The well-stained canvas or the featured stone.
Young.
Fea"ture*less (?; 135), a. Having no distinct or distinctive features.
Fea"ture*ly, a. Having features; showing marked peculiarities;
handsome. [R.]
Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry.
Coleridge.
Feaze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feazing.]
[Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. fÊs fringe; akin to G. fasen to
separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.]
To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. Johnson.
Feaze, v. t. [See Feese.] To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to
harass; to worry. [Obs.] insworth.
Feaze, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
[Obs.]
Feaz"ings (?), n. pl. [See Feaze, v. t.] (Naut.) The unlaid or ragged
end of a rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fe*bric"i*tate (?), v. i. [L. febricitare, fr. febris. See Febrile.] To
have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey.
Fe*bric"u*lose` (?), a. [L. febriculosus.] Somewhat feverish. [Obs.]
Johnson.
Feb`ri*fa"cient (?), a. [L. febris fever + faciens, p. pr. of facere to
make.] Febrific. Dunglison.
-- n. That which causes fever. Beddoes.
Fe*brif"er*ous (?), a. [L. febris fever + -ferous.] Causing fever; as,
a febriferous locality.
Fe*brif"ic (?), a. [L. febris fever + ficare (in comp.) to make. See
fy-.] Producing fever. Dunglison.
Fe*brif"u*gal (? or ?), a. [See Febrifuge.] Having the quality of
mitigating or curing fever. Boyle.
Feb"ri*fuge (?), n. [L. febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from
fugere to flee: cf. F. fÈbrifuge. see Febrile, Feverfew.] (Med.) A
medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. -- a. Antifebrile.
Fe"brile (?; 277), a. [F. fÈbrile, from L. febris fever. See Fever.]
Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile
symptoms; febrile action. Dunglison.
Feb"ru*a*ry (?), n. [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation,
because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and
purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or
purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in
the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa.
In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the
bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
Feb`ru*a"tion (?), n. [L. februatio. See february.] Purification; a
sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fe"cal (f"kal), a. [Cf. F. fÈcal. See Feces.] relating to, or
containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; fÊcal.
Fec"che (?), v. t. To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fe"ces (?), n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See F∆ces.
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Fe"cial (?), a. [L. fetialis belonging to the fetiales, the Roman
priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from the
enemy before a formal declaration of war.] Pertaining to heralds,
declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law. Kent.
Fe"ci*fork` (?), n. [Feces + fork.] (Zoˆl.) The anal fork on which the
larvÊ of certain insects carry their fÊces.
Feck"less (?), a. [Perh. a corruption of effectless.] Spiritless; weak;
worthless. [Scot]
feck"less*ness n. absence of merit. [WordNet 1.5]
Fecks (?), n. A corruption of the word faith. Shak.
Fec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Fecul∆ [L. faecula burnt tartar or salt of
tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. fÈcule.] Any
pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the
texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: (a) The
nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous
fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.
Fec"u*lence (?), n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. fÈculence.] 1.
The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.