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Coloq. Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. Farrow. -- Coloq. Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. -- Coloq. Flying bridge , Coloq. Flying camp . See under , and . -- Coloq. Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. -- Coloq. Flying colors , flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: Coloq. To come off with flying colors , to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. -- Coloq. Flying doe (Zoöl.), a young female kangaroo. -- Coloq. Flying dragon . (a) (Zoöl.) See , 6. (b) A meteor. See under . -- Coloq. Flying Dutchman . (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. (b) A spectral ship. -- Coloq. Flying fish . (Zoöl.) See , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Flying fox (Zoöl.), see in the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Flying frog (Zoöl.), either of two East Indian tree frogs of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. -- Coloq. Flying gurnard (Zoöl.), a species of gurnard of the genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance. Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is Cephalacanthus volitans. -- Coloq. Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying-jib boom. -- Coloq. Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom. -- Coloq. Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine weather. -- Coloq. Flying lemur . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road, canal, etc. -- Coloq. Flying lizard . (Zoöl.) See , n. 6. -- Coloq. Flying machine , any apparatus for navigating through the air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- Coloq. Flying mouse (Zoöl.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygmæus), a marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider. It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Coloq. Flying party (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. -- Coloq. Flying phalanger (Zoöl.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel (Belideus ariel), are the best known; -- called also squirrel petaurus and flying squirrel. See . -- Coloq. Flying pinion , the fly of a clock. -- Coloq. Flying sap (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- Coloq. Flying shot , a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. -- Coloq. Flying spider . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Flying squid (Zoöl.), an oceanic squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. Sthenoteuthis Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- Coloq. Flying squirrel (Zoöl.) See , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Flying start , a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. -- Coloq. Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night.
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Flying boat. A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.
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Flying fish (?). (Zoöl.) A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocœtus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.
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Flying fox (?). (Zoöl.) 1. a fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, which has a head resembling that of a fox.
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2. the .
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Flying lemur (?). (Zoöl.) either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East Indies (Cynocephalus variegatus) or the Phillipines (Cynocephalus volans) having broad folds of skin between the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing them to make long gliding leaps; they have been classed in the separate order Dermoptera. They are arboreal and have become rare.
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Flying squirrel (? or ?). (Zoöl.) One of a group of squirrels, of the genus Glaucomys (formerly Pteromus and Sciuropterus [ Webster]), especially Glaucomys volans and Glaucomys sabrinus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long, gliding leaps.
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☞ The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species (Sciuropterus volucella) is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squirrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See Flying phalanger (above).
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flyleaf n. A blank leaf in the front of back or a book.
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Flyman (?), n.; pl. Flymen (-m?n). The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.
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flyover n. 1. the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; called in the United States an overpass; as, an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England. [Brit.]
Syn. -- overpass, flypast.
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2. a low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
Syn. -- flypast.
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flypaper (flīpāpẽr), n. A strip of paper that is coated with a sticky substance and suspended from an overhead object to trap and kill flies; also, a similar paper poisoned so as to kill flies on contact.
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flypast (flīpăst), n. 1. the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; same as flyover; called in the United States an overpass. [Brit.]
Syn. -- overpass, flyover.
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2. a low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
Syn. -- flyover.
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Flysch (flēsh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to flow, melt.] (Geol.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
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Flyspeck (flīspĕk), n. A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
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Flyspeck (flīspĕk), v. t. To soil with flyspecks.
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flyswat , flyswatter n. An implement with a flat part (a mesh of metal or plastic) and a long handle, used to kill insects by striking them. The handle is typically about one foot long and the flat mesh at the end (usually of plastic) is about 5 inces square.
Syn. -- swatter.
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flytrap (flītrăp), n. 1. A trap for catching flies.
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2. (Bot.) A plant (Dionæa muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, having two-lobed leaves which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain sensitive hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus trapping insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves. The plant is native to North and South Carolina, growing in bogs.
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flywheel n. A heavy wheel or disk which stores kinetic energy by rotating on a shaft, and by its momentum smoothes the operation of a reciprocating engine by reducing fluctuations of speed. It is used in certain types of machinery, such as automobiles.
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☞ Flywheels rotating at high speed have also been proposed as a means to store kinetic energy for use as a low-polluting source of energy in vehicles.
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FM n. [Frequency Modulaiton.] A method of transmitting radio signals by modulating the frequency of the carrier wave; -- opposed to AM (amplitude modulation), in which the signal modulates the amplitude, rather than the frequency of the carrier wave. [acron.]
Syn. -- frequency modulation.
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Fm prop. n. The chemical symbol for , a transuranic element.
Syn. -- fermium, atomic number 100.
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fnese (fnēz), v. i. [AS. fnēsan, gefnēsan.] To breathe heavily; to snort. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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FNMA n. The a federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages. [acron.]
Syn. -- Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae.
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Fo (fō), n. The Chinese name of Buddha.
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Foal (fōl), n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw. fåle, Gr. pw^los, L. pullus a young animal. Cf. , , .] (Zoö.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly.
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Coloq. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse. -- Coloq. In foal , Coloq. With foal , being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.
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Foal (fōl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foaled (fōld); p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.] To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
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Foal (fōl), v. i. To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
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Foalfoot (fōlf�t), n. (Bot.) See .
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Foam (fōm), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. fām; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
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Coloq. Foam cock , in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.
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Foam (fōm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foamed (fōmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foaming.] [AS. fǣman. See , n.] 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
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He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark ix. 18.
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2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
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Foam (fōm), v. t. To cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. “Foaming out their own shame.” Jude 13.
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foaming adj. Giving off bubbles and developing a head of foam; as, a foaming glass of beer.
Syn. -- bubbling, frothing.
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foamingly (?), adv. With foam; frothily.
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foamless (fōmlĕs), a. Having no foam.
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foamy (fōm�), a. Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.
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Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.
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Fob (fŏb), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.] 1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket.
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2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
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Coloq. Fob chain , a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.
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Fob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
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1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
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2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
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Coloq. To fob off , to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick.A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people. Milton.
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Focal (?), a. [Cf. F. focal. See .] Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.
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Coloq. Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center. -- Coloq. Focal distance of a telescope , the distance of the image of an object from the object glass.
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Focalization (?), n. The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.
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Focalize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Focalizing (?).] To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.
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Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey.
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Focillate (?), v. t. [L. focilatus, p. p. of focillare.] To nourish. [Obs.] Blount.
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Focillation (?), n. Comfort; support. [Obs.]
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Focimeter (?), n. [Focus + -meter.] (Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.
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fo'c'sle, fo'c's'le (fōks'l), n. The , a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed; -- the spelling is intended to reflect the common pronunciation among seamen.
Syn. -- forecastle.
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Focus (fōkŭs), n.; pl. E. Focuses (fōkŭsĕz), L. Foci (fōsī). [L. focus hearth, fireplace; perh. akin to E. bake. Cf. , , the firearm.] 1. (Opt.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
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2. (Geom.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distance between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
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☞ Thus, in the ellipse FGHKLM, A is the focus and CD the directrix, when the ratios FA:FE, GA:GD, MA:MC, etc., are all equal. So in the hyperbola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio HA:HK is constant for all points of the curve; and in the parabola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio BA:BC is constant. In the ellipse this ratio is less than unity, in the parabola equal to unity, and in the hyperbola greater than unity. The ellipse and hyperbola have each two foci, and two corresponding directrixes, and the parabola has one focus and one directrix. In the ellipse the sum of the two lines from any point of the curve to the two foci is constant; that is: AG + GB = AH + HB; and in the hyperbola the difference of the corresponding lines is constant. The diameter which passes through the foci of the ellipse is the major axis. The diameter which being produced passes through the foci of the hyperbola is the transverse axis. The middle point of the major or the transverse axis is the center of the curve. Certain other curves, as the lemniscate and the Cartesian ovals, have points called foci, possessing properties similar to those of the foci of conic sections. In an ellipse, rays of light coming from one focus, and reflected from the curve, proceed in lines directed toward the other; in an hyperbola, in lines directed from the other; in a parabola, rays from the focus, after reflection at the curve, proceed in lines parallel to the axis. Thus rays from A in the ellipse are reflected to B; rays from A in the hyperbola are reflected toward L and M away from B.
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3. A central point; a point of concentration.
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Coloq. Aplanatic focus . (Opt.) See under . -- Coloq. Conjugate focus (Opt.), the focus for rays which have a sensible divergence, as from a near object; -- so called because the positions of the object and its image are interchangeable. -- Coloq. Focus tube (Phys.), a vacuum tube for Rœntgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect. -- Coloq. Principal focus , or Coloq. Solar focus (Opt.), the focus for parallel rays.
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Focus (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Focusing.] To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. R. Hunt.
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focused adj. [Also spelled focussed.] 1. being in focus or brought into focus; clearly delineated; -- of an image. Opposite of unfocused.
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2. converging on a point; -- of light rays; as, focused light rays can set something afire.
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3. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
Syn. -- centered, centred, centralized.
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focussed adj. 1. same as (in all senses).
Syn. -- focused.
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focusing, focussing n. 1. the concentration of attention or energy on something.
Syn. -- focus, focussing.
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2. the act of bringing into focus.
Syn. -- focalization, focalisation.
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Fodder (fŏddẽr), n. [See 1st .] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother. [Obs.]
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Fodder (fŏddẽr), n. [AS. fōdder, fōddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. fōda food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. fōðr, Sw. & Dan. foder. √75. See and cf. , .] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
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Fodder (fŏddẽr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered (fŏddẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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Fodderer (?), n. One who fodders cattle.
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Fodient (?), a. [L. fodiens, p. pr. of fodere to dig.] Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.
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Fodient (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Fodientia.
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Fodientia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fodiens p. pr., digging.] (Zoöl.) A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.
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Foe (fō), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. fāh hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. √81. See , and cf. a quarrel.]
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1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
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A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36
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2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
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3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
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A foe to received doctrines. I. Watts
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Foe (?), v. t. To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Foehn (?), n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. .] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm. (b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.
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Foehood (?), n. Enmity. Bp. Bedell.
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Foeman (fōm�n), n.; pl. Foemen (-m�n). [AS. fāhman.] An enemy in war.
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And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott
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Fœtal (?), a. Same as .
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Fœtation (?), n. Same as .
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Fœticide (?), n. Same as .
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Fœtor (?), n. Same as .
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foetus, Fœtus (?), n. Same as .
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Fog (fŏg), n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage rank grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffwg dry grass.] (Agric.) (a) A second growth of grass; aftergrass. (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell. Sometimes called, in New England, old tore. In Scotland, fog is a general name for moss.
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Fog (fŏg), v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
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Fog (fŏg), v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.]
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Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee? Dryden.
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Fog (fŏg), n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fjūk snowstorm, fjūka to drift.] 1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See .
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2. A state of mental confusion.
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3. (Photog.) Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.
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Coloq. Fog alarm , Coloq. Fog bell , Coloq. Fog horn , etc., a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. -- Coloq. Fog bank , a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. -- Coloq. Fog ring , a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.
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Fog (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fogged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fogging (#).] 1. To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.
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2. (Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc.
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Fog (?), v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.
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Fog belt. A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland.
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Fogbow (?), n. A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.
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Foge (?), n. The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. Raymond
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Fogey (?), n. See .
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Foggage (?; 48), n. (Agric.) See 1st .
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Fogger (?), n. One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]
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A beggarly fogger. Terence in English(1614)
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Foggily (?), adv. In a foggy manner; obscurely. Johnson.
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Fogginess (?), n. The state of being foggy. Johnson.
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Foggy (?), a. [Compar. Foggier (?); superl. Foggiest.] [From 4th .] 1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.
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