Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FERULACEOUS

FERULA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin ferula.] Pertaining to reeds or canes; having a stalk like a reed; or resembling the Ferula, as ferulaceous plants.

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FERULE

FER'ULE, noun [Latin ferula, from ferio, to strike, or from the use of stalks of the Ferula.]1. A little wooden pallet or slice, used to punish children in school, by striking t...

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FERVENCY

FERV'ENCY, noun [See fervent.]1. Heat of mind; ardor; eagerness.2. Pious ardor; animated zeal; warmth of devotion.When you pray, let it be with attention, with fervency and with...

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FERVENT

FERV'ENT, adjective [Latin fervens, from ferveo, to be hot, to boil, to glow.]1. Hot; boiling; as a fervent summer; fervent blood.2. Hot in temper; vehement.They are fervent to ...

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FERVENTLY

FERV'ENTLY, adverb1. Earnestly; eagerly; vehemently; with great warmth.2. With pious ardor; with earnest zeal; ardently.Epaphras - saluteth you, laboring fervently for you in pr...

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FERVID

FERV'ID, adjective [Latin fervidus.]1. Very hot; burning; boiling; as fervid heat.2. Very warm in zeal; vehement; eager; earnest; as fervid zeal.

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FERVIDLY

FERV'IDLY, adverb Very hotly; with glowing warmth.

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FERVIDNESS

FERV'IDNESS, noun Glowing heat; ardor of mind; warm zeal.

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FERVOR

FERV'OR, noun [Latin fervor]1. Heat or warmth; as the fervor of a summer's day.2. Heat of mind; ardor; warm or animated zeal and earnestness in the duties of religion, particula...

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FESCENNINE

FES'CENNINE, adjective Pertaining to Fescennium in Italy; licentious.FES'CENNINE, noun A nuptial song, or a licentious song.

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FESCUE

FES'CUE, noun [Latin festuca, a shoot or stalk of a tree, a rod.]A small wire used to point out letters to children when learning to read.

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FESCUE-GRASS

FES'CUE-GRASS, noun The Festuca, a genus of grasses.

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FESELS

FE'SELS, noun A kind of base grain.

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FESSE

FESSE, noun fess. [Latin fascia, a band.] In heraldry, a bank or girdle, possessing the third part of the escutcheon; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.

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FESSE-POINT

FESSE-POINT, noun The exact center of the escutcheon.

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FESTAL

FES'TAL, adjective [Latin festus, festive. See Feast.]Pertaining to a feast; joyous; gay; mirthful.

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FESTER

FES'TER, verb intransitive [Latin pestis, pus, or pustula.]To rankle; to corrupt; to grow virulent.We say of a sore or wound, it festers.Passion and unkindness may give a wound ...

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FESTERING

FES'TERING, participle present tense Rankling; growing virulent.

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FESTINATE

FES'TINATE, adjective [Latin festino, festinatus.] Hasty; hurried. [Not in use.]

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FESTINATION

FESTINA'TION, noun Haste. [Not used.]

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FESTIVAL

FES'TIVAL, adjective [Latin festivus, from festus, or festum or fasti. See Feast.]Pertaining to a feast; joyous; mirthful; as a festival entertainment.FES'TIVAL, noun The time o...

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FESTIVE

FES'TIVE, adjective [Latin festivus.] Pertaining to or becoming a feast; joyous; gay; mirthful.The glad circle round them yield their souls to festive mirth and wit that knows n...

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FESTIVITY

FESTIV'ITY, noun [Latin festivitas.]1. Primarily, the mirth of a feast; hence, joyfulness; gaiety; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertainment.2. A festival. [Not ...

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FESTOON

FESTOON', nounSomething in imitation of a garland or wreath. In architecture and sculpture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath of flowers, fruits and leaves inte...

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FESTUCINE

FES'TUCINE, adjective [Latin festuca.] Being of a straw-color.

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FESTUCOUS

FES'TUCOUS, adjective Formed of straw.

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FET

FET, noun A piece. [Not used.]FET, verb transitive or i. To fetch; to come to. [Not used.]