Webster's Dictionary 1913

865

Femineity

Fem′i‐ne″i‐ty (?), n. [L. femineus womanly.] Womanliness; femininity. C. Reade.

866

Feminine

Fem″i‐nine (?), a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. θη̑σθαι to suck, θη̑σαι to suckle, Skr. dhā to suck; cf. AS. fǣmme woman, maid: cf. F. fémi...

867

Feminine (2)

Fem″i‐nine, n. 1. A woman.They guide the feminines toward the palace. Hakluyt.2. (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminat...

868

Femininely

Fem″i‐nine‐ly, adv. In a feminine manner. Byron.

869

Feminineness

Fem″i‐nine‐ness, n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

870

Femininity

Fem′i‐nin″i‐ty (?), n. 1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.2. The female form.O serpent under femininitee. Chaucer.

871

Feminity

Fe‐min″i‐ty (?), n. Womanliness; femininity. “Trained up in true feminity.” Spenser.

872

Feminization

Fem′i‐ni‐za″tion (?), n. The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.

873

Feminize

Fem″i‐nize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. féminiser.] To make womanish or effeminate. Dr. H. More.

874

Feminye

Fem″i‐nye (?), n. [OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex, realm of women.] The people called Amazons. “ feminye.” Chaucer.

875

Femme

‖Femme (? or?), n. A woman. See Feme, n.Femme de chambre (?). A lady's maid; a chambermaid.

876

Femoral

Fem″o‐ral (?), a. [L. femur, femoris, thigh: cf. F. fémoral.] Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. “Femoral habiliments.” Sir W. Scott.

877

Femur

‖Fe″mur (fē″mŭr), n.; pl.Femora (fĕm″ō̍‐rȧ). (Anat.) (a) The thigh bone. (b) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

878

Fen

Fen (?), n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen, OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth. fani mud.] Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or pa...

879

Fen cricket

Fen″ crick′et (?). (Zoöl.) The mole cricket.

880

Fen-sucked

Fen″–sucked′ (?), a. Sucked out of marches. “Fen-sucked fogs.” Shak.

881

Fence

Fence (fĕns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.Let us be backed with God and with the seas...

882

Fence (2)

Fence, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fenced (fĕnst); p. pr. & vb. n.Fencing (fĕn″sĭng).] 1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.To fence my ear against thy s...

883

Fence (3)

Fence (?), v. i. 1. To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.Vice is the more stubborn as well as ...

884

Fenceful

Fence″ful (?), a. Affording defense; defensive. Congreve.

885

Fenceless

Fence″less, a. Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.

886

Fencer

Fen″cer (?), n. One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.

887

Fenci-ble

Fen″ci–ble (?), a. Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. Spenser.

888

Fencible

Fen″ci‐ble, n.(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; — usually in the pl.

889

Fencing

Fen″cing (?), n. 1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the a...

890

Fend

Fend (?), n. A fiend. Chaucer.

891

Fend (2)

Fend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fended; p. pr. & vb. n.Fending.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.] To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; — often with off;...