Part 33

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

~Flag~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hang loose.

~2.~ Languish, droop, faint, decline, pine, become weak, grow languid, lose vigor.

~Flag~, _n._ ~1.~ Flag-stone, flat paving stone.

~2.~ Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign.

~Flagellate~, _v. a._ Whip, scourge, flog, thrash, beat, cudgel, drub.

~Flagellation~, _n._ Whipping, scourging, beating, flogging, thrashing, drubbing.

~Flagitious~, _a._ Atrocious, heinous, villanous, infamous, scandalous, nefarious, very wicked.

~Flagrancy~, _n._ Notoriety, enormity.

~Flagrant~, _a._ ~1.~ Flaming, glowing, burning, raging.

~2.~ Notorious, glaring, enormous, crying.

~Flag-stone~, _n._ Flag, flat paving stone.

~Flake~, _n._ Scale, lamina, layer.

~Flake~, _v. n._ Scale off, come off in flakes.

~Flambeau~, _n._ Torch.

~Flame~, _n._ ~1.~ Blaze, burning vapor.

~2.~ Fire.

~3.~ Ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, enthusiasm.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Love, sweetheart.

~Flame~, _v. n._ Blaze.

~Flaming~, _a._ ~1.~ Blazing.

~2.~ Bright red, of a bright color.

~3.~ Violent, vehement, exciting.

~Flank~, _n._ Side.

~Flank~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Mil._) Attack on the side, approach on the side, turn the flank of.

~2.~ Secure on the side.

3~.~ Border upon, stand at the side of.

~Flap-dragon~, _n._ Snap-dragon.

~Flare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glare, dazzle.

~2.~ Widen outward, spread outward.

~Flare~, _n._ Glare, unsteady light.

~Flare up~, Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose one's temper, boil over with rage.

~Flash~, _n._ ~1.~ Momentary blaze, sudden burst of light.

~2.~ Slang (_of thieves and gypsies_), cant language.

~Flash~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Emit a sudden light.

~2.~ Break forth suddenly.

~Flashy~, _a._ ~1.~ Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gaudy, tawdry, jaunty, gay, gairish, airy.

~2.~ Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale.

~Flat~, _a._ ~1.~ Level, horizontal, CHAMPAIGN.

~2.~ Even, plane, smooth, CAMOUS, without prominences.

~3.~ Low, prostrate, level with the ground, laid low.

~4.~ Dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting, pointless.

~5.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish.

~6.~ Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright.

~7.~ (_Mus._) Not sharp, not shrill, not acute, lower by a semitone, below true pitch.

~Flat~, _n._ ~1.~ Shoal, shallow, strand, bar, sand-bank.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Simpleton, ninny, DUNCE.

~3.~ [_Scotland._] Floor, loft, story.

~Flat-iron~, _n._ Sad-iron.

~Flatten~, _v. a._ Make flat.

~Flatten~, _v. n._ Become flat.

~Flatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compliment, gratify by praise.

~2.~ Cajole, wheedle, humor, coax, court, STUFF, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make much of.

~3.~ Encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes.

~Flatterer~, _n._ Sycophant, fawner, parasite, wheedler, toady, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater.

~Flattery~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliment, insincere commendation, false praise.

~2.~ Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning, adulation, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.

~Flatulence~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).

~Flatulency~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).

~Flatulent~, _a._ Windy.

~Flaunt~, _v. n._ Flutter, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be ostentatious.

~Flaunting~, _a._ Ostentatious, showy, flashy, gairish, dashing, fluttering, jaunty, tawdry, gay, airy, gaudy.

~Flavor~, _n._ ~1.~ Odor, smell, fragrance.

~2.~ Taste, savor, smack, relish, zest, gust, gusto.

~Flaw~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, fracture, rent.

~2.~ Blemish, spot, speck, fault, defect, imperfection.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Gust of wind.

~Flawy~, _a._ Faulty, defective, full of flaws or cracks.

~Flax-comb~, _n._ Hatchel.

~Flax-seed~, _n._ Linseed.

~Flay~, _v. a._ Skin, excoriate, strip the skin from.

~Fleck~, _v. a._ Spot, streak, dapple, speckle, variegate.

~Flecked~, _a._ Spotted, streaked, striped, dappled, mottled, variegated, piebald.

~Fledgling~, _n._ Young bird.

~Flee~, _v. n._ Fly, run, decamp, escape, abscond, hasten away, run away, make off, TURN TAIL, cut and run.

~Fleece~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clip, shear.

~2.~ Strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from.

~Fleecy~, _a._ Woolly.

~Fleer~, _v. n._ Gibe, scoff, mock, jeer.

~Fleet~, _n._ Flotilla, squadron, navy, ARMADA, company of ships.

~Fleet~, _a._ Swift, rapid, quick.

~Fleeting~, _a._ Transitory, transient, ephemeral, temporary, passing, evanescent, fugitive, flitting, flying, brief, short-lived, here to- day and gone tomorrow.

~Fleetness~, _n._ Swiftness, quickness, rapidity, celerity, velocity, speed.

~Flesh~, _n._ ~1.~ Muscle and fat (_of animal bodies_).

~2.~ Meat, animal food.

~3.~ Pulp, edible part of fruit.

~4.~ Body (_as opposed to spirit_), flesh and blood.

~5.~ Carnality, sensual appetites, bodily desires.

~6.~ Kindred, stock, race.

~Flesh and blood~, Body, human system.

~Flesh-color~, _n._ Carnation.

~Flesh-eating~, _a._ Carnivorous.

~Fleshiness~, _n._ Fatness, plumpness, corpulence, corpulency, EMBONPOINT, obesity.

~Fleshly~, _a._ ~1.~ Human, of flesh.

~2.~ Carnal, sensual, lustful, lascivious, lecherous.

~Fleshy~, _a._ Fat, plump, corpulent.

~Fleur-de-lis~, _n._ [Fr.] Yellow flag (_Iris pseudacorus_), flower-de- luce.

~Flexibility~, _n._ Pliancy, pliability, flexibleness, limberness, litheness, suppleness.

~Flexible~, _a._ Pliable, pliant, limber, flexible, lithe, supple, not stiff, not rigid, easily bent.

~Flexibleness~, _n._ Pliancy, FLEXIBILITY.

~Flexile~, _a._ Pliable, FLEXIBLE.

~Flexuous~, _a._ Winding, bending, tortuous, sinuous, sinuate, crooked, serpentine.

~Flexure~, _n._ ~1.~ Bonding.

~2.~ Bend, crook, turn, fold.

~Flibbertigibbet~, _n._ [_Low._] Imp, sprite, demon, malignant spirit, little devil.

~Flicker~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flutter.

~2.~ Fluctuate, waver, float.

~Flickermouse~, _n._ Bat, flindermouse, flittermouse.

~Flight~, _n._ ~1.~ Flying, soaring, mounting, volitation.

~2.~ Fleeing, hasty departure.

~3.~ Flock (_of birds_).

~4.~ Volley, shower.

~Flighty~, _a._ Giddy, wild, volatile, light-headed, without ballast.

~Flimsy~, _a._ ~1.~ Slight, thin, unsubstantial, of frail texture.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, trivial, frivolous, foolish, trifling, light, puerile, shallow, superficial, trashy.

~Flinch~, _v. n._ Shrink, withdraw, retreat, swerve, wince, draw back, hold back.

~Flindermouse~, _n._ Bat, flittermouse, flickermouse.

~Flinders~, _n. pl._ Splinters, fragments.

~Fling~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, hurl, toss, dart, pitch, flirt, chuck, shy.

~2.~ Prostrate, overthrow, throw to the ground, throw down.

~Fling~, _v. n._ Flounce, wince, fly into violent motions.

~Fling~, _n._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, toss.

~2.~ Jeer, gibe, flout, scoff, sneer, taunt.

~Fling away~, Reject, discard, throw away.

~Fling open~, Throw open, open suddenly.

~Fling up~, Relinquish, abandon.

~Flippancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Volubility, fluency.

~2.~ Pertness, boldness, impertinence, sauciness, impudence.

~Flippant~, _a._ ~1.~ Voluble, fluent, glib, talkative, nimble of speech, of ready utterance.

~2.~ Pert, impertinent, saucy, malapert, forward, bold, impudent.

~Flirt~, _v. a._ Throw (_with a jerk_), toss, fling, pitch, hurl, chuck, shy.

~Flirt~, _v. n._ Coquet, philander, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship.

~Flirt~, _n._ ~1.~ Coquette, jilt.

~2.~ Jerk, sudden fling.

~Flirtation~, _n._ Coquetry, affectation of love.

~Flit~, _v. n._ Fly rapidly, dart along.

~Flitter~, _n._ Rag, tatter, fritter, shred.

~Flittermouse~, _n._ Bat, flindermouse, flickermouse.

~Flitting~, _a._ Fleeting, evanescent, transient, transitory, passing, fugitive, ephemeral.

~Float~, _v. n._ Swim, WAFT, be buoyed up.

~Float~, _v. a._ Buoy up, bear up, keep afloat, bear on the surface.

~Float~, _n._ ~1.~ Raft, floating mass.

~2.~ Buoy.

~3.~ Float-board.

~Float-board~, _n._ Float.

~Floccillation~, _n._ (_Med._) Carphology, tilmus.

~Flock~, _n._ ~1.~ Collection (_of sheep, &c._), company.

~2.~ Lock of wool.

~Flock~, _v. n._ Congregate, herd, gather in crowds.

~Flog~ _v. a._ Beat, lash, whip, thrash, drub, scourge, flagellate.

~Flood~, _n._ ~1.~ Inundation, deluge, overflow, freshet.

~2.~ Great flow.

~Flood~, _v. a._ Overflow, inundate, deluge, flow.

~Flood-gate~, _n._ Sluice-gate.

~Flood-mark~, _n._ High-water mark.

~Floor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with a floor, put a floor on.

~2.~ Overthrow, bring to the floor, knock down.

~3.~ Prevail over (_in argument_), get the better of.

~Flora~, _n._ Plants (_of a country_).

~Floret~, _n._ Floweret, little flower.

~Floriculture~, _n._ Cultivation of flowers.

~Floriculturist~, _n._ Florist.

~Florid~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Flowery.

~2.~ Rubicund, of a bright red color.

~3.~ Ornate, rhetorical, figurative, highly embellished.

~Florist~, _n._ Floriculturist.

~Flounce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (_as an animal in a passion_).

~2.~ FLOUNDER, toss about.

~Flounce~, _n._ ~1.~ Jerk, throe, spring.

~2.~ Frill (_on a gown, &c._), furbelow.

~Flounder~, _v. n._ Struggle (_as an animal in the mire_), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.

~Flour-box~, _n._ Dredging-box, FLOUR-DREDGE.

~Flour-dredge~, _n._ Dredging-box, flour-box, dredge-box.

~Flourish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Thrive, grow.

~2.~ Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well.

~3.~ Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish.

~Flourish~, _v. a._ Brandish, wave.

~Flourish~, _n._ ~1.~ Ostentation, parade, show, display, dash.

~2.~ Bombast, grandiloquence, flowery speech, high-sounding words.

~3.~ Fanciful strokes (_of a pen, &c._).

~Flout~, _v. a._ Insult, mock, jeer, gibe, deride, taunt, chaff, scoff at, sneer at, treat with contempt.

~Flout~, _v. n._ Sneer, be contemptuous.

~Flout~, _n._ Insult, mock, sneer, scoff, taunt.

~Flow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along.

~2.~ Issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result, be derived.

~3.~ Glide, move along easily or smoothly.

~4.~ Wave, float, undulate, waver, hang loosely.

~5.~ Abound, be full.

~Flow~, _v. a._ Flood, inundate, deluge, overflow.

~Flow~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, current, flux.

~2.~ Abundance, copiousness.

~Flower~, _n._ ~1.~ Blossom, bloom.

~2.~ Best part, finest part.

~3.~ Prime, early vigor.

~4.~ Figure, figure of speech, ornamental expression.

~Flower~, _v. n._ Blossom, bloom, be in flower, put forth flowers.

~Flower-cup~, _n._ Calyx.

~Flower-de-luce~, _n._ Fleur-de-lis, yellow flag (_Iris pseudacorus_).

~Floweret~, _n._ Floret, little flower.

~Flowers of sulphur~, Sublimed sulphur.

~Flowery~, _a._ ~1.~ Bloomy, full of flowers.

~2.~ Ornate, figurative, florid.

~Flowing~, _a._ 1~.~ Running.

~2.~ Fluent, copious, smooth.

~Flowk~, _n._ Fluke, turbot (_Platessa maximus_).

~Fluctuate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Oscillate, be unsteady, rise and fall, move to and fro, move up and down.

~2.~ Waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant.

~Fluctuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Oscillation, unsteadiness, rising and falling.

~2.~ Wavering, inconstancy, vacillation, hesitation.

~Fluency~, _n._ ~1.~ Smoothness.

~2.~ Volubility, glibness, readiness of speech, ready utterance, command of language, facility of expression, GIFT OF THE GAB.

~Fluent~, _a._ ~1.~ Flowing, gliding.

~2.~ Smooth, not harsh.

~3.~ Voluble, glib, ready (_in speech_).

~Fluff~, _n._ Nap, down.

~Fluffy~, _a._ Nappy, downy.

~Flugelman~, _n._ File-leader, leader, director, fugleman.

~Fluid~, _a._ Liquid, not solid.

~Fluid~, _n._ Liquid, liquor.

~Fluke~, _n._ ~1.~ Gourd-worm, fluke-worm.

~2.~ Turbot, flowk (_Platessa maximus_).

~Fluke-worm~, _n._ Fluke, gourd-worm.

~Flummery~, _n._ ~1.~ Adulation, sycophancy, obsequiousness, blandishment, flattery, empty compliment.

~2.~ SOWENS, porridge (_made of the dust of oatmeal_).

~Flunky~, _n._ ~1.~ Lackey, livery servant.

~2.~ Mean fellow, mean-spirited person, obsequious person.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dupe (_in buying stocks_).

~Fluor-spar~, _n._ Derbyshire spar, fluoride of calcium.

~Flurry~, _n._ ~1.~ Flaw, squall, gust of wind.

~2.~ Agitation, hurry, bustle, confusion, commotion, perturbation, disturbance, flutter, ruffle, hurry-skurry.

~Flurry~, _v. a._ Excite, confuse, disconcert, disturb, agitate, fluster, hurry.

~Flush~, _v. n._ Glow, redden.

~Flush~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Redden, color, cause to glow.

~2.~ Animate, elevate, elate, ERECT, excite, make proud.

~Flush~, _a._ ~1.~ Glowing, bright, fresh, vigorous.

~2.~ Affluent, rich, wealthy, opulent, well supplied.

~3.~ Liberal, free, generous, lavish, prodigal.

~4.~ Level, even, plane, flat.

~Flush~, _n._ ~1.~ Redness, ruddiness, rosiness, glow, bloom.

~2.~ Sudden impulse.

~Fluster~, _v. a._ Excite, heat, hurry, agitate, confound, confuse, disconcert, disturb, flurry, pose, nonplus.

~Fluster~, _n._ Agitation, FLURRY.

~Fluted~, _a._ Grooved (_as a column_), channelled.

~Flute-player~, _n._ Flutist.

~Flutist~, _n._ Flute-player.

~Flutter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hover, flap the wings quickly.

~2.~ Flaunt, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be ostentatious.

~3.~ Be fickle, be inconstant, be unsteady.

~Flutter~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, tremor, quick motion.

~2.~ Confusion, hurry, commotion, perturbation, flurry, fluster, hurry- skurry.

~Flux~, _n._ ~1.~ Flow, flowing.

~2.~ Mutation, change, transition, shifting.

~3.~ Looseness, diarrhœa, dysentery.

~4.~ Fusion, melting.

~Fluxion~, _n._ (_Math._) Differential, infinitely small quantity.

~Fluxions~, _n. pl._ (_Math._) Calculus, differential and integral calculus.

~Fly~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Soar, mount, hover, take wing.

~2.~ Flutter, float, wave, undulate.

~3.~ Burst, explode, be scattered, break in pieces, be broken to pieces.

~4.~ Flee, escape, decamp, abscond, make off, pack off, slip away, steal away, slink away.

~5.~ Pass, elapse, slip, glide, flit, roll on, flow on.

~Fly at~, Assail, attack, assault, rush upon, spring upon.

~Fly~, _n._ ~1.~ Winged insect.

~2.~ Fly-wheel.

~3.~ Compass card.

~Fly-bane~, _n._ Catchfly.

~Fly-blow~, _n._ Fly's egg.

~Fly open~, Burst open, open suddenly.

~Fly-wheel~, _n._ Fly.

~Foal~, _n._ Colt.

~Foam~, _n._ Froth, spume, spray.

~Foam~, _v. n._ Froth, spume.

~Foamy~, _a._ Frothy, spumy, spumous.

~Fob~, _n._ Watch-pocket.

~Focus~, _n._ Central point, point of concentration, point of convergence.

~Fodder~, _n._ Forage, food (_for cattle_), provender.

~Fodder~, _v. a._ Feed (_cattle_).

~Foe~, _n._ Enemy, adversary, opponent, antagonist, FOEMAN.

~Foeman~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Enemy, foe.

~Fog~, _n._ Haze, mist.

~Foggy~, _a._ ~1.~ Misty, hazy.

~2.~ Confused, dazed, bewildered.

~Fogy~, _n._ [Written also _Fogey_.] Conservative (_in an ill sense_), old fogy.

~Foible~, _n._ Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, infirmity, imperfection, fault, weak point, weak side, blind side.

~Foil~, _v. a._ Defeat, frustrate, balk, disappoint, baffle.

~Foist in~, Interpolate, thrust in, insert wrongfully, introduce surreptitiously.

~Fold~, _n._ ~1.~ Pen (_for sheep_), enclosure.

~2.~ Flock of sheep.

~3.~ Plait, double, doubling, folding, PLICATURE, gather.

~Fold~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Double, lay in folds.

~2.~ Wrap, inwrap, envelop, infold.

~Folding~, _n._ Plait, double, FOLD.

~Foliaceous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Leafy, foliate.

~2.~ (_Min._) Lamellar, laminated, lamellate, lamellated, scaly, flaky, foliated, schistose.

~Foliage~, _n._ Leaves, clusters of leaves.

~Foliate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Leafy, foliaceous.

~Foliated~, _a._ (_Min._) Lamella, laminated, lamellate, lamellated, schistose.

~Folks~, _n. pl._ [_Colloquial._] People, persons.

~Folkland~, _n._ Copyhold land.

~Folk-lore~, _n._ Popular superstitions.

~Follow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Come or go after or behind, go in the rear or in the wake of, tread in the steps of, tread on the heels of.

~2.~ Succeed, come next, tread close upon.

~3.~ Pursue, chase, run after, go after.

~4.~ Attend, accompany, go along with, keep company with.

~5.~ Obey, heed, observe, be guided by, conform to, yield to.

~6.~ Seek, cherish, cultivate, strive for.

~7.~ Practise, pursue, attend to, make the object of pursuit.

~8.~ Imitate, copy, pattern after, copy after, take as an example.

~Follow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Come or go after.

~2.~ Succeed, come next.

~3.~ Ensue, result, arise, proceed, flow, spring, issue.

~Follower~, _n._ ~1.~ Pursuer.

~2.~ Attendant, retainer, dependant, companion, associate.

~3.~ Adherent, disciple, partisan, pupil.

~4.~ Imitator, copier.

~Follow up~, Examine, scrutinize, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into.

~Folly~, _n._ ~1.~ Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness.

~2.~ Absurdity, extravagance, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion, act of folly, foolish act.

~Foment~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stupe, bathe with warm lotions, apply warm lotions to.

~2.~ Excite, encourage, abet, stimulate, brew, stir up.

~Fomentation~, _n._ ~1.~ Stupe, local bathing (_with warm lotions_).

~2.~ Instigation, encouragement.

~Fond~, _a._ Doting, over-affectionate, foolishly loving, excessively tender.

~Fond of~, Taken with, attached to, much pleased with, delighted with.

~Fondle~, _v. a._ Caress, pet, coddle, cosset, treat with fondness, make much of, make a pet of.

~Fondness~, _n._ ~1.~ Warm love, childish affection, excessive tenderness.

~2.~ Liking, partiality, predilection.

~Font~, _n._ ~1.~ Baptismal vessel.

~2.~ Fount, assortment of types.

~Fontanel~, _n._ (_Med._) Issue (_artificially caused_).

~Food,~ _n._ Aliment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, BREAD, nourishment, meat, provisions, victuals, viands, diet, regimen, fare, cheer, commons, pabulum, subsistence, rations, GRUB, PROG, FODDER, PROVENDER, FEED, FORAGE.

~Fool~, _n._ ~1.~ Dolt, witling, driveller, idiot, simpleton, ninny, nincompoop, blockhead, DUNCE.

~2.~ Buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, zany, clown, mountebank, merry Andrew, scaramouch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

~Fool~, _v. n._ Trifle, toy, play, play the fool, play the monkey, act like a fool.

~Fool~, _v. a._ Deceive, cheat, trick, dupe, gull, delude, circumvent, cozen, overreach, beguile, hoodwink, chouse, cully, impose upon.

~Foolery~, _n._ Absurdity, nonsense, buffoonery, folly, tomfoolery, mummery, foolish conduct.

~Foolhardy~, _a._ Rash, venturous, adventurous, venturesome, reckless, desperate, hot-headed, hot-brained, hair-brained, headlong, precipitate.

~Foolish~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, DAFT, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless, thick-skulled, buffle-headed, shallow-brained.

~2.~ Unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, ill- judged, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent.

~3.~ Idle, trivial, trifling, vain, childish, puerile, contemptible.

~Foolishness~, _n._ ~1.~ Folly, silliness, imbecility, stupidity, fatuity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness.

~2.~ Absurdity, extravagance, nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion.

~3.~ Puerility, childishness, triviality.

~Foot~, _n._ ~1.~ PAW.

~2.~ Base, bottom, lower part.

~3.~ Twelve inches.

~4.~ (_Mil._) Infantry, foot-soldiers.

~Foot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Add a foot to (_a stocking, boot, &c._), supply with a foot.

~2.~ Add up (_figures_), sum up.

~Foot-boy~, _n._ Runner, footman, livery servant.

~Footfall~, _n._ Footstep, footprint, footmark, track.

~Foothold~, _n._ Footing, place to stand on.

~Footing~, _n._ ~1.~ Foothold.

~2.~ Basis, foundation, ground-work.

~3.~ Rank, standing, grade, state, status, condition.

~4.~ Settlement, establishment, stable position.

~5.~ Sum total (_of a column of figures_).

~Foot it~, [_Colloquial._] Walk, go on foot.

~Footman~, _n._ Runner, footboy, livery servant, man in waiting.

~Footmark~, _n._ Footprint, footstep, track, trace.

~Footpad~, _n._ Highwayman, brigand, robber, freebooter, bandit.

~Footpath~, _n._ Footway.

~Footprint~, _n._ Footmark, footstep, footfall, track, trace.

~Foot-soldiers~, _n. pl._ Foot, infantry.

~Footstalk~, _n._ Petiole, leaf-stalk.

~Footstep~, _n._ ~1.~ Footprint, footmark, footfall, track, trace.

~2.~ Token, mark, sign, vestige.

~Footsteps~, _n. pl._ Example.

~Foot the bill~, [_Colloquial._] Pay the bill.

~Foot-traveller~, _n._ Pedestrian, traveller afoot.

~Footway~, _n._ Footpath.

~Fop~, _n._ Coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, macaroni, popinjay, SWELL, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

~Foppery~, _n._ Coxcombry, dandyism, foppishness, showy folly, vanity in dress.

~Foppish~, _a._ Dandyish, coxcombical, dandified, vain of dress.

~Foppishness~, _n._ Coxcombry, foppery.

~For~, _prep._ ~1.~ Because of, by reason of.

~2.~ On account of, for the sake of.

~3.~ In the place of, instead of.

~4.~ Concerning, with respect to, with regard to.

~5.~ Toward, towards.

~6.~ Conducive to, beneficial to.

~7.~ Against, in opposition to, as antidote to.

~8.~ During, during the term of.

~9.~ According to, in spite of, as far as.

~10.~ In favor of, on the side of.

~11.~ In quest of, with a view to.

~12.~ As being.

~For~, _conj._ Because, since, on this account that.

~Forage~, _n._ Food (_for horses and cattle_).

~Forage~, _v. n._ Wander in search of forage.

~Forager~, _n._ BUMMER, raider.

~Foramen~, _n._ (_Anat. & Bot._) Hole, orifice, perforation.

~Foraminated~, _a._ Perforated, foraminous.

~Forasmuch as~, Since, whereas, inasmuch as, because that, in consideration that, seeing that.

~Foray~, _n._ [Written also _Forray_.] Inroad, irruption, raid, piratical invasion, hostile incursion.

~For aye~, [_Poetical._] Always, FOR EVER.

~Forbear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stop, pause, cease, desist, stay, break off, leave off, give over.

~2.~ Abstain, refrain.

~Forbear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shun, decline, avoid.

~2.~ Omit, withhold, abstain from.

~3.~ Spare, treat with indulgence.

~Forbearance~, _n._ ~1.~ Forbearing, shunning, abstinence, avoidance.

~2.~ Patience, lenity, indulgence, long suffering.

~Forbid~, _v. a._ Prohibit, inhibit, interdict.

~Forbidding~, _a._ Repulsive, abhorrent, odious, disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive.

~Force~, _n._ ~1.~ Strength (_regarded as active_), power, might, energy, vigor.

~2.~ Efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, cogency, virtue, agency.

~3.~ Violence, compulsion, coercion, constraint, enforcement.

~4.~ Army, troop, legion, host, squadron, phalanx, regiment.

~Force~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compel, coerce, constrain, necessitate.

~2.~ Impel, drive, urge, press, clap.

~3.~ Ravish, violate, debauch, constuprate, deflour, commit a rape on.

~Force from~, Extort, wrest from.

~Forced~, _a._ ~1.~ Compelled, constrained.

~2.~ Strained, unnatural, catachrestic, far-fetched, studiously sought.

~Forcible~, _a._ ~1.~ Powerful, strong, mighty, weighty, potent, impressive, irresistible, cogent, all-powerful.

~2.~ Violent, impetuous.

~3.~ Energetic, vigorous, effective, efficacious.

~Forcibly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Powerfully, mightily.

~2.~ Violently, VI ET ARMIS, at the point of the sword.

~3.~ Energetically, vigorously, effectively, with might and main.

~Forcing-pit~, _n._ Hot-bed.

~Ford~, _v. a._ Wade through (_a river_).

~Fore~, _a._ ~1.~ Anterior, preceding, prior.

~2.~ Front, not back, not behind.

~Forebode~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Foretell, predict, presage, portend, augur, betoken, foreshadow, foreshow, prognosticate, prefigure, be ominous of.

~2.~ Foreknow, be prescient of, have foreknowledge of, have prescience of.

~Foreboding~, _n._ Prognostication, presage, omen, augury.

~Forecast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Foresee, anticipate, look forward to, provide against.

~2.~ Contrive, plan, project, devise, scheme.

~Forecast~, _n._ ~1.~ Foresight, prevision, forethought, anticipation, provident regard to the future.

~2.~ Contrivance, scheming, planning.

~Foreclose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Preclude, prevent, stop, debar, hinder, shut out.

~2.~ (_Law._) Deprive of the power of redeeming (_a mortgage_).