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Fertilely (? or ?; 277), adv. In a fertile or fruitful manner.
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fertileness, n. Fertility. Sir P. Sidney.
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Fertilitate (?), v. t. To fertilize; to fecundate. Sir T. Browne.
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Fertility (?), n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F. fertilité.] The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination. “fertility of resource.” E. Everett.
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And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps
Corrupting in its own fertility. Shak.
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Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste
More rich than other climes' fertility. Byron.
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Fertilization (?), n. 1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
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Coloq. Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. -- Coloq. Cross fertilization , fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under , a.
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Fertilize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing (?).] [Cf. F. fertiliser.] 1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.
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And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron.
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2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.
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fertilized adj. 1. united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.
Syn. -- impregnated, inseminated.
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2. made more suitable for growth of crops by addition of fertilizer{2}; -- of soil.
Syn. -- enriched.
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Fertilizer (?), n. 1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.
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2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial substances which make plants grow better, as manure, guano, phosphate of lime, ammonium nitrate, etc.
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Ferula (?), n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. .] 1. A ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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Ferulaceous (?), a. [L. ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F. férulacé.] Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.
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Ferular (?), n. A ferule. [Obs.] Milton.
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Ferule (? or ?; 277), n. [L. ferula: cf. F. férule. See .] 1. A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.
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2. A . [R.]
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Ferule (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feruled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.] To punish with a ferule.
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Ferulic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafœtida); as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]
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Fervence (?), n. Heat; fervency. [Obs.]
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Fervency (?), n. [Cf. OF. fervence. See .] The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.
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When you pray, let it be with attention, with fervency, and with perseverance. Wake.
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Fervent (?), a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.] 1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
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The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Pet. iii. 10.
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2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Rom. iii. 11.
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So spake the fervent angel. Milton.
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A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay.

-- Fervently, adv. -- Ferventness, n.
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Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. iv. 12.
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Fervescent (?), a. [L. fervescens, p. pr. of fervescere to become boiling hot, incho., fr. fervere. See .] Growing hot.
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Fervid (?), a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See .] 1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
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The mounted sun
Shot down direct his fervid rays. Milton.
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2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
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The fervid wishes, holy fires. Parnell.

-- Fervidly, adv. -- Fervidness, n.
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Fervor (?), n. [Written also fervour.] [OF. fervor, fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See .] 1. Heat; excessive warmth.
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The fevor of ensuing day. Waller.
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2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. Hooker.
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Winged with fervor of her love. Shak.

Syn. -- , . Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat. Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions under the image of ebullition, or as pouring themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity, fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is used when we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the fight.
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Fescennine (?), a. [L. Fescenninus, fr. Fescennia, a city of Etruria.] Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines. -- n. A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.
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Fescue (fĕsk�), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. fétu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.] 1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. “Pedantic fescue.” Sterne.
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To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton.
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2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
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3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
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4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca.
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Coloq. Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.
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Fescue (fĕsk�), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Fescued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.
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Fesels (?), n. pl. [Written also fasels.] See . [Obs.] May (Georgics).

{ Fess, Fesse } (?), n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See .] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.
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Coloq. Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See .
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Fessitude (?), n. [L. fessus wearied, fatigued.] Weariness. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Fesswise (?), adv. In the manner of fess.
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Fest (?), n. [See .] The fist. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Fest, Feste (?), n. } A feast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Festal (?), a. [L. festum holiday, feast. See .] Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
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You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis.
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Festally, adv. Joyously; festively; mirthfully.
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Festennine (?), n. A fescennine.
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Fester (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See , n.] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
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Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton.
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Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South.
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Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.
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2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
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Fester, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle.
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For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,
And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston.
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Fester, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. .] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
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2. A festering or rankling.
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The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor.
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Festerment (?), n. A festering. [R.] Chalmers.
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Festeye (?), v. t. [OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer.] To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Festinate (?), a. [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- Festinately, adv. [Obs.] Shak.
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Festination (?), n. [L. festinatio.] Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Festival (?), a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See .] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
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I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.
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Festi-val, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.
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The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Syn. -- Feast; banquet; carousal. See .
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Festive (?), a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See , and cf. .] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Festively, adv.
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The glad circle round them yield their souls
To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.
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Festivity (?), n.; pl. Festivities (#). [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivité.] 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
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The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.
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2. A festival; a festive celebration. Sir T. Browne.
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Festivous (?), a. [See .] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Festlich (?), a. [See , n.] Festive; fond of festive occasions. [Obs.] “A festlich man.” Chaucer.
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Festoon (?), n. [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See .] 1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
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2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of .
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Festoon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Festooning.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
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Festoony (?), a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel.
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Festucine (? or ?), a. [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. .] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]
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A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne.
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Festucous (?), a. Formed or consisting of straw. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Festue (?), n. [See .] A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.
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Fet (?), n. [Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett� slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment.] A piece. [Obs.] Dryton.
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Fet, v. t. [OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. fæt a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. √ 77. See , and cf. .] To fetch. [Obs.]
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And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.
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Fet, p. p. of . Fetched. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fetal (?), a. [From .] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
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Fetation (?), n. The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
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Fetch (fĕch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. √77. Cf. , v. t.] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes.
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Coloq. To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. -- Coloq. To fetch a pump , to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. -- Coloq. To fetch headway or Coloq. To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. -- Coloq. To fetch out , to develop. “The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]” Addison. -- Coloq. To fetch up . (a) To overtake. [Obs.] “Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.” L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.
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fetch, v. i. To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten.
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Coloq. To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. -- Coloq. To fetch and carry , to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.
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Fetch, n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.
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Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South.
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2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
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The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. Dickens.
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3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves.
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4. Hence: The length of such a region.
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Coloq. Fetch candle , a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.
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Fetcher (fĕchẽr), n. One who fetches or brings.
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fetching adj. drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn. -- appealing, taking, winning.
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Fete (fēt), n. [See .] A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fete, n. pl. [See .] Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fête (f�t), n. [F. See .] A festival.
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Coloq. Fête champêtre (�) [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
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Fête (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fêted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fêting.] [Cf. F. fêter.] To feast; to honor with a festival.

{ Fetich, Fetish (?), n. }[F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti�o, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See .] 1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.
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2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

{ fetichism, Fetishism (? or ?); 277), n. }[Cf. F. fétichisme.] [Written also feticism.] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
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2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
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The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

{ Fetichist, Fetishist, n. } A believer in fetiches.
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He was by nature a fetichist. H. Holbeach.

{ Fetichistic (?), Fetishistic, a.} Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism.
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A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot.
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Feticide (? or ?), n. [Written also fœticide.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.
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Feticism (?), n. See .
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Fetid (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. fétide.] Having an offensive smell; stinking.
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Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.
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Fetidity (? or ?), n. Fetidness.
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Fetidness, n. The quality or state of being fetid.
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Fetiferous (?), a. [Fetus + -ferous.] Producing young, as animals.
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