Fe"mal*ist (?), n. A gallant. [Obs.]

Courting her smoothly like a femalist.

Marston.

Fe"mal*ize (?), v. t. To make, or to describe as, female or feminine.

Shaftesbury.

||Feme (fm or fm), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. Burrill.

Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3. -- Feme sole

(Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married,

or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. -- Feme sole trader

or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, who, by the custom of London,

engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.

Fem"er*al (?), n. (Arch.) See Femerell.

Fem"er*ell (?), n. [OF. fumeraille part of a chimney. See Fume.]

(Arch.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for

ventilation or escape of smoke.

Fem"i*nal (?), a. Feminine. [Obs.] West.

Fem`i*nal"i*ty (?), n. Feminity.

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