Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FILTERED

FIL'TERED, participle passive Strained; defecated by a filter.

893

FILTERING

FIL'TERING, participle present tense Straining; defecating.

894

FILTH

FILTH, noun [See Foul and Defile.]1. Dirt; any foul matter; any thing that soils or defiles; waste matter; nastiness.2. Corruption; pollution; any thing that sullies or defiles ...

895

FILTHILY

FILTH'ILY, adverb In a filthy manner; foully; grossly.

896

FILTHINESS

FILTH'INESS, noun1. The state of being filthy.2. Foulness; dirtiness; filth; nastiness.Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 2 Chronicles 29:5.3. Corruption; polluti...

897

FILTHY

FILTH'Y, adjective1. Dirty; foul; unclean; nasty.2. Polluted; defiled by sinful practices; morally impure.He that is filthy let him be filthy still. Revelation 22:11.3. Obtained...

898

FILTRATE

FIL'TRATE, verb transitive [See Filter.]To filter; to defecate, as liquor, by straining or percolation.

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FILTRATION

FILTRA'TION, noun The act or process of filtering; defecation by passing liquors through woolen cloth, brown paper, or other porous substance, as certain kinds of stone, which p...

900

FIMBLE-HEMP

FIMBLE-HEMP, noun [Female-hemp.] Light summer hemp that bears no seed.

901

FIMBRIATE

FIM'BRIATE, adjective [Latin fimbria, a border or fringe.]In botany, fringed; having the edge surrounded by hairs or bristles.FIM'BRIATE, verb transitive To hem; to fringe.

902

FIMBRIATED

FIM'BRIATED, adjective In heraldry, ornamented, as an ordinary, with a narrow border or hem of another tincture.

903

FIN

FIN, noun [Latin pinna or penna. The sense is probably a shoot, or it is from diminishing. See Fine.]The fin of a fish consists of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony o...

904

FINABLE

FI'NABLE, adjective [See Fine.]1. That admits a fine.2. Subject to a fine or penalty; as a finable person or offense.

905

FINAL

FI'NAL, adjective [Latin finalis. See fine.]1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last ultimate; as the final issue or event of things; final hope; final salvation.2. Conclusi...

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FINALLY

FI'NALLY, adverb1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly. The cause is expensive, but we shall finally recover. The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.2. ...

907

FINANCE

FINANCE, noun finans'. [See Fine.]Revenue; income of a king or state.The United States, near the close of the revolution, appointed a superintendent of finance[It is more genera...

908

FINANCES

FINAN'CES, nounplural1. Revenue; funds in the public treasury, or accruing to it; public resources of money. The finances of the king or government were in a low condition. The ...

909

FINANCIAL

FINAN'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to public revenue; as financial concerns or operations.

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FINANCIALLY

FINAN'CIALLY, adverb In relation to finances or public revenue; in a manner to produce revenue.We should be careful not to consider as financially effective exports, all the goo...

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FINANCIER

FINANCIE'R, noun1. An officer who receives and manages the public revenues; a treasurer.2. One who is skilled in the principles or system of public revenue; one who understands ...

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FINARY

FI'NARY, noun [from fine, refine.] In iron works, the second forge at the iron mill. [See Finery.]

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FINCH

FINCH, nounA bird. But finch is used chiefly in composition; as chaffinch, goldfinch. These belong to the genus Fringilla.

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FIND

FIND, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive found. [Latin venio; but in sense, with invenio. The primary sense is to come to, to rush, to fall on, to meet, to set...

915

FINDER

FINDER, noun One who meets or falls on any thing; one that discovers what is lost or is unknown; one who discovers by searching, or by accident.

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FINDFAULT

FINDFAULT, noun A censurer; a caviller.

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FINDFAULTING

FINDFAULT'ING, adjective Apt to censure; captious.

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FINDING

FINDING, participle present tense Discovering.FINDING, noun1. Discovery; the act of discovering.2. In law, the return of a jury to a bill; a verdict.