FOSTER-SISTER
FOS'TER-SISTER, noun A female nursed by the same person.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FOSTER-SON
FOS'TER-SON, noun One fed and educated, like a son, though not a son by birth.
FOSTERAGE
FOS'TERAGE, noun The charge of nursing.
FOSTERED
FOS'TERED, participle passive Nourished; cherished; promoted.
FOSTERER
FOS'TERER, noun A nurse; one that feeds and nourishes in the place of parents.
FOSTERING
FOS'TERING, participle present tense Nursing; cherishing; bringing up.FOS'TERING, noun1. The act of nursing, nourishing and cherishing.2. Nourishment.
FOSTERLING
FOS'TERLING, noun A fosterchild.
FOSTERMENT
FOS'TERMENT, noun Food; nourishment. [Not used.]
FOSTRESS
FOS'TRESS, noun A female who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
FOTHER
FOTH'ER, noun [See Food.]A weight of lead containing eight pigs, and every pig twenty one stone and a half. But the fother is of different weights. With the plumbers in London i...
FOTHERING
FOTH'ERING, participle present tense Stopping leaks, as above.FOTH'ERING, noun The operation of stopping leaks in a ship, as above.
FOUGADE
FOUG'ADE, noun [Latin focus.]In the art of war, a little mine, in the form of a well, 8 or 10 feet wide, and 10 or 12 deep, dug under some work, fortification or post, charged w...
FOUGHT
FOUGHT, pret, and participle passive of fight; pronoun faut. [See Fight.]
FOUGHTEN
FOUGHTEN, for fought. obsolete
FOUL
FOUL, adjective1. Covered with or containing extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious or offensive; filthy; dirty; not clean; as a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney.My...
FOULDER
FOUL'DER, verb intransitive To emit great heat. [Not used.]
FOULED
FOUL'ED, participle passive Defiled; dirtied.
FOULFACED
FOUL'FACED, adjective Having an ugly or hateful visage.
FOULFEEDING
FOULFEE'DING, adjective Gross; feeding grossly.
FOULING
FOUL'ING, participle present tense Making foul; defiling.
FOULLY
FOUL'LY, adverb1. Filthily; nastily; hatefully; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.I foully wronged him; do, forgive me, do.2. Unfairly; not honestly.Thou play'dst most fou...
FOULMOUTHED
FOUL'MOUTHED, adjective Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene or profane; uttering abuse, or profane or obscene words; accustomed to use bad language.So foulmouthed a ...
FOULNESS
FOUL'NESS, noun1. The quality of being foul or filthy; filthiness; defilement.2. The quality or state of containing or being covered with any thing extraneous which is noxious o...
FOULSPOKEN
FOUL'SPOKEN, adjective1. Slanderous.2. Using profane, scurrilous or obscene language.
FOUMART
FOU'MART, noun The polecat.
FOUND
FOUND, preterit tense and participle passive of find.I am found of them that sought me not. Isaiah 65:1.FOUND, verb transitive [Latin fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to ...
FOUNDATION
FOUNDA'TION, noun [Latin fundatio, fundo.]1. The basis of an edifice; that part of a building which lies on the ground; usually a wall of stone which supports the edifice.2. The...