Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Footway

Foot″way′ (?), n. A passage for pedestrians only.

2783

Footworn

Foot″worn′ (?), a. Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

2784

Footy

Foot″y (?), a. 1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc.2. Poor; mean. C. Kingsley.

2785

Foozle

Foo″zle (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Foozled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Foozling (?).] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.] To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskill...

2786

Foozle (2)

Foo″zle, n. 1. A stupid fellow; a fogy.2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.

2787

Fop

Fop (?), n. [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G. foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.] One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb;...

2788

Fop-doodle

Fop″–doo′dle (?), n. A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. Hudibras.

2789

Fopling

Fop″ling (?), n. A petty fop. Landor.

2790

Foppery

Fop″per‐y (?), n.; pl.Fopperies (#). [From Fop.] 1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.2. Folly; foolery.Let not the ...

2791

Foppish

Fop″pish (?), a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.Syn. — Finical; spruce; dandyish. See ...

2792

For

For (?), prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. für, Icel. fyrir, Sw. för, Dan. for, adv. för, Goth. faúr, faúra, L. pro, G...

2793

For (2)

For (?), conj. 1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.And for of long that way had walkéd none,The vault was hid with plants an...

2794

For (3)

For, n. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; — the antithesis of against, and commonly used in co...

2795

For-

For– (�). [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. parā- away, Gr. � beside, and E. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.] A prefix to verbs, having usu...

2796

Forage

For″age (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See ...

2797

Forage (2)

For″age, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.Foraging (?).] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stri...

2798

Forage (3)

For″age (?), v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.

2799

Forager

For″a‐ger (?), n. One who forages.

2800

Foralite

For″a‐lite (?), n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

2801

Foramen

‖Fo‐ra″men (?), n.; pl. L. Foramina (#), E. Foramines (#). [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.Foramen of Monro(Anat.), the op...

2802

Foraminated

Fo‐ram″i‐na′ted (?), a. [L. foraminatus.] Having small opening, or foramina.

2803

Foraminifer

For′a‐min″i‐fer (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Foraminifera.

2804

Foraminifera

‖Fo‐ram′i‐nif″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous she...

2805

Foraminiferous

Fo‐ram′i‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina.2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.

2806

Foraminous

Fo‐ram″i‐nous (?), a. [L. foraminosus.] Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.

2807

Forasmuch

For′as‐much″ (?), conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; — followed by as. See underFor, prep.

2808

Foray

For″ay (fŏr″ā̍ or fō̍‐rā″; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a ...