Webster's Dictionary 1828

1513

FLYING-PINION

FLYING-PINION, noun The part of a clock, having a fly or fan, by which it fathers air, and checks the rapidity of the clock's motion, when the weight descends in the striking part.

1514

FLYTRAP

FLYTRAP, noun In botany, a species of sensitive plant, called Venus' Fly-trap, the Dionaea Muscipula; a plant that has the power of seizing insects that light on it.

1515

FLYTREE

FLYTREE, noun A tree whose leaves are said to produce flies, from a little bag on the surface.

1516

FNESPOKEN

F'NESPOKEN, adjective Using fine phrases.

1517

FOAL

FOAL, noun [Latin pullus; Gr. The primary sense of the verb is to shoot, to cast or throw, to fall. The same verb in Heb. signifies to unite, to fasten. The verb belongs probabl...

1518

FOALBIT

FOALBIT, noun A plant.

1519

FOALFOOT

FOALFOOT, noun The colt's-foot, Tussilago.

1520

FOAM

FOAM, noun [Latin fumo, to smoke, to foam]Froth; spume; the substance which is formed on the surface of liquors by fermentation or violent agitation, consisting of bubbles.FOAM,...

1521

FOAMING

FOAMING, participle present tense Frothing; fuming.

1522

FOAMINGLY

FOAMINGLY, adverb Frothily.

1523

FOAMY

FOAMY, adjective Covered with foam; frothy.Behold how high the foamy billows ride!

1524

FOB

FOB, noun A little pocket for a watch.FOB, verb transitive To cheat; to trick; to impose on.To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick. [A low...

1525

FOBBED

FOB'BED, participle passive Cheated; imposed on.

1526

FOBBING

FOB'BING, participle present tense Cheating; imposing on.

1527

FOCAL

FO'CAL, adjective [from Latin focus.] Belonging to a focus; as a focal point; focal distance.

1528

FOCIL

FO'CIL, noun The greater focil is the ulna or tibia, the greater bone of the fore-arm or leg. The lesser focil is the radius or fibula, the lesser bone of the fore-arm or leg.

1529

FOCUS

FO'CUS, nounplural focuses, or foci. [Latin focus a fire, the hearth.]1. In optics, a point in which any number of rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted; as the...

1530

FODDER

FOD'DER, noun1. Food or dry food for cattle, horses and sheep, as hay, straw and other kinds of vegetables. The word is never applied to pasture.2. In mining, a measure containi...

1531

FODDERED

FOD'DERED, participle passive Fed with dry food, or cut grass, etc.; as, to fodder cows.

1532

FODDERER

FOD'DERER, noun He who fodders cattle.

1533

FODDERING

FOD'DERING, participle present tense Feeding with dry food, etc.

1534

FODIENT

FO'DIENT, adjective [Latin fodio, to dig.] Digging; throwing up with a spade. [Little used.]

1535

FOE

FOE, noun fo. [See Fiend.]1. An enemy; one who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge or malice against another.A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matthew 10:3...

1536

FOEHOOD

FOEHOOD, noun Enmity. [Not in use.]

1537

FOELIKE

FOELIKE, adjective Like an enemy.

1538

FOEMAN

FOEMAN, noun An enemy in war. obsolete

1539

FOETUS

FOETUS. [See Fetus.]