Fawn, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
Fawn, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn.
Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] [OE.
fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. fÊgnian to
rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.] To court
favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; --
often followed by on or upon.
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
Shak.
Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
Milton.
Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
Macaulay.
Fawn, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
Fawn"-col`ored (?), a. Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
Fawn"er (?), n. One who fawns; a sycophant.
Fawn"ing*ly, adv. In a fawning manner.
Faxed (?), a. [AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. Paxwax.] Hairy.
[Obs.] amden.
Fay (?), n. [F. fÈe. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.] A fairy; an elf.
"Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.
Fay, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.] Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fay (f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] [OE.
feien, v.t. & i., AS. fgan to join, unite; akin to OS. fgian, D.
voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. f¸gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.]
(Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of
wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
Fay, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; --
often with in, into, with, or together.
Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another
object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc.,
that are riveted together in shipwork.
Fay"al*ite (?), n. [So called from the island Fayal.] (Min.) A black,
greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate
of iron.
||Fa`y*ence" (?), n. See Fa&?;ence.
Fay"tour (?), n. See Faitour. [Obs.] Spenser.
Faze (?), v. t. See Feeze.
Faz"zo*let` (?), n. [It. fazzoletto.] A handkerchief. [R.] percival.
Fea"ber*ry (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. feabe, theabe, thape.] (Bot.) A
gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior.
Feague (?), v. t. [Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. fÊgia to cleanse,
polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.] To beat or whip; to
drive. [Obs.] Otway.
Fe"al (?), a. [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fidËle, L. fidelis
faithful, fr. fides faith. See Faith.] Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright.
Fe"al*ty (?), n. [OE. faute, OF. fautÈ, fealtÈ, feelÈ, feelteit, fr. L.
fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful. See Feal, and cf. Fidelity.] 1.
Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or
vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which
this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a
government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the
performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wharton (Law Dict. ).
Tomlins.
2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of
a wife to her husband.
He should maintain fealty to God.