The fateful cawings of the crow.
Longfellow.
-- Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n.
Fat"head` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi
valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow. (b) A
labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
Fa"ther (f‰"r), n. [OE. fader, AS. fÊder; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader,
OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. fair Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L.
pater, Gr. path`r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p protect. √75, 247.
Cf. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, Potential, Pablum.] 1. One who has
begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
A wise son maketh a glad father.
Prov. x. 1.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially,
a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural,
fathers, ancestors.
David slept with his fathers.