Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 47

Fool (n.) One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

Fool (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.

Fool (n.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

Fool (n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.

Fooled (imp. & p. p.) of Fool

Fooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fool

Fool (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

Fool (v. t.) To infatuate; to make foolish.

Fool (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.

Foolahs (n. pl.) Same as Fulahs.

Fool-born (a.) Begotten by a fool.

Fooleries (pl. ) of Foolery

Foolery (n.) The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.

Foolery (n.) An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.

Foolfish (n.) The orange filefish. See Filefish.

Foolfish (n.) The winter flounder. See Flounder.

Fool-happy (a.) Lucky, without judgment or contrivance.

Foolhardihood (n.) The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.

Foolhardily (adv.) In a foolhardy manner.

Foolhardiness (n.) Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.

Foolhardise (n.) Foolhardiness.

Foolhardy (a.) Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.

Fool-hasty (a.) Foolishly hasty.

Foolify (v. t.) To make a fool of; to befool.

Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

Foolish (a.) Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.

Foolish (a.) Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.

Foolishly (adv.) In a foolish manner.

Foolishness (n.) The quality of being foolish.

Foolishness (n.) A foolish practice; an absurdity.

Fool-large (a.) Foolishly liberal.

Fool-largesse (n.) Foolish expenditure; waste.

Foolscap (n.) A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.

Feet (pl. ) of Foot

Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

Foot (n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

Foot (n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

Foot (n.) The lower edge of a sail.

Footed (imp. & p. p.) of Foot

Footing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foot

Foot (v. i.) To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Foot (v. i.) To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.

Foot (v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

Foot (v. t.) To tread; as, to foot the green.

Foot (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.

Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.

Football (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.

Footband (n.) A band of foot soldiers.

Footbath (n.) A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet

Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.

Footboard (n.) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

Footboard (n.) A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

Footboard (n.) A treadle.

Footboy (n.) A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.

Footbreadth (n.) The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure.

Footbridge (n.) A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

Footcloth (n.) Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse.

Footed (a.) Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.

Footed (a.) Having a foothold; established.

Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

Footfight (n.) A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback.

Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.

Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.

Foothalt (n.) A disease affecting the feet of sheep.

Foothill (n.) A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.

Foothold (n.) A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing.

Foothook (n.) See Futtock.

Foothot (adv.) Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot.

Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

Footing (n.) Relative condition; state.

Footing (n.) Tread; step; especially, measured tread.

Footing (n.) The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

Footing (n.) The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.

Footing (n.) A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

Footing (n.) The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.

Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.

Footless (a.) Having no feet.

Footlicker (n.) A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick.

Footlight (n.) One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.

Footmen (pl. ) of Footman

Footman (n.) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

Footman (n.) A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

Footman (n.) Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.

Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

Footman (n.) A moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.

Footmanship (n.) Art or skill of a footman.

Footmark (n.) A footprint; a track or vestige.

Footnote (n.) A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

Footpace (n.) A walking pace or step.

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