Webster's Dictionary 1828

1540

FOG

FOG, noun1. A dense watery vapor, exhaled from the earth, or from rivers and lakes, or generated in the atmosphere near the earth. it differs from mist, which is rain in very sm...

1541

FOGBANK

FOG'BANK, noun At sea, an appearance in hazy weather sometimes resembling land at a distance, but which vanishes as it is approached.

1542

FOGGAGE

FOG'GAGE, noun Rank grass not consumed or mowed in summer.

1543

FOGGINESS

FOG'GINESS, noun [from foggy.] The state of being foggy; a state of the air filled with watery exhalations.

1544

FOGGY

FOG'GY, adjective [from fog.]1. Filled or abounding with fog or watery exhalations; as a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.2. Cloudy; misty; damp with humid vapors.3. Producing ...

1545

FOH

FOH, an exclamation of abhorrence or contempt, the same as poh and fy.

1546

FOIBLE

FOI'BLE, adjective Weak. [Not used.]FOI'BLE, noun [See Feeble.] A particular moral weakness; a failing. When we speak of a man's foible in the singular, which is also called his...

1547

FOIL

FOIL, verb transitive1. To frustrate; to defeat; to render vain or nugatory, as an effort or attempt. The enemy attempted to pass the river, but was foiled. He foiled his advers...

1548

FOILED

FOIL'ED, participle passive Frustrated; defeated.

1549

FOILER

FOIL'ER, noun One who frustrates another, and gains an advantage himself.

1550

FOILING

FOIL'ING, participle present tense Defeating; frustrating; disappointing of success.FOIL'ING, noun Among hunters, the slight mark of a passing deer on the grass.

1551

FOIN

FOIN, verb transitive [Latin pungo. The sense is to push, thrust, shoot.]1. To push in fencing.2. To prick; to sting. [Not in use.]FOIN, noun A push; a thrust.

1552

FOINING

FOIN'ING, participle present tense Pushing; thrusting.

1553

FOININGLY

FOIN'INGLY, adverb In a pushing manner.

1554

FOISON

FOIS'ON, noun [Latin fusio.] Plenty; abundance. [Not used.]

1555

FOIST

FOIST, verb transitiveTo insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant.Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption.FOIST, noun A light a...

1556

FOISTED

FOIST'ED, participle passive Inserted wrongfully.

1557

FOISTER

FOIST'ER, noun One who inserts without authority.

1558

FOISTIED

FOIST'IED, a Mustied. [See Fusty.]

1559

FOISTINESS

FOIST'INESS, noun Fustiness, which see.

1560

FOISTING

FOIST'ING, participle present tense Inserting surreptitiously or without authority.

1561

FOISTY

FOIST'Y, a Fusty, which see.

1562

FOLD

FOLD, noun [See the verb, to fold]1. A pen or inclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.2. A flock of sheep. Hence in a ...

1563

FOLDAGE

FOLDAGE, noun The right of folding sheep.

1564

FOLDED

FOLDED, participle passive Doubled; laid in plaits; complicated; kept in a fold.

1565

FOLDER

FOLDER, noun1. An instrument used in folding paper.2. One that folds.

1566

FOLDING

FOLDING, participle present tense1. Doubling; laying in plaits; keeping in a fold.2.adjective Doubling; that may close over another, or that consists of leaves which may close o...