A foutra for the world and wordlings base!
Shak.
Fou"ty (?), a. [Cf. F. foutu, p. p. of foutre; OF. foutu scoundrel. See
Fouter.] Despicable. [Obs.]
||Fo"ve*a (?), n.; pl. FoveÊ (#). [L., a small pit.] A slight
||depression or pit; a fossa.
Fo"ve*ate (?), a. [L. fovea a pit.] Having pits or depressions; pitted.
||Fo*ve"o*la (?), n.; pl. FoveolÊ (#). [NL., dim. of L. fovea.] A small
||depression or pit; a fovea.
Fo"ve*o*late (? or ?), a. Having small pits or depressions, as the
receptacle in some composite flowers.
Fo"ve*o*la`ted (?), a. Foveolate.
Fo*vil"la (?), n.; pl. FovillÊ (#). [Dim. fr. L. fovere to cherish.]
(Bot.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen
grain.
Fowl (?), n. Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used
collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin
to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel,
fÂgel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the
root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.] 1. Any
bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air.
Gen. i. 26.
Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.
Matt. vi. 26.
Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous
gusts.
Shak.
2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a
more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus
domesticus).
Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard;
the common domestic cock or hen.
Fowl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fowled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.] To
catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by
decoys, nets, etc.
Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
Blackstone.
Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of
small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.
Fowl"er (?), n. A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills
for food.
Fow"ler*ite (?), n. [From Dr. Samuel Fowler.] (Min.) A variety of
rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.
Fow"ler's so*lu"tion (?). An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium,
of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious
acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who
first brought it into use.
Fox (?), n.; pl. Foxes (#). [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG.
fuhs, foha, Goth. fa˙h&?;, Icel. f&?;a fox, fox fraud; of unknown
origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A carnivorous
animal of the genus Vulpes, family CanidÊ, of many species. The
European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V.
fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white,
or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox,
producing a fur of great value; the cross- gray and woods-gray foxes
are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common
foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for
their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small
animals.
Subtle as the fox for prey.
Shak.