Webster's Dictionary 1913

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F

F (ĕf). 1. F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma �, ...

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Fa

Fa (fä), n.(Mus.) (a) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization. (b) The tone F.

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Fabaceous

Fa‐ba″ceous (fȧ‐bā″shŭs), a. [L. fabaceus, fr. faba bean.] Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

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Fabella

‖Fa‐bel″la (?), n.; pl.Fabellae (–l�). [NL., dim. of L. faba a bean.] (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

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Fabian

Fa″bi‐an (?), a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to Fabius.] Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; av...

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Fabian (2)

Fa″bi‐an (?), n. A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.

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Fabian (3)

Fa″bi‐an, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.2. Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles...

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Fable

Fa″ble (fā″b'l), n. [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.] 1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narrati...

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Fable (2)

Fa″ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabling (?).] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. “He Fables not.” Sha...

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Fable (3)

Fa″ble, v. t. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.The hell thou fablest. Milton.

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Fabler

Fa″bler (fā″blẽr), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Bp. Hall.

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Fabliau

‖Fa′bli′au″ (?), n.; pl.Fabliaux (–ō̍″). [F., fr. OF. fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

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Fabric

Fab″ric (?), n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.] 1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;...

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Fabric (2)

Fab″ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabricking.] To frame; to build; to construct. “Fabric their mansions.” J. Philips.

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Fabricant

Fab″ri‐cant (?), n. One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.

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Fabricate

Fab″ri‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fabricated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabricating (?).] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabr...

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Fabrication

Fab′ri‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.] 1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a ch...

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Fabricator

Fab″ri‐ca′tor (?), n. One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason.

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Fabricatress

Fab″ri‐ca′tress (?), n. A woman who fabricates.

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Fabrile

Fab″rile (?), a. [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.] Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

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Fabulist

Fab″u‐list (?), n. [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.] One who invents or writes fables.

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Fabulize

Fab″u‐lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fabulized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fabulizing (?).] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See Fable.] To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. G. S. Faber.

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Fabulosity

Fab′u‐los″i‐ty (?), n. [L. fabulositas: cf. F. fabulosité.] 1. Fabulousness. Abp. Abbot.2. A fabulous or fictitious story. Sir T. Browne.

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Fabulous

Fab″u‐lous (făb″ū̍‐lŭs), a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.] 1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulou...

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Faburden

Fab″ur‐den (făb″ŭr‐den), n. [F. faux bourdon. See False, and Burden a verse.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. (b) A succession of chords of the sixth....

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Fac

Fac (făk), n. [Abbrev. of facsimile.] A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

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Façade

‖Fa′çade″ (fȧ′sȧd″ or fȧ′sād″), n. [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face, L. facies. See Face.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architec...