Sir W. Scott.
2. pl. The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of
Scotland, for the current year.
||Fi*as"co (?), n.; pl. Fiascoes (#). [It.] A complete or ridiculous
||failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious
||undertaking.
Fi"at (?), n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr.
fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. Be.] 1. An authoritative
command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
His fiat laid the corner stone.
Willis.
2. (Eng. Law) (a) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. (b) An
authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's
signature.
Fiat money, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis,
but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the
government issuing it.
Fi*aunt" (?), n. Commission; fiat; order; decree. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fib (?), n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A
falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
They are very serious; they don't tell fibs.
H. James.
Fib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fibbing (?).] To
speak falsely. [Colloq.]
Fib, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] De Quincey.
Fib"ber (?), n. One who tells fibs.
{ Fi"ber, Fi"bre }, (&?;), n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the
delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and
animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.
2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of
spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.