For"cite (?), n. [From 3d Force, n.] (Chem.) A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
||Fö"ren*di*ház` (?), n. [Hung., lit., House of Lords.] (Hungary) See Legislature.
Form, v. t. (Elec.) To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
For"ma*lin (?), n. [Formic + aldehyde + -in.] (Chem.) An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.
||For`mat" (fr`m" or fr`mät"), n. [F. or G. Cf. Formation.] (Print.) The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form.
The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.
G. H. Putnam.
One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little too luxurious.
Nature.
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For"mi*cate (fôr"m*kt), v. i. [See Formication.] To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
An open space which formicated with peasantry.
Lowell.
For`ty-nin"er (?), n. One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.]
Fos"sick (?), v. i. [Dial. E. fossick, fossuck, a troublesome person, fussick to potter over one's work, fussock to bustle about; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fuss.] 1. (Mining) To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]