Webster's Dictionary 1913

1162

Fewel

Fe″wel (?), n. [See Fuel.] Fuel. Hooker.

1163

Fewmet

Few″met (?), n. See Fumet. B. Jonson.

1164

Fewness

Few″ness, n. 1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity. Shak.2. Brevity; conciseness. Shak.

1165

Fey

Fey (?), a. [AS. f�ga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.] Fated; doomed.

1166

Fey (2)

Fey (?), n. [See Fay faith.] Faith. Chaucer.

1167

Fey (3)

Fey (?), v. t. [Cf. Feague.] To cleanse; to clean out. Tusser.

1168

Feyne

Feyne (?), v. t. To feign. Chaucer.

1169

Feyre

Feyre (?), n. A fair or market. Chaucer.

1170

Fez

Fez (?), n. [F., fr. the town of Fez in Morocco.] A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, — a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh. B. Taylor.

1171

Fiacre

‖Fia″cre (?), n. A kind of French hackney coach.

1172

Fiance

Fi″ance (?), v. t. [F. fiancer. See Affiance.] To betroth; to affiance. Harmar.

1173

Fiancé

‖Fi′an′cé″ (?), n. A betrothed man.

1174

Fiancée

‖Fi′an′cée″ (?), n. A betrothed woman.

1175

Fiants

Fi″ants (?), n. [F. fiente dung.] The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.

1176

Fiar

Fi″ar (? or?), n. [See Feuar.] 1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. ...

1177

Fiasco

‖Fi‐as″co (?), n.; pl.Fiascoes (#). A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

1178

Fiat

Fi″at (?), n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. Be.] 1. An authoritative command or order to do something; an eff...

1179

Fiaunt

Fi‐aunt″ (?), n. Commission; fiat; order; decree. Spenser.

1180

Fib

Fib (?), n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; — used euphemistically.They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. H. James.

1181

Fib (2)

Fib, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fibbing (?).] To speak falsely.

1182

Fib (3)

Fib, v. t. To tell a fib to. De Quincey.

1183

Fibber

Fib″ber (?), n. One who tells fibs.

1184

Fiber

{ Fi″ber, Fi″bre }, (�), n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber o...

1185

Fiber-faced

{ Fi″ber–faced′, Fi″bre–faced′ } (?), a. Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; — applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

1186

Fibered

{ Fi″bered, Fi″bred } (?), a. Having fibers; made up of fibers.

1187

Fiberless

{ Fi″ber‐less, Fi″bre‐less }, a. Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

1188

Fibriform

Fi″bri‐form (? or?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -form.] (Biol.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.