Webster's Dictionary 1913

757

Feed (2)

Feed, v. i. 1. To take food; to eat.Her kid... which I afterwards killed because it would not feed. De Foe.2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (...

758

Feed (3)

Feed (?), n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak.3. An ...

759

Feeder

Feed″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.2. One who furnishes incentives; a...

760

Feeding

Feed″ing, n. 1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.2. That which is eaten; food.3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for anima...

761

Feejee

Fee″jee (?), a. & n.(Ethnol.) See Fijian.

762

Feel

Feel (fēl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Felt (fĕlt); p. pr. & vb. n.Feeling.] [AS. fēlan; akin to OS. gifōlian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. fühlen, Icel. fālma to grop...

763

Feel (2)

Feel (?), v. i. 1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.2. To have the sensibil...

764

Feel (3)

Feel (?), n. 1. Feeling; perception.To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth. Hazlitt.2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who ...

765

Feeler

Feel″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, feels.2. (Zoöl.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching ...

766

Feeling

Feel″ing, a. 1. Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart.2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he mad...

767

Feeling (2)

Feel″ing, n. 1. The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses wh...

768

Feelingly

Feel″ing‐ly, adv. In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.

769

Feere

Feere (?), n. [See Fere, n.] A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere.

770

Feese

Feese (?), n. [Cf. OE. fesien to put to flight, AS. fēsian, fȳsian, fȳsan, fr. fūs, prompt, willing.] The short run before a leap. Nares.

771

Feet

Feet (?), n. pl. See Foot.

772

Feet (2)

Feet, n. [See Feat, n.] Fact; performance.

773

Feetless

Feet″less, a. Destitute of feet; as, feetless birds.

774

Feeze

Feeze (?), v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese.] 1. To turn, as a screw. Jamieson.2. To beat; to chastise; to hu...

775

Feeze (2)

Feeze, n. Fretful excitement. See Feaze.

776

Fehling

‖Feh″ling (?), n.(Chem.) See Fehling's solution, under Solution.

777

Fehm

‖Fehm (?), n., ‖Fehm″ge‐richt′ (�), n. Same as Vehm, Vehmgericht.

778

Fehmic

Feh″mic (?), a. See Vehmic.

779

Feign

Feign (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Feigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough,...

780

Feigned

Feigned (?), a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. “A feigned friend.” Shak.Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1....

781

Feigner

Feign″er (?), n. One who feigns or pretends.

782

Feigning

Feign″ing, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.— Feign″ing‐ly, adv.

783

Feine

Feine (?), v. t. & i. To feign. Chaucer.