Chapter D: ~Dab~, v. a. Strike, slap (5)

~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.

~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_).

~Foredoom~, _v. a._ Predestine, foreordain, preordain, doom beforehand.

~Forefather~, _n._ Progenitor, ancestor, father, foregoer.

~For effect~, To make an impression, for the sake of effect.

~Forefend~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Avert, prevent, hinder, forbid, ward off, keep off.

~Forego~, _v. a._ Relinquish, resign, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go.

~Foregoer~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor, forerunner, herald, harbinger, avant- courier.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor, father.

~Foregoing~, _a._ Preceding, previous, antecedent, prior, former.

~Foregone~, _a._ Predetermined, decided beforehand.

~Forehanded~, _a._ [_U. S._] Beforehand, in comfortable circumstances (_as respects property_), well off, well to do.

~Forehead~, _n._ Front, brow.

~Foreign~, _a._ ~1.~ Alien, outlandish, exotic, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ Remote, not allied, not pertinent, not appropriate, not congenial, not connected, not belonging.

~3.~ Extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious.

~Foreigner~, _n._ Alien, stranger.

~Foreknow~, _v. a._ Foresee, forebode, know beforehand, be prescient of, have prescience of, have previous knowledge of, have foreknowledge of.

~Foreknowledge~, _n._ Foresight, prescience, previous knowledge.

~Foreland~, _n._ Promontory, cape, headland, point of land.

~Foreman~, _n._ ~1.~ Presiding officer (_of a jury_).

~2.~ Overseer, superintendent, BOSS, chief workman, master workman.

~Forementioned~, _a._ Aforesaid, above-mentioned, forenamed.

~Foremost~, _a._ First, most advanced, front.

~Forename~, _n._ Christian name.

~Forenamed~, _a._ Aforesaid, above-mentioned, forementioned, above- named.

~Forensic~, _a._ Juridical, judicial.

~Foreordain~, _v. a._ Predestinate, predetermine, preordain, foredoom.

~Forerun~, _v. a._ Precede, go before, come before.

~Forerunner~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor, harbinger, herald, foregoer, avant- courier.

~2.~ Prelude, prognostic, sign, omen.

~Foresee~, _v. a._ Foreknow, forecast, forebode, see beforehand, have prescience of, be prescient of.

~Foreshadow~, _v. a._ Prefigure, foreshow, foretell, predict, prognosticate, presignify.

~Foreshow~, _v. a._ Prefigure, FORESHADOW.

~Foresight~, _n._ ~1.~ Foreknowledge, prescience, prevision.

~2.~ Forecast, forethought, precaution, prudence, anticipation, provident regard to the future.

~Foreskin~, _n._ Prepuce.

~Forest~, _n._ Wood (_of large extent_), woods, woodland, grove.

~Forestall~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Anticipate, foretaste, antedate, take in advance.

~2.~ Engross, monopolize, regrate, get exclusive possession of (_in order to enhance prices_).

~Foretaste~, _v. a._ Anticipate, FORESTALL.

~Foretaste~, _n._ Anticipation, antepast, prelibation, forestalling, presentiment, taste beforehand.

~Foretell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Predict, prophesy.

~2.~ Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, presignify, betoken, portend, augur, bode, presage.

~Forethought~, _n._ Foresight, forecast, anticipation, precaution, prudence, provident regard to the future.

~For ever~, _ad._ Always, perpetually, eternally, endlessly, ever, evermore, AYE, for aye, at all times, to the end of time, time without end, through endless ages.

~Forewarn~, _v. a._ Caution, admonish, advise, warn.

~Forfeit~, _n._ Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeiture.

~Forfeit~, _v. a._ Lose (_by some offence, by neglect, or by breach of condition_).

~Forfeiture~, _n._ ~1.~ Loss (_by some offence, &c._).

~2.~ Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeit.

~Forge~, _n._ ~1.~ Smithy (_for heavy work_), iron-works.

~2.~ Furnace (_to make iron more malleable_), shingling-mill.

~Forge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat (_metal_), form (_by heating and hammering_).

~2.~ Devise, invent, frame, coin.

~3.~ Falsify, counterfeit, fabricate.

~Forger~, _n._ ~1.~ Maker, contriver.

~2.~ Counterfeiter, falsifier.

~Forgery~, _n._ ~1.~ Counterfeiting, falsification.

~2.~ Counterfeit.

~Forget~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lose the remembrance of, let slip from the mind, not remember.

~2.~ Think no more of, consign to oblivion.

~Forgetful~, _a._ ~1.~ Apt to forget.

~2.~ Negligent, inattentive, neglectful, careless, heedless, mindless.

~Forgetfulness~, _n._ ~1.~ Aptness to forget, failure of memory.

~2.~ OBLIVION.

~3.~ Negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness.

~Forget one's self~, Lose self-control, commit an indiscretion.

~Forgive~, _v. a._ PARDON (_especially for a small offence_), absolve, excuse, acquit.

~Forgiveness~, _n._ PARDON, absolution, remission, acquittal.

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

~For good and all~, FOR GOOD.

~Forgotten~, _a._ ~1.~ Gone from one's mind, out of one's recollection.

~2.~ Buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion.

~Fork~, _n._ Branch, division, divarication.

~Fork~, _v. n._ Branch, divide.

~Forked~, _a._ Furcate, furcated.

~Forlorn~, _a._ ~1.~ Deserted, abandoned, forsaken, friendless, solitary, lost.

~2.~ Wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, woe-begone.

~Forlorn hope~, ~1.~ Vanguard, skirmishers, advanced body of troops.

~2.~ Desperate case, doubtful enterprise, hazardous adventure.

~Form~, _n._ ~1.~ Shape (_with especial reference to structure_), figure, configuration, conformation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, TOURNURE.

~2.~ Mode, method, formula, formulary, established practice.

~3.~ Manner, system.

~4.~ Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness.

~5.~ Ceremony, formality, ceremonial, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule.

~6.~ Empty show, mere appearance.

~7.~ Bench, long seat (_without a back_).

~8.~ Class, rank of students.

~9.~ Type in a chase (_ready for printing_).

~10.~ Mould, pattern, model.

~Form~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fashion, shape, carve, mould.

~2.~ Make, create, produce.

~3.~ Contrive, devise, invent, frame.

~4.~ Constitute, compose, make up.

~5.~ Arrange, dispose, combine.

~Formal~, _a._ ~1.~ Express, explicit, positive, in due form, according to established form.

~2.~ Regular, methodical.

~3.~ Ceremonious, precise, punctilious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, affectedly exact.

~4.~ Constitutive, essential.

~5.~ External, as mere form.

~Formality~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, established mode, settled method, rule of proceeding.

~2.~ Ceremony, conventionality, etiquette, mere form.

~Formation~, _n._ Creation, production.

~Formative~, _a._ ~1.~ Plastic.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Derivative, not radical.

~Former~, _a._ Maker, framer, author, creator, constructor.

~Former~, _a._ ~1.~ Previous, prior, anterior, antecedent, preceding, foregoing.

~2.~ Quondam, ci-devant, late, old-time.

~3.~ Past, gone by.

~4.~ First named, first mentioned.

~Formerly~, _ad._ Heretofore, anciently, aforetime, of old, in times past, in days of yore, long ago, in past ages.

~Formidable~, _a._ Fearful, dreadful, terrible, REDOUBTABLE, frightful, terrific, horrible, tremendous.

~Formula~, _n._ Form, rule, model, formulary.

~Formulary~, _n._ ~1.~ Book of forms.

~2.~ Form, model, rule, formula.

~3.~ Ritual.

~Fornicate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Arched, vaulted.

~Forray~, _n._ [Written also _Foray_.] Inroad, irruption, raid, descent, partial invasion, hostile incursion.

~Forsake~, _v. a._ Leave, quit, desert, relinquish, abandon, renounce, forswear, drop, give up, give over, cast off.

~Forsaker~, _n._ Deserter.

~Forsooth~, _ad._ Certainly, truly, really, in truth, in fact, of a truth, in good truth.

~Forswear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Renounce (_upon oath_), reject, leave, quit, desert, forsake, abandon, drop.

~2.~ Deny, abjure, recant, retract.

~Forswear one's self~, Perjure one's self, take a false oath, swear falsely, bear false witness, break one's word, break one's faith, play false.

~Fort~, _n._ Fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place.

~Forte~, _n._ Peculiar talent, special gift, strong side, chief excellence, strong point, that in which one excels.

~Forth~, _ad._ ~1.~ Onward, forward.

~2.~ Out, abroad, from retirement, from confinement.

~For the best~, To secure the best result.

~For the better~, For improvement, for greater good.

~For the nonce~, For the occasion, for the present time, for the present purpose.

~For the present~, For the time being, for a while.

~Forthwith~, _ad._ Immediately, directly, instantly, INSTANTER, without delay.

~Fortification~, _n._ ~1.~ Military architecture.

~2.~ Fort, FORTRESS, stronghold, castle, citadel, bulwark, fortified place.

~Fortify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Protect by fortifications.

~2.~ Strengthen, confirm, brace, add strength to.

~Fortiter in re~, [L.] With vigor and firmness in action.

~Fortitude~, _n._ Endurance (_with courage_), firmness, resolution, patience, strength of mind, passive courage.

~Fortnight~, _n._ Two weeks.

~Fortress~, _n._ Fortification, fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortified place (_of great magnitude_).

~Fortuitous~, _a._ Accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance.

~Fortuity~, _n._ Accidentalness, chance, contingency.

~Fortunate~, _a._ ~1.~ LUCKY, successful, prosperous, favored, happy.

~2.~ Propitious, auspicious, favorable.

~Fortune~, _n._ ~1.~ Chance, accident, luck, hap, fortuity.

~2.~ Livelihood, means of living.

~3.~ Estate, substance, property, possessions.

~4.~ Wealth, riches, opulence.

~5.~ Destiny, fate, destination, doom, lot, star, future condition.

~6.~ Event, issue, result.

~7.~ Success, favorable issue.

~Fortune-teller~, _n._ Augur, soothsayer, prophet, seer.

~Forum~, _n._ Tribunal, court, court of justice.

~Forward~, _ad._ Onward, progressively, not backward.

~Forwards~, _ad._ Onward, progressively, not backward.

~Forward~, _a._ ~1.~ Onward, progressive.

~2.~ Front, fore, at the fore part, near the fore part.

~3.~ Ready, prompt, willing, eager, earnest, zealous.

~4.~ Bold, confident, presumptuous, presuming, impertinent, pert, flippant, brazen, assuming, brazen-faced, BRASSY, CHEEKY.

~5.~ Early, premature.

~Forward~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, promote, further, foster, support, favor, encourage, help on, help forward.

~2.~ Quicken, hasten, accelerate, expedite, speed, despatch, hurry.

~3.~ Transmit, send on, send forward.

~Fosse~, _n._ (_Fort._) Ditch, moat, graff.

~Fossil~, _n._ Petrifaction.

~Foster~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nurse, nourish, feed, support, sustain, bring up, rear up.

~2.~ Cherish, encourage, favor, promote, stimulate, forward, further, advance, help on, help forward.

~Foul~, _a._ ~1.~ Impure, nasty, squalid, dirty, polluted, filthy, unclean, soiled, tarnished, stained, sullied.

~2.~ Disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome.

~3.~ Base, scandalous, infamous, vile, scurvy, unfair, dishonorable, sinister, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful.

~4.~ Obscene, vulgar, coarse, low.

~5.~ Abusive, insulting, scurrilous, foul-mouthed.

~6.~ Stormy, rainy, cloudy.

~Foul play~, Injustice, unfairness, dishonesty, wrong.

~Foul-mouthed~, _a._ Abusive, insulting, insolent, blackguard, scurrilous, foul.

~Foumart~, _n._ Polecat, fitchew, fitchet (_Mustela putorius_).

~Found~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Base, set, fix, place, ground, lay the foundation of.

~2.~ Build, construct, erect, raise.

~3.~ Establish, institute, originate.

~4.~ Cast, form in a mould.

~Foundation~, _n._ ~1.~ Basis, base, groundwork, footing, bottom.

~2.~ Establishment, settlement.

~3.~ Endowment.

~Founder~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, institutor, establisher, planter.

~2.~ Caster (_of metals_).

~Founder~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sink (_as a ship by filling with water_), go to the bottom.

~2.~ Fail, miscarry.

~3.~ Trip, stumble, fall.

~Foundling~, _n._ Abandoned infant.

~Fount~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Spring, fountain.

~2.~ Font, assortment of types.

~Fountain~, _n._ ~1.~ Spring, well, font.

~2.~ Jet, JET D'EAU.

~3.~ Source, original, origin, cause, first principle, fountain-head.

~Fountain-head~, _n._ Source, original, origin, cause, fountain, first principle.

~Fourfold~, _a._ Quadruple.

~Fourfold~, _n._ Four times as many, four times as much.

~Four-handed~, _a._ Quadrumanous.

~Fourierism~, _n._ Socialism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, Saint Simonianism.

~Fourscore~, _a._ & _n._ Eighty.

~Foursquare~, _a._ Quadrangular.

~Fowl~, _n._ ~1.~ Bird, winged animal.

~2.~ Poultry, barn-door fowl, domestic fowl.

~Fox-shark~, _n._ Thrasher, sea-fox, sea-ape (_Carcharias vulpea_).

~Foxy~, _a._ Artful, wily, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle.

~Fracas~, _n._ Uproar, tumult, disturbance, row, outbreak, noisy quarrel.

~Fraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, portion, fragment, section, piece, bit, scrap.

~2.~ (_Arith._) Part of a unit.

~Fractional~, _a._ Broken, fragmentary.

~Fractious~, _a._ Cross, captious, petulant, touchy, testy, peevish, fretful, splenetic, pettish, snappish, waspish, irritable.

~Fracture~, _n._ ~1.~ Breaking, rupture.

~2.~ Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, flaw, rent, opening.

~Fragile~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, frangible, easily broken.

~2.~ Frail, weak, feeble, INFIRM.

~Fragility~, _n._ ~1.~ Brittleness, frangibleness.

~2.~ Frailty, weakness, feebleness.

~Fragment~, _n._ Remnant, scrap, chip, detached part, part broken off.

~Fragmentary~, _a._ Fractional, broken.

~Fragrance~, _n._ Perfume, aroma, redolence, balminess, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~Fragrancy~, _n._ Perfume, aroma, redolence, balminess, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~Fragrant~, _a._ Aromatic, redolent, balmy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

~Frail~, _a._ ~1.~ Fragile, frangible, BRITTLE, easily broken (_across_).

~2.~ Weak, feeble, fragile, INFIRM.

~3.~ Liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue.

~Frailty~, _a._ ~1.~ Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, frailness.

~2.~ Fault, foible, defect, imperfection, failing, weak point, weak side, blind side.

~3.~ Liability to err, proneness error, want of moral strength.

~Frame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Construct, build, put together.

~2.~ Form, compose, make, constitute.

~3.~ Invent, devise, plan, contrive.

~4.~ Fabricate, forge.

~5.~ Put into a frame.

~Frame~, _n._ ~1.~ Skeleton, framing, framework, carcass.

~2.~ Form, structure, fabric, system, scheme, constitution.

~3.~ Condition, state, temper, mood.

~Framer~, _n._ Former, maker, author, creator, constructer.

~Framework~, _n._ Skeleton, frame, framing, carcass.

~Franchise~, _n._ ~1.~ Right, privilege.

~2.~ Immunity, exemption.

~Frangible~, _a._ Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

~Frank~, _a._ Artless, candid, open, ingenuous, free, sincere, frank- hearted, unreserved, without disguise.

~Frank-hearted~, _a._ Candid, open, ingenuous, FRANK.

~Frankincense~, _n._ ~1.~ Gallipot, Burgundy pitch.

~2.~ OLIBANUM.

~Frantic~, _a._ Furious, raving, raging, mad, distracted, wild, infuriate, frenzied.

~Fraternal~, _a._ Brotherly.

~Fraternity~, _n._ Association, society, company, circle, brotherhood, sociality, league, clan, united body.

~Fraternize~, _v. n._ Sympathize, harmonize, consort, coalesce, concur, associate (_as brothers_), COTTON, make common cause, HITCH HORSES TOGETHER.

~Fraud~, _n._ Deceit, deception, duplicity, imposition, imposture, guile, trick, cheat, chouse, artifice, stratagem, wile, COLLUSION, humbug, hoax.

~Fraudulent~, _a._ Dishonest, knavish, treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, false, trickish, TRICKY, crafty, wily, collusive, covinous.

~Fraught~, _a._ Filled, stored, freighted, laden, charged.

~Fray~, _n._ ~1.~ Combat, battle, fight.

~2.~ Broil, quarrel, riot, affray.

~Fray~, _v. a._ Rub, wear, fret.

~Freak~, _n._ ~1.~ Whim, whimsey, caprice, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot, vagary, quirk, WRINKLE.

~2.~ Gambol, antic, caper.

~Freakish~, _a._ Whimsical, capricious, odd, humorsome, erratic.

~Free~, _a._ ~1.~ Independent, unrestrained, at liberty.

~2.~ Released, delivered, emancipated, liberated.

~3.~ Exempt, clear.

~4.~ Allowed, permitted, open.

~5.~ Unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted, open.

~6.~ Frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, sincere, unreserved, frank- hearted.

~7.~ Generous, liberal, bountiful, charitable, munificent, free- hearted, open-handed, not parsimonious.

~8.~ Prodigal, lavish, immoderate.

~9.~ Ready, eager, prompt, willing.

~10.~ Gratuitous, spontaneous, willing.

~Free~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthral, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at liberty.

~2.~ Rid, clear, disengage.

~Freebooter~, _n._ Robber, plunderer, pillager, despoiler, highwayman, footpad, brigand, bandit, marauder.

~Freedom~, _n._ ~1.~ LIBERTY, independence, exemption from restraint.

~2.~ Scope, range, play, swing, free play, full play, full swing.

~3.~ Franchise, immunity, privilege.

~4.~ Familiarity, license.

~Free-hearted~, _a._ Liberal, generous, bounteous, bountiful, open- handed.

~Free play~, Freedom, range, scope, full play, swing, full swing.

~Free-spoken~, _a._ Frank, unreserved.

~Free-thinker~, _n._ Sceptic, unbeliever, infidel, DEIST.

~Free-will~, _n._ ~1.~ Unrestrained will, power of choice.

~2.~ Spontaneity, voluntariness.

~Free-will~, _a._ Voluntary, spontaneous.

~Freeze~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be congealed, be frozen.

~2.~ Be chilled.

~Freeze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Congeal, solidify by cold, turn to ice.

~2.~ Chill, benumb.

~Freight~, _v. a._ Load, lade, charge.

~Freight~, _n._ ~1.~ Cargo, lading, load, burden.

~2.~ Freightage, freight money, charge for freight.

~Freightage~, _n._ Freight, freight money.

~French-pie~, Great spotted woodpecker (_Picus major_).

~Frenzy~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Phrensy_.] Madness, rage, fury, distraction, raving, insanity, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind.

~Frequency~, _n._ Oftenness, common occurrence.

~Frequent~, _a._ Common, usual, oft-repeated, every day, of common occurrence.

~Frequent~, _v. a._ Haunt, visit often, resort to frequently.

~Frequently~, _ad._ Often, repeatedly, many times, at short intervals, not rarely, not seldom.

~Fresh~, _a._ ~1.~ Now, recent.

~2.~ Blooming, nourishing, unfaded.

~3.~ Good, sweet, of recent growth, in a good state, not stale.

~4.~ Florid, healthy, well, hearty, vigorous, hardy, strong.

~5.~ Vivid, lively, not dulled, not impaired.

~6.~ Just received, just arrived.

~7.~ Not salt, without salt.

~8.~ Pure and cool.

~9.~ Brisk, strong, forcible.

~10.~ Raw, uncultivated, unpractised, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced.

~Freshen~, _v. a._ Make fresh.

~Freshen~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Grow fresh.

~2.~ Grow brisk (_said of the wind_).

~Freshet~, _n._ Sudden flood (_in a river from rains or melting snow_).

~Freshman~, _n._ ~1.~ Novice, tyro, beginner, learner.

~2.~ Student of the first year (_in colleges_), student of the lowest class.

~Fret~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rub, chafe, wear (_by friction_), wear away.

~2.~ Vex, tease, irritate, gall, provoke, nettle, affront, make angry.

~3.~ Variegate, diversify.

~Fret~, _v. n._ Chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry.

~Fret~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, irritation, vexation.

~2.~ Herpes, tetter, ringworm.

~Fretful~, _a._ Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored.

~Fretfulness~, _n._ Peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill-humor, ill- temper.

~Friable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, crisp, pulverable, easily crumbled.

~Friar's lantern~, _n._ IGNIS FATUUS, will o' the wisp, jack-a-lantern.

~Fribble~, _a._ Trifling, frivolous, silly.

~Fribble~, _n._ Trifler, frivolous fellow.

~Friction~, _n._ Attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing.

~Friend~, _n._ ~1.~ Patron, advocate, confidant, adherent, associate, ally, intimate, good genius, bosom friend.

~2.~ Favorer, encourager, well-wisher.

~3.~ Quaker.

~Friendly~, _a._ ~1.~ Amicable, fraternal, neighborly, kind, well- affected, on good terms, on friendly terms; on a friendly, familiar, or intimate footing; not hostile, not inimical.

~2.~ Favorable, propitious, salutary.

~Friendship~, _n._ Friendliness, amity, amicableness, fellowship, attachment, intimacy.

~Fright~, _v. a._ [_Poetical._] Frighten.

~Fright~, _n._ Alarm, affright, terror, dismay, consternation, panic, sudden fear.

~Frighten~, _v. a._ Alarm, affright, terrify, scare, dismay, daunt, intimidate, shock with sudden fear.

~Frightful~, _a._ Terrible, terrific, GREWSOME, fearful, alarming, dreadful, direful, dire, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking.

~Frigid~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, cool, GELID, not hot, of a low temperature.

~2.~ Dull, unanimated, lifeless.

~3.~ Forbidding, formal, prim, stiff, repulsive, chilling.

~Frigidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Coldness, coolness, frigidness.

~2.~ Dulness, lifelessness, want of animation.

~Frigidness~, _n._ FRIGIDITY.

~Frill~, _n._ Ruffle, edging.

~Fringed~, _a._ Fimbriate, fimbriated.

~Frippery~, _n._ ~1.~ Old clothes, cast-off dresses.

~2.~ Trumpery, second-hand finery.

~Friseur~, _n._ [Fr.] Hair-dresser.

~Frisk~, _v. n._ Leap, skip, hop, frolic, romp, gambol, dance.

~Frisky~, _a._ Gay, lively, playful, sportive, frolicsome, coltish, full of frolic.

~Frith~, _n._ ~1.~ Strait.

~2.~ Estuary, inlet, arm of the sea.

~Fritter~, _n._ ~1.~ Small pan-cake, doughnut, fried cake.

~2.~ Fragment, piece, shred.

~Fritter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Slice, cut into small pieces.

~2.~ Break into fragments.

~Fritter away, 1.~ Diminish, pare off, reduce to nothing.

~2.~ Misuse (_time_), waste, idle away, fool away.

~Frivolity~, _n._ Levity, puerility, triflingness, triviality, frivolousness, folly.

~Frivolous~, _a._ Trifling, trivial, worthless, petty, flimsy, idle, puerile, childish, trashy, foolish.

~Frivolousness~, _n._ FRIVOLITY.

~Frizzle~, _v. a._ Curl, crisp.

~Froghopper~, _n._ Frothworm.

~Frolic~, _n._ ~1.~ Gambol, escapade, spree, lark, bender, wild prank, flight of levity.

~2.~ Fun, pleasantry, drollery.

~3.~ Scene of merriment.

~Frolic~, _v. n._ Be merry, be frolicsome, play pranks, cut capers.

~Frolicsome~, _a._ Sportive, playful, DAFT, gamesome, gay, lively, frisky, coltish, full of frolic.

~From far~, From a great distance.

~From hand to hand~, From one person to another.

~From hand to mouth~, Precariously, as want requires, by spending the wages of to-day for to-day's necessities.

~Front~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead, brow.

~2.~ Van, fore-rank.

~3.~ Forepart, forward part.

~Front~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Face, stand over against, stand opposite to.

~2.~ Confront, encounter, oppose, meet face to face.

~Front~, _v. n._ Face, be opposite.

~Frontal~, _n._ Frontlet, brow-band.

~Frontier~, _n._ Confine, border, boundary, COAST, marches, limits.

~Frontier~, _a._ Conterminous, bordering.

~Frontlet~, _n._ Frontal, brow-band.

~Frost~, _n._ Rime, hoar-frost, frozen dew.

~Frost~, _v. a._ Ice, cover with frosting.

~Frost-fish~, _n._ Tom-cod (_Morrhua pruinosa_).

~Frosting~, _n._ Icing, concreted sugar (_for coating cake_).

~Frost-weed~, _n._ FROST-WORT.

~Frost-wort~, _n._ Frost-weed, rock-rose (_Helianthemum Canadensis_).

~Frosty~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, icy, wintry.

~2.~ White, gray-haired.

~Froth~, _n._ Spume, foam.

~Froth-spit~, _n._ Cuckoo-spittle.

~Frothworm~, _n._ Froghopper.

~Frothy~, _a._ ~1.~ Foamy, spumy.

~2.~ Trifling, light, empty, trivial, vain, frivolous, unsubstantial.

~Froward~, _a._ Fractious, perverse, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, disobedient, wayward, peevish, petulant, cross.

~Frown~, _v. n._ Scowl, look stern.

~Frown~, _n._ Scowl, stern look.

~Frowzy~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Low._] Fetid, rank, noisome, slinking, offensive, ill-scented, strong-smelling.

~2.~ Rough and tangled (_as the hair_).

~Fructify~, _v. a._ Fertilize, make fruitful.

~Frugal~, _a._ Provident, economical, saving, sparing, choice, chary, careful, thrifty; not profuse, prodigal, or lavish.

~Frugality~, _n._ Economy, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry.

~Fruit~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce (_of the earth for the supply of man and animals_), harvest, crop.

~2.~ Product, result, consequence, effect.

~3.~ Offspring, issue, young.

~4.~ (_Bot._) Matured ovary.

~Fruitful~, _a._ ~1.~ Productive, abounding in fruit.

~2.~ Prolific, fertile, fecund, not barren.

~3.~ Plentiful, plenteous, abundant, rich.

~Fruition~, _n._ Enjoyment (_in the possession or the use of any thing_).

~Fruitless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unfruitful, unproductive, barren, sterile, unprolific, unfertile, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS.

~2.~ Useless, unavailing, bootless, profitless, ineffectual, unprofitable, vain, idle, futile, abortive, without avail.

~Frush~, _n._ (_Farriery._) ~1.~ Frog (_of a horse's foot_).

~2.~ Thrush (_disease of the frog_).

~Frustrate~, _v. a._ Defeat, disappoint, balk, foil, baffle, disconcert, bring to nought.

~Frustrate~, _a._ Vain, useless, ineffectual, frustrated, of no effect.

~Frustration~, _n._ Disappointment, defeat.

~Fry~, _n._ Small fishes, swarm of little fishes, small fry.

~Fuddle~, _v. a._ Intoxicate, inebriate, muddle, make drunk.

~Fuddled~, _a._ Drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, muddled, corned, tipsy, crapulous, GROGGY, boozy, tight, high, SLEWED, muzzy, NAPPY, disguised, mellow, in liquor, HALF SEAS OVER, in one's cups, the worse for liquor, three sheets in the wind, has had a drop too much.

~Fudge~, _interj._ Nonsense, FIDDLE-DE-DEE, stuff, moonshine.

~Fudge~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Nonsense, stuff, moonshine, balderdash, twaddle.

~Fuel~, _n._ Firing.

~Fugacious~, _a._ Transitory, transient, evanescent, fleeting, FUGITIVE.

~Fugitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Fleeing, flying, escaping.

~2.~ Transitory, transient, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, flitting, passing, momentary, short, brief, temporal, ephemeral, short- lived.

~Fugitive~, _n._ Runaway, deserter.

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

~Fulcrum~, _n._ Support (_of a lever_), prop.

~Fulfil~, _v. a._ [Written also _Fulfill_.] ~1.~ Accomplish, complete, effectuate, realize, effect, execute, bring to pass.

~2.~ Observe, perform, discharge, keep, meet, satisfy, answer, adhere to, comply with, be faithful to.

~Fulfilment~, _n._ [Written also _Fulfillment_.] ~1.~ Accomplishment, realization, execution, completion, consummation.

~2.~ Performance, discharge.

~Fulgurite~, _n._ Thunder-tube.

~Fuliginous~, _a._ ~1.~ Sooty, smoky, fumy.

~2.~ Dusky, dark.

~Full~, _a._ ~1.~ Filled, replete.

~2.~ Abounding, well stocked or provided.

~3.~ Satiated, sated, glutted, cloyed, saturated.

~4.~ Complete, entire, perfect.

~5.~ Abundant, plentiful, copious, plenteous, sufficient, ample.

~6.~ Loud, deep, strong, clear, distinct.

~7.~ Comprehensive, capacious, broad, large, extensive.

~Full~, _ad._ ~1.~ Quite, to the same degree.

~2.~ Completely, fully.

~3.~ Exactly, precisely, directly.

~Full~, _v. a._ Thicken and cleanse (_cloth_).

~Full-drive~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] At a furious rate, as fast as possible.

~Fuller's thistle~, _n._ Teasel.

~Fuller's weed~, _n._ Teasel.

~Fully~, _ad._ Completely, entirely, abundantly, largely, full, to the full.

~Fulminate~, _v. n._ Explode, detonate.

~Fulminate~, _v. a._ Utter with a menace, proclaim with denunciation.

~Fulminate~, _v. n._Utter, threaten (_as by ecclesiastical authority_), hurl denunciations.

~Fulmination~, _n._ ~1.~ Denunciation, threatening, anathema, ban, curse, malediction.

~2.~ Explosion, detonation.

~Fulness~, _a._ Plenitude, completeness, copiousness, repletion, abundance, profusion, affluence, plenty.

~Fulsome~, _a._ Nauseous, offensive, disgusting, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, sickening, rank, gross.

~Fulvid~, _a._ Fulvous.

~Fulvous~, _a._ Yellow, tawny, fulvid, yellowish-brown, dull yellow.

~Fumble~, _v. n._ Feel about (_awkwardly or childishly_), make awkward attempts.

~Fumbler~, _n._ Bungler, lubber, lout.

~Fume~, _n._ Smoke, vapor, steam, exhalation, effluvium, reek.

~Fume~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Smoke, reek, emit vapor, throw off vapor.

~2.~ Rage, rave, fret, bluster, storm, chafe, flare up, be in a passion, be in a rage, get mad, fly off at a tangent.

~Fumigate~, _v. a._ Smoke, expose to smoke, cleanse by smoke.

~Fumy~, _a._ Smoky, fuliginous.

~Fun~, _n._ Pleasantry, drollery, sport, merriment, frolic, gayety.

~Funambulate~, _v. n._ Walk on a rope.

~Funambulist~, _n._ Rope-dancer, acrobat.

~Function~, _n._ ~1.~ Performance, execution, discharge, exercise.

~2.~ Province, business, office, duty, employment, occupation, part.

~Functionary~, _n._ Office-holder, incumbent of an office.

~Fund~, _n._ ~1.~ Stock, capital.

~2.~ Store, supply.

~Fundament~, _n._ Bottom, seat.

~Fundamental~, _a._ Essential, primary, important, indispensable, radical, constitutional, organic.

~Fundamental~, _n._ Leading principle, essential part.

~Funeral~, _n._ ~1.~ Burial, interment.

~2.~ Obsequies, exequies, funeral solemnities, funeral rites.

~Funereal~, _a._ Dark, dismal, mournful, sombre, sad, woful, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, sepulchral, suitable to a funeral.

~Fungosity~, _n._ Excrescence, fungus.

~Fungous~, _a._ Excrescent, fungus-like, spongy.

~Fungus~, _n._ ~1.~ Spongy excrescence.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Flowerless plant (_as the mushroom, toadstool, &c._), cryptogamous plant.

~Funicle~, _n._ Fibre, filament, small cord, small ligature.

~Funk~, _n._ [_Low._] Stink, stench, fetor, bad odor, offensive smell.

~Funk~, _v. n._ [_Low._] ~1.~ Stink, emit a bad odor, emit a stench.

~2.~ Shrink back, be in fear, be frightened.

~Funnel~, _n._ ~1.~ Tunnel.

~2.~ Chimney-flue.

~3.~ Stove-pipe.

~Funny~, _a._ Comical, droll, farcical, ludicrous, sportive, humorous, laughable, diverting, amusing.

~Furbelow~, _n._ Flounce, frill.

~Furbish~, _v. a._ Burnish, polish.

~Furcate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Forked, fork-shaped.

~Furcated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Forked, fork-shaped.

~Furfuraceous~, _a._ Scurfy, branny, scaly, scabby, lentiginous.

~Furious~, _a._ ~1.~ Raging, frantic, infuriated, frenzied, mad, violent, fierce, very angry.

~2.~ Vehement, impetuous, tempestuous, stormy, boisterous, tumultuous, turbulent.

~Furlong~, _n._ Forty rods, poles, or perches; eighth of a mile.

~Furlough~, _n._ Leave of absence.

~Furnish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ provide, supply, equip, fit out, fit up.

~2.~ Give, bestow, present, contribute, afford.

~Furniture~, _n._ ~1.~ Movables, chattels, effects, goods.

~2.~ Appendages, apparatus.

~3.~ Equipage, ornaments, decorations, embellishments.

~Furor~, _n._ [L.] Fury, rage, madness.

~Furrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Trench (_made by a plough_).

~2.~ Channel, groove, fluting, chamfer.

~Furrow~, _v. a._ Hollow, cut in furrows.

~Further~, _a._ ~1.~ Farther, more remote (_from the starting point_), more in advance.

~2.~ Additional.

~Further~, _ad._ ~1.~ Farther, more remotely, more in advance, to a greater distance (_from the starting point_).

~2.~ Farther, moreover, besides, furthermore.

~Furtherance~, _n._ Promotion, advancement, helping forward.

~Furthermore~, _ad._ Moreover, besides, furthermore.

~Furthest~, _a._ Farthest, remotest, most remote.

~Furthest~, _ad._ Farthest, to or at the greatest distance.

~Furtive~, _a._ Stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, secret, sly.

~Furuncle~, _n._ Boil.

~Fury~, _n._ ~1.~ Rage, frenzy, madness, FUROR, violent anger.

~2.~ Impetuosity, vehemence.

~3.~ Goddess of Vengeance.

~4.~ Vixen, virago, hag, shrew, termagant, beldam, Xantippe, turbulent woman.

~Furze~, _n._ Gorse, goss, whin (_Ulex Europœus_).

~Furze-chat~, _n._ Whinchat (_Saxicola rubetra_).

~Furzy~, _a._ Gorzy.

~Fuse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Melt, liquefy (_by heat_), smelt.

~2.~ Amalgamate, blend together, make homogeneous.

~Fuse~, _v. n._ Melt, be fused.

~Fusel-oil~, _n._ Hydrate of amyle, grain oil, potato-spirit oil, oil of grain, corn-spirit oil.

~Fusiform~, _a._ Spindle-shaped.

~Fusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Liquefaction (_by heat_), melting.

~2.~ Amalgamation, blending together, making homogeneous.

~Fuss~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, PUCKER, much ado about trifles, or about nothing.

~Fuss~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Bustle, be in a fidget, be in a stew, be in a pucker, make much ado about trifles or about nothing.

~Fussy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bustling, fidgety, busy about trifles.

~Fust~, _n._ Mustiness, mould, mildew.

~Fustian~, _n._ Bombast, nonsense, rant, rhodomontade, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.

~Fusty~, _a._ Musty, mouldy.

~Futile~, _a._ ~1.~ Trifling, frivolous, trivial.

~2.~ Worthless, valueless, profitless, fruitless, bootless, vain, idle, unprofitable.

~Futility~, _n._ ~1.~ Triviality, frivolousness.

~2.~ Uselessness, worthlessness, vanity.

~Future~, _n._ Futurity, time to come.

~Future~, _a._ ~1.~ Coming, to come, yet to be, that will be.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Denoting futurity.

~Futurity~, _n._ Future, future time, time to come.

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~Gab~, _n._ (_Low._) Prate, prattle, gabble, idle talk.

~Gabble~, _v. n._ Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, jabber, talk idly, rattle on.

~Gabble~, _n._ Prate, prattle, chatter, clack, cackle, gossip, palaver, gab, idle talk, small talk.

~Gabbler~, _n._ Prater, prattler, babbler, chatterer, tattler, gossip, gadabout, rattle-head, gadder, idle talker.

~Gad~, _v. n._ Rove about idly, ramble without definite purpose.

~Gadder~, _n._ Gossip, tattler, babbler, chatterer, gabbler, prattler, prater, idle talker.

~Gadabout~, _n._ Gossip, tattler, babbler, chatterer, gabbler, prattler, prater, idle talker.

~Gadfly~, _n._ Breese, horsefly.

~Gael~, _n._ ~1.~ Scotch Celt, Scotch Highlander.

~2.~ Irish Celt.

~Gaffer~, _n._ ~1.~ Goodman.

~2.~ Old rustic, old fellow.

~Gaffle~, _n._ Artificial spur (_for fighting cocks_).

~Gag~, _v. a._ Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle.

~Gag~, _v. n._ Keck, retch.

~Gage~, _n._ ~1.~ Pawn, pledge, security.

~2.~ Challenge.

~Gage~, _v. a._ Pawn, impawn, pledge, give as security.

~Gain~, _n._ Profit, advantage, benefit, emolument, lucre.

~Gain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get, (_by effort_), acquire, obtain, procure, achieve, secure, carry, win, earn, get possession of.

~2.~ Conciliate, persuade, enlist, get the good will of, prevail upon, bring over, win over, gain over.

~3.~ Reach, attain, arrive at.

~Gain ground~, Increase, advance, prevail, make progress.

~Gainful~, _a._ ~1.~ Advantageous, profitable, beneficial.

~2.~ Lucrative, remunerative, productive, paying.

~Gain on~, ~1.~ Obtain influence with, win the favor of.

~2.~ Gain ground upon, gain upon.

~3.~ Get the advantage of, get the better of.

~Gain over~, Gain, enlist, persuade, conciliate, win over, bring over, prevail upon.

~Gainsay~, _v. a._ Contradict, deny, controvert, dispute.

~Gain upon~, GAIN ON.

~Gairish~, _a._ [Written also _Garish_.] Glaring, flaunting, showy, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, gay, FINE, airy.

~Gait~, _n._ Carriage, walk, manner of walking.

~Gala-day~, _n._ Holiday, day of festivity, day of rejoicing.

~Galaxy~, _n._ ~1.~ Milky Way.

~2.~ Splendid assemblage.

~Gale~, _n._ ~1.~ Breeze, current of air.

~2.~ Hurricane, tempest, storm.

~Galena~, _n._ Native sulphuret of lead.

~Gall~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Bile.

~2.~ Bitterness, rancor, spite, malice, maliciousness, malignity.

~3.~ Nutgall, gall-nut.

~Gall~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Chafe, fret, excoriate, hurt by rubbing.

~2.~ Provoke, vex, irritate, tease, exasperate, incense, affront, harass, annoy, plague.

~Gallant~, _a._ ~1.~ Gay, showy, fine, splendid, magnificent, well- dressed.

~2.~ Courageous, brave, valiant, intrepid, valorous, heroic, chivalrous, fearless, bold, game, daring, high-spirited.

~Gallant~, _n._ ~1.~ Beau, spark.

~2.~ Suitor, wooer, lover.

~3.~ Paramour.

~Gallant~, _v. a._ Wait on (_ladies_), be attentive to.

~Gallantry~, _n._ ~1.~ Bravery, courage, valor, intrepidity, prowess, heroism, boldness, fearlessness, chivalry, contempt of danger.

~2.~ Courtesy, politeness, polite attention (_to ladies_).

~Gallery~, _n._ ~1.~ Corridor, passage.