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Fishlike (?), a. Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.
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A very ancient and fishlike smell. Shak.
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Fishmonger (?), n. A dealer in fish.
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fishpond n. a freshwater pond with fish.
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Fishskin (?), n. 1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
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2. (Med.) See .
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Fish-tackle (?), n. A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
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Fish-tail (?), a. Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
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fishtail v. t. (aeronautics) to slow down by moving the tail sideways, of an airplane.
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fishtail v. i. to have the rear end skid from side to side, out of control: -- said of automobiles or other vehicles.
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Coloq. Fish-tail burner , a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Coloq. Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.
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Fishwife (?), n. 1. A fishwoman.
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2. A woman who abusively scolds other people, often using coarse or vulgar language.
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Fishwoman (?), n.; pl. Fishwomen (�). A woman who retails fish; a female fishmonger.
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Fishy (?), a. 1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. Pope.
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2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.]
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Fisk (?), v. i. [Cf. Sw. fjeska to bustle about.] To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.]
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He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer.
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Fissigemmation (?), n. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. gemmation.] (Biol.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.
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Fissile (?), a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See .] 1. Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
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This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. Sir I. Newton.
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2. Fissionable.
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Fissilingual (?), a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. lingual.] (Zoöl.) Having the tongue forked.
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Fissilinguia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. o f findere to split) + lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [Written also Fissilingues.]
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Fissility (?), n. Quality of being fissile.
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Fission (?), n. [L. fissio. See .] 1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
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2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See , and Cell division, under .
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3. (Zoöl.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See .
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4. (Physics) The act or process of disintegration of an atomic nucleus into two or more smaller pieces; called also nuclear fission. The process may be spontaneous or induced by capture of neutrons or other smaller nuclei, and usually proceeds with evolution of energy.
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fissionable (?), a. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; -- a property of certain isotopes of elements with heavy nuclei.
Syn. -- fissile.
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Fissipalmate (?), a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + palma palm.] (Zoöl.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under .
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Fissipara (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) Animals which reproduce by fission.
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Fissiparism (?), n. [See .] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission.
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Fissiparity (?), n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
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Fissiparous (?), a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See . -- Fissiparously, adv.
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Fissipation (?), n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

{ Fissiped (?), Fissipedal (?) }, a. [Cf. F. fissipède.] (Zoöl.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See .]
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Fissiped, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Fissipedia.
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Fissipedia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.
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Fissirostral (?), a. [Cf. F. fissirostre.] (Zoöl.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.
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Fissirostres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
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Fissural (?), a. Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain.
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Fissuration (?), n. (Anat.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.
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Fissure (?), n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
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Coloq. Cerebral fissures (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. -- Coloq. Fissure needle (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. Knight. -- Coloq. Fissure of rolando (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum. -- Coloq. Fissure of Sylvius (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under . -- Coloq. Fissure vein (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. Raymond.
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Fissure (?), v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
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Fissurella (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.
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Fissurellidae n. a natural family of marine limpets.
Syn. -- family Fissurellidae.
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Fist (fĭst), n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. fȳst; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fūst, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. pygmh fist, pyx with the fist. Cf. , .] 1. The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
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Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.
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2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
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More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
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3. (print.) the index mark [☞], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
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Coloq. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
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Fist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting.] 1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
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2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fistic (?), a. [From .] Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. [Colloq.]
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Fisticuff (?), n. A cuff or blow with the fist or hand; (pl.) a fight with the fists; boxing. Swift.
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Fistinut (?), n. [Cf. Fr. fistinq, fistuq. See .] A pistachio nut. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Fistuca (?), n. [L.] An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.
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Fistula (?; 135), n.; pl. Fistulæ (#). [L.] 1. A reed; a pipe.
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2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] Knight.
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3. (Med.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
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Coloq. Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only.
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Fistular (?), a. [L. fistularis: cf. F. fistulaire.] Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. Johnson.
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Fistularia (?), n. [NL., fr. L. fistula pipe.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.
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Fistularioid (?), a. [Fistularia + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.
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Fistulate (?; 135), v. t. & i. [Cf. L. fistulatus furnished with pipes.] To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. [Obs.] “A fistulated ulcer.” Fuller.
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Fistule (?; 135), n. A fistula.
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Fistuliform (? or ?), a. [Fistula + -form.] Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
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Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips.
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Fistulose (?; 135), a. [L. fistulosus.] Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike. Craig.
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Fistulous (?), a. [Cf. F. fistuleux.] 1. Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.
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2. Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. Lindley.
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Fit (?), imp. & p. p. of . [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Fit, n. [AS. fitt a song.] In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.]
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To play some pleasant fit. Spenser.
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Fit, a. [Compar. Fitter (?); superl. Fittest (?).] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f�tjan to adorn. √77.] 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
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That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak.
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Fit audience find, though few. Milton.
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2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
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So fit to shoot, she singled forth among
her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax.
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3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
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Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? Job xxxiv. 18.

Syn. -- Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
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Fit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fitting (?).] 1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.
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The time is fitted for the duty. Burke.
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The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. Macaulay.
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2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.
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The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.
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3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
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No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.
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4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.
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That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. Shak.
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That time best fits the work. Shak.
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Coloq. To fit out , to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer. -- Coloq. To fit up , to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest.
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Fit (?), v. i. 1. To be proper or becoming.
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Nor fits it to prolong the feast. Pope.
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2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
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Fit, n. 1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
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2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
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Coloq. Fit rod (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required. Knight.
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Fit, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. √ 77.] 1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.]
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Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spenser.
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2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
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And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. Shak.
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3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
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All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift.
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The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. Macaulay.
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4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action.
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The fits of the season. Shak.
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5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]
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A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge.
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Coloq. By fits , Coloq. By fits and starts , by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.
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Fitch (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches (#). [See .] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
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2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.
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Fitch, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zoöl.) The European polecat; also, its fur.
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Fitché (?), a. [Cf. F. fiché, lit. p. p. of ficher to fasten, OF. fichier to pierce. Cf. 1st .] (Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.
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Coloq. Cross fitché , a cross having the lower arm pointed.
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Fitched (?), a. (her.) Fitché. [Also fiched.]

{ Fitchet (?), Fitchew (?) }, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zoöl.) The European polecat (Putorius fœtidus). See .
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Fitchy (?), a. Having fitches or vetches.
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Fitchy, a. [See .] (Her.) Fitché.
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Fitful (?), a. [From 7th .] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
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After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.

-- Fitfully, adv. -- Fitfulness, n.
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The victorious trumpet peal
Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.

{ Fithel (?), Fithul (?) }, n. [OE. See .] A fiddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fitly (?), adv. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
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Fitment (?), n. The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fitness, n. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
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Fitt (?), n. See 2d .
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Fittable (?), a. Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.
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Fittedness (?), n. The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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fitted out adj. same as , 1.
Syn. -- outfitted.
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Fitter (?), n. 1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: (a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. (b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
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2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] Simmonds.
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Fitter, n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]
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Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters. Beau. & Fl.
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Fitting (?), n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.
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Fitting, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fittingly, adv. -- Fittingness, n. Jer. Taylor.
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Fitweed (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium fœtidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.
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Fitz (?), n. [OF. fils, filz, fiz, son, F. fils, L. filius. See .] A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, American Novelist (1896-1940).

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Molly McQuillan and Edward Fitzgerald. He was a second cousin, twice removed of Francis Scott Key, the writer of the Star Spangled Banner, a fact of which he was very proud and for whom he was named.
His father was a failed businessman and his mother was the doting, smothering kind. He had one younger sister. He was extremely ashamed of his mother for her lack of beauty and emasculating of his father. Both parents were thrilled with Scott because he was handsome, popular and later, a famous writer. The family lived off the income of the mother who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant. All of his life Scott aspired to be one of the rich people he socialized with in St. Paul and later at Princeton University, where he was more successful as a participant in performing and writing musical productions in the Triangle Club than as an academic.
In 1917 Scott enlisted in the Army when it was apparent that his Junior year at Princeton might be his last, owing to poor grades. He hoped to make a name for himself in World War I doing something brave and heroic. His head was always full of notions of becoming famous, popular and sought-after in high social circles, and the darling of the top girl among the elite. Unfortunately for Scott, the war ended before he had a chance to prove his bravery. It was a pivotal point in his life and work, however, as it was while he was in the Army that he met Zelda Sayre.
Zelda Sayre was the belle of Montgomery, Alabama, not yet eighteen and already famous in town for her bucking of authority, drinking, dancing all night and beauty. Scott had met his match. He was stationed in Montgomery when he met her at a dance. They had a rocky courtship that continued until Scott mustered out of the Army and got a job in advertising in New York City. He hated the job and when Zelda broke off their engagement citing his dim future in business, he was desolate. He quit his job and went back home to St. Paul where he stayed with his parents and rewrote a novel about his college days that had earlier been rejected.
The novel, This Side of Paradise, became THE biggest novel of 1920. Fitzgerald was an instant success known all around the nation and celebrated as the Voice of His Generation. He married Zelda one week after its publication. They then embarked a life of drinking, wild nights, hobnobbing with the rich and famous and becoming the life of every party. This continued on for a few years both in the United States and Paris where they sought refuge from their excesses, but only created more. In Paris, Fitzgerald wrote what was to become his finest work and because of which his place in literary history is secured. The Great Gatsby was like all of Fitzgerald's work, based on his own life. Like the title character, Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald wanted to reinvent himself and become the person he always wanted to be in his imagination; rich, brave, successful in life and as important in his mind if not more, to have the girl of his dreams by his side, appreciating him.
Fitzgerald was always sure of one thing -- his own talent. He had been a writer since he was a child and always received special attention for it. Writing was something he could do that none of his classmates could. He reveled in his notoriety and even when his pain of alcoholism and disappointments in life became almost unbearable his talent and belief in it never faltered.
Zelda and Scott had one daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Scottie. Their marriage became a hell for both of them as they descended into alcoholism and Zelda's mental illness, which surfaced when she was in her late twenties. Through all of the travails, Scott stayed a dedicated writer, mostly turning out short stories for the Saturday Evening Post and Esquire which paid him top dollar. It was through these stories that Fitzgerald was able to support himself, and pay for Zelda's extended periods in mental hospitals. He also sent Scottie to private schools. His alcoholism frequently caused his own need for drying-out cures in sanitariums, also.
F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940 in Hollywood in the company of his mistress, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham. He had finally become sober for one year, but it was too late. He had ruined his health. When he died his five novels had been out of print for years and he was considered a relic of the Twenties Jazz Age, a term he had coined. He had been in Hollywood the last few years of his life trying to be a movie writer for hire in order to continue to support himself, Zelda, who was permanently in a mental hospital, and his daughter, who was in college. It was not until the Fifties that Fitzgerald's literary legacy finally was appreciated. He is now considered to be one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century.

Sources:
Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald, A biographical portrait by Scott Donaldson, Congdon & Weed, New York, NY, 1983.

F. Scott Fitgerald in Minnesota: His Homes and Haunts by John J. Koblas, Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, MN, 1978.
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Five (fīv), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. fīf, fīfe; akin to D. vijf, OS. fīf, OHG. finf, funf, G. fünf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cóic, L. quinque, Gr. pente, Æol. pempe, Skr. pañcan. √303. Cf. , , , the drink, .] Four and one added; one more than four.
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