Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FIANCE

FI'ANCE, verb transitive To betroth. [See Affiance.]

758

FIB

FIB, noun [See Fable.] A lie or falsehood; a word used among children and the vulgar, as a softer expression than lie.FIB, verb intransitive To lie; to speak falsely.

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FIBBER

FIB'BER, noun One who tells lies or fibs.

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FIBBING

FIB'BING, participle present tense Telling fibs; as a noun, the telling of fibs.

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FIBER

FI'BER, noun [Latin fibra.]1. A thread; a fine, slender body which constitutes a part of the frame of animals. Of fibers, some are soft and flexible; others more hard and elasti...

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FIBRIL

FI'BRIL, noun A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread.

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FIBRIN

FI'BRIN, noun [See Fiber.] A peculiar organic compound substance found in animals and vegetables. It is a soft solid, of a greasy appearance, which softens in air, becoming visc...

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FIBROLITE

FIB'ROLITE, noun [from Latin fibra, and Gr.]A mineral that occurs with corundum, of a white or gray color, composed of minute fibres some of which appear to be rhomboidal prisms.

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FIBROUS

FI'BROUS, adjective1. Composed or consisting of fibers; as a fibrous body or substance.2. Containing fibers. In mineralogy, a fibrous fracture, is that which presents fine threa...

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FIBULA

FIB'ULA, noun [Latin]1. The outer and lesser bone of the leg, much smaller than the tibia.2. A clasp or buckle.

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FICKLE

FICK'LE, adjective [Latin vacillo; Gr.; Heb. to stagger.]1. Wavering; inconstant; unstable; of a changeable mind; irresolute; not firm in opinion or purpose; capricious.They kno...

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FICKLENESS

FICK'LENESS, noun1. A wavering; wavering disposition; inconstancy; instability; unsteadiness in opinion or purpose; as the fickleness of lovers.2. Instability; changeableness; a...

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FICKLY

FICK'LY, adverb Without firmness or steadiness.

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FICO

FI'CO, noun An act of contempt done with the fingers, expressing a fig for you.

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FICTILE

FIC'TILE, adjective [Latin fictilis, from fictus, fingo, to feign.]Molded into form by art; manufactured by the potter.Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth.

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FICTION

FIC'TION, noun [Latin fictio, from fingo, to feign.]1. The act of feigning, inventing or imagining; as, by the mere fiction of the mind.2. That which is feigned, invented or ima...

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FICTIOUS

FICTIOUS, for fictitious, not used.

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FICTITIOUS

FICTI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin fictifius, from fingo, to feign.]1. Feigned; imaginary; not real.The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones.2. Counterfeit; false; not ge...

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FICTITIOUSLY

FICTI'TIOUSLY, adverb By fiction; falsely; counterfeitly.

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FICTITIOUSNESS

FICTI'TIOUSNESS, noun Feigned representation.

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FICTIVE

FIC'TIVE, adjective Feigned. [Not used.]

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FID

FID, noun1. A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, used to support the top-mast, when erected at the head of the lower mast.2. A pin of hard wood or iron, tap...

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FIDDLE

FID'DLE, noun [Latin fides, fidicula.] A stringed instrument of music; a violin.FID'DLE, verb intransitive1. To play on a fiddle or violin.Themistocles said he could not fiddle ...

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FIDDLE-FADDLE

FID'DLE-FADDLE, noun Trifles. [A low cant word.]FID'DLE-FADDLE, adjective Trifling; making a bustle about nothing. [Vulgar.]

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FIDDLE-STICK

FID'DLE-STICK, noun The bow and string with which a fiddler plays on a violin.

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FIDDLE-STRING

FID'DLE-STRING, noun The string of a fiddle, fastened at the ends and elevated in the middle by a bridge.

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FIDDLE-WOOD

FID'DLE-WOOD, noun A plant of the genus Citharexylon.