FAIL
FAIL, verb intransitive [Latin fallo; Gr. whence; Eng. felony. It seems to be allied to fall, fallow, pale, and many other words.]1. To become deficient; to be insufficient; to ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FAILANCE
FA'ILANCE, noun fault; failure. obsolete
FAILING
FA'ILING, participle present tense Becoming deficient or insufficient; becoming weaker; decaying; declining; omitting; not executing or performing; miscarrying; neglecting; want...
FAILURE
FA'ILURE, noun fa'ilyur.1. A failing; deficience; cessation of supply, or total defect; as the failure of springs or streams; failure of rain; failure of crops.2. Omission; non-...
FAIN
FAIN, adjective1. Glad; pleased; rejoiced. but the appropriate sense of the word is, glad or pleased to do something under some kind of necessity; that is, glad to evade evil or...
FAINING
FA'INING, participle present tense wishing; desiring fondly.In his faining eye.
FAINT
FAINT, adjective [Latin vanus, whence to vanish. Eng. to wane.]1. weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, to be rendered faint by excessive evacuations.2. Weak; feeble; languid; e...
FAINTHEARTED
FAINTHEARTED, adjective Cowardly; timorous; dejected; easily depressed, or yielding to fear.Fear not, neither be fainthearted Isaiah 7:4.
FAINTHEARTEDLY
FAINTHEARTEDLY, adverb In a cowardly manner.
FAINTHEARTEDNESS
FAINTHEARTEDNESS, noun Cowardice; timorousness; want of courage.
FAINTING
FA'INTING, participle present tense Falling into a swoon; failing; losing strength or courage; becoming feeble or timid.FA'INTING, noun A temporary loss of strength, color and r...
FAINTISH
FA'INTISH, adjective Slightly faint.
FAINTISHNESS
FA'INTISHNESS, noun A slight degree of faintness.
FAINTLING
FA'INTLING, adjective Timorous; feeble-minded. [Not used.]
FAINTLY
FA'INTLY, adverb1. In a feeble, languid manner; without vigor or activity; as, to attack or defend faintly2. With a feeble flame; as, a torch burns faintly3. With a feeble light...
FAINTNESS
FA'INTNESS, noun1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, color and respiration.2. Feebleness; languor; want of strength.3. Inactivity; want of vigor.4. Feebleness, as of c...
FAINTS
FAINTS, nounplural the gross fetid oil remaining after distillation, or a weak spirituous liquor that runs from the still in rectifying the low wines after the proof spirit is d...
FAINTY
FA'INTY, adjective weak; feeble; languid.
FAIR
FAIR, adjective1. Clear; free from spots; free from a dark hue; white; as a fair skin; a fair complexion. hence,2. Beautiful; handsome; properly, having a handsome face.Thou art...
FAIR-HAND
FA'IR-HANDadjective Having a fair appearance.
FAIR-SPOKEN
FA'IR-SPOKEN, adjective Using fair speech; bland; civil; courteous; plausible.Arius, a fair-spoken man.
FAIRING
FA'IRING, noun A present given at a fair.
FAIRLY
FA'IRLY, adverb1. Beautifully; handsomely. [Little used.]2. Commodiously; conveniently; as a town fairly situated for foreign trade.3. Frankly; honestly; justly; equitably; with...
FAIRNESS
FA'IRNESS, noun1. Clearness; freedom from spots or blemishes; whiteness; as the fairness of skin or complexion.2. Clearness; purity; as the fairness of water.3. Freedom from sta...
FAIRY
FA'IRY, noun[The origin of this word is not obvious, and the radical letters are uncertain. the conjectures of Baxter, Jamieson and others throw no satisfactory light on the sub...
FAIRYLIKE
FA'IRYLIKE, adjective Imitating the manner of fairies.
FAIRYSTONE
FA'IRYSTONE, noun A stone found in gravel pits.The fossil echinite, abundant in chalk pits.