Part 32

~4.~ Outline, prominent part.

~Feaze~, _v. a._ Untwist (_as the end of a rope_).

~Febrifugal~, _a._ Antifebrile.

~Febrifuge~, _n._ Antifebrile medicine.

~Fecula~, _n._ Starch, farina.

~Feculence~, _n._ ~1.~ Muddiness, foulness.

~Feculency~, _n._ ~1.~ Muddiness, foulness.

~2.~ Lees, sediment, dregs, fæces.

~Feculent~, _a._ Turbid, muddy, thick, foul, dreggy.

~Fecundate~, _v. a._ Impregnate, make fruitful.

~Fecundation~, _a._ Impregnation.

~Fecundity~, _n._ Fruitfulness, fertility, productiveness.

~Federal~, _a._ Confederate.

~Federation~, _n._ League, alliance, coalition, union, confederation, combination, copartnership, federal union, federal compact.

~Fee~, _n._ ~1.~ Charge (_for professional service_), compensation, pay.

~2.~ Feud, fief.

~Fee~, _v. a._ Pay, reward, recompense, give a fee to.

~Feeble~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, not strong.

~2.~ Debilitated, enervated, sickly, infirm, languishing, languid, drooping, frail.

~3.~ Faint, imperfect, not vigorous, not lively.

~Feed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give food to, furnish with provisions, supply with nourishment.

~2.~ Supply, contribute to, provide for.

~3.~ Nourish, cherish, sustain.

~Feed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Eat, take food, take nourishment.

~2.~ Subsist, sustain life.

~Feed~, _n._ Food (_for beasts_), provender, fodder.

~Feel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Perceive (_by the touch_), have feeling.

~2.~ Be perceived (_by the touch_).

~3.~ Be moved (_in the affections_), be excited, be stirred, be warmed, be wrought up, be impressed.

~4.~ Have the consciousness of being (_sorry, grieved, hurt, or the like_).

~Feel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Touch, handle, feel of.

~2.~ Experience, suffer or enjoy, have the sense of.

~3.~ Be affected by, be moved by.

~4.~ Sound, try, prove, put to the test.

~Feel after~, Search for (_by the touch_), try to find (_as in the dark_).

~Feelers~, _n. pl._ (_Zoöl._) ~1.~ Palpi.

~2.~ Antennæ, horns.

~3.~ Tentacula.

~Feeling~, _a._ ~1.~ Affecting, moving, touching, melting, pathetic.

~2.~ Sensitive, tender.

~Feeling~, _n._ ~1.~ Sense of touch.

~2.~ Sensation, perception by touch.

~3.~ Sensibility, emotion, sentiment, passion, affection, impression.

~4.~ Tenderness, susceptibility.

~Fee-simple~, _n._ (_Law._) Absolute fee, unconditioned tenure.

~Feign~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invent, imagine, devise, fabricate, forge.

~2.~ Counterfeit, dissemble, affect, pretend to, make a show of.

~Feint~, _n._ ~1.~ Pretence, clap-trap, false appearance.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Mock attack, pretended movement.

~Felicitate~, _v. a._ Congratulate, wish joy to, rejoice with.

~Felicitation~, _n._ Congratulation.

~Felicitous~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, opportune, seasonable, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious.

~2.~ Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious.

~Felicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Bliss, blissfulness, blessedness, happiness.

~2.~ Aptness, aptitude, propriety, appropriateness.

~3.~ Success, good luck, good fortune.

~Fell~, _a._ Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic.

~Fell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prostrate, level, bring to the ground.

~2.~ Cut down, hew down.

~3.~ Hem (_the lap of a seam_).

~Fellow~, _n._ ~1.~ Companion, associate, comrade.

~2.~ Equal, peer, compeer.

~3.~ Mate, counterpart.

~4.~ [_England._] Member (_of a college, participating in its instruction and sharing its revenues_).

~Fellow-countryman~, _n._ Compatriot.

~Fellow-feeling~, _n._ Sympathy, commiseration, compassion, pity.

~Fellowship~, _n._ ~1.~ Brotherhood, companionship, familiarity, intimacy, close acquaintance.

~2.~ Partnership, participation, joint interest.

~3.~ Sociability, sociableness, converse, intercourse, communion.

~Felo de se~, _n._ [L.] Suicide, self-murderer.

~Felon~, _n._ ~1.~ Culprit, criminal, malefactor, convict, outlaw.

~2.~ Whitlow.

~Felon~, _a._ [_Poetical._] FELONIOUS.

~Felonious~, _a._ Malignant, malicious, villanous, nefarious, infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, FELON.

~Felony~, _n._ Crime (_punishable by death or by imprisonment_), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence.

~Females~, _n. pl._ Female sex, the fair, the fair sex.

~Feme sole~, _n._ [Fr.] (_Law._) Single woman, unmarried woman.

~Feminality~, _n._ Womanhood, femineity, muliebrity.

~Femineity~, _n._ FEMINALITY.

~Feminine~, _a._ ~1.~ Soft, tender, delicate, WOMANLY.

~2.~ Effeminate, unmanly.

~Femur~, _n._ (_Anat._) Thigh-bone.

~Fen~, _n._ Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire, slough.

~Fence~, _n._ ~1.~ Wall, HEDGE, frame of posts and rails, &c.

~2.~ Shield, guard, security, defence.

~Fence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose with a fence.

~2.~ Guard, fortify, defend.

~Fence~, _v. n._ Practise fencing.

~Fencing~, _n._ Manual defence (_with small swords or foils_).

~Fen-cricket~, _n._ Churr-worm, mole-cricket, fan-cricket (_Gryllotalpa vulgaris_).

~Fend off~, (_Naut._) Keep off, ward off, keep from collision.

~Fennish~, _a._ FENNY.

~Fenny~, _a._ Marshy, swampy, boggy, fennish.

~Ferine~, _a._ Wild (_as lions, tigers, &c._), untamed, ferocious, savage, fierce, ravenous, rapacious.

~Ferment~, _n._ ~1.~ Yeast, leaven, harm.

~2.~ Agitation, commotion, tumult, state of excitement.

~Ferment~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set in motion by ferment.

~2.~ Excite, agitate, heat.

~Ferment~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Work, be fermented.

~2.~ Be excited, be agitated.

~Fern~, _n._ Brake.

~Ferocious~, _a._ ~1.~ Untamed (_like a wild beast_), savage, fierce, wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine.

~2.~ Barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody, Vandalic.

~Ferocity~, _n._ ~1.~ Savageness, fierceness, ferociousness, wildness, rapacity.

~2.~ Barbarity, cruelty, inhumanity.

~Ferret out~, Search out.

~Ferrocyanate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussiate, ferrocyanide.

~Ferrocyanic~, _a._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussic.

~Ferrocyanide~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussiate, ferrocyanate.

~Ferroprussiate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferrocyanate, ferrocyanide.

~Ferroprussic~, _a._ (_Chem._) Ferrocyanic.

~Fertile~, _a._ ~1.~ Prolific, fecund, not barren.

~2.~ Fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Fruit-bearing.

~Fertility~, _n._ ~1.~ Fecundity, fertileness.

~2.~ Fruitfulness, productiveness, plenteousness, exuberance, luxuriance, abundance, richness.

~Fertilize~, _v. a._ Enrich, make fertile, make fruitful.

~Fervency~, _n._ Ardor, zeal, FERVOR.

~Fervent~, _a._ Ardent, earnest, eager, zealous, warm, glowing, animated, impassioned, fervid.

~Fervid~, _a._ ~1.~ Hot, burning, boiling, fiery.

~2.~ Ardent, earnest, glowing, FERVENT.

~Fervor~, _n._ ~1.~ Heat, warmth.

~2.~ Ardor, zeal, earnestness, eagerness, fervency.

~Festal~, _a._ Convivial, FESTIVE.

~Fester~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rankle, corrupt, suppurate, ulcerate.

~2.~ Become malignant, grow virulent.

~Fester~, _n._ Pustule, sore, abscess, imposthume, gathering.

~Festival~, _n._ Feast, FÊTE, holiday, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing.

~Festive~, _a._ Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festal.

~Festivity~, _n._ Conviviality, gayety, joyousness, joyfulness, merry- making, social joy.

~Fetch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bring (_when one goes for the purpose of bringing_), go and bring.

~2.~ Perform, make, effect.

~3.~ Sell for.

~4.~ (_Naut._) Reach, attain, arrive at, come to, get to.

~Fetch~, _n._ Trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem, dodge, sharp practice.

~Fetch a compass~, Make a circuit.

~Fête~, _n._ [Fr.] Feast, FESTIVAL, holiday, festive celebration.

~Fête~, _v. a._ Feast, honor with an entertainment.

~Fête-champêtre~, _n._ [Fr.] Rural festival.

~Fetid~, _a._ Rancid, stinking, offensive, noisome, mephitic, strong- smelling, rank-smelling.

~Fetor~, _n._ Stench, stink, offensive odor, strong smell.

~Fetter~, _n._ Shackle (_for the feet_), chain, bond, clog, hamper.

~Fetter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shackle (_the feet_), clog, trammel, hamper, put fetters on.

~2.~ Chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain.

~Feud~, _n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_especially between families or clans_), broil, contention, clashing, dissension, jarring, rupture, bickering, falling out.

~2.~ Fee, fief.

~Feudalism~, _n._ Feudal system.

~Feu de joie~, [Fr.] ~1.~ Bonfire.

~2.~ Firing of guns (_for holiday sport_).

~Fever~, _n._ Heat, flush, agitation, excitement.

~Fever-root~, _n._ Fever-wort, bastard ipecacuanha.

~Fever-wort~, _n._ ~1.~ Fever-root, bastard ipecacuanha.

~2.~ Thoroughwort, boneset, ague-weed, Indian sage (_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).

~Few~, _a._ Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any.

~Fewness~, _n._ Paucity, small number.

~Fiasco~, _n._ [It.] Failure, fizzle, abortive attempt.

~Fiat~, _n._ Decree, order, ordinance, command.

~Fib~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Lie, falsehood, intentional untruth.

~Fib~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Lie, tell a lie.

~Fibre~, _n._ Filament, thread, staple, pile.

~Fibril~, _n._ Small fibre, slender thread.

~Fibrous~, _a._ Filamentous, stringy.

~Fickle~, _a._ Wavering, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, variable, vacillating, volatile, changeable, fitful, irresolute, unsettled, capricious, not steady, not steadfast, like a weather-cock.

~Fiction~, _n._ ~1.~ Invention, fable.

~2.~ Novel, romance, work of fiction, feigned story.

~3.~ Fabrication, figment, falsehood, lie.

~4.~ Fictitious literature.

~Fictitious~, _a._ ~1.~ Feigned, invented, imaginary, fanciful, unreal, not true.

~2.~ False, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious, not genuine.

~Fiddle~, _n._ Violin, KIT.

~Fiddle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play on a fiddle.

~2.~ Trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time.

~Fiddle-de-dee~, _interj._ Nonsense, stuff, fudge, moonshine.

~Fiddle-faddle~, _n._ [_Low._] Nonsense, trifling, frivolity, cock-and- bull story, neither rhyme nor reason.

~Fiddle-faddle~, _a._ [_Low._] Foolish, nonsensical, trifling, frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddling.

~Fiddling~, _a._ Trifling, frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddle-faddle.

~Fidelity~, _n._ ~1.~ Faithfulness, trustworthiness, RELIABLENESS, RELIABILITY, loyalty, fealty, adherence to duty, observance of good faith.

~2.~ Accuracy, closeness, exactness.

~Fidget~, _v. n._ Fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be impatient, worry one's self.

~Fidget~, _n._ Uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness.

~Fidgetiness~, _n._ Uneasiness, restlessness, fidget.

~Fidgety~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Uneasy, restless, impatient.

~Fiducial~, _a._ Confident, trustful, fiduciary.

~Fiduciary~, _n._ Trustee, depositary.

~Fiduciary~, _a._ ~1.~ Confident, undoubting, trustful, fiducial.

~2.~ Trusty, not to be doubted.

~3.~ Held in trust, in the nature of a trust.

~Fief~, _n._ Fee, feud.

~Field~, _n._ ~1.~ Tract of land (_for tillage or for pasture_).

~2.~ Battle-field, field of battle.

~3.~ Scene of military operations, theatre of war.

~4.~ Surface, expanse.

~5.~ Opportunity, room.

~Fieldfare~, _n._ Gray thrush (_Turdus pilaris_).

~Field-sports~, _n. pl._ Diversions of the field (_hunting_, _shooting_, _&c._).

~Fiend~, _n._ Demon, devil, deadly enemy, infernal being, implacable foe.

~Fiendish~, _a._ Malevolent, malignant, malicious, infernal, diabolical, devilish, demoniacal, hellish, very wicked.

~Fierce~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, ravenous, furious, infuriate, barbarous, fell.

~2.~ Violent, vehement, impetuous, fiery, passionate.

~Fiery~, _a._ ~1.~ Igneous, of fire.

~2.~ Hot, heated.

~3.~ Ardent, impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned, fervent, fervid, glowing.

~Fig-eater~, _n._ (_Ornith._) Becafico, fig-pecker, greater pettychaps (_Sylvia hortensis_).

~Fight~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Combat, war, contend (_in arms_), draw the sword, unsheath the sword, measure swords, join battle, give battle, take up the cudgels, couch one's lance, go to war, let slip the dogs of war, take up the hatchet.

~2.~ Contend, contest, struggle, strive, make resistance.

~Fight~, _v. a._ ~1.~ War against, combat against, contend against, join battle with, break a lance with, come to close quarters with.

~2.~ Carry through (_by fighting_).

~Fight~, _n._ Combat, battle, conflict, contest, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, brush, fray, affray.

~Fighter~, _n._ Combatant, warrior, CHAMPION.

~Fighting~, _n._ Contention, strife, quarrel, warfare.

~Figment~, _n._ Invention, fiction, fabrication, fable.

~Fig-pecker~, _n._ (_Ornith._) FIG-EATER.

~Figurative~, _a._ ~1.~ Typical, representative, emblematical.

~2.~ Tropical, metaphorical, not literal.

~3.~ Flowery, florid, ornate.

~Figure~, _n._ ~1.~ Form, shape, conformation, configuration, outline, TOURNURE.

~2.~ Image, likeness, effigy, representation.

~3.~ Appearance (_as respects action or conduct_).

~4.~ Distinguished appearance.

~5.~ Design (_on cloth, paper, &c._), pattern.

~6.~ (_Geom._) Diagram, drawing.

~7.~ (_Rhet._) Metaphor, trope, metaphorical term or expression.

~8.~ (_Com._) Price.

~9.~ (_Theol._) Type, emblem, symbol.

~10.~ (_Arith._) Digit, number, numeral, character.

~Figure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adorn (_with figures_), diversify, variegate.

~2.~ Represent, symbolize, signify, typify, be typical of, shadow forth.

~3.~ Imagine, image, conceive, picture, have an idea of.

~4.~ Make a drawing of, make a representation of.

~Figure~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make a figure, make a distinguished appearance, be distinguished, be conspicuous.

~2.~ Show off, cut a dash, make a great show, cut a figure.

~Figure up~, [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Add, sum up, find the amount of.

~2.~ Calculate, reckon.

~Filament~, _n._ ~1.~ Fibre, thread, pile, staple.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Tendril, cirrus.

~Filamentous~, _a._ ~1.~ Filiform, thread-shaped.

~2.~ Consisting of filaments.

~Filch~, _v. a._ Pilfer, purloin, steal.

~File~, _n._ ~1.~ RASP.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Row (_of soldiers ranged one behind another_), line, column.

~3.~ Bundle of papers.

~File~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rasp.

~2.~ Place on file.

~3.~ Smooth, polish.

~File~, _v. n._ March in a file.

~Filibuster~, _n._ [_Modern._] Pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, sea- robber, sea-rover, lawless adventurer.

~Filiciform~, _a._ Fern-shaped.

~Filicoid~, _a._ (_Bot._) Fern-like.

~File-leader~, _n._ Fugleman, flugelman, leader, director.

~Filiform~, _a._ Filamentous, thread-shaped, long and slender.

~Fill~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make full, fill up.

~2.~ Store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock.

~3.~ Satisfy, content, GLUT.

~4.~ Occupy (_as a place of trust_), hold.

~Fill~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fill a glass or cup.

~2.~ Become full, be filled, fill up.

~Fill~, _n._ Full supply.

~Fill out~, Extend or enlarge (_to the full size or limit_).

~Fill up~, (_Active._) ~1.~ Fill, make full.

~2.~ Occupy, employ, use.

~Fill up~, (_Neuter._) Become full, be filled, be filled up.

~Fillet~, _n._ Band, bandage.

~Fillibeg~, _n._ [Written also _Philibeg_.] Kilt.

~Filly~, _n._ Female colt, young mare.

~Film~, _n._ Pellicle, thin skin or coating.

~Filter~, _v. a._ Strain, pass through a strainer.

~Filter~, _v. n._ Percolate, transude, exude, strain, ooze.

~Filter~, _n._ Strainer.

~Filth~, _n._ ~1.~ Dirt, foul matter.

~2.~ Grossness, corruption, pollution, impurity, nastiness.

~Filthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Dirty, nasty, foul, unclean, squalid.

~2.~ Impure, gross, corrupt.

~Filtration~, _n._ Filtering, straining.

~Fimbriate~, _a._ Fringed.

~Fimbriated~, _a._ Fringed.

~Final~, _a._ ~1.~ Last, latest, ultimate, eventual.

~2.~ Decisive, conclusive, definitive.

~Final cause~, End, aim, object, purpose, design, intent, intention.

~Finale~, _n._ [It.] End, termination, conclusion, closing part (_of an opera or a concert_).

~Finality~, _n._ Final settlement, final arrangement.

~Finally~, _ad._ ~1.~ Lastly, in conclusion.

~2.~ Ultimately, at last, in the long-run.

~3.~ For good, for good and all, as the final move.

~Finance~, _n._ Revenue, money, money matters.

~Finances~, _n. pl._ Revenues, public funds, public resources.

~Financial~, _a._ Monetary, pecuniary, fiscal.

~Financialist~, _n._ Financier.

~Financier~, _n._ Financialist, adept in matters of finance.

~Find~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet with, fall in with.

~2.~ Obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to.

~3.~ Observe, remark, notice, perceive.

~4.~ Detect, catch.

~5.~ Supply, furnish, contribute, provide.

~6.~ Supply with food.

~7.~ (_Law._) Determine judicially, declare by verdict.

~Find~, _v. n._ (_Law._) Declare a verdict, determine an issue.

~Find in~, Provide with, supply with.

~Find fault~, Complain, grumble.

~Find fault with~, Blame, censure, reprove.

~Find one's self~, Be, fare (_as to health_).

~Find out~, ~1.~ Discover, detect, bring to light.

~2.~ Ascertain, decipher, solve, unriddle, make out, get at.

~Finding~, _n._ ~1.~ Discovery.

~2.~ (_Law._) Verdict.

~Findings~, _n. pl._ Shoemaker's tools and materials.

~Finding-store~, _n._ [_U. S._] Grindery-warehouse.

~Fine~, _a._ ~1.~ Minute, small, little, comminuted.

~2.~ Slender, delicate, CAPILLARY, not coarse.

~3.~ Light, of delicate material, of fine texture.

~4.~ Keen, sharp.

~5.~ Thin, subtile, tenuous, not gross.

~6.~ Exquisite, nice, refined.

~7.~ Excellent, superior, very good.

~8.~ Brilliant, accomplished.

~9.~ Beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant.

~10.~ Clear, pure, unadulterated.

~11.~ [_As a term of slight contempt._] Showy, gairish, gay, flashy, airy, sparkish.

~Fine~, _n._ Mulct, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.

~Fine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Defecate, purify, refine.

~2.~ Amerce, mulct, impose a fine upon, punish by a fine.

~Finery~, _n._ Gewgaws, trinkets, fine things, showy dress, tinsel trappings.

~Finesse~, _n._ Trick, stratagem, artifice, ruse, fraud, deception, cheat, wile, manœuvre.

~Finesse~, _v. n._ Use stratagem, practise tricks.

~Finger~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Handle, touch.

~2.~ Play on (_an instrument_).

~Finger~, _v. n._ Use the fingers (_in playing on an instrument_).

~Fingered~, _a._ (_Bot._) Digitate.

~Finger-post~, _n._ Guide-post.

~Finical~, _a._ Spruce, JEMMY, over-nice, nice over-much, affectedly elegant.

~Finish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, complete, execute, perform, achieve, do.

~2.~ Perfect, polish, elaborate, make perfect.

~3.~ End, terminate, close, conclude, bring to an end, put an end to.

~Finish~, _n._ Polish, elaboration, final touch, last touch.

~Finished~, _a._ ~1.~ Completed, complete, perfect.

~2.~ Polished, perfected, elegant, highly-wrought.

~3.~ Experienced, practised, qualified, accomplished, thorough-bred, able, proficient.

~Finite~, _a._ Bounded, limited, terminable.

~Finlander~, _n._ Finn.

~Finn~, _n._ Finlander.

~Fire~, _n._ ~1.~ Conflagration.

~2.~ Heat, ardor, fervor.

~3.~ [_Poetical._] Light, lustre, radiance.

~Fire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kindle, set on fire.

~2.~ Animate, excite, inspirit, rouse, inflame, stir up.

~3.~ Discharge, fire off.

~Fire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire, be kindled.

~2.~ Discharge a gun, discharge firearms.

~Fire-arm~, _n._ Gun.

~Fire-brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Brand.

~2.~ Incendiary, political agitator.

~Fire-cracker~, _n._ Cracker.

~Fire-damp~, _n._ Carburetted hydrogen (_in coal-mines_).

~Fire-dog~, _n._ Andiron, dog.

~Fire-eater~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, Hector, Hotspur, mock hero.

~Fire-fly~, _n._ ~1.~ Elater (_of South America_).

~2.~ Glow-worm (_Lampyris noctilucus_).

~Fire off~, Discharge, fire.

~Fire-new~, _a._ Brand-new, quite new, spick and span new, span new.

~Fireplace~, _n._ Hearth.

~Fireproof~, _a._ Incombustible.

~Fireside~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearth, chimney-corner, place near the fire.

~2.~ Home, domestic life.

~Fireside~, _a._ Domestic.

~Fire up~, ~1.~ Kindle the fire.

~2.~ Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, FLARE UP.

~Firing~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindling, setting on fire.

~2.~ Discharge (_of guns_), firing off.

~3.~ Fuel, something to burn.

~4.~ Cautery.

~Firm~, _a._ ~1.~ Compact, compressed, solid, dense, hard, not soft, not fluid.

~2.~ Fixed, fast, rooted, established, settled, confirmed, stable, secure, immovable.

~3.~ Steady, steadfast, unshaken, resolute, stanch, constant.

~4.~ Strong, robust, sinewy, sturdy.

~Firm~, _n._ Concern, house, company, partnership.

~Firmament~, _n._ Sky, the heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

~Firmness~, _n._ ~1.~ Solidity, compactness, hardness.

~2.~ Stability, strength.

~3.~ Constancy, steadfastness, steadiness.

~First~, _a._ ~1.~ Foremost, leading.

~2.~ Chief, highest, principal, capital.

~3.~ Earliest.

~4.~ Primary.

~5.~ Primitive, primeval, pristine.

~First~, _ad._ In the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and foremost, before any thing else.

~First-born~, _a._ Eldest.

~First-born~, _n._ Eldest child.

~First-class~, _a._ FIRST-RATE.

~First cousin~, Cousin-german.

~First or last~, At one time or another, sooner or later, at some time.

~First-rate~, _n._ Ship of the first class, three-decker.

~First-rate~, _a._ Superior, excellent, capital, CRACK, prime, pre- eminent, of the first class, of the best, of the highest excellence, first-class.

~Fiscal~, _a._ Financial.

~Fish~, _v. n._ ANGLE, BOB, try to catch fish.

~Fisher~, _n._ ~1.~ Fisherman, angler.

~2.~ Pecan, wood-shock (_Mustela canadensis_).

~Fisherman~, _n._ Fisher, angler.

~Fish for~, Angle for, try to get (_by artifice_).

~Fish-glue~, _n._ Isinglass, icthyocol, ichthyocolla, CARLOCK.

~Fish-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco haliætus_).

~Fishing-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco haliætus_).

~Fishing-eagle~, _n._ FISH-HAWK.

~Fishing-frog~, _n._ Angler (_Lophius piscatorius_).

~Fish in the air~, Beat the air, make vain efforts, try in vain, lash the waves, milk the ram.

~Fish-soup~, _n._ Chowder.

~Fissure~, _n._ Cleft, crevice, chink, crack, cranny, break, breach, gap, interstice, opening, chasm, rift, fracture.

~Fistular~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.

~Fistulous~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.

~Fit~, _n._ ~1.~ Paroxysm, spasm, sudden attack, stroke of disease.

~2.~ Humor, whim, fancy, temporary affection.

~3.~ Interval, turn, period, spell.

~Fit~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualified, competent, fitted.

~2.~ Suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, fitting, befitting, proper, convenient, good.

~Fit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suit, adapt, adjust, make suitable.

~2.~ Become, be adapted to, be suitable for, be becoming to.

~3.~ Accommodate, provide, qualify, equip, prepare, get ready.

~Fit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be proper, be becoming.

~2.~ Be suited, be adapted.

~Fitful~, _a._ Variable, irregular, spasmodic, impulsive, unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd.

~Fitfully~, _ad._ Irregularly, capriciously, in a fitful manner, by fits, by fits and starts.

~Fit out~, Equip, furnish, supply with necessaries.

~Fit up~, Prepare, make ready.

~Fitchew~, _n._ Fitchet, pole-cat, foumart (_Mustela putorius_).

~Fitness~, _n._ Suitableness, adaptation, aptness, aptitude, appropriateness, pertinence, propriety.

~Fix~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm or stable.

~2.~ Attach, tie, make fast.

~3.~ Determine, define, limit, appoint, settle.

~4.~ Rivet, direct steadily.

~5.~ Solidify, consolidate.

~6.~ [_Vulgarly so used in the U. S._] Arrange, adjust, set in order, put in order, put to rights, set to rights.

~Fix~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Predicament, dilemma, plight, PICKLE.

~Fix on~, Settle on, determine upon.

~Fix upon~, Settle on, determine upon.

~Fizzle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hiss, make a hissing noise.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fail, make a failure of it, fizzle out.

~Fizzle~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Failure, fiasco, abortive attempt.

~Fizzle out~, Fail, FIZZLE.

~Flabbergasted~, _a._ [_Low._] Confounded, confused, abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, nonplussed, taken aback, thrown off one's balance.

~Flabby~, _a._ Soft, yielding, FLACCID.

~Flaccid~, _a._ Soft, limber, flabby, yielding, lax, drooping, hungry, loose, not firm, not stiff, not tense.

~Flaccidity~, _n._ Limberness, softness, laxity.