Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FETAL

FE'TAL, adjective [from fetus.] Pertaining to a fetus.

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FETCH

FETCH, verb transitive1. To go and bring, or simply to bring, that is, to bear a thing towards or to a person.We will take men to fetch victuals for the people.Judges 20:10.Go t...

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FETCHER

FETCH'ER, noun One that brings.

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FETCHING

FETCH'ING, participle present tense Bringing; going and bringing; deriving; drawing; making; reaching; obtaining as price.

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FETHER

FETH'ER, noun1. A plume; a general name of the covering of fowls. The smaller fethers are used for the filling of beds; the larger ones, called quills, are used for ornaments of...

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FETHER-BED

FETH'ER-BED, noun A bed filled with fethers; a soft bed.

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FETHER-DRIVER

FETH'ER-DRIVER, noun One who beats fethers to make them light or loose.

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FETHER-GRASS

FETH'ER-GRASS, noun A plant, gramen plumosum.

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FETHERED

FETH'ERED, participle passive1. Covered with fethers; enriched.2.adjective Clothed or covered with fethers. A fowl or bird is a fethered animalRise from the ground like feathere...

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FETHEREDGE

FETH'EREDGE, noun An edge like a fether.A board that has one edge thinner than the other, is called featheredge stuff.

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FETHEREDGED

FETH'EREDGED, adjective Having a thin edge.

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FETHERLESS

FETH'ERLESS, adjective Destitute of fethers; unfledged.

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FETHERLY

FETH'ERLY, adjective Resembling fethers. [Not used.]

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FETHERY

FETH'ERY, adjective1. Clothed or covered with fethers.2. Resembling fethers.

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FETICHISM

FET'ICHISM,FET'ICISM, noun The worship of idols among the negroes of Africa, among whom fetch is an idol, any tree, stone or other thing worshipped.

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FETID

FET'ID, adjective [Latin faetidus, from faetco, to have an ill scent.]Having an offensive smell; having a strong or rancid scent.Most putrefactions smell either fetid or moldy.

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FETIDNESS

FET'IDNESS, noun The quality of smelling offensively; a fetid quality.

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FETIFEROUS

FETIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin faetifer; faetus and fero, to bear.] Producing young, as animals.

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FETLOCK

FET'LOCK, noun [foot or feet and lock.] A tuft of hair growing behind the pastern joint of many horses. Horses of low size have scarce any such tuft.

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FETOR

FE'TOR, noun [Latin faetor.] Any strong offensive smell; stench.

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FETTER

FET'TER, noun1. A chain for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or fixed, as a prisoner, or impeded in motion and hindered from leapin...

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FETTERED

FET'TERED, participle passive Bound or confined by fetters; enchained.

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FETTERING

FET'TERING, participle present tense Binding or fastening by the feet with a chain; confining; restraining motion.

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FETTERLESS

FET'TERLESS, adjective Free from fetters or restraint.

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FETTSTEIN

FETT'STEIN, noun A mineral of a greenish or bluish gray color or flesh red, called also elaolite.

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FETUS

FE'TUS, nounplural fetuses. [Latin faetus.] The young of viviparous animals in the womb, and of oviparous animals in the egg, after it is perfectly formed; before which time it ...

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FEUD

FEUD, noun1. Primarily, a deadly quarrel; hatred and contention that was to be terminated only by death. Among our rude ancestors, these quarrels, though originating in the murd...