. Most remote.

FAR-THING, n. The fourth of a penny.
FAR-THIN-GALE, n. A hoop petticoat, &c.

FAS-CES, (fas'-cez,) n. plu. [L] Rods with an ax \ borne before Roman Consuls.

FAS-CIA, (fash'-e-ä,) n. [L.] A bandage or fillet, a tendinous expansion covering the muscles. FAS'-CI-CLE, n. A bundle; a species of inflores

cence.

FAS-CIC-U-LAR, a. United in a bundle.

FAS'-CIN-ATE, v. t. To charm; to enchant; to bewitch.

FAS-CIN-A-TION, n. A charming or bewitching. FAS-CINE', (fas-seen',) n. [Fr.] A fagot; a bundle of sticks used in fortification.

FASH'-ION, n. Form; custom; mode; sort. FASH'-ION, v. t. To form; to mold; to cast to a shape.

FASH'-ION-A-BLE, a. Being according to the

fashion.

FASH'-ION-A-BLE-NESS, n. A being in the fash

ion.

FASH'-ION-A-BLY, ad. According to the fashion
FASH'-ION-ED, pp. Formed; modeled; shaped.
FASH'-ION-ER, n. One who fashions or adapts.
FASH'-ION-ING, ppr. Making; forming.
FAST, v. i. To abstain from food.

FAST, n. Abstinence from food; day for fasting.
FAST, a. Firm; fixed; sure; rapid; swift.
FAST, ad. With speed or celerity.

FAST-DAY, n. The day on which fasting is observed.

FÄST'-EN, v. t. (fäs'-n,) To make firm or tight; to

secure.

FAST-EN-ED, pp. Fixed; secured; tied.
FAST-EN-ING, ppr. Making fast or firm.
FAST-EN-ING, n. That which confines or fixes.
FAST-HAND-ED, a. Covetous; close; avaricious
FAS-TID'-I-OUS, a. Over nice; squeamish.
FAS-TID'-I-OUS-LY, ad. With squeamishness.
FAS-TID'-I-OUS-NESS, n. Squeamishness; dis-

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