Foundling
Found″ling (?), n. [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to find + -ling; cf. fündling, findling. See Find, v. t., and -ling.] A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a p...
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Foundress
Found″ress (?), n. A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
Foundry
Found″ry (?), n.; pl.Foundries (#). [See Foundery.] 1. The act, process, or art of casting metals.2. The buildings and works for casting metals.Foundry ladle, a vessel for holdi...
Fount
Fount (?), n. [See Font.] (Print.) A font.
Fount (2)
Fount, n. [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font.] A fountain.
Fountain
Foun″tain (foun″tĭn), n. [F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d Fount.] 1. A spring of water issuing from the earth.2. An artificially produced jet or stream of ...
Fountainless
Foun″tain‐less, a. Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.
Fountful
Fount″ful (?), a. Full of fountains. Pope.
Four
Four (fōr), a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. feówer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fjōrir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidwōr, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pe...
Four (2)
Four, n. 1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and fou...
Four-cornered
Four″–cor′nered (?), a. Having four corners or angles.
Four-cycle
Four″–cy′cle, n.(Thermodynamics) A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal-combustion engine. — Four″–cy′cle, a.
Four-in-hand
Four″–in–hand (?), a. Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach. — n. A te...
Four-o'clock
Four″–o'clock′ (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jala...
Four-poster
Four″–post′er (?), n. A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.
Four-way
Four″–way′ (?), a. Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. Francis.Four-way cock, a cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two...
Four-wheeled
Four″–wheeled′ (?), a. Having four wheels.
Four-wheeler
Four″–wheel′er (?), n. A vehicle having four wheels.
Fourb
{ Fourb, Fourbe (?) }, n. A tricky fellow; a cheat. Evelyn.Denham.
Fourché
‖Four′ché″ (fo͞or′shā̍″), a. [F. See Fork.] (Her.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; — said of an ordinary, es...
Fourchette
‖Four′chette″ (fo͞or′shĕt″), n. [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.] 1. A table fork.2. (Anat.) (a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva...
Fourchette (2)
‖Four′chette″ (?), n.(Card Playing) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
Fourdrinier
Four′dri′nier″ (?), n. A machine used in making paper; — so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
Fourfold
Four″fold′ (?), a. & adv. [AS. feówerfeold.] Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.He shall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.
Fourfold (2)
Four″fold′, n. Four times as many or as much.
Fourfold (3)
Four″fold′, v. t. To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to quadruple.
Fourfooted
Four″foot′ed (?), a. Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.