Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Faucal

Fau″cal (?), a. [L. fauces throat.] Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in t...

569

Fauces

‖Fau″ces (?), n. pl. 1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; — called also the isthmus of the f...

570

Faucet

Fau″cet (?), n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.] 1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantitie...

571

Fauchion

Fau″chion (?), n. See Falchion.

572

Faucial

Fau″cial (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

573

Faugh

Faugh (?), interj. [Cf. Foh.] An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

574

Faulchion

Faul″chion (?), n. See Falchion.

575

Faulcon

Faul″con (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Falcon.

576

Fauld

Fauld (?), n. The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

577

Faule

Faule (?), n. A fall or falling band.These laces, ribbons, and these faules. Herrick.

578

Fault

Fault (?), n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See Fail, and cf. Default.] 1. Defect; ...

579

Fault (2)

Fault (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n.Faulting.] 1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.For that I will not fault thee. Old Song.2. (...

580

Fault (3)

Fault, v. i. To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted. Latimer.

581

Fault (4)

Fault, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break i...

582

Fault-finder

Fault″–find′er (?), n. One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

583

Fault-finding

Fault″–find′ing, n. The act of finding fault or blaming; — used derogatively. Also Adj.

584

Faulter

Fault″er (?), n. One who commits a fault.Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.

585

Faultful

Fault″ful (?), a. Full of faults or sins. Shak.

586

Faultily

Fault″i‐ly (?), adv. In a faulty manner.

587

Faultiness

Fault″i‐ness, n. Quality or state of being faulty.Round, even to faultiness. Shak.

588

Faulting

Fault″ing, n.(Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

589

Faultless

Fault″less, a. Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.Whoever thinks a faultless ...

590

Faulty

Fault″y (?), a. 1. Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.Created onceSo goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton.2. Guilty of a ...

591

Faun

Faun (?), n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented a...

592

Fauna

Fau″na (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zoöl.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

593

Faunal

Fau″nal (?), a. Relating to fauna.

594

Faunist

Fau″nist (?), n. One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. Gilbert White.