Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FIDDLER

FID'DLER, noun One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

785

FIDDLING

FID'DLING, participle present tense Playing on a fiddle.FID'DLING, noun The act of playing on a fiddle.

786

FIDEJUSSOR

FI'DEJUSSOR, noun [Latin] A surety; one bound for another.

787

FIDELITY

FIDEL'ITY, noun [Latin fidelitas, from fides, faith, fido, to trust. See Faith.]1. Faithfulness; careful and exact observance of duty, or performance of obligations. We expect f...

788

FIDGE

FIDGE,FIDG'ET, verb intransitive [allied probably to fickle.] To move one way and the other; to move irregularly or in fits and starts. [A low word.]FIDG'ET, noun Irregular moti...

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FIDGET

FIDG'ET, v.i. [allied probably to fickle.] To move one way and the other; to move irregularly or in fits and starts. [A low word.]FIDG'ET, n. Irregular motion; restlessness. [Vu...

790

FIDGETY

FIDG'ETY, adjective Restless; uneasy. [Vulgar.]

791

FIDUCIAL

FIDU'CIAL, adjective [from Latin fiducia, from fido, to trust.]1. Confident; undoubting; firm; as a fiducial reliance on the promises of the gospel.2. Having the nature of a tru...

792

FIDUCIALLY

FIDU'CIALLY, adverb With confidence.

793

FIDUCIARY

FIDU'CIARY, adjective [Latin fiduciarius, from fido, to trust.]1. Confident; steady; undoubting; unwavering; firm.2. Not to be doubted; as fiduciary obedience.3. Held in trust.F...

794

FIE

FIE, pronounced fi, an exclamation denoting comtempt or dislike.

795

FIEF

FIEF, noun [See Fee, Feoff and Feud.]A fee; a feud; an estate held of a superior on condition of military service.

796

FIELD

FIELD, noun1. A piece of land inclosed for tillage or pasture; any part of a farm, except the garden and appurtenances of the mansion; properly land not covered with wood, and m...

797

FIELD-BASIL

FIE'LD-BASIL, noun A plant of several kinds.

798

FIELD-BED

FIE'LD-BED, noun A bed for the field.

799

FIELD-BOOK

FIE'LD-BOOK, noun A book used in surveying, in which are set down the angles, stations, distances, etc.

800

FIELD-COLORS

FIE'LD-COLORS, nounplural In war, small flags of about a foot and half square, carried along with the quarter-master general, for marking out the ground for the squadrons and ba...

801

FIELD-DUCK

FIE'LD-DUCK, noun A species of bustard, nearly as large as a pheasant; found chiefly in France.

802

FIELD-MARSHAL

FIELD-M'ARSHAL, noun The commander of an army; a military officer of high rank in France and Germany, and the highest military officer in England.

803

FIELD-OFFICER

FIE'LD-OFFICER, noun A military officer above the rank of captain, as a major or colonel.

804

FIELD-PIECE

FIE'LD-PIECE, noun A small cannon which is carried along with armies, and used in the field of battle.

805

FIELD-PREACHER

FIE'LD-PREACHER, noun One who preaches in the open air.

806

FIELD-PREACHING

FIE'LD-PREACHING, noun A preaching in the field or open air.

807

FIELD-SPORTS

FIE'LD-SPORTS, nounplural Diversions of the field, as shooting and hunting.

808

FIELD-STAFF

FIE'LD-STAFF, noun A weapon carried by gunners, about the length of a halbert, with a spear at the end; having on each side ears screwed on, like the cock of a match-lock, where...

809

FIELD-WORKS

FIE'LD-WORKS, noun In the military art, works thrown up by an army in besieging a fortress, or by the besieged to defend the place.

810

FIELDED

FIE'LDED, adjective Being in the field of battle; encamped.