FITCH
FITCH, noun A chick-pea.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FITCHET
FITCH'ET,FITCH'EW, noun A polecat; a foumart.
FITCHEW
FITCH'EW,n. A polecat; a foumart.
FITFUL
FIT'FUL, adjective Varied by paroxysms; full of fits.
FITLY
FIT'LY, adverb1. Suitably; properly; with propriety. A maxim fitly applied.2. Commodiously; conveniently.
FITMENT
FIT'MENT, noun Something adapted to a purpose. [Not used.]
FITNESS
FIT'NESS, noun1. Suitableness; adaptedness; adaptation; as the fitness of things to their use.2. Propriety; meetness; justness; reasonableness; as the fitness of measures or law...
FITTED
FIT'TED, participle passive Made suitable; adapted; prepared; qualified.
FITTER
FIT'TER, noun One who makes fit or suitable; one who adapts; one who prepares.
FITTING
FIT'TING, participle present tense Making suitable; adapting; preparing; qualifying; providing with.
FITTINGLY
FIT'TINGLY, adverb Suitably.
FITZ
FITZ, Norm. fites, fuz or fiz, a son, is used in names, as in Fitzherbert, Fitzroy, Carlovitz.
FIVE
FIVE, adjectiveFour and one added; the half of ten; as five men; five loaves. Like other adjectives, it is often used as a noun.FIVE of them were wise, and five were foolish. Ma...
FIVEBAR
FI'VEBAR,FI'VEBARRED, adjective Having five bars; as a fivebarred gate.
FIVEBARRED
FI'VEBARRED, a. Having five bars; as a fivebarred gate.
FIVECLEFT
FI'VECLEFT, adjective Quinquefid; divided into five segments.
FIVEFOLD
FI'VEFOLD, adjective In fives; consisting of five in one; five-double; five times repeated.
FIVELEAF
FI'VELEAF, noun Cinquefoil.
FIVELEAFED
FI'VELEAFED, adjective Having five leaves; as fiveleafed clover, or cinquefoil.
FIVELOBED
FI'VELOBED, adjective Consisting of five lobes.
FIVEPARTED
FI'VEPARTED, adjective Divided into five parts.
FIVES
FIVES, noun A kind of play with a ball.FIVES or VIVES, noun A disease of horses, resembling the strangles.
FIVETOOTHED
FI'VETOOTHED, adjective Having five teeth.
FIVEVALVED
FI'VEVALVED, adjective Having five valves.
FIX
FIX, verb transitive [Latin firus, figo.]1. To make stable; to set or establish immovably. The universe is governed by fixed laws.2. To set or place permanently; to establish. T...
FIXABLE
FIX'ABLE, adjective That may be fixed, established, or rendered firm.
FIXATION
FIXA'TION, noun1. The act of fixing.2. Stability; firmness; steadiness; a state of being established; as fixation in matters of religion.3. Residence in a certain place; or a pl...