FELSITE
FEL'SITE, noun [See Feldspar.] A species of compact feldspar, of an azure blue or green color, found amorphous associated with quartz and mica.
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FELSPAR
FEL'SPAR,FEL'SPATH, noun A mineral widely distributed and usually of a foliated structure. When in crystals or crystalline masses, it is very susceptible of mechanical division ...
FELT
FELT, preterit tense of feel.FELT, noun [Latin pellis, Eng. fell, a skin from plucking or stripping, Latin vello, vellus, Eng. wool.]1. A cloth or stuff made of wool, or wool an...
FELTER
FELT'ER, verb transitive To clot or meet together like felt.
FELTMAKER
FELT'MAKER, noun One whose occupation is to make felt.
FELUCCA
FELUC'CA, nounA boat or vessel, with oars and lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. It has this peculiarity, that the helm may be applied to the head or stern, as occasion re...
FELWORT
FEL'WORT, noun A plant, a species of Gentian.
FEMALE
FE'MALE, noun [Latin femella. See Feminine.]1. Among animals, one of that sex which conceives and brings forth young.2. Among plants, that which produces fruit; that which bears...
FEMALE-FLOWER
FEMALE-FLOWER, noun In botany, a flower which is furnished with the pistil, pointal, or female organs.
FEMALE-PLANT
FEMALE-PLANT, noun A plant which produces female flowers.
FEMALE-SCREW
FEMALE-SCREW, noun A screw with grooves or channels.
FEME-COVERT
FEME-COVERT,FEME-SOLE,FEMINAL'ITY, noun The female nature.
FEME-SOLE
FEME-SOLE,
FEMINATE
FEM'INATE, adjective Feminine. [Not in use.]
FEMININE
FEM'ININE, adjective [Latin femininus, from femina, woman. The first syllable may be and probably is from wemb or womb, by the use of f for w; the b not being radical. The last ...
FEMINITY
FEMIN'ITY, noun The quality of the female sex. [Not used.]
FEMINIZE
FEM'INIZE, verb transitive To make womanish. [Not used.]
FEMME-COVERT
FEMME-COVERT, noun A married woman, who is under covert of her baron or husband.
FEMME-SOLE
FEMME-SOLE, noun An unmarried woman.FEMME-SOLE merchant, a woman who uses a trade alone, or without her husband.
FEMORAL
FEM'ORAL, adjective [Latin femoralis, from femur, the thigh.]Belonging to the thigh; as the femoral artery.
FEN
FEN, noun [Latin fons, Eng. fountain.]Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a...
FEN-SUCKED
FEN'-SUCKED, adjective Sucked out of marshes; as fen-sucked fogs.
FENCE
FENCE, noun fens. [See Fend.]1. A wall, hedge, ditch, bank, or line of posts and rails, or of boards or pickets, intended to confine beasts from straying, and to guard a field f...
FENCE-MONTH
FENCE-MONTH, noun The month in which hunting in any forest is prohibited.
FENCED
FEN'CED, participle passive Inclosed with a fence; guarded; fortified.
FENCEFUL
FENCEFUL, adjective fens'ful. Affording defense.
FENCELESS
FENCELESS, adjective fens'less.1. Without a fence; uninclosed; unguarded.2. Open; not inclosed; as the fenceless ocean.