Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fag (2)

Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fagged (făgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Fagging (făg″gĭng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to fāch devoted to death, ...

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Fag (3)

Fag, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.2. Anything that fatigues.It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen.Brain fag. (Med.) Se...

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Fag-end

Fag″–end″ (?), n. 1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, etc.2. The refuse or meaner part of ...

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Fagging

Fag″ging (făg″gĭng), n. Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.

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Fagot

Fag″ot (făg″ŭt) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. φάκελοσ bundle, fagot. Cf. Fagotto.] 1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small ...

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Fagot (2)

Fag″ot (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fagoting.] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden.

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Fagotto

‖Fa‐got″to (?), n. [It. See Fagot.] (Mus.) The bassoon; — so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

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Faham

‖Fa″ham (?), n. The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.

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Fahlband

‖Fahl″band′ (?), n. [G., fr. fahl dun-colored + band a band.] (Mining) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.

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Fahlerz

{ Fahl″erz (?), Fahl″band (?), } n. [G. fahlerz; fahl dun-colored, fallow + erz ore.] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite.

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Fahlunite

Fah″lun‐ite (fä″lŭn‐īt), n. [From Fahlun, a place in Sweden.] (Min.) A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite.

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Fahrenheit

Fah″ren‐heit (?) a. Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. — n. The F...

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Faïence

‖Fa′ï‐ence″ (?), n. [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.] Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.

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Fail

Fail (fāl) v. i. [imp. & p. p.Failed (fāld); p. pr. & vb. n.Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False, Fault.] ...

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Fail (2)

Fail (?), v. t. 1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings ii. 4.2. To miss of attaining; to lo...

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Fail (3)

Fail, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.] 1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; — mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. “Hi...

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Failance

Fail″ance (?), n. [Of. faillance, fr. faillir.] Fault; failure; omission. Bp. Fell.

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Failing

Fail″ing, n. 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.And ever in her mind she cast a...

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Faille

‖Faille (?), n. A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

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Failure

Fail″ure (?), n. [From Fail.] 1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure ...

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Fain

Fain (?), a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. fægen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. fægnian to rejoice, OS. faganōn, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginōn, cf. Goth. fahēds joy; and fr. th...

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Fain (2)

Fain, adv. With joy; gladly; — with wold.He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16.Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.

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Fain (3)

Fain, v. t. & i. To be glad; to wish or desire.Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.

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Faineance

{ Fai″ne‐ance (?), Fai″ne‐an‐cy (?) }, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant.] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.The mask of sneering faineance was gone. C. Kingsley.

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Fainéant

‖Fai′né′ant″ (fā̍′nā̍′äN″), a. [F.; fait he does + néant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. — n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.

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Fainéant deity

Fainéant deity. A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.

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Faint

Faint (fānt), a. [Compar.Fainter (–ẽr); superl.Faintest.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf. Feint.] 1. ...