Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Felonous

Fel″o‐nous (?), a. [Cf. OF. feloneus. Cf. Felonious.] Wicked; felonious. Spenser.

839

Felonry

Fel″on‐ry (?), n. A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony. Howitt.

840

Felonwort

Fel″on‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.

841

Felony

Fel″o‐ny (?), n.; pl.Felonies (#). [OE. felonie cruelty, OF. felonie, F. félonie treachery, malice. See Felon, n.] 1. (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost hi...

842

Felsite

Fel″site (?), n. [Cf. Feldspar.] (Min.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.

843

Felsitic

Fel‐sit″ic (?), a. relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite.

844

Felspar

{ Fel″spar′ (?), Fel″spath′ (?) }, n.(Min.) See Feldspar.

845

Felspathic

Fel‐spath″ic (?), a. See Feldspathic.

846

Felstone

Fel″stone′ (?), n. [From G. feldstein, in analogy with E. felspar.] (Min.) See Felsite.

847

Felt

Felt (?), imp. & p. p. or a. from Feel.

848

Felt (2)

Felt (?), n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. � hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.] 1. A cloth or stuff made of mat...

849

Felt (3)

Felt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Felted; p. pr. & vb. n.Felting.] 1. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. Sir M. Hale.2. To cover with, or as ...

850

Felter

Felt″er (?), v. t. To clot or mat together like felt.His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax.

851

Felting

Felt″ing, n. 1. The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made.2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.

852

Feltry

Fel″try (?), n. [OF. feltre.] See Felt, n.

853

Felucca

Fe‐luc″ca (�), n. [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harrāqah a sort of ship.] (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sa...

854

Felwort

Fel″wort′ (?), n. [Probably a corruption of fieldwort.] (Bot.) A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

855

Female

Fe″male (?), n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L. femella, dim. of femina woman. See Feminine.] 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a ...

856

Female (2)

Fe″male, a. 1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.As patient as the female doveWhen that her golde...

857

Femalist

Fe″mal‐ist (?), n. A gallant.Courting her smoothly like a femalist. Marston.

858

Femalize

Fe″mal‐ize (?), v. t. To make, or to describe as, female or feminine. Shaftesbury.

859

Feme

‖Feme (fĕm or făm), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. Burrill.Feme covert(Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3. — Feme sole(Law), a single or unmarried woman; a wo...

860

Femeral

Fem″er‐al (?), n.(Arch.) See Femerell.

861

Femerell

Fem″er‐ell (?), n. [OF. fumeraille part of a chimney. See Fume.] (Arch.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.

862

Feminal

Fem″i‐nal (?), a. Feminine. West.

863

Feminality

Fem′i‐nal″i‐ty (?), n. Feminity.

864

Feminate

Fem″i‐nate (?), a. [L. feminatus effeminate.] Feminine.