All maladies . . . all feverous kinds.
Milton.
3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of
the year. [R.] Bacon.
Fe"ver*ous*ly, adv. Feverishly. [Obs.] Donne.
Fe"ver*wort` (?), n. See Fever root, under Fever.
Fe"ver*y (?), a. Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Few (f), a. [Compar. Fewer (?); superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS.
fe·, pl. fe·we; akin to OS. fh, OHG. f fao, Icel. fr, Sw. fÂ, pl., Dan.
faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. Paucity.] Not
many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small
portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis
of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few?" Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care.
Proverb.
Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
A few, a small number. -- In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak.
-- No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper.
-- The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
Fe"wel (?), n. [See Fuel.] Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker.
Few"met (?), n. See Fumet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Few"ness, n. 1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
Shak.