Chapter 581

2. Specifically: (a) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer . (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party . see Federalist .

Federal Congress . See under Congress .

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Fed"er*al , n. See Federalist .

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Fed"er*al*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ralisme .] the principles of Federalists or of federal union.

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Fed"er*al*ist , n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliste .] An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.) , a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

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Fed"er*al*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Federalized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing (?) .] [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliser .] To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.

Barlow.

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Fed"er*a*ry (?) , n. [See Federal .] A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.]

hak.

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Fed"er*ate (?) , a. [L. foederatus , p.p. of foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus . See Federal .] United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations .

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Fed`er*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ration .] 1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.

Burke.

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Fed"er*a*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ratif .] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society."

Burke.

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Fed"i*ty (?) , n. [L. foeditas , fr. foedus foul, fikthy.] Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

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Fee (?) , n. [OE. fe , feh , feoh , cattle, property, money, fiet, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money," arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. feuh cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu , fehu , G. vieh , Icel. f<?/ cattle, property, money, Goth. fa\'a1hu , L. pecus cattle, pecunia property. money, Skr. pa<?/u cattle, perh. orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying to bind , and perh. akin to E. fang , fair , a. ; cf. OF. fie , flu , feu , fleu , fief , F. fief , from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. <?/ 249. Cf. Feud , Fief , Fellow , Pecuniary .] 1. property; possession; tenure. "Laden with rich fee ."

Spenser.

Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee . Wordsworth.

2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees ; sheriff's fees ; marriage fees , etc.

To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. Shak.

3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.

&hand; All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An absolute fee , or fee simple , is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple . In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple . A limited fee may be a qualitified or base fee , which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee , or fee tail , which is limited to particular heirs.

Blackstone.

5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.

Fee estate (Eng. Law) , land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. -- Fee farm (Law) , land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone. -- Fee farm rent (Eng. Law) , a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. -- Fee fund (Scot. Law) , certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. -- Fee simple (Law) , an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.

Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Shak.

-- Fee tail (Law) , an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. Burill.

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Fee (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeing .] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

The patient . . . fees the doctor. Dryden.

There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed . Shak.

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Fee"ble (?) , a. [ Compar. Feebler (?) ; superl. Feeblest (?) .] [OE. feble , OF. feble , flebe , floibe , floible , foible , F. faible , L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible .] 1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice."

Shak.

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Fee"ble , v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]

Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak.

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Fee"ble-mind"ed (?) , a. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded ."

1 Thess. v. 14.

-- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness , n.

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Fee"ble*ness , n. The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

That shakes for age and feebleness . Shak.

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Fee"bly (?) , adv. In a feeble manner.

The restored church . . . contended feebly , and with half a heart. Macaulay.

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Feed (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding (?) .] [AS. f<?/dan , fr. f<?/da food; akin to C?. f<?/dian , OFries f<?/da , f<?/da , D. voeden , OHG. fuottan , Icel. f\'91<?/a , Sw. f\'94da , Dan. f\'94de . <?/ 75. See Food .] 1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him. Rom. xii. 20.

Unreasonable reatures feed their young. Shak.

2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shak.

Feeding him with the hope of liberty. Knolles.

3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.

Thou shalt feed people Israel. 2 Sam. v. 2.

Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed . B. Cornwall.

5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep .

Once in three years feed your mowing lands. Mortimer.

6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press . (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

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Feed , v. i. 1. To take food; to eat.

Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not feed . De Foe.

2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon .

Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon. Shak.

3. To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. "He feeds upon the cooling shade."

Spenser.

4. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.

If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall feed in anothe<?/ man's field. Ex. xxii. 5.

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Feed (?) , n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep .

2. A grazing or pasture ground.

Shak.

3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats .

4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]

For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found. Milton.

5. The water supplied to steam boilers.

6. (Mach.) (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Feed bag , a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. -- Feed cloth , an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. -- Feed door , a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. -- Feed head . (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser , deadhead , or simply feed or head Knight. -- Feed heater . (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. -- Feed motion , &or; Feed gear (Mach.) , the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. -- Feed pipe , a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. -- Feed pump , a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. -- Feed regulator , a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. Knight. -- Feed screw , in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. -- Feed water , water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. -- Feed wheel (Mach.) , a kind of feeder. See Feeder , n. , 8.

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Feed"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder . Goldsmith.

2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots."

Shak.

3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.

With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder . Shak.

4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.

5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.) , a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.

6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower . Raymond.

8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

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Feed"ing , n. 1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.

2. That which is eaten; food.

3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.

Feeding bottle . See under Bottle .

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Fee`-faw`-fum" (?) , n. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. "Impudent fee-faw-fums ."

J. H. Newman.

Feejee <Xpage=549>

Fee"jee (?) , a. & n. (Ethnol) See Fijian .

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Feel (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Felt (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeling .] [AS. f<?/lan ; akin to OS. gif<?/lian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen , G. f\'81hlen , Icel. f\'belma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm paim of the hand, L. palma . Cf. Fumble , Palm .] 1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.

Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk ; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out .

Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son. Gen. xxvii. 21.

He hath this to feel my affection to your honor. Shak.

3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

Teach me to feel another's woe. Pope.

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. Eccl. viii. 5.

He best can paint them who shall feel them most. Pope.

Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt . Byron.

4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

For then, and not till then, he felt himself. Shak.

5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

To feel the helm (Naut.) , to obey it.

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Feel (?) , v. i. 1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected .

[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron. Burke.

And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. Pope.

3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded .

I then did feel full sick. Shak.

4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.

Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. Shak.

5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.

Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth. Dryden.

To feel after , to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a person groping in the dark. "If haply they might feel after him, and find him."

Acts xvii. 27.

- To feel of , to examine by touching.

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Feel (?) , n. 1. Feeling; perception. [R.]

To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth. Hazlitt.

2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel .

The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the feel . S. Sharp.

Feeler <Xpage=550>

Feel"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, feels.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.

Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antenn\'91. Derham.

3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

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Feel"ing , a. 1. Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart .

2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs .

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Feel"ing , n. 1. The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.

Why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . . And not, as feeling , through all parts diffused? Milton.

2. An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.

The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. Shak.