Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 44

Flyman (n.) The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.

Flysch (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.

Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

Flyspeck (v. t.) To soil with flyspecks.

Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.

Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.

Fnese (v. i.) To breathe heavily; to snort.

Fo (n.) The Chinese name of Buddha.

Foal (n.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.

Foaled (imp. & p. p.) of Foal

Foaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foal

Foal (v.t.) To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

Foal (v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Foalfoot (n.) See Coltsfoot.

Foam (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.

Foamed (imp. & p. p.) of Foam

Foaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foam

Foam (n.) To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.

Foam (n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.

Foam (v.t.) To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

Foamingly (adv.) With foam; frothily.

Foamless (a.) Having no foam.

Foamy (a.) Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.

Fob (n.) A little pocket for a watch.

Fobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Fob

Fobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fob

Fob (v.t.) To beat; to maul.

Fob (v.t.) To cheat; to trick; to impose on.

Focal (a.) Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

Focalization (n.) The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

Focalized (imp. & p. p.) of Focalize

Focalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Focalize

Focalize (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

Focillate (v. t.) To nourish.

Focillation (n.) Comfort; support.

Focimeter (n.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera.

Focuses (pl. ) of Focus

Foci (pl. ) of Focus

Focus (n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

Focus (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.

Focus (n.) A central point; a point of concentration.

Focused (imp. & p. p.) of Focus

Focusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Focus

Focus (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.

Fodder (n.) A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

Fodder (n.) That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Foddered (imp. & p. p.) of Fodder

Foddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fodder

Fodder (v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

Fodderer (n.) One who fodders cattle.

Fodient (a.) Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.

Fodient (n.) One of the Fodientia.

Fodientia (n.pl.) A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

Foe (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.

Foe (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army.

Foe (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.

Foe (v. t.) To treat as an enemy.

Foehood (n.) Enmity.

Foemen (pl. ) of Foeman

Foeman (n.) An enemy in war.

Foetal (a.) Same as Fetal.

Foetation (n.) Same as Fetation.

Foeticide (n.) Same as Feticide.

Foetor (n.) Same as Fetor.

Foetus (n.) Same as Fetus.

Fog (n.) A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

Fog (n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

Fog (v. t.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Fog (v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

Fog (n.) Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

Fog (n.) A state of mental confusion.

Fogged (imp. & p. p.) of Fog

Fogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fog

Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

Fog (v. i.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

Foge (n.) The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.

Fo'gey (n.) See Fogy.

Fog'gage (n.) See 1st Fog.

Fog'ger (n.) One who fogs; a pettifogger.

Foggily (adv.) In a foggy manner; obscurely.

Fogginess (n.) The state of being foggy.

Foggy (superl.) Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.

Foggy (superl.) Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.

Fogie (n.) See Fogy.

Fogless (a.) Without fog; clear.

Fogies (pl. ) of Fogy

Fogy (n.) A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.

Fogyism (n.) The principles and conduct of a fogy.

Foh (interj.) An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle.

Fohist (n.) A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

Foible (a.) Weak; feeble.

Foible (n.) A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.

Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.

Foiled (imp. & p. p.) of Foil

Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foil

Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.

Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.

Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.

Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

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