Webster's Dictionary 1913

1297

Fiftieth

Fif″ti‐eth (?), a. [AS. fīftigoða. See Fifty.] 1. Next in order after the forty-ninth; — the ordinal of fifty.2. Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.

1298

Fiftieth (2)

Fif″ti‐eth, n. One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.

1299

Fifty

Fif″ty (?), a. [AS. fīftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.] Five times ten; as, fifty men.

1300

Fifty (2)

Fif″ty, n.; pl.Fifties (�). 1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.

1301

Fig

Fig (?), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.] 1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remot...

1302

Fig (2)

Fig, v. t. [See Fico, Fig, n.] 1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me likeThe bragging Spaniard. Shak.2. To put into th...

1303

Fig (3)

Fig, n. Figure; dress; array.Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? Prof. Wilson.

1304

Fig-shell

Fig″–shell′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

1305

Figaro

‖Fi′ga′ro″ (?), n. An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.

1306

Figary

Fig″a‐ry (?), n. [Corrupted fr. vagary.] A frolic; a vagary; a whim. Beau. & Fl.

1307

Figeater

Fig″eat′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. Se...

1308

Figent

Fig″ent (?), a. Fidgety; restless.Such a little figent thing. Beau. & Fl.

1309

Figgum

Fig″gum (?), n. A juggler's trick; conjuring.The devil is the author of wicked figgum. B. Jonson.

1310

Fight

Fight (fīt), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fought (fa̤t); p. pr. & vb. n.Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, an...

1311

Fight (2)

Fight, v. t. 1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.He had to fight his way through the ...

1312

Fight (3)

Fight, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.] 1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals...

1313

Fighter

Fight″er (fīt″ẽr), n. [AS. feohtere.] One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.

1314

Fighting

Fight″ing, a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope.A fight...

1315

Fightingly

Fight″ing‐ly, adv. Pugnaciously.

1316

Fightwite

Fight″wite′ (?), n. [Fight + wite.] (O.Eng. Law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

1317

Figment

Fig″ment (?), n. [L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.Social figments, feints, and formal...

1318

Figpecker

Fig″peck′er (fĭg″pĕk′ẽr), n.(Zoöl.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, orCurrica, hortensis); — called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.

1319

Figulate

{ Fig″u‐late (?), Fig″u‐la′ted (?) }, a. [L. figulatus, p. p. of figulare to shape, fr. figulus potter, fr. fingere to shape.] Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped. Johnson.

1320

Figuline

Fig″u‐line (? or?), n. [F., fr. L. figulina pottery, fr. figulus. See Figulate.] A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.Whose figulines and rustic...

1321

Figuline (2)

Fig″u‐line (?), a. [L. figulinus. See Figulate.] 1. Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; — said of clay.2. Made of clay, as by the potter; — said of vessels, ornamental ...

1322

Figurability

Fig′ur‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. figurabilité.] The quality of being figurable. Johnson.

1323

Figurable

Fig′ur‐a‐ble (?), a. [L. figurare to form, shape, fr. figura figure: cf. F. figurable. See Figure.] Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.Lead is figurable, but wate...