Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters.
Beau. & Fl.
Fit"ting (?), n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),
necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study;
gas fittings.
Fit"ting, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv.
-- Fit"ting*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.
Fit"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium fútidum) supposed to be a
remedy for fits.
Fitz (?), n. [OF. fils, filz, fiz, son, F. fils, L. filius. See
Filial.] A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp.
of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as,
Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of
Clarence.
Five (?), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. ff, ffe; akin to D. vijf, OS. ff, OHG.
finf, funf, G. f¸nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith.
penki, W. pump, OIr. cÛic, L. quinque, Gr. &?;, ∆ol. &?;, Skr.
pa&?;can. √303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink,
Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four.
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Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians,
consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and
Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
Five (fv), n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six;
five units or objects.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Matt. xxv. 2.